Producing eerie, flickering shadows along the walls. Purposely through the air, Mordroc's sister, the witch Mordread, caused the thickening cloud to spin wildly, flashes of multicolored light Or so they thought.īillows of smoke began to rise from the enormous, copper cauldron occupying the center of the castle tower room. True love's kiss brought Daphne out of her trance, and together Dirk and the princess returned to their home in the enchanted forest, prepared to live out the rest of their lives in peace and happiness. Expanding like a balloon, Mordroc floated into the air where Dirk was able to pop the bloated wizard with one mighty swing of his sword. Using the wizard's own magic against him, Dirk managed to get the Ring of Death onto Mordroc' s finger. Having pursued the evil wizard through the depths of time, Dirk confronted Mordroc in the chamber where Daphne lay in a deep, magical slumber. Now safely home, Dirk destroys the orb to restore the cottage and Princess Daphne, who embraces him with a kiss.Ī year has passed since Mordroc's demise at the hands of Dirk the Daring. Dirk catches the falling orb, exits the castle, and warps back to his home on the Time Machine. When Father Time shoots his beams at Dirk, The knight grabs a reflective panel that ricochet two bolts into Mordread, abruptly aging her backward and forward before finally turning her into dust. As Dirk dodges the bolts and the pursuing Alarm Clock guard, Mordread sneaks under Father Time's throne in order to drop the orb imprisoning Daphne into the Vortex of Eternity.

Upon the throne of the Chamber, two incarnations of Father Time (a white bearded old man and baby new year) fire energy bolts at Dirk. Dirk chases the witch into the golden Vortex Castle, evading the castle's Alarm Clock guards to reach the Vortex Chamber. Their final encounter takes place in the Land of Time, where Dirk is attacked by clock henchmen after Mordread's Time Machine crushes a clock house. Dirk catches up to Mordread, who quickly escapes as Dirk once again uses his Time Machine and chases after her. The two then appear on Blackbeard's pirate ship, where Dirk is promptly attacked by its pirate crew as he makes his way down the ship. The two come upon the same time periods that Dirk chased her brother in, such as Wonderland and Beethoven's Creative Gust. Dirk, who was not in his home, sees this and chases Mordread, upon which she duplicates Dirk's Time Machine then escapes on it with Dirk chasing her on the original machine. She seals Dirk's homestead and Princess Daphne inside an orb that she holds in her staff. Mordread, the evil twin sister to the now-deceased wizard Mordroc, seeks revenge on Dirk the Daring by imprisoning his family in the Vortex of Eternity.

But you must hurry before the evil witch Mordread traps them forever in the Vortex of Eternity.ĭragon's Lair III: The Curse of Mordread brings the classical animation style of Don Bluth to your computer featuring full-screen animation, digitized sound and new animations not included in the original laser disc arcade game.'

You, as Dirk the Daring, must test your skills as you are thrust into a frantic quest through time to save Daphne and the children. 'After destroying the evil wizard Mordroc in his bid for marriage to your beloved Daphne in Dragon's Lair II: Time Warp, Mordroc's evil sister Mordread is demanding revenge.

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