Exile: Escape From The Pit

Hint: Short sword:
Go to Silvar.
There should be a weapons store that is closed there.
Bash down the door.
Go behind the counter and try to walk into the walls.
You should find a secret door with two special encounters (white circles).
The first tells you that the room is full of dust, the second will inform you of a trap.
After the trap, search the nearby crate by standing adjacent and looking into it.
You can now take a shiny new short sword from the crate.

Hint: The castle:
Find the town Silvar.
Exit this town and walk south until you reach the second sign.
Go west until you reach a sign that tells you where the great cave, a town, and the castle are located.
To get to the castle, you have to go to the town indicated by the sign.
Go through the town (there is a portcullis charging you $5 to get through, pay and go into town).
Once on the other side of the town, you will reach a pit.
You need the mage spell "Fly" to clear it.
You will find the castle after the pit.