The king and queen gave birth to two children, Alexander and Rosella, and the kingdom was once peaceful. It wasn't long until Alexander was snatched from his crib and things started to take a turn for the worse. A three-headed dragon threatens the ever-peaceful Daventry, and requires a maiden to be sacrificed every year. Rosella is the chosen one.

Alexander, meanwhile, is taken to a faraway land of Llewdor. Named Gwydion, Alexander becomes a slave to an evil wizard called Manannan who prepares to kill Alexander on his 18th birthday, for fear that he would discover the wizard's spells and use them against him.

King's Quest III: To Heir is Human is an adventure game; as in any other game using the AGI engine, you move your hero, Alexander, with arrow keys and control his actions by typing commands (which are typically verb/noun phrases).

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"KQ3" -- common abbreviation

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Much longer than the two first games, and the first game to use a timer	Black Wolf (37241)
An imaginative installment, in which the series really starts to blossom	Jayson Firestorm (150)
Quite possibly the most challenging KQ in the series, one of the best too!	OlSkool_Gamer (101)
The best King's Quest? I think so ....	JubalHarshaw (287)

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The Press Says

Adventure Classic Gaming	Nov 20, 1998	4 out of 5	80
Just Games Retro	Jul 14, 2007	71 out of 100	71
Adventure Gamers	Nov 24, 2005		70
Abandonia	Jun 06, 2004	3 out of 5	60

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Trivia

King's Quest III introduces an automapping system to the genre: a magic map, found in the game, can be used to teleport to most of the explored locations.

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