Aargh. I wish I could be more helpful, but it's been quite a while since I've looked at this hold, so it's not exactly fresh in my mind. However, I just now loaded a save I'd made just before walking through that last blue door and conquering the hold with 100% of the secrets found, and looking at 1E I can tell you for certain that you...
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×won't need to use the hand bomb (which I'd apparently never gotten in the first place) or smite even one of those aumtlichs in that room.
Edit #1: Hmm...
Looking again at my saves, it seems (I can't quite tell) the solution might involve...
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×visiting the secret room up to the north with the HP twice—once before you visit the room to the east and once after. The first time, of course, you'll want to leave some HP so you can come back again later to get the rest, otherwise you'll wind up wasting too much of it unnecessarily.
Edit #2: Yep, you're...
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×definitely not supposed to grab all of the HP in 2N1E the first time you get there; take exactly half (325) of the HP, go and visit the secret room 2E to the east, come back to 2N1E in order to get the other half of the HP, and then leave 1E to the west.
[Last edited by Lamkin at 04-27-2010 03:43 PM]