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Merlin found a secret entrance to the Palace of Time. There is a trap door which leads into the Palace in the Promenade.

You finally got rid of the Time Rift that was blocking the way, in Merlin’s Quest Mysterious Mickey. So, the time has come. Open the trap door and head inside the Palace of Time!

Quest Task: Enter the palace through the trap door hidden in the Promenade.

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Entering the Palace through the trap door, you find yourself in a small room. Directly ahead is a bridge leading across a chasm to a doorway beyond. The bridge, however, is broken and there is no way across.

Oddly enough, there are hourglasses in the room, one on each side of the chasm. Since this is the Palace of Time, it seems to make sense to flip the hourglass and see what happens.

Success! The hourglass did the trick. As soon as you flipped it, the room changed around you. It went back to a time before the Palace started to fall apart. The bridge across the chasm is whole again.

Head across the bridge to the other side.

Quest Task: Find a way to get across the chasm.

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The doorway on the other side of the chasm was clear when you first entered the room. But now that you turned back time, there is a magic barrier across the door which you can’t get through.

You need to use the hourglass again, on this side of the chasm. It will prevent you from going back over the bridge, since the bridge will break again, that is true. But since you are determined to move forward, this should not be an issue.

Flip the hourglass to the right of the door, so that the blue side is up, to remove the barrier and head through the now clear doorway!

Quest Task: Find a way to get through the door.

The door leads to a short passage and a staircase. There is a door immediately to your right, but it won’t budge. The only way to go is up.

The stairway leads to a landing, then turns and goes further up to a new room. The doorway to this room is currently open, so head inside.

There is quite a bit to do in this room.

On your left as you enter are 2 barred archways that lead into a side area. Go through the broken barred archway furthest from you to find a treasure chest.

The doorway that leads out of the room, across from where you entered, is blocked with another magical barrier. To deactivate the barrier, follow these steps in this order:

• Turn the floor disk, twice, to align the lines and complete the floor circuit.
• Turn the hourglass. so that red is on top.
• The power cell is now active.
• Turn the mirror on the pedestal, by interacting with it, until the mirror is angled toward the corner with the power cell.
• Turn the hourglass again, so that blue is on top.

If everything is aligned correctly, the light beam should now hit the mirror on the pedestal and create a beam that hits the button on the left side of the previously blocked doorway. This removes the magical barrier, allowing you entrance to the next area.

Quest Task: Explore further in the passage.

Quest Task: Find a way to deactivate the door.

Pass through the doorway and enter the passageway beyond.

Head up the stairs to a short hallway with an hourglass. Directly in front of you is another short flight of stairs and the hallway exit, which is blocked by debris this time.

Flip the hourglass so that the red side is on top. Once again, time will reverse. The debris in front of the door at the top of the steps is gone and a warp point is revealed.

Head to the warp point. This will take you to the throne room and Jafar!

Quest Task: Get through the door.

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When you emerge on the other side of the warp point, you find yourself in the main entrance of the Palace of Time. The large palace front doors are to your left and the Throne Room is further down the large entrance hall to your right.

Head to the right to confront Jafar.

However, before you can reach him, you are stopped by heavy chains, with a formidable lock, blocking your path forward.

As you move down the hallway toward the chains, before you even have a chance to talk to Jafar, your quest task “Confront Jafar in the throne room” will be checked off and a new quest, Jafar’s Laboratory, will trigger.

Quest Task: Confront Jafar in the throne room.

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Don’t be confused. The first task in Jafar’s Laboratory and the next task in this quest are, indeed, the same. You will need to complete Jafar’s Laboratory before you can proceed, beyond this point, in this quest.

Before you head to Jafar’s Laboratory, take the steps on the right to a treasure chest.

The steps on the left of the chain boundary will take you to Jafar’s Laboratory. Head up and follow the long hallway to the Laboratory.

Now switch to the Jafar’s Laboratory Quest. You’ll find new tasks awaiting you there. This quest will continue once you unlock the lock and remove the chains blocking your way to the throne and Jafar.

Quest Task: Explore the palace to find the key that unlocks the gate.

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During Merlin’s sub-quest Jafar’s Laboratory, you find the key to the lock securing the chains across the entrance to the Throne Room proper.

Now that the chains are gone, head forward. Jafar is just ahead, on the high dais containing the throne.

Quest Task: Get inside the throne room.

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Before you have a chance to move much closer, Jafar puts another barrier in your path. This time, he’s opened a Time Rift. It covers the entire front of the room, blocking your way to the stairs to the throne.

Take a moment to contemplate your options. Except, there really are none. Your only choice is to step through the Time Rift and see where it leads.

Quest Task: There’s no way to get to Jafar!

• Step inside the mysterious Time Rift in the palace.

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The adventure continues in Merlin’s Quest: The Now and Then.