Enchanter
An
enchanter is someone who enchants. The
Latin incantare, which means 'to utter an incantation', or cast a magic spell, forms the basis of the word
enchant, with deep linguistic roots going back to the
Indo-European kan- prefix. So it can be said that an enchanter casts magic spells, or utters incantations - these are similar to what are called
Mantra in
Sanskrit.
Enchanter is an interactive fiction game written by Marc Blank and Dave Lebling and published by
Infocom in
1983. It belongs to the fantasy genre and was the first fantasy game published by Infocom after the
Zork trilogy (it was originally intended to be
Zork IV). The game had a vocabulary of over 700 words making it the most advanced interactive fiction game of its time.
The player takes on the role of an Apprentice Enchanter who is sent forth from the Circle of Enchanters to destroy the Evil Warlock in the hope that being but a beginner at magic he will pass undetected by the warlock.
Enchanter was the first game of the "Enchanter Trilogy" with the others being Sorcerer (1984) and Spellbreaker (1985).
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