Spellagories

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Enter the spellbinding world of Spellagories, where a medieval kingdom's valiant citizenry have been diabolically transformed by evil mages into warped creatures. It's up to you to use your skills as an alchemical wordsmith to unlock the magic words, lift the evil curse, and restore the villagers to their human form. But it won't be easy. The evil mages spells are devilishly tricky. They have scrambled the Magic Words, and added extra letters to make deciphering the unscrambled word an alchemist's mixture of brainpower and magical insight. Helping you in your quest is your trusted friend, the Raven. He will offer hints and assist you by unscrambling the Magic word one letter at a time. But only if you can build other words out of the scrambled letters. Moving from castle to castle, you will travel through a medieval landscape of helpless villagers and merciless mages.