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JOHN DONNE reference...I can remember GILL as a teenager getting interested...what did I mean METAPHYSICAL POETS?

...yes his scientific nose was twitching...and all I could tell him was that this was about elemental/alchemical stuff - your 'ground of being'...and that is probably why I wanted to look at ZORK NEMESIS again which is all about four alchemists who are searching for the philosopher's stone to produce the 5th element...

...why THEOCRITUS?

Anyway:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zork_Nemesis

Plot

In the game, the player takes on the role of a nameless adventurer, charged by Vice Regent Syovar the Strong to enter the Forbidden Lands to investigate the disappearance of four prominent citizens:
Madame Sophia Hamilton, voiced by Lauren Koslow of Days of our Lives and The Bold and the Beautiful fame,
Bishop Francois Malveaux,
Doctor Erasmus Sartorius, and
General Thaddeus Kaine.

Additionally, the player is to investigate the rumor of a curse put on the Forbidden Lands by a being known only as "Nemesis," which has already claimed as a victim the player's predecessor, Agent Karlok Bivotar (whose diary, included with the original release as a feelie, provides additional back-story, a few clues and a numerical solution that allows the player to bypass a particularly gruesome puzzle).

Upon entering the Forbidden Lands, the player finds a message left by the spirit of Alexandria Wolfe. The player enters the Temple of Agrippa to find the four citizens mentioned above (known as "The Alchemists"), held in coffins. As the player purifies their respective elements within the temple, they are able to speak of what they have done, giving insight into what has happened here. The "Nemesis" has "killed" them, holding them in a state of eternal torture. The player also learns the ill-fated story of two of their children - Kaine's son Lucien and Malveaux's daughter Alexandria.

Charged with learning the truth, the player travels to each of these characters' private dwellings to find the four lost elements and bring the world back into balance. In the game players visit:
Frigid River Branch Conservatory (Hamilton, Water)
Steppinthrax Monastery (Malveaux, Fire)
Grey Mountains Asylum (Sartorius, Air)
Castle Irondune (Kaine, Earth)

In these places, the player learns of a sinister past surrounding the six characters and the so-called "Nemesis".

It is warned that some elements of the plot and certain scenes in the game may not be suitable for children.