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Start up Dragon Quest IX, naming your character and going through the opening dialogue. The fun J-RPG action is about to begin.
The Observatory
When you gain control and Aquila leaves, head for the southeast building. 2 Gold within a jar and a Chimaera Wing in the treasure chest. The southwest has a man who will heal you. Go to the south area with the stairs going up.
Now that you are in Observatory L2, go northwest to see Aquila and Columba. They speak of Apus Major's decision ahead. Speaking of, time to meet with him. Go to the north end of this area after you have talked to everyone (he's the old fellow).
It is time for you to go tend to your duties yourself, says Apus Major. Also, the Crystal of Benevolessence that you acquired must be offered unto the Great World Tree Yggdrasil. As the guard near you says, go out the large door at the far south of L2, and work your way up the ensuing stairs.
Outside this area, first go northeast for a Wakerobin (wake an ally from sleep). The northwest area has a chest for 50 Gold Coins. Up to the main area with the winding stairs and grab the Phial of Holy Water on the west end. Talk to the guy in the center and go up those stairs.
As you go up top to offer the Benevolessence up to Yggdrasil, Aquila shows up behind you. He offers his faith up to you, Guardian of Angel Falls. Back to Apus Major we go. He too reaffirms that maybe we are getting close to Yggdrasil bearing fruit. It is now time to go to the Protectorate and gather more of this benevolessence, this time though without Aquila's company. If you have yet to rest in the southwest of floor 1, may as well do so now. Otherwise, head to the Observatory L1 and go to the center to speak with the blue-haired female to descend to the Protectorate.
Angel Falls
So there we are, back in Angel Falls. Ivor and Hugo are talking about a name on the Guardian Statue. Seems it said 'Aqui'-something but now says the name of your character. But most think it has always read your name.
In the church, a lady is praying for her husband's ring and for you to find it and return to her. Save your game in here if you like. Erinn at the Inn is the Guardian-believer around here. She is wondering what to cook tonight and wishing for some meat. West of the Inn is the house of Mayor Litlun. He is concerned about his son Ivor. Search upstairs for an Antidote Herb. The house southwest of this has a bunch of Horse Manure to clean. Clean them all and the farmer wakes up. You then acquire a Crystal of Benevolessence for this deed.
Head on over the bridge to the east end of the village. Speak with the dog just east of that house and he takes you over to a Keepsake Ring. Inside the item shop you can find 30 Gold Coins and an Antidote Herb. The owner too mentions a ghost roaming the area at night. Outside of here is a kid who mentions that Ivor should be taught a lesson; you can then go to Ivor now and choose to teach him a lesson for a little whack. Nothing seems to happen for doing this though.Go in the well at the east end of the village for an Antidote Herb. The house in the northeast has a frustrated man because he can't help Erinn and 30 Gold Coins upstairs to be found in a dresser.
Head to the church now that you have that Keepsake Ring and talk to the praying lady. Of course, another crystal of Benevolessence for this. It is then night time. You see Aquila in the center of town. He says not only do we watch those still alive, but also that we deal with those whose souls continue to roam the land. This is indeed related to the 'ghost' the villagers had mentioned. Sure enough, a strange blue figure east of the bridge. The blue figure talks strangely, but he does realize that you are a Celestial so the fact that he can see you means he's dead. He goes on ahead but not before leaving you with another Crystal of Benevolessence. You can talk to everyone or go on ahead with Aquila back to the Observatory. As you and Aquila are about to leave, you see the Starflight Express.
Go up to Yggdrasil to offer up these Crystals of Benevolessence that you have collected. However, a big scene occurs after this, and then the Dragon Quest IX DS opening credits.
Angel Falls
Now you see, no halo over your head. So of course we get to speak to the villagers, namely Ivor and Erinn. Head back to the northeast house last, and explore the rest of the village. Go to the shop in the building just west of you, and sell off your Phial of Holy Water for a Soldier's Sword (+6 attack from the Copper Sword).
Talk to everyone outside, including going to the Mayor's house to overhear him yelling at Ivor. Try to leave but Hugo explains the influx of monsters after the earthquake. Back to the northeast house and the old man worries about the Inn because of the blocked mountain pass. Then talk to Erinn to turn in for the night after dinner.
The next day, Ivor is at the door to wake you up. Agree to go with him and open up the pass. The villagers now give you all kinds of hints about battle. Leave when you are ready.
World Map
You should be able to make quick work of these enemies if you bought that Soldier's Sword. Having an ally to do extra damage helps, and you will only fight 2 enemies at a time. At night some different enemies might come out, like Sacksquashes and Dracky's (Dracky's seem more potent compared to others around here).
The Mountain Pass
The mountain pass is quite a ways east (slightly north as you go east). Seems there is a strange train here that you may recognize. Antidote Herb if you take the east route, and then go west where Ivor went. Once you get past the Stornway sign, you know you are close. Turns out the landslide is crumbling and some Stornway soldiers are helping (sentby the King of Stornway). They say the landslide will be cleared soon enough but also that in the meantime they want you to look for a Patty who supposedly went towards Angel Falls.
Angel Falls
Back to Angel Falls we go, to visit the Inn and Erinn. Then, to Mayor Litlun's house after this to let him know. Erinn overhears the conversation about Patty and gets worried. Buy whatever else you can afford (defensive equipment, but no shield because you will get one ahead).
World Map
Head on over to the southeast this time. There is a circle on the map in this area, it is The Hexagon. Enter it.
The Hexagon
Poison near you so go straight north to enter. Straight north more to read an inscription about beast-related deaths being the cause of this being shut down. 'Talk' to the ghost and then follow it to the statue; the statue has a button on the back. Now you can continue on through the northeast route. The east route leads to a Leather Shield. Back to the staircases and take the left one for a Gold Ring. Up to the top and take the stairs down to The Hexagon – B2.
Go to the far south for 210 Gold Coins. To the northwest you will find a winding path and a Feather Fan. It is weaker than the Soldier's Sword though (by 4 attack points). To the northeast, for stairs going up to the Hexagon – B1 floor.
Follow the path counterclockwise all the way until you reach a Gleeban groat. Take the northeast door when you are ready now. Take the northwest path quick for a Seed of Deftness. Follow along but rest up before you speak with the downed lady with blue hair. Help her up, but a Hexagoon appears. It has a regular attack for 6-8 damage and Rubble for about the same damage. So long as you saved some of your MP or have Medical Herbs, you should be fine here. Just heal when you are low; this enemy looks a lot harder than it is. Your reward is a Magic Beast Hide. Afterwards, you head out with this blue-haired lady, who is indeed the Patty that you are looking for. Back to Angel Falls we go.
Angel Falls
Upon entry to Angel Falls, go to the Inn to advance the story with Patty and Erinn catching up. Patty tells Erinn she should be using her talents at the Inn in Stornway. Erinn is reluctant to leave however. Go to Erinn and the Old Man's house to see Edwinn. Well, his ghost at least. But then that ball of light comes in and hits you; it is Stella, stunning skipper of the sky-soaring Starflight Express. Talk to her a bit and she comes with, and allows the Battle Records screen to be accessed.
You regain control and can talk to Edwinn, as he wonders if what he buried behind the Inn is the cause of his troubles. Go over to that area and search the bush for a shiny gold trophy. Awarded to Edwinn by HRH King Schott for Inncredible Achievements in Inntertainment. Go take this to Edwinn and then Erinn. She then decides to go to Stornway, and Edwinn is at peace. A few days later, the landslide is cleared and the mountain pass is open again. Time for Erinn to travel to Stornway to meet her new destiny, and for our hero to head to the Starflight Express.
Talk to Questelle in front of the church to learn about Quests, and then you can accept her quest. 001 One Good Turn: Questelle wants a Tangleweb. You can find one of these when exploring the Mountain Pass; you will see a spider web that you can walk on and there will be a shining area there where you can pick up the Tangleweb. Giving her the Tangleweb nets you a sleeping hibiscus.
Mountain Pass
Now, to the Mountain Pass and then that Starflight Express just as you enter. Stella sets it for takeoff to The Observatory. Alas, it will not work, evidently because there is not a Celestrial inside. Time to head to Stornway instead to gather some Benevolessence. It is not much further down the Mountain Pass until you are back on the World Map in an area near Stornway.
Stornway is just to the east. Some new enemies within, but you should be more than capable of handling them (some of which you have already seen). Plus, you have likely acquired 7 or more ability points and if you used them on your Sword Abilities, you will then have +10 with a sword (making the Soldier's Sword even better).
In Stornway, enter for a scene with Patty, Erinn and Ginny. Ginny is finally convinced after that Inncredible award is pulled out. Then talk to them and agree to do what you can to help them out. Outside, check the well just west of the Inn for a pair of Linen Gloves (+5 deftness). Enter the nearby stairs to learn from a man that red chests can only be opened by the hero of the world they're in (blue chests can be opened by anyone). So grab those chests (Lambswool + Medicinal Herb). 2 gold coins in a barrel just north of these. Outside again and go to the northwest to find a treasure chest in the grass, with a Mini Medal inside. Talking to the villagers you hear a lot about the Wight Knight and how he is terrorizing the village.
Now explore the part of town that is northeast of those bridges. The church has a lady who wants you to egg her on with an air punch. 002 Pleased as Punch quest accepted from Ricki. She explains how to set your party tricks (hold b to start them). Your reward is a new Party Trick, a pirouette. Back outside the church, go down the stairs and break the barrel for a Medicinal Herb. To the Armor Shop just west of the church. I didn't bother to buy body armor at Angel Falls so the Chain Mail was a big help here. The weapon shop does have the Rapier at 480 gold (+6 attack from the Soldier's Sword). Two treasures here too; Antidote Herb and a Seed of Strength. The purple dog in the northeast corner of the village is facing a flashing light on the ground. Search that area for a Mini Medal.
Leave town and fight around a bit. Return and go to the Inn, and things should have settled down. You can now create a party to your liking (for now I just used the default classes; Martial Artist, Mage, Priest). Patty then shows her appreciation for you helping her before by teaching you how to Egg On fellow party members to boost their tension. All of these new allies start at level 1 with obsolete weapons / armor. Obviously it is expensive to outfit them right now but you may wish to build their levels for a bit anyway.
Now that we have allies, go towards the Stornway Castle (during the day time). Talk to the right guard and tell him you are responding to the Wight Knight request. Enter the castle and it is time to explore. Go to the north part of Stornway Castle – 1F and search the cabinets for a Leather Hat and a pair of Cotton Gloves. This is Queen Schott's room. Take the stairs going down in the northwest to find a room with two treasures; one locked and a Mini Medal. The northeast has some jars with 5 Gold coins within, and a northeast exit to the courtyard for a well. The guy down here is Hamish, and he sees a crevice. He wants to look in further and needs a Slimedrop. 007 Curious Crevice request is t o find one of these slimedrops and return to Hamish. Your only option now is to fight she-slimes over and over for one; I got one reasonably soon. Regular slimes won't yield the slimedrop (other slimes you fight later will though). But, it's best to just do now as fighting up around town is good for your new characters. Your reward for this slimedrop? A Seed of Strength. But the poor guy still can't get through the hole.
Back into the castle, and to the center area of 1F. Search the pots for 4 Gold Coins. West of here for a room with an old man wishing to remove some Ink. He needs Magic Water. 008 Don't Cry Over Spilt Ink now accepted. You'll find some Magic Water at some point but likely you don't have it now and won't for some time (you may either find it or buy it much later on). Take the northwest staircause up to Stornway L2. A soldier, Angus, is here, and he needs a Medicinal Herb, Antidotal Herb and a Moonwort Bulb as soon as possible. 005 Herb'list mission request accepted. You probably have all of these besides the Moonwort Bulb. Back to the first floor and take the southwest staircase going down. Enter the stairs in the middle going up. Go south to the outside area to find some miniscule gold coins and northeast to a door. Nothing here though so head to King Schott at the north end of 2F. He is with Simona. Turns out that the Wight Knight has requested that Simona be delivered to him at Loch Storn by a certain time. You can go north and up the stairs to 3F. But this just leads to the 3F balcony and then a locked door.
Back to town and into the church. The lady has a second quest: 003 We Like to Party. She wants to be egged on by another party trick. You are to do a pirouette, clap, jump and an air punch in a row. Set this as B + down, so that all four are done at once. Ricki will then acknowledge you for your skills, then she teaches you a new party trick; to pray. Quest 003 complete.
Head outside of town and take the east route along the northern mountains. You will find a path that leads up to that higher ground just on this east end. Travel straight north of Stornway to find the land of Zere.
New area with new monsters. Still, now that you have three allies you should be in great shape. Take the northwest path through the cornfields and up the stairs to enter a 'new' area. There are cows around, but enemies too. Further to the northwest and look for that marker on the map; this is the town of Zere.
Enter the Inn to rest. Interesting characters in one of the rooms; you can also see a treasure but you can't get to it. You can try to open the back door of the Inn, but it is locked. Enter the well and you will find a Medicinal Herb and about 12 gold coins. Go across the bridge and into this hole in the land. You meet a lady and you should agree to help her out. She just wants to be cheered on. Of course, your reward is a new party trick; to cheer people on.
To the item shop on the west end of town. Be sure to purchase a Moonwort Bulb; it is likely you still need one of these for the 005 Herb'list mission request. The church has a pair of Leather Shoes and the house in the northeast should have a Medicinal Herb. Rest up at this point and prepare to go back southeast.
Loch Storn
There should be a marker just north of where you entered the Zere area. This is why you want to go to meet the Wight Knight. He won't show up until night-fall. Not too tough of a battle though. Maybe the hardest part to work around is the fact that Wight Knight has a high agility, but so long as you don't let your HP get too low you should be fine. Wight Knight can also cast heal on himself but you can more than make up that damage in one round. Your reward is a bit of EXP, 200 gold coins and a set of Iron Gauntlets.
Afterwards, the Wight Knight mentions her name as Mona. Turns out this is a case of mistaken identity. Mona is the princess of the Wight Knight's homeland, in Brigadoom. The Wight Knight seems to have some understanding and says to tell those at Stornway that he won't be going around the castle again. Time to return to Stornway.
Stornway Castle
Not a long journey back. Now that you for sure have a Moonwort Bulb (to go with a Medicinal Herb and Antidote Herb) then you can finish that quest. It was the soldier in the castle who asked it. His name is Angus on the second floor (take the northwest staircase going up on 1F). After dropping off the Medicinal Herb, Antidote Herb and Moonwort Bulb, 005 Herb'list is now a complete quest. Your reward is a Gleeban groat.
Just as you return to the throne area, Princess Simona is about to answer Wight's demands. Speak with the King when the commotion settles. The king doesn't seem to believe that the Wight Knight is telling the truth. As you leave, Princess Simona requests a chat. Go out the 2F balcony to the south, and then go northeast to the princess' quarters. Evidently, she has heard of the town of Brigadoom. She also mentions Zere (which if you've been to, you may have heard about Brigadoom too).
If this is your first time here, scroll up a bit for the full analysis of town. If you've already been here, just go to the house at the west as you enter. This lady says Alanna and Petra will be together. So head all the way northeast to that far house to see them. Ask Alanna about Princess Simona and they sing the Right Knight ditty. Seems Brigadoom might be to the north.
As you leave the village, someone cries for help. The Wight Knight has returned to confront this man, who mentions that he is the slave of some witch in the forest. You then talk to Wight Knight to relay him the information about the 'Right Knight' song and Brigadoom being to the north.
Doomingale Forest
You may have stumbled upon this if you explored the region previously; it is in the far northwest. Tougher enemies within but again, nothing you should not be able to handle at this point. Zere has defensive gear to help and Stornway has a bit more to choose from (and weapons). Avoid the poisonous swamp as best as you can (you actually don't have to travel straight north through it, though the damage is negligible. You could travel east and north to wrap around). The black smoke in the center of the area is where you need to be, obviously.
Brigadoom Ruins
Wight Knight wonders if these are the ruins of Brigadoom, and then considers his beloved Mona. Start off by working your way southwest and then follow that path north to a door. Within, a Chimaera Wing. Back to the central area. If you try to go north up the stairs and through the red door, you will find it's locked. To the southeast is a staircase that leads to nothing but enemies (and some jars that have cowpie). So, head north and west when you can for that Gleeban Groat treasure. Continue northeast to see a nice grave, that of the great alchemist Neachdainn. Nearby pot has a Medicinal Herb. Then take that east tower. At the top, a Trailblazing Bandana. At this point, just go down to the center area and take the staircase going down in the northwest area (or as northwest as you can get for now).
Can't do anything but go north for a while here in Brigadoom B1, then circle around east and south. You can look at the Black Knight statue if you'd like. Travel south a bit and then east when you can, for a long route that winds south and back west to a room with treasures. Take the pair of Clogs and the Mini Medal. Also an Evac-U-Bell and Gleeban Groat in the pots to the west. Back to where you initially took this east route and continue for south. A library in the southwest with a note behind a shelf and some books to read. A Belle Cap treasure in the south cell, and further east for a Medicinal Herb in the cell. Back north and west for the staircase going up to 1F.
South for a jar (Resurrock). Nothing else above besides miniscule items and poison. Just go upstairs once more. You can go south to unlock that red door to make traveling through here faster. Head north then and east all the way if you want some small amounts of gold from the jars. Take the far north exit down the stairs. Down the stairs again for a notebook to read on the table and a Gold Bracer in the treasure chest. Rest up before you head in the throne room above, just in case.
Ahead is the Black Knight and Morag. Use Buff and Sap at the beginning to make your defense higher / her's lower. Her physical attack isn't particularly strong but she does like to try charming you. After you do a few hundred damage points she'll become enraged and start using her more dangerous moves like Crack and HP Hoover. Defeating her will net you around 400 EXP, 360 gold coins and a pair of High Heels. Morag is no more and then you'll see Princess Mona. Or, Princess Simona. Wight Knight is now at peace.
Stornway Castle
Make your way back to Stornway Castle, either by foot or Chimaera Wing. King Schott thanks you for your work. He allows you access to the treasure area behind the throne, and then says that a checkpoint to the east is now open if you wish to continue your adventure that way. First thing to do is go up those stairs behind the throne and then to the east building. Five treasures; iron nails, 1000 gold, phial of Aggressence, an Angel Bell and a Gold Rosary.
As you leave the Castle, Stella comes out to summarize the events and say that we should go back to the Starflight Express. Before that, head to the Inn. You can now use the Alchemy Pot aka Krak Pot. It gives you the Alchenomicon to access from the Battle Records menu.
You may have noticed a man along the way (just west of the sign in town) with a blue bubble. After you have talked to the Krak Pot, you can accept Bill's quest. The mission request is; 004 Pick Me Up a Panacea. You then learn a recipe for making a panacea. Turns out we will need a Moonwort Bulb, Special Medicine and Superior Medicine. Easy to make, you just need Medicinal Herbs to get the latter two. Once you get all three, combine them to acquire the Panacea. Return to Bill just outside the Inn to complete the quest 004 Pick Me Up a Panacea. Your reward is a Gleeban guinea. He also shows you a book called On-Trend Accessories You Can Alchemise at Home. You now have a recipe for a Strength Ring, Slime Earrings, Bow Tie, Agility Ring, Prayer Ring and a Life Ring.
Also a good time to check in with that knight in the castle, Angus (northwest end, floor 2). He has another quest, he wants some of that water at Angel Falls. The quest begins, 006 Get Well Water. Simply use a Chimaera Wing to Angel Falls and talk to the purple-robed man in between the bridges in the center. He wants to dilute it and then he could just give you some Angel's Tears for free.
The Mountain Pass
Go to the Mountain Pass and find that Starflight Express. Turns out some of the work we've done to help the knight has return some of the hero's Celestrian powers. But we still need to acquire more power it seems.
Go to Stornway once more and go east (not southeast but northeast. Southeast leads to nothing). You will reach the Western Stornway Checkpoint. As the merchant here says, there are newer, tougher enemies ahead.
To the north is Coffinwell. You won't hear too many positive things when you enter. What you will want to do is check out the weapon / armor shop. Quality stuff but expensive. Still, better than what you've had access to (at Stornway) so spend what you can to upgrade. I generally prioritize weapons especially earlier on when your risk of death is low.
Enter the Inn to rest and go up to the second level. You'll learn that the recent earthquake caused a previous disease in the village to run rampant. Can't get to the treasure in the north unfortunately, door is locked. Up further and you come out right in front of the Mayor's house. You'll find Mayor Laria on the 2nd floor in the library area. Seems a contagious disease from over a century ago has resurfaced and he wants you to see how Phlegming's progress with translating the material. Head to the west to see Phlegming's house. Check the bookshelf to learn some recipes; Tracksuit Top, Tussler's Top, Tussler's Trousers, Finessence and Tracky Bottoms. Nearby is Catarrhina sleeping on a bed. Talk to her to get her up and she'll go with you to see her husband Phlegming. Explore a bit more before following. The eastern house has some recipes upstairs; Snakeskin Whip, Serpentine Whip, Cobra Fan, Large-Scale Armour and a Sidewinder.
Catarrhina is in the lower area so go south a bit and wrap east and north to get there. You will meet Dr. Phlegming. Read the books on his bookshelf. You will learn these recipes: Lunaria, Magic Water, Mystifying Mixture, Aggressence, Hephaestus' Flame , Feline Fan, Catty Shield, Kitty Shield, and Cat Ears. One of the bookshelves even has a note about a new party trick, Provoke. Naturally, you see where you fit in here. Go back to the Mayor and tell him that you'll explore it. You then acquire the Quarantomb Key. Now get to Doctor Four-Eyes and then you can go.
It's an easy shot west to the next screen, and then north quite a ways to Quarantomb, our destination.
The door is open thanks to the earthquake. Just head on in but be wary of the upcoming monsters. The EarthenWarrior's have an annoying Fire Breath attack for ~10 damage to all. More tedious than anything else. Enemies are also hard to avoid in the narrow corridors here. Another thing to keep an eye on are the Metal Slimes. Any Dragon Quest / Warrior vet knows these guys yield tons of EXP but flee quickly. Best of luck in defeating them but the reward is high (but can compromise the difficulty big-time).
First, head to the southeast for some Slipweed. Go north a bit from here to find a Mini Medal. Make your way to the northeast corner now. A Seed of Skill is along the way. You see a mysterious blue glow from the northwest statue, so press the button you see upon examing. Now head to the northeast and you see the statue with a red glow. Push that button and the two lights go all the way to the beginning where those two locked doors are. Those doors now open, so return down there. Heal up before entering (if you're really low on MP, might as well head back to rest first. The following battle is a long one and you will run out of MP otherwise).
You'll see the jar has been open. The contagion has left this sealed jar, and appears shortly after. You do get one last chance to heal so do so if you haven't, then encounter the enemy. Biggest thing to worry about with The Ragin' Contagion is that it is the first boss to attack twice per round. Might be good to use Accelerate to ensure your party members attack first. The Ragin Contagion has regular attacks for ~ 20 damage points. Though again, he attacks twice and is liable to decrease your defense as well. He can also decrease your agility so that's even more reason to keep Accelerate in mind. The Ragin Contagion has close to 2300 hit points, so this battle will take a long time. You're probably lucky to average 100 damage points on him a round considering the turns wasted healing and casting accelerate, awaken, etc. When you do win you'll get ~550-600 EXP, 600 gold coins and a clump of Royal Soil.
Doctor Phlegming seals it away and then goes off to explore. You can follow him to find out this is actually the tomb of some king from long ago (consequently you see a ghost to the left of him that looks an awful lot like a king sprite).
Return to Coffinwell a hero (though most credit the Doctor). Rest up, then talk to the Mayor. He suggests telling Catarrhina. Go to the northwest house to find something unsightly. Speak with Mayor Laria when you regain control, then rest until evening. Mayor Laria again forgets why you are here to talk to him, but does give you a Feather Headband. Wow.
Head out to the entrance of town to see some ghosts. Talk to them and then go north to the Laboratory. The secret knock gets Dr. Phlegming to come out. He then joins you as you go around town talking to the formerly-afflicted villagers. The Inn, the house on the east end of village and a western house are the houses you need to go to I believe. Then, Phlegming has seen enough and it is time to return to the lab. Phlegming is back to work and Catarrhina is at peace. You then automatically go to rest after this.
Turns out people are happy now and benevolessence is about. Time to return to the Mountain Pass, says Stella.
The Mountain Pass
Might as well use a Chimaera Wing to Angel Falls and walk east to make this backtracking faster. The Starflight Express seems to have a bit more luster but as you get near, a strange blue-clad lady appears and disappears. It is finally ready to take off, when you are ready (and you might as well go now, there is nothing you'll miss forever).
The Observatory
The Starflight Express will make it to the Observatory despite the thunderous storm. Hey look, Apus Major. You are greeted upon your arrival. Time to catch up on the events in the Protectorate. After speaking it is time to visit World Tree Yggdrasil to give thanks for returning. Go up and offer up a prayer. You fall into a deep sleep and experience a strange dream.
You are still lacking wings and a halo. However a voice directs you where to go and teaches you the Zoom spell. Also known as Return in the older Dragon Warrior's, you can go to any town that you have previously visited. More scenes and the situation in front of you has become more focused; time to find the fallen fygg fruits in the Protectorate. There are seven fyggs in total.
Before leaving, speak to Columba on the far west end of 1F by the grave. She mentions that Aquila descended to the Protectorate to search for you, but still has not returned. Back to L4 of the Observatory, which is where the Starflight Express is. Time to get back to the Protectorate.


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Tuesday, July 31, 2012
RIP Russ Mayberry
He was born Dec. 22, 1925 in Duluth, Minn. to John and Ethel Mayberry.
After serving as a Naval Aviator during World War II, he attended Northwestern University in Chicago, Ill. He then began a 46 year career in the television industry, starting out as a stage hand at WBKB in Chicago. His career took him to Memphis and New York and back to Chicago and then to California.
Over the years, Russ directed numerous television shows, some of which were "Bewitched," "I Dream of Jeannie," "That Girl," "The Monkees," "Ironside," "McCloud," "Kojak," "The Six Million Dollar Man," "Rockford Files," "Magnum PI," "The Fall Guy," "Miami Vice," "Matlock," and "In The Heat of the Night." He also directed many Television Pilots and Movies Of The Week.
Russ is survived his wife, Sandy of Fort Collins; his son, David (Marty) Anderson of Lake Bluff, Ill.; his daughter, Cynthia Mayberry (Jim Treydte) of Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif.; his grandson, David Anderson; his granddaughter, Christine Anderson; and his brother, Robert Mayberry of Cambria, Calif.
He was preceded in death by his brother John Mayberry.
A Remembrance Gathering will be held on Monday, Aug. 6, 2012 at 11 a.m. at the Allnutt Drake Reception Center, 650 W. Drake Road, Fort Collins, Colo.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Directors Guild of America Foundation, 7920 Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90046 or Waikik Aquarium, Honolulu, Hawaii.
MAYBERRY, Russ (Russell B. Mayberry)
Born: 12/22/1925, Duluth, Minnesota, U.S.A.
Died: 7/27/2012, Fort Collins, Colorado, U.S.A.
Russ Mayberry's westerns - director:
The Virginian (TV) - 1970, 1971
Alias Smith and Jones (TV) - 1971
Dusty's Trail (TV) - 1973, 1974
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Monday, July 30, 2012
RIP Tony Epper
Actor-stuntman Tony Epper dies at 73
Part of the Epper dynasty of Hollywood stuntmen
By Variety Staff
Tony Epper, an actor, stuntman and stunt coordinator, died July 20 at home in Idaho after a long fighter with cancer. He was 73.
His film credits as an actor include Sydney Pollack's "The Scalphunters," "Valdez Is Coming," "Lawman" Mark Rydell's "The Cowboys," "Cutter's Way," "The Beastmaster," "The Hitcher," "Christmas Vacation" and Warren Beatty's "Dick Tracy."
Epper did stunt work on a large number of high-profile films including "Lethal Weapon 2," "Thelma and Louise," "Patriot Games," Francis Ford Coppola's "Dracula," "The River Wild," "Waterworld," "Money Train," "Jingle All the Way," "Volcano" and "Con Air."
Epper also worked steadily in television, first appearing in an episode of "Bachelor Father" in 1958 and racking up guest roles in series including "I Spy," "The Green Hornet," "Daniel Boone," "Batman," "Gunsmoke," "Kung Fu," "The Six Million Dollar Man," "The Rockford Files," "Charlie's Angels," "The A-Team" and "MacGyver." He last appeared in 1996 in an episode of "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine" as a drunken Klingon.
John Anthony Epper was born in Los Angeles on October 1, 1938, the son of actor-stuntman John Epper [1906-1992]. He did his first Hollywood work as an actor and stuntman in the early 1950s, appearing uncredited in the films "Carbine Williams," "The Story of Will Rogers" and "Ma and Pa Kettle at Home."
He was credited as second unit director on the Abel Ferrara-helmed 1986 telepic "The Gladiator."
Epper's brothers Andy [1943-2010] and Gary [1944-2007] were also actor-stuntmen but preceded him in death.
Epper is survived by his wife, Donna; two sons, Danny, an actor and stuntman, and Roger; a daughter; two step-daughters and a variety of other Epper family members who work in the business, including his sister Jeannie Epper.
EPPER, Tony (John Anthony Epper)
Born: 10/1/1938, Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.
Died: 7/20/2012, Utah, U.S.A.
Tony Epper's westerns – actor, stuntman:
Carbine Williams – 1952
Mail Order Bride - 1964 [stunts]
The Hallelujah Trail - 1965 [stunts]
The Professionals – 1966 [stunts]
Daniel Boone (TV) – 1966, 1967 (sergeant, Tate, Morgan)
Iron Horse (TV) – 1967 (One-Armed Man)
Hondo (TV) – 1967 (Running Bear)
Cimarron Strip (TV) – 1968 (Dave Kerny, Marko)
The Scalphunters – 1968 (scalphunter) [stunt coordinator, stunts]
The Wild Bunch – 1969 [stunts]
Paint Your Wagon – 1969 [stunts]
The Good Guys and the Bad Guys 1969 [stunts]
The High Chaparral (TV) – 1970 (Hanley)
Lawman – 1971 [stunts]
Valdez is Coming – 1971 (bodyguard) [stunts]
The Cowboys – 1972 (rustler) [stunts]
The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid – 1972 (lumberjack) [stunts]
Ulzana's Raid – 1972 (trooper) [stunts]
Gunsmoke (TV) – 1973 (lynch mob member)
Blazing Saddles – 1974 [stunts]
Kung Fu (TV) – 1974, 1975 (Deputy Dirk, bounty hunter)
The Master Gunfighter – 1975 [stunts]
Centennial (TV) – 1978 (bar fighter)
The Last Ride of the Dalton Gang (TV) – 1979 (Charlie Montgomery)
More Wild Wild West (TV) – 1980 (Juanita's Brother)
Cattle Annie and Little Britches - 1981 [stunt double] [stunts]
Gunsmoke: Return to Dodge - 1987 (TV) (Farnum McCloud)
Guns of Paradise (TV) – 1988, 1989 (bouncer, Federal Marshal Burnette)
Lonesome Dove (TV) – 1989 (Dixon)
My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys - 1991 [stunts]
The Good Old Boys (TV) - 1995 (Melvin the Goon)
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RIP Don Bagley
RIP Don Bagley
Donald Neff Bagley
American Jazz Bassist
1927 ~ 2012
Donald Neff Bagley was born July 18,1927 in Salt Lake City the youngest son of Lewis Loraine and Laurance Elaine Bagley. He received formal training in double bass also earning degrees from Los Angeles City College and Pierce College also in Los Angeles. Professionally, Don started with the Hollywood Teenagers in 1944. He then served in the Navy from 1945 until 1949, playing with the Navy band on location as assigned. Following his time in the service, he played with Stan Kenton from 1950 until 1954 and again later in his career. Don was a much sought after and admired arranger, producer, composer and conductor and he continued to work on projects in recent years and was constantly augmenting his vast knowledge taking classes and participating in forums and workshops. In his career he worked with Burt Bacharach, Shelly Manne, Nat King Cole, Dexter Gordon among countless others. He toured with legendary jazz performers and popular artists including Julie London, June Christie and Sarah Vaughan. He arranged, played and conducted for many recordings including Carols De Christmas which went platinum. Don's work can also be heard in the many movies and T.V. shows, including the score for the first Spiderman movie. A consummate Jazz bassist, Don released three solo albums, Basically Bagley, Jazz On The Rocks and Soft Sell. He conducted several Christmas productions with The London Symphony and The Mormon Tabernacle Choir. Don was a member of The Songwriter's Guild, The Composers and Lyricists Guild and The American Society of Music Arrangers and Composers where he served on its board of directors. In addition, he was a long time member of musicians local 47 in Los Angeles.
Survivors include grandchildren, Jordan, Jasmin, Celestine and Chanel and 7 great grandchildren. He also leaves many nieces and nephews in the Salt Lake area who will mark his passing. He was preceded in death by his daughter Tiffani, his wife Mimi whom he married in 1951, and siblings Louis, Stuart, John (Jack), Ben, and Marjorie Turner.
Memorial services will be held in the Northridge 1st L.D.S. Ward, Northridge, Calif., Monday July 30, 2012, at 10 A.M. Graveside services will be held at Wasatch Lawn; Salt Lake City, Utah, on Wed., August 1, 2012, at 10 A.M.
BAGLEY, Don (Donald Neff Bagley)
Born: 7/18/1927, Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S.A.
Died: 7/26/2012, Northridge, California, U.S.A.
Don Bagley's western – composer:
Ole Rex - 1961
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RIP Jonathan Hardy
New Zealand actor, writer, and director Jonathan Hardy died today at the age of 71.
Speculative fiction fans know Hardy best as the voice of Dominar Rygel VXI, a Henson Muppe creation for "Farscape", a short but very popular science fiction television show filmed in New Zealand.
Jonathan Hardy voiced Rygel XVI in all four seasons of Farscape, Farscape: The Game, and Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars.
He received an Academy Award nomination for his screenplay for the 1980 film 'Breaker' Morant. Hardy also appeared on-camera as Kahaynu the builder in I Do, I Think and The Maltese Crichton.
Hardy spoke affectionately of his time as Rygel to the BBC, asserting "What else could one do to culminate a career than to become a very great international star as the voice of a Muppet?"
American viewers may not recognize the man behind the Dominar's mask, but Hardy's film credits include Mad Max (with Mel Gibson, as Commissioner Labatouche), Baz Luhrmann's Moulin Rouge! (as the Man in the Moon, with singing voice dubbed by Placido Domingo), The Adventures of Barry McKenzie (with Spike Milligan), The Delinquents (with Kylie Minogue and Melissa Jaffer), and Ned Kelly (as the Great Orlando). Television includes the Australian series Prisoner, the 1989 revival of Mission: Impossible, Twisted Tales, and the TV movie The Thorn Birds: The Missing Years.
At this writing, there's no information on Hardy's cause of death. Even New Zealand news isn't up to date yet.
However, this isn't the first life-threatening situation that Hardy has faced.
Well over thirty years ago, Jonathan Hardy was to direct "The Man from Snowy River". He cast it, and suddenly collapsed, and had to have a heart transplant. Hardy said, "In that sense I've got something in common with Rygel, I've got somebody else's heart, so I'm a bit alien myself."
The speculative fiction fans around the world mourn the loss of Jonathan Hardy and his special voice for the ill-contented muppet. May his next world adventures be as fun as Rygel was to viewers.
HARDY, Jonathan
Born: 9/20/1940, Wellington, New Zealand
Died: 7/30/2012
Jonathan Hardy's westerns - actor, associate director:
Return to Snowy River - 1988 [associate director]
Snowy River: The McGregor Saga (TV) - 1996 (John Archer, Sr.)
Ned Kelly - 2003 (The Great Orlando)
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RIP Tony Martin
Romantic crooner Tony Martin dies at 98
Monday - 7/30/2012, 1:26pm ET
By BOB THOMAS
Associated Press
Associated Press
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Crooner Tony Martin, whose career spanned from the Great Depression to the 21st century, has died in Los Angeles at 98.
Friend and accountant Beverly Scott says Martin died Friday of natural causes at his West Los Angeles home.
A romantic idol for at least one generation, his hit recordings include "I Get Ideas," "To Each His Own," "Begin the Beguine" and "There's No Tomorrow."
Although he never became a full-fledged movie star, Martin was featured in 25 films, most of them made during the heyday of the Hollywood musicals. A husky 6 feet tall and dashingly handsome, he was often cast as the lead.
Off-screen, he married two movie musical superstars, Alice Faye and Cyd Charisse. The latter union lasted 60 years, until Charisse's death in 2008.
MARTIN, Tony (Alvin Morris)
Born: 12/25/1913, San Francisco, California, U.S.A.
Died: 7/27/2012, Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.
Tony Martin's westerns - actor:
Quincannon, Frontier Scout - 1962 (Linus Quincannon)
Death Valley Days (TV) - 1962 (Amadeo Giannini)
Friend and accountant Beverly Scott says Martin died Friday of natural causes at his West Los Angeles home.
A romantic idol for at least one generation, his hit recordings include "I Get Ideas," "To Each His Own," "Begin the Beguine" and "There's No Tomorrow."
Although he never became a full-fledged movie star, Martin was featured in 25 films, most of them made during the heyday of the Hollywood musicals. A husky 6 feet tall and dashingly handsome, he was often cast as the lead.
Off-screen, he married two movie musical superstars, Alice Faye and Cyd Charisse. The latter union lasted 60 years, until Charisse's death in 2008.
MARTIN, Tony (Alvin Morris)
Born: 12/25/1913, San Francisco, California, U.S.A.
Died: 7/27/2012, Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.
Tony Martin's westerns - actor:
Quincannon, Frontier Scout - 1962 (Linus Quincannon)
Death Valley Days (TV) - 1962 (Amadeo Giannini)
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RIP Norman Alden
Amazingly busy through five decades, he was the voice of Aquaman and appeared in "Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman," "Kansas City Bomber," "Back to the Future" and "Ed Wood."
Norman Alden, a character actor who piled up a prodigious number of credits during his five decades in film and television, died July 27 of natural causes at an assisted living facility in Los Angeles, his family reported. He was 87.
Alden appeared in several hundred television episodes, commercials and films (his family put the number at 2,500) but rarely had a regular gig, frequently playing tough guys and authority figures one show and one character at a time. Perhaps his most recognizable role was as Lou the mechanic in a series of AC Delco commercials.
Alden provided the voice of Aquaman in two Super Friends animated series in the 1970s, played outlaw Johnny Ringo in 1961 in The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp opposite Hugh O'Brian and was Coach Leroy Fedders on seven episodes of Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman in the mid-1970s. His character drowned face-first in a bowl of Mary's (Louise Lasser's) chicken soup.
The native of Fort Worth, Texas, got his start on The Bob Cummings Show in 1957 and would appear in scores of TV series like Honey West, Electra Woman and Dyna Girl, Fay, My Three Sons, My Favorite Martian, The Big Valley, The Streets of San Francisco, The Rookies, Adam-12, Combat!, Charlie's Angels, JAG and Batman, where he played one of the Joker's henchmen.
On film, Alden voiced Sir Kay in Disney's The Sword in the Stone (1963), was roller derby skater "Horrible" Hank Hopkins in Raquel Welch's Kansas City Bomber (1972) and had roles in Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970), I Never Promised You a Rose Garden (1977), Semi-Tough (1977), Back to the Future (1985), They Live (1988), Ed Wood (1994), Patch Adams (1998) and K-Pax (2001).
Following a tour of duty in Europe during World War II, Alden attended Texas Christian University and worked at KXOL Radio as a disc jockey. He left Fort Worth in his early twenties to go to New York, won Arthur Godfrey Talent Scouts and moved to Los Angeles.
Survivors include his children Brent and Ashley, his grandson Zooey and his longtime life partner, Linda Thieben.
A celebration of his life will be held in Los Angeles in August and in Fort Worth in September. The family asks that in a donation in Alden's name be made to TCU's drama department; to the department of cardiology at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles; or to the Frostig Center in Pasadena.
ALDEN, Norman (Norman Adelberg)
Born: 9/13/1924, Fort Worth, Texas, U.S.A.
Died: 7/27/2012, Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.
Norman Alden's westerns – actor:
Circus Boy (TV) – 1957 (Pierre Manelli)
Yancy Derringer (TV) – 1958 (Crenshaw)
The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin (TV) – 1958, 1959 (Black Cloud)
Pony Express (TV) – 1959
The Texan (TV) – 1959 (Ryan)
Bonanza (TV) – 1960, 1961 (Poke, Teller)
Bronco (TV) – 1961 (Shad Welty)
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp (TV) – 1961 (Johnny Ringo)
Lawman (TV) – 1961 (Charley)
Cheyenne (TV) – 1962 (Paul Thomas)
The Rifleman (TV) – 1962 (Duff)
The Dakotas (TV) – 1963 (Paul Thomas, Jim Barton)
The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters (TV) – 1963 (Broken Mouth)
Temple Houston (TV) – 1964 (Carlton Owens)
Rango (TV) – 1967 (Captain Horton)
The Big Valley (TV) – 1967 (Jeff Bowden)
The Guns of Will Sonnett (TV) – 1967 (Clay Dixon)
Iron Horse (TV) – 1967 (Rafe Benton)
Gunsmoke (TV) – 1967, 1969, 1971, 1973 (Purlie Loftus, Deke Franklin, Berber, Amos Potter, Tom Hart)
The Great Bank Robbery 1969 (The Great Gregory)
The Trackers (TV) – 1971 (Pete Dilworth)
Kung Fu (TV) – 1973 (Sheriff Crossman)
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Friday, July 27, 2012
RIP Eddie Nichols
Published in The Oklahoman on July 25, 2012
NICHOLS, Eddie (Edward Lee Nichols)
Born: 1/24/1931, Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.
Died: 7/23/2012, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, U.S.A.
Eddie Nichols' western - actor:
Buffalo Bill - 1944 (boy at shooting gallery)
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RIP R.G. Armstrong
R.G. Armstrong passed away in his sleep on July 27, 2012. He was 95. Born Robert Golden Armstrong on April 7, 1917 in Birmingham, Alabama. He attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. While there he was frequently performing on stage with the Carolina Playmakers. Although his mother had hoped he would follow the ministry, ffter graduating, R.G. headed to New York, where his acting career really took off. In 1953 he, along with many of his Actor's Studio buddies, was part of the cast of "End As a Man" -- this became the first play to go from off-Broadway to Broadway. The following year, R.G. got his first taste of movies, appearing in "Garden of Eden" (1954). However, he returned to New York and the live stage. He received great reviews for his portrayal of Big Daddy in the Broadway production of "Cat On a Hot Tin Roof" in 1955. In 1958 he took the plunge to Hollywood and appeared in two movies, a TV series, and numerous guest appearances on TV shows that year, usually in westerns such as "The Rifleman" (1958), "Have Gun - Will Travel" (1957) and "Zane Grey Theater" (1956), among others. He would go on to appear in 80 movies and three TV series in his career, and guest-starred in 90 TV series, many of them westerns, often as a tough sheriff or a rugged land baron. R.G. was a regular cast member in the TV series "T.H.E. Cat" (1966), playing tough, one-handed Captain MacAllister. Although most of us remember R.G. as a regular in several Sam Peckinpah films, the younger generation knows him as spooky Lewis Vandredi, who just wouldn't let the main characters have a good night's sleep on the "Friday the 13th" (1987) TV series. Finally retiring after six successful decades in show business, his last film appearance was in the TV western film "Purgatory" (1999). Mr. Armstrong had been blind for the past few years he enjoyed listening to old radio programs and the Encore westerns channel. Armstrong received a Golden Boot award in 1999. R.G. appeared in one Euro-western as Honest John in "My Name is Nobody" (1973).
ARMSTRONG, R.G. (Robert Golden Armstrong)
Born: 4/7/1917, Birmingham, Alabama, U.S.A.
Died: 7/27/2012, Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.
R.G. Armstrong's westerns – actor:
Jefferson Drum (TV) – 1958 (Kreiger)
From Hell to Texas – 1958 (Hunter Boyd)
Have Gun – Will Travel (TV) – 1958 (Marshall Tom Jaffey, Mayor S.J. Lovett)
The Californians (TV) – 1958 (Malone)
The Rifleman (TV) – 1958 (Sheriff Fred Tomlinson)
Bronco (TV) – 1958 (Reverend Hardin)
Zane Grey Theater (TV) – 1958 (Sheriff Fred Tomlinson, Sheriff Les Houghton)
Sugarfoot (TV) – 1958, 1959 (Clay Calhoun, Lou Stoner)
The Texan (TV) – 1958, 1959 (Cliff Clifford, Big Sam Aldridge)
Black Saddle (TV) – 1959 (Ben Dawes)
U.S. Marshal (TV) – 1959 (Link Thompson)
No Name on the Bullet – 1959 (Asa Canfield)
Lawman (TV) – 1959 (Gabe Dallas)Major Ben Rogers)
Wanted Dead or Alive (TV) – 1959 (Asa Wynter)
Riverboat (TV) – 1959 (Rothgate)
Maverick (TV) – 1959, 1960 (Colonel Karl Bent, Wellington Cosgrove)
Rawhide (TV) – 1959, 1960, 1962, 1965 (Enoch Talby, Burke, Gantry Hobson, Sheriff John Keeley)
Bonanza (TV) – 1959, 1961, 1966 (Andrew Holloway, Nathan Clay, Colonel Keith Jarrell)
The Westerner (TV) – 1960 (Shell Davidson)
Ten Who Dared – 1960 (Oramel Howland)
The Tall Man (TV) – 1960 (Neal Bailey)
Cheyenne (TV) – 1960, 1961 (Angus Emmett, Nathanael Grimm)
Laramie (TV) – 1960, 1961, 1962 (Matthews, Sam Jarrad, Jud, Marshal Al Dawson, Vic Prescott)
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp (TV) – 1961 (Joe Taylor)
Bat Masterson (TV) – 1961 (Marshal William MacWilliams)
Gunsmoke (TV) – 1961, 1963, 1965, 1966, 1967 (Capt. Benter, Major, Jud Briar, Argonaut, Carl Anderson)
Frontier Circus (TV) – 1962 (Uriah Foster)
Tales of Wells Fargo (TV) – 1962 (Hanson)
Ride the High Country – 1962 (Joshua Knudsen)
Wagon Train (TV) – 1962 (John Muskie, General Kirby)
The Wide Country (TV) – 1963 (Charlie Devlin)
Death Valley Days (TV) – 1963, 1965 (Steve, Bundage)
The Virginian (TV) – 1963, 1967 (Ben Winters, Frederick Harley)
He Rides Tall – 1964 (Joshua 'Josh' McCloud)
Major Dundee – 1965 (Reverend Dahlstrom)
The Big Valley (TV) – 1965 (Wallace Miles)
El Dorado – 1966 (Kevin MacDonald)
Cimarron Strip (TV) – 1967 (William Payne)
The Guns of Will Sonnett (TV) – 1967 (Collin Atwood)
Daniel Boone (TV) – 1967, 1968 (Jarvis, Joseph Garth)
Lancer (TV) – 1968 (Gant Foley)
Here Come the Brides (TV) – 1969 (Lijah)
The Ballad of Cable Hogue – 1970 (Quittner)
The McMasters – 1970 (Watson)
The High Chaparral (TV) – 1970 (Henderson)
J.W. Coop – 1971 (Jim Sawyer)
Alias Smith and Jones (TV) – 1971 (Max)
Justin Morgan Had a Horse – 1972 (Squire Fisk)
The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid – 1972 (Clell Miller)
Hec Ramsey (TV) – 1972 (Ben Ritt)
Cotter – 1973
Gentle Savage – 1973 (Rupert Beeker)
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid – 1973 (Ollinger)
Running Wild – 1973 (Bull)
My Name is Nobody – 1973 (Honest John)
Boss Nigger – 1975 (Mayor Griffin)
The Legend of the Golden Gun – (TV) – 1979 (Judge Harrison Harding)
The Last Ride of the Dalton Gang (TV) – 1979 (Leland Stanford)
The Shadow Riders (TV) – 1982 (Sheriff Miles Gillette)
Lone Wolf McQuade – 1983 (T. Tyler)
Red Headed Stranger – 1986 (Sheriff Reese Scoby)
Independence (TV) – 1987 (Uriah Creed)
Walker, Texas Ranger (TV) – 1994 (Frank Dodge)
Purgatory (TV) – 1999 (coachman)
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade (TV) -2004 [himself]
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RIP Lupe Ontiveras
Actress Lupe Ontiveros passed away in Los Angeles
Actress, producer, and activist Lupe Ontiveros passed away Thursday evening (July 26). She was a familiar face in film for her participation in movies like "Zoot Suit," "As Good As It Gets," "Greetings from Tucson," and "Selena."
Ontiveros was recently seen in good spirits at the 2012 NALIP (National Association of Latino Independent Producers) celebration in Studio City, posing for pictures on the red carpet with Rita Moreno, Dolores Huerta, and other Latino celebrities.
View slideshow: Lupe Ontiveros passed away
Ontiveros received the NALIP Lifetime Achievement Award in 2010, when actor Edward James Olmos described her as a consummate and prolific artist, "as good as it gets."
Ontiveros was born September 17, 1942 in El Paso, Texas, the daughter of middle-class Mexican immigrants.
According to a Fox news report, she was suffering from liver cancer. The news of her death was unexpected and has shocked her fans. She will be missed.
ONTIVERAS, Lupe
Born: 9/17/1942, El Paso, Texas, U.S.A.
Died: 7/26/2012, Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.
Lupe Ontiveras' western - actress:
Rio Diablo (TV) - 1993 (Ducna)
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Wednesday, July 25, 2012
RIP Paco Moran
Francisco Moran Ruiz, better known as Paco Morán, died on Monday July 23, 2012 in Barcelona, Spain. He was to 81 years old as reported by the Ministry of Culture of the Generalitat. Moran died from a pulmonary emphysema at the Clinica del Pilar of Barcelona
Moran, was born in Almodóvar del Río, Cordoba, Andalucia, Spain on November 9, 1930. He joined the Conservatory of Music and Declamation of Cordoba at the age of 17, where he studied drama , and later co-founded the Spanish Theatre University along with other peers, which performed works by renowned artists worldwide.
In 1957, he was a stage announcer at Radio Cordoba and then moved to Madrid and joined the players box National Radio of Spain and WIN Spanish Television, where he starred in more than 2,500 programs. But theater was his vocation and where he loved to perform.
In the 70′s he moved to Barcelona, where he enjoyed great success in winning plays for the Catalan public with representation from 1994 to 1999 of "The Odd Couple", by Neil Simon, with the actress Joan Pera. He was also highlighted in other plays such as "Every Sheep with Their Partner" (1973), "Semicolon" (1987) and "The Cage of Flies" (2002).
MORAN, Francisco (Francisco Morán Ruiz)
Born: 11/9/1930, Almodóvar del Río, Córdoba, Andalucía, Spain
Died: 7/23/2012, Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
Francisco 'Paco' Moran's westerns- actor, voice dubber:
Torrejón City – 1962 (Mac) [as Paco Moran]
Four Bullets for Joe - 1963 (John) [as Frank Moran]
A Fistful of Knuckles - 1965 (Don Ramon Cocos) [as Paco Moran]
The Big Gundown - 1966 [Spanish voice of Antonio Molino Rojo]
Fort Yuma Gold - 1966 [Spanish voice of Jacques Sernas]
Ringo's Big Night – 1966 (Black Norton)
A Man, a Colt – 1967 (Diego) [as Paco Morán]
A Train for Durango – 1969 [Spanish voice of Aldo Sambrell]
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RIP Chad Everett
The actor died in his Los Angeles home Tuesday after a year-and-a-half-long battle with lung cancer, Everett's daughter, Katherine Thorp told the Associated Press.
Everett, who was born Raymon Lee Crampton, rose to fame playing Dr. Joe Cannon on Medical Center, a role which earned him two Golden Globe nods and an Emmy nomination.
He has since appeared alongside Naomi Watts in "Mulholland Drive" and on "Supernatural", portraying an older version of Dean Winchester (Jensen Ackles). He most recently appeared on Castle.
Everett is survived by two daughters and six grandchildren. He was married to actress Shelby Grant, who also appeared on Medical Center, for 45 years until her passing last year.
EVERETT, Chad (Raymon Lee Cramton)
Born: 6/11/1936, South Bend, Indiana, U.S.A.
Died: 7/24/2012, Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.
Chad Everett's westerns – actor:
Bronco (TV) – 1960, 1962 (Lt. Finley, Deputy Johnny Davis)
Maverick (TV) – 1961 (Lt. Gregg)
Lawman (TV) – 1961 (Jim Austin, Cole Herod)
Cheyenne (TV) – 1962 (Deputy Del Stark)
The Dakotas (TV) – 1963 (Deputy Del Stark)
Redigo (TV) – 1965 (Chick)
Branded (TV) – 1965 (Adam Manning)
The Last Challenge – 1967 (Lot McGuire)
Return of the Gunfighter – 1967 (Lee Sutton)
Centennial (TV) – 1978-1979 (Maj. Maxwell Mercy)
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Tuesday, July 24, 2012
RIP Frank Pierson
Pierson was currently working as writer and consulting producer on Mad Men and had served the same duties on several episodes of The Good Wife.
"Young rock 'n rollers always look to the old bluesmen as models of how to keep their art strong and rebellious into older years. For screenwriters, Frank has been our old blues master for a long time. From great, great movies like Cat Ballou, Cool Hand Luke and Dog Day Afternoon, to his joining the writing staffs of The Good Wife and Mad Men well past his 80th birthday, he's always shown us -- better than anyone else -- how to do it with class, grace, humor, strength, brilliance, generosity and a joyful tenacity," said Academy governor of the writers branch Phil Robinson in a statement.
"He was both a great and a good man, I miss him already and feel very, very lucky to have known him," he said.
Pierson won Emmy awards for TV directing: Truman (1995) and Conspiracy (2001). He also garnered a CableACE award for Citizen Cohen (1992), a biopic on the notorious Red baiter Roy Cohn.
A man of long-term service to the industry, Pierson received the Writers Guild of America's top three honors – Laurel Award for Lifetime Achievement, Valentine Davies Award and Edmund H. North Award. He served as president of the WGA from 1981-83 and 1993-95. Pierson also taught at the Sundance Institute for the summer labs, as well as served as the artistic director of the American Film Institute.
Pierson himself had a pedigreed and broad cultural background. He was born on May 12, 1925 in Chappaqua, New York and was educated at Harvard University. He subsequently served as a correspondent for Time magazine. Following that journalistic stint, he became a story editor for various TV shows. Following a robust TV writing career, he launched into directing. While always continuing to write, he made his film directing debut with The Looking Glass War in 1969. He also directed the 1976 version of A Star Is Born, starring Barbra Streisand and Kris Kristofferson and directed King of the Gypsies in 1978.
His additional screenwriting credits, include a wide range of movies, including: The Anderson Tapes, Presumed Innocent, In Country, The Looking Glass War, The Happening and King of the Gypsies.
In more recent years, Pierson focused his energies on TV, distinguishing himself with such projects as Lakota Woman: Siege at Wounded Knee (1994). His TV career began during the halcyon days of the '50s. He had written for TV for more than 40 years, beginning in the '50s with such renown series as Have Gun Will Travel, Route 66 and Naked City.
In addition, he has served the WGA in a number of capacities, either chairing or serving as a member of more than 25 WGA committees, including: Negotiating, Professional Status of Writers, Screen Credits, Laurel Award and Awards Show, among others.
Pierson is a past member of the board of the Los Angeles Theater Center, as well as a lecturer at the USC School of Cinema and Television. More recently, he served on the boards of a variety of organizations, including: Artists Rights Foundation and Humanitas Foundation.
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In an interview for the WGA conducted by Alan Waldman in 2003, Pierson lamented the current downslide in script quality: "I'm really disturbed about two things today. One is that among the big audience pictures, which are being financed by the major studios, the range of subject mater is so narrow and is aimed at a particularly small and not especially demanding audience ….The other thing, which I see with the people that I am teaching, is a matching impoverishment of the language of films …. For most of my students now, film history began with Steven Spielberg. Ironically, Steven himself was brought up studying the film of people who had a very board literary and liberal arts background."
For his adaptation of Cat Ballou, Pierson was also honored by the Berlin International Film Festival with an honorable mention notice. In 1987, he was tributed by the Virginia Film Festival with a special screening of Cool Hand Luke.
Pierson is survived by his wife Helene, his children Michael and Eve and five grandchildren.
A private funeral for the family will be held this week. A public memorial will be planned in the near future. The family requests that contributions be made to Stand Up 2 Cancer.
PIERSON, Frank (Frank Romer Pierson)
Born: 5/12/1925, Chappaqua, New York, U.S.A.
Died: 7/23/2012, Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.
Frank Pierson's westerns - producer, director, screenwriter:
Have Gun - Will Travel (TV) - 1959-1963 [producer, director, screenwriter]
Cat Ballou - 1965 [screenwriter]
Nichols (TV) - 1971-1972 [producer, director, screenwriter]
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RIP MIchael Lipton
Born in in Queens, N.Y., Lipton is well known to soap opera fans for his roles as Neil Wade in AS THE WORLD TURNS, Dr. Stan Kurtz in SOMERSET, and Augustus Harper in ONE LIFE TO LIVE.
Lipton left AS THE WORLD TURNS in 1967 after a five-year run to devote more time to his love for the theater. The show killed the character of Neil off leaving Penny Hughes Baker Wade (Rosemary Prinz) a widow for a second time in five years, each time just after the man she loved finally found their niche in life. With Neil, his was his success retail venture running the bookstore.
Lipton returned to soaps but managed to fill his resume over the years with numerous Broadway, Off-Broadway and Regional theater productions including "Loose Ends," "Inquest," "Wake Up, Darling" and "Caesar and Cleopatra."
Lipton is survived by nephews and nieces.
Arrangements were by Eden Memorial Chapels, Fort Lee.
LIPTON, Michael
Born: 4/27/1925, Queens, New York, U.S.A.
Died: 2/10/2012, Englewood, New Jersey, U.S.A.
Michael Lipton's westerns - actor:
The Restless Gun (TV) - 1959 (Arch Tatum)
Buckskin (TV) - 1958-1959 (Ben Newcomb)
Wanted: Dead or Alive (TV) - 1960 (Arthur Pierce Madison)
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I started the overhaul in October 2004 when I wanted to introduce a way to list all the articles and jump to the article of choice. Since I started Cooking For Engineers on Blogger, I realized that this feautre did not exist. I had to implement my own database to keep track of the article titles and URLs for the new Table of Contents page. After that a series of database enhancements and code revisions increased the power of the Cooking For Engineers Content Management System.
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In May 2005, I finally implemented a way to store comments without using Blogger. I accomplished this by tying the comments in with the Community Forums. Unfortunately, I couldn't do it with the original forums software and had to migrate to new forum software to accomplish this. The forums have not yet recovered from this move (which required participants to re-register).
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So, today, October 14, 2005, I've launched the new interface and layout (after a series of late-night marathon coding sessions during the last two weeks). The new layout's had several goals:
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NORTH DARTMOUTH, MA-For the first time in a while, a member of the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth's baseball team will get an opportunity to play collegiate summer baseball at one of the highest levels.
Junior outfielder Jeff Macchi (Franklin, MA/Franklin HS) has signed a short-term agreement with the New Bedford Bay Sox, who will begin their 2009 season Thursday in the New England Collegiate Baseball League.
Macchi batted .375 with 11 doubles, three triples and two home runs for the Corsairs during the 2009 season, his third with UMass Dartmouth and his second as the regular center fielder. He scored 34 runs, drove in 31, had a slugging percentage of .535, an on-base percentage of .436, and stole 13 bases in 14 attempts. He had four assists in center field, and played errorless baseball.
Macchi joined the baseball team after starting all 31 games at guard for the UMass Dartmouth basketball team this season. He averaged 11.5 points and 4.9 rebounds, averaged 2.71 steals per game, and was named to the Little East Conference All-Defensive Team.
"It's a good opportunity for Jeff, he gets to show them what he can do, and maybe get a chance to stick," said UMass Dartmouth Head Baseball Coach Bob Curran. "He's real excited, and I'm happy for him."


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Oct. 15, 2005
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NORTH DARTMOUTH, Mass. - Neither a wet surface nor a driving rainstorm could keep the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth football from winning their second game in a row and their first home game of the season Saturday. The Corsairs scored two touchdowns in a span of 3:34 late in the first half, took a 20-0 halftime lead and went on to a 34-6 New England Football Conference victory over the MIT at Cressy Field Saturday afternoon.
Leading, 6-0, the Corsairs started at the Engineers' 49-yard line after Matt Ramirez' 25-yard punt. Junior running back Jameson Humpfries carried the ball twice for 12 yards and a first down, sophomore running back Rob Sullivan ran for 16 yards and another first down, then Humphries carried thrice more, the third time for a one-yard touchdown that made it 13-0.
Just a few minutes later, UMass Dartmouth was knocking at the door again. MIT had a fourth down at their 37, and Ramirez' punt was blocked by senior linebacker Eric Meza. Sullivan rushed for 11 yards and a first down; then carried three more times. On his third carry, the ball popped out of his arms into the end zone, where sophomore offensive tackle Dan Reutzal recovered it for a touchdown to make it 20-0 with 1:22 remaining before halftime.
The Corsairs had used senior Derek Bealby's first two field goals of the season to take a 6-0 lead. Freshman Mike Crusco returned Ramirez' punt 29 yards to the MIT 13 with 2:08 left in the first quarter, setting up Bealby's 28 yard field goal that made it 3-0. A 54-yard pass from freshman quarterback Alex Garro to senior slotback Manny Lopes set up a 31-yard field goal by Bealby that made it 6-0 with nine minutes remaining in the first half.
UMD's third touchdown was set up when Ramirez bobbled the snap on a punt and had to try to run for a first down. The Corsairs took over at the MIT 16 yard line with 5:55 remaining in the third quarter. Sullivan ran twice, the second time for 10 yards and a touchdown.
Freshman cornerback Randall Duarte's interception at the MIT 10 set up UMass Dartmouth's final score. Freshman running back Aaron Russon carried the last 10 yards, going two yards to score with 6:25 remaining.
On the ensuing drive, Stephen Toth's 34-yard pass to Kevin Vogelsang set up MIT's lone score. Robert Utz bulled his way into the end zone from 14 yards with 3:34 left to play.
"We rushed with three guys, and we covered with eight, and we thought we had eight people who could cover," said UMass Dartmouth Head Coach Bill Kavanaugh. "We thought that if they tried to run the ball, we could stop them. We hit some big plays. Mike Crusco's kick return before the first field goal, Derek Bealby's field goal, and the pass from Alex to Manny Lopes were all big plays. We are getting better, and we have the right people in the right places. We think we have a pretty good ballclub right now."
Humphries rushed 20 times for 90 yards, while Garro completed 10 of 15 passes for 123 yards. Lopes caught six passes for 90 yards.
Utz led MIT with 66 yards on 26 carries, and quarterback Rick Mancuso was eight of 21 for 64 yards.
The Corsairs improved to 2-5, 2-2 in NEFC Boyd Division play with the win, while MIT dropped to 2-4 and 1-2.


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Freshman Peyton Johnson netted Harvard's second goal Sunday (photo courtesy of Gil Talbot).
AMHERST, Mass. – Melanie Baskind, Peyton Johnson and Katherine Sheeleigh each scored goals, while goalkeeper Jessica Wright made a career-high eight saves to guide the Harvard women's soccer team to a 3-2 victory at Massachusetts Sunday afternoon. With the victory, Harvard improves to 3-4-1 on the season, while the Minutewomen fall to 3-6-0.
The Crimson tallied the first two goals of the game to take a
2-0 lead by the 10:10 mark. In the ninth minute, Sheeleigh
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In the second half, Wright recorded four saves, including consecutive stops in the 69th minute, without allowing a goal, helping the Crimson hold on for its second victory in the last three contests. Harvard outshot UMass, 16-15, and had twice as many corners, 8-4.
The Crimson has six days off before hosting archrival Yale at Ohiri Field Saturday, Oct. 2 at 11 a.m.


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Every so often the editorial team at LDV towers inadvertantly posts something that ordinary people actually find interesting. Unaccountably, this is never about Land Value Tax, proportional representation or Trident. The stats graph buckles and the thread concerned fills with – usually – anger of some kind.
This first happened way before my time with the thread about social workers breaking up families (which did serve a purpose, as we were able to pass along all instances of people needing help to John Hemming, whose campaign it was), then more recently came the Gurkhas and, today, there is the Baby P thread. It's not so much the length of the comment thread – a relatively modest 59 at the time of writing; we've had arguments about the existence of god that have gone on twice as long. The signs are in the names on the thread – totally unfamiliar – and the way in which, at times, their jarring illiberalism intrudes on our inbred circle. This is no surprise as, for reasons of interweb magic that escape me, the LDV story is the top hit when you search for Baby P on Google at the moment.
And yes, some of the comments on there make me shudder, for all that I can see where the revenge instinct comes from. Sterilisation, execution, torture – being beaten up in prison is the mildest thing most commenters are wishing on the murderers. But reading this sort of stuff at length makes one detect patterns. It occurs to me that, for all that people claim to want "justice" in cases like this, what they really mean is that they want injustice to be perpetrated against the guilty, the kind of senseless, unexpected injustice, alarming, probably physical and beyond the rule of law, that overtook the original victim. They want something of commensurate unfairness to happen to the culprit. Of course, you can't get much more unfair than three adults torturing a baby to death, so the unfairness required to balance it is immense. In terms of the "fairness" of the case, how can you hurt an adult as much and as indefensibly as a baby? To be as "helpless as a baby" is the most extreme definition of helplessness against injustice there is.
No wonder people hate the justice system. Justice is innately concerned with fairness. A legitimate and proportionate punishment that the state is qualified to mete out is by definition a fair one. An unfair punishment is what the victim's family – or in this case public defenders – really want. Something out of the ordinary, something that infringes the rights of the guilty one on a personal rather than state-sanctioned level. You start to see how principles such as lopping a hand off for stealing might start to gain ground again in this country, after several hundred years of abeyance before the principle of "fairness".
Fair is a big Liberal Democrat word, of course. And rightly so, but it probably wouldn't hurt us to remember that it's a relatively modern concept. The justice system is based on fairness to protect us from our own baser instincts, our instinct for revenge, for vigilanteeism and for disproportionate reaction. But it wasn't always based on that. Our particular variety of fairness is a post-Enlightenment understanding – before that, what was known as "natural justice" held far more sway in the making of law. Many individuals secede from that post-Enlightenment understanding, historically speaking they're not in an indefensible position and, occasionally, they turn up on LDV to remind us. I am moderately glad, I guess, that they do this, and moderately alarmed at what it means for liberalism and democracy. Can both exist? Would a democracy, fully constituted, vote against fairness?


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We have a Freddie Mitchell sighting: the former Eagles wideout is now the new owner of Brothers ' Bar-B-Q in Lakeland, Florida. No word on whether he plans to have a replica wrestling championship belt over the facade of the building. The former first-round pick hasn't played since the Eagles lost to the Patriots in the Super Bowl, after which Philadelphia endured a purging of mouthy offensive skill players, and Fred Ex hasn't seen the field since.
Five months ago, Mitchell moved back to Lakeland from Los Angeles while still trying to land a spot on a new team. That hasn't happened, but he saw a different opportunity: Brothers' was struggling and perhaps ready for a sale. Within a few months, Mitchell had struck a deal with 85-year-old owner Mary Harris. "I was wanting to get rid of it for a while, and I thought this might be the opportunity. I was deep in debt from it, too," said Harris, whose late husband, Ernie, opened Brothers' in 1986. "He (Mitchell) sounded as though he would continue to have the same quality that we did." Since taking over three months ago, Mitchell has poured himself into the six-day work weeks of his new venture, and first foray into the restaurant industry.
I always get excited when athletes start their own businesses. Less time for drugs and rape that way. But all generalizations aside, stories about athletes returning home to their communities are really heartwarming. Especially when that athlete went tits-up after less than five years in the league. At least he won't be waiting by the phone anymore. Former Football Star Tackles New Venture [The Ledger] Thanks, David.