Island hopping in "Spellcasting 101: Sorcerers Get All The Girls"

Life of Ernie...

After escaping from home and spending time at Sorcerer University, Ernie Eaglebeak was the only person left to chase after the thieves of the Sorcerer's Appliance, an object of great magic power. The magical surfboard I swiped from my professor's office wasn't able to take me just anywhere on the map; it could only cover that much distance. So I set course to the nearest island.

A severe game of "Who Is It?"

After I reached the Island of Lost Soles, my next objective was very clear, though I didn't quite know what it would get me exactly. Eighty people had been turned into objects, and only by figuring out their names could I cast a spell on them and change them back. Each name had something to do with the object they had been turned into. This was like solving a huge crossword puzzle in the style of Return to the Obra Dinn and The Roottrees Are Dead. It was quite fun to do, though there were lots of names I had never heard of. Thankfully, once in a while a nymph would come flying by, asking whether I'd seen this or that person. That usually gave a new name to try out all over the place, and in hindsight, I usually saw why it was chosen.

I prefer the women of Themyscira...

Solving this puzzle finally got me a key, but to what I knew not. So with nothing left to do, it was on to the next island. This one was perhaps even more schizo, but frankly easier to solve. Time went backwards here, and instead of typing in commands on what Ernie should do, I had to type commands of what the descriptions told me Ernie had just done. Otherwise the space-time continuüm would rip him apart. That still happened quite often, though... I also learned that saving your game here wasn't that handy. Once I returned, I only got a description of the room I was in, and no longer of what had happened just before. So I had no idea which command I was supposed to type, since I couldn't remember the circumstances...

"You know what I'd really like? A cheeseburger."

But eventually I found my way out, and started to realize that all these places have pedestals that once housed accessories to the Sorcerer's Appliance. They had all been stolen, it seemed! But all these places also had a new spell to offer, so I realized I was beefing up for some final showdown, no doubt. I visited some other places on the map, like an island full of warrior women wanting to do some special "training" with Ernie (so I had to dress up as a woman to escape; and I didn't get a spell on this island, by the way, so I hope I didn't miss it and am now en route towards a dead end!), a busy restaurant where a shark first ate my spellbox (but then I ate the shark...) and the Island of the Gods, where I had to clean up a garbage dump for some reason.

I think I blasted away his cousin in "The Dig"...

During my 9,5 hour (so far!) journey I learned that the thief apparently went to Fort Blackwand, so that will probably be my final destination. Before I could set foot on land, however, a leviathan showed up blocking the way. Now, how to get rid of this fella...

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