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Level 1: The Journey Begins
First things first: welcome to Populous the Beginning!

The game will give you a short guided tour of the area, mapping out areas of interest and explanations of the various features.

Firstly, send a brave to pray at the nearest Stone Head. This will grant you the landbridge spell which we need to get across to the Dakini camp in order to defeat them. Once you have the spell, move your mouse within range of the middle island and cast the spell.

Select your Shaman and three braves and attack the lone Dakini brave who is supposedly guarding the Vault of Knowledge. Move your Shaman into the Vault and send one of the braves to pray at the stone head opposite. This stone head will grant you four lightning bolts which we must use wisely! Once your Shaman comes out of the Vault, get the plan of the Warrior Hut down and get any idle braves to start building. Once it has been built, send around three braves to get trained and then cast another landbridge straight onto the Dakini campsite. You are now ready for your first attack!

If you are a little worried about your Shaman being attacked, you can get the little army of yours to guard her. Select the followers and press G to guard. To stop guarding, press G again and they will disband.

Use the lightning bolt to take out the Warrior Hut and Brave Hut. Be careful of the enemy warriors as they have a greater fighting ability than the Shaman so use blast to move them out of the way. After a while, the Dakini troops will start guarding their Shaman, knowing that defeat is imminent. Send your troops in to finish the job or better still, use up another lightning strike and send them flying into the sea!

Estimated time for completion: 5 minutes