You have been kidnapped by a beast who lives in the ruins of a castle that has some sort of magic spell cast over it. Although you are a captive of the beast, there is a mutual respect between you. The beast allows you to leave for a short period so that you can visit your father and sister, but you must return within seven days.
The game starts on the seventh day. You have just left your father and sister and you stand at the drawbridge of the castle, not knowing what has happened to the beast in your absence. The castle is unusually quiet...
This is loosely based on the fairy tale of 'Beauty and the Beast'. There are at least two completely different versions. The original version is release 1, dated 21 January 2006. This was an entry in Speed-IF Gruff. It has 31 rooms and virtually no puzzles.
The latest version is release 11, dated 3 May 2006. This has 55 rooms and many more puzzles. (An update to release 12 is available at Github, but this is source code only. You will have to compile it yourself.)
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