Mortimer Beckett and the Lost King

**Mortimer Beckett and the Lost King** is the third installment of the Mortimer Beckett series. It was released on January 19, 2010.

## Synopsis

In this game, Mortimer must discover and find eight missing magical jewels from the king's crown. Once he places items where they belong, he will receive a piece of the jewel. One he finds all the pieces, he will place the jewel on the crown.

## Gameplay

### Opening

The opening cutscene starts off where the previous game left off. Mortimer awakens from a forest and meets a creature named Grongh. Grongh tells him that he is in the great kingdom of Zantya. Mortimer asks how he got there. Grongh tells him to be patient and listen. He explains that Zantya was once a wonderful kingdom and that their good king rolled the land of righteousness. Thirty years ago, the king went missing. The prime secretary entered the king’s quarters and saw that the king wasn’t there, but his crown was. The crown had to be hidden because it carried eight magical jewels and it gave great power to whoever wears it. He didn’t want the crown to be worn by someone not worthy of it. Then, Cedric Syper, who is one of the king’s councellors usurped the throne, causing many people to flee the kingdom. The people who have been loyal to the old king remain there. Grongh says that he was one of them. Mortimer asks how he can help. Grongh tells him that he can do a lot and that Mortimer knows many things that are great secrets to them. He then tells Mortimer to go to the City of Dern to begin his quest. He tells him not to fret, and that many of people will be willing to help him.

### Town of Dern

*See Town of Dern/Walkthrough for this chapter’s walkthrough.*

At the very beginning of the chapter, Barvick Belden, the king’s chief councellor, gives Mortimer the lost king’s crown and tells him to find its missing magical jewels scattered across the kingdom and assemble the crown. He hopes that Mortimer will be able to find the missing king.

Throughout the chapter, Mortimer tries to find the pieces of the first jewel. He visits the Town Square, Church, Prison, Tavern, and River. To access to the next chapter, Mortimer must free a man that was held captive in the prison. Then, he takes Mortimer to the City of Dwarfs by boat.

### City of Dwarfs

*See City of Dwarfs/Walkthrough for this chapter’s walkthrough.*

Mortimer must fill up some fuel and unfree an engine. Then, he must load them on the airship. Once he has done that and collected the jewel pieces, he will ride the airship to the Magical City of Halabath.

## Trivia

* This is the first Mortimer Beckett game of the series to be in full CGI.
* Starting with this game, players now have to find actual objects instead of pieces of an object. This also occurs in Mortimer Beckett and the Crimson Thief.
* This is the first Mortimer Beckett game to feature real voices. All characters are voiced by Ed Mace.
* This game was teased at the end of Mortimer Beckett and the Time Paradox. Grongh even appears.
* This is the only game in full CGI where Jerome Beckett appears.
* Players are now given object hints. When they click on the question mark on the top corner of an object, an object hint will be displayed, though the player has to wait for the hint meter to fill up before they can use another object hint, just like with a regular hint.
* Jerome Beckett is revealed to be the Lost King, making Mortimer a prince.
* The song played during the end credits is “When Johnny Comes Marching Home”.
* This is the only game to feature chapters, as Crimson Thief is just different locations around the world.