Here be spoilers. You've been warned.

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> OK, I'm going nuts about this stupid game too. I've FOUND the princess but I obviously need the dungeon keys or something. There's the thing under the rug in the white fire fortress, am I right in assuming this is something I'll get eventually? And does that damn dog actually do anything?
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> Brunnen-"I can't believe I'm stooping so low as to ask for help"G

LOL. No, if you're at the cells, you're in the right place. There's something to do there. The other stuff are red herrings. Keep trying. Don't ask SAM for help though, he's a total jerk (old inside joke).

Ste "Got stuck there for many hours whilst SAM mocked me" phen