Hera: The Sword of Rhin/Text transcript

Errata corrige
Errata corrige is Latin for "errors (errata) to be corrected (corrige)".


 * "Correct a fool, and he will hate you. Correct a wise man, and he will thank you."
 * — Book of Proverbs, page 9

In the Apple II port of Hera there are many spelling, grammar and punctuation errors. The following list omits the punctuation errors. Some of the remaining errors were corrected for the MS-DOS version, but a few more were introduced.

The list is incomplete.


 * Get weapon ready: "Not able to weild weapon."
 * should be: "Not able to wield weapon."
 * Town of Rara Avis, viking: "Pirates fly there flags up high."
 * should be: "Pirates fly their flags up high."
 * Town of Rara Avis, guard: "Be careful, because the prisoner are very dangerous and might excape ."
 * should be: "Be careful, because the prisoners are very dangerous and might escape ."
 * Jail of Rara Avis, prisoner: "Please leave me alone. I will make parole in one week."
 * should be: "Please leave me alone. I will be free on word in one week." (100% English.)
 * Any of the three kings says: "Return when thou art more experencienced ."
 * should be: "Return when thou art more experienced ."
 * Village of Paranor, bartender: "I hear that the princess knows of a special suit that is allows one to pass through force fields!"
 * should be: "I hear that the princess knows of a special suit that allows one to pass through force fields!"
 * Castle of Venipanor, guard: "I guard these cells with my life, for the prisoners within are murders and very dangerous."
 * should be: "I guard these cells with my life, for the prisoners within are murderers and very dangerous."
 * Saint Remi monastery, cleric: "I am meditating the holy words of the gods ."
 * should be: "I am meditating the holy words of God ." (Because everything here references Christianism.)
 * Ending: "All the people are greatful for your bravery, but do not hast in forgetting what you have learned,..."
 * should be: "All the people are grateful for your bravery, but do not haste in forgetting what you have learned,..."

DOS only:
 * Castle Venipanor, Father Walker: "The cross to the entrance of the great monestary of Saint Remi is yours."
 * should be: "The cross to the entrance of the great monastery of Saint Remi is yours."
 * Thief's starting title: Rouge (French for "red")
 * should be: Rogue