Exploring Evermore Trivia Quiz

Answer: Podunk

Considering how little Podunk featured in the game, the name is surprisingly apt. When at the end of the game the boy and his dog return to Podunk, they notice the cinema is showing 'Secret of Evermore', suggesting that their adventure wasn't just some wild figment of their imagination.

The other leaders of the worlds of Evermore also came from Podunk, and all were ordinary people transported to an extraordinary world.

Answer: Prehistoria

Prehistoria was borne from Fire Eyes' imagination, as were all the regions within Evermore. Of course, Fire Eyes was just a nickname because of her ability to cast fire magic; Fire Eyes' real name was Elizabeth, and she also came from Podunk.

The humans in the village were of a tribal nature and were very backward technologically as you might expect a caveman tribe to be. Despite this, they were able to talk coherently in English. Notable locations of Prehistoria include the Bugmuck, a tar pit where the missing shaman was located; a swamp with an ancient beast lurking within; a volcano which was at the heart of Prehistoria's problems; a difficult-to-traverse quicksand field; and of course the atmospheric jungle throughout.

Answer: Alchemy

As our protagonists roamed the world, they would find base materials that the boy could combine into spells; this ability was known as Alchemy. Using these spells a lot would eventually power them up, such that they would deal more damage or have a stronger effect. In general, there were far more spells than anyone would ever need to use, so it was a good idea to focus on using just a few preferred spells when necessary. Heal (a healing spell) and Crush (a medium-damage spell) were two of my personal preferences for general usage throughout the game.

The leaders of Evermore's regions could also assist with a special type of magic. The boy would have to use a rare Call Bead to get to use the spells, though, so they needed to be used sparingly.

Answer: To plunge the ancient land into a deep freeze

Fire Eyes' evil twin had presumably taken a leaf out of history's books as she aimed to throw Prehistoria into an ice-age by absorbing the heat of the land into a machine that looked like an octopus. She reasoned that all of the heat would be in the volcano and none of it outside, and I suppose any logic could hold true in a fantasy world like Evermore. She had also struck an alliance with the Vipers, a group of monsters, who helped guard the volcano.

When her pet Magmar failed to defeat our protagonists, she tried to kill them by destroying her octopus machine. Whilst this caused the release of a lot of energy, all it did was chuck them onto a giant lilypad which floated downriver to a waterfall, and at this point the boy and his dog were separated...

Answer: Through trading with rice, beads, and other materials

Nobilia had a giant trading market which boasted some good weaponry and armour along with some unique charms. However, obtaining these items was a rather convoluted process; one had to use their Jewels to buy items like rice, beads, chickens and spices, which could then be traded for items like limestone tablets and tapestries, which could finally then be traded for the useful items! Whew.

It was by no means necessary to do this process, but the items were useful and some of the unique charms could not be obtained elsewhere.

There was also a market in Ivor Tower later in the game, but it was mercifully far smaller.

Answer: Revealer

Should one (likely) fall down one of these pits before encountering Horace's camp, they would wake up and be greeted by him. Horace Highwater was a museum curator at Podunk and seems to have based his utopian world in Evermore around the ancient Greeks and Romans. He grew very attached to Evermore and to Madronius, as revealed in the segment at the end of the game where he reluctantly had to say goodbye to Evermore or else it would be destroyed.

Revealer was a cheap Alchemy spell, costing 2 Ash and 1 Wax. Those familiar with the game could go over the pits to the Great Pyramid and Halls of Collosia without the spell, but for most it was helpful. After exploring these dungeons, the protagonists gave over their Diamond Eyes to Horace's evil twin (who was even dressed in a different colour!) and then had to rectify their mistake by returning to Nobilia and dealing with him.

Answer: Poodle

The boy's dog changed form in every region, most likely to reflect the general theme of the region, so in Gothica, he had an elegant pink poodle, which caught the attention of many of Ivor Tower's townspeople! When he visited Perceval Plank's Exhibition of Cultural Oddities, his dog was snatched and had a pig mask placed on him so as to be exhibited as the 'Pigpoodle'. However, when the curtains were drawn, the 'Pigpoodle' escaped and joined a pig race inadvertently and won!

Winning the pig race won the boy a place at the Queen's banquet. His 'Pigpoodle' went roaming and was caught by Pierre, a stereotypical French chef who planned to roast him. However, he revealed himself as a dog and escaped into the maze-like ventilation shafts and had to find his way to safety by himself. Once free, he gatecrashed the banquet which got him and the boy imprisoned by the Queen, only to be pardoned soon after to do her bidding!

Answer: She gave the boy a large reward

The only reward the impostor Queen would give the boy was trying to jump on him from a balcony after he dealt with her minions. Whilst she was rather portly, she missed and fell through several floors to her demise. This caused the structure of the left tower to become vulnerable and fall, which left messy debris behind. As the Queen was obsessed with cleanliness, she would not have liked being the cause of such squalour!

The boy realised she was a robot as she left cogs behind after she tried jumping on him. This also removed her influence on the King, who had been brainwashed into watching some poorly written Romeo and Juliet-esque play all day long and thus not noticing she was an impostor. He rewarded the boy with 10,000 gold coins for his help! Tinker, the engineer from Ebon Keep, would then help the protagonists to find their way into Omnitopia, the space-station that held the key to returning home.

Answer: No

Whilst the Storage Room, which contained plenty of free treasure, should have its lights turned on, the Greenhouse lights should definitely have been left off. Were they turned on, the heroes would almost certainly be devoured by Flowering Deaths: plants who could hit for the maximum available damage, could not be killed and had a high attack rate. Flower power indeed.

Omnitopia was by far the shortest region of the game, however, it was still a fun region to explore, not least because the boy's dog had taken the form of a robot toaster with lasers!

Answer: Ruffleberg's butler, Carltron, had broken the return teleporter.

In a not-too-shocking plot twist, the professor's robot butler, Carltron, wanted to turn the tables. He had become too clever after being implanted with an intelligence chip by Ruffleberg to play chess with him. He was the one who programmed Evermore's wide array of monsters and the evil twins of Elizabeth (Fire Eyes), Horace Highwater and Camilla Bluegarden, who were the former residents of Podunk ruling each region made according to their desires.

After playing fetch one more time for an energy source to reach Carltron, the boy and his dog would then fight him in the last battle. At the end, they and the other residents of Podunk would have to return home as their continued presence would disrupt the environment.

Two of the incorrect answers were homages to other game plots, and one was not to be taken too seriously.