Switch to your weapon #1 (the staff) and open the door, but don't step outside. Wait for the gargoyles to attack you and pick them off one by one without wasting ammo (which will be sparse in this level). When no gargoyles are left, run accross the courtyard do the other side and jump into the small room there (and when I mean "run" and "jump", I mean it literally). Do it with the 2 other rooms opening from the yard as well.

Throw the switch in the courtyard. Enter the next yard and throw the other switch. Go back to the 1st courtyard and get the goodies from the platforms. Enter the door opening from the 2nd courtyard. Cross the main building and exit to the lake. Prepare yourself for an Iron Lich.

If you've got enough ammo and are good at circling an opponent and dodging multiple attacks, attack the Iron Lich and run around so the tornadoes and fire walls won't be able to hurt you. Don't worry about the gargoyles, most of them will be out by the time you finish off the Iron Lich. After you've killed it, go up the steps to the upper level of this area and collect the goodies (if you don't want to fight the Metal Head yet, do this at running speed, then drop down in the middle and run back to the main building. Be warned though, the Iron Lich will follow you with some delay into the building, into the first corridor, up to the point where the steps start, thus being able to lay cover fire on the green door and also on the door you'll have to exit after getting the yellow key).

Get back into the building and enter the door a couple of steps away from the yellow one. Don't venture too far first, as Sabreclaws will attack you from all sides. Best to retreat back to the corridor and finish them off one by one as they appear in the doorway. After disposing of them, get the Silver Shield in a back alcove.

The amount of ammo you still have will determine how you should fight at the next step. If you've still got a lot of ammunition for the Dragon Claw, you can run down the weredragons. If you're depending on your Elvenwand, you should either shoot them through the bars (beware, they can shoot back through the openings as well), or lure them out one by one and finish them off by applying good footwork.

Enter the room behind the bars and grab the yellow key. Get back to the yellow door. Time to activate the Shadowsphere you found beside the lake. Once you enter the small house behind the yellow door to grab the green key, a new room will open up behind you, revealing 2 Undead Warrior Ghosts. That'd be a very tough fight, especially with the low amount of ammo you most probably have and with the heavy Disciple crossfire at your back from the 1st courtyard. But if you're invisible, nobody will notice you're there (until you get real close to someone).

Time to get behind the green door. If you were lucky and the Iron Lich "laid" you an egg, you can reveal the true nature of the Ophidians in that room. Else you'll have to do it the hard way. Once they're no more, throw the switch and get back to the lake.

There's a new room with a pillar in its middle. Throw the switch and some gargoyles will attack from behind (if you're not swift enough, that is). Go to the far side of the lake and collect the Tome of Power and the Wings of Wrath in the 2 corners. Get inside the building.

Descend the stairs and kill the gargoyles. After several turns, you'll arrive to a larger room. As you can see on the screenshot, an Iron Lich is hiding just in front of the exit teleport. Tough, eh? Especially if you've no ammo for the Dragon Claw any more?

There's a real nice solution for this. On the left side of the room, notice the somewhat different wall texture. Push it and get the Hellstaff from the secret room. Especially in combination with the Tome, it'll be a child's play to make the Metal Head say "bang!" before it collapses... :)

If you're a perfectionist and you didn't have enough ammo earlier on to kill everything that moves, now you've got the means with the Hellstaff and the abundant ammo. On top of the pillar beside the lake you can get a Ring of Invulnerability, simply fly up with your Wings. Before their power goes out, fly back to the 1st courtyard and you'll have easy aim against those Disciples that made you run like a bunny at the beginning of this map... well, the bunny grew some sharp teeth and now it's payback time... :-)

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