Chronicles of Mystery: The Scorpio Ritual
(The Testament of Sin)
by City Interactive
Walkthrough by MaGtRo November 2008
Gameplay: This is a third
person point and click game. The DVD disk is needed to be in the drive to play.
The main menu has new game, load game, graphics
options, sound options, movies, credits and exit.
The graphics option has selections for shadows,
special effects, background animations and subtitles.
The sound options has adjustments for music, effects
and dialogue volumes.
The in game menu is located at top of the screen. It
has selection for main menu, save game, load game, options (volume) and notes.
The notes feature has dialogues, journal and documents.
The inventory-pocket is at bottom of the screen. The
items collected can be seen in large item panel by right clicking an inventory.
Items in inventory can be combined. The name of items or action in inventory is
seen at top of screen.
The question mark at bottom right shows all active
or important items in the screen.
Double click makes Sylvie run.
Paris, November 3, 2008
On a cliff side, Knights Hospitaller are carrying a
chest with scorpion depicted on its sides. An accidental tilt of the chest
releases a mist that killed all but one of the Knights. The remaining knight
managed to push the rod that got dislodge and the mist returned to the box.
Sylvie Leroux gets a
call from her uncle Oliver. He wants Sylvie to come to Malta and see the new
discovery he found at the ruins in Goto.
Apartment:
Look around and take things necessary for the trip.
Desk:
Take the airline ticket. Open the drawer and take credit card,
ID picture and ID card.
Fireplace:
Look at the picture of the family: uncle, parents and grandmother. Close the
fireplace vent.
Take the luggage
and exit the room. Sylvie will turn off the desk lamp.
La Valletta in
Malta, November 4, 2008
Uncle Oliver's home: Arrive
in Uncle Oliver's home. He is not here.
Study: Look around for
signs of Uncle Oliver.
Check the desk drawer and take Uncle's photograph,
flashlight, ballpoint cartridge and bottle with dried glue.
Go to the small coffee table left of door. Take
Maltese coins from the jewelry case. Check the pipe.
Look at the crack on the paneling fragment left of
door. There's a hiding place there.
Open the paneling fragment.
Click the crack with a lock of the panel. The
compartment is blocked.
Exit the study and be at the hallway.
Check the recess on left wall where
the compartment is located on the other side.
See a vase that has mismatched pattern.
Turn the parts of the vase to form a matching
pattern starting from the cross on top to the base.
Hear a click.
Go back to the study and look close at the panel
again.
Optional - Use the ballpoint cartridge on the crack. The
cartridge bent.
Use the scooter key on the crack. The scooter key
also got bent.
Take the old volume and read it. Learn about the
history of the Knights Hospitaller in Malta. The rest of the book is in
unknown writing. A vision happened and Sylvie says that it was what she saw
in her dream.
Take uncle's letter. Right click and then
click to read the message to James Anderson and to Sylvie. Learn that James
is the linguist that is translating a tablet and that they took the ruins
from Uncle Oliver.
Bedroom: Exit and go
upstairs.
Look close at the side table and take the sleeping
pills.
Look close at the picture on the table
(escritoire) at the foot of the bed.
Check the screen and see his morning gown still
here.
Front door: Go down and check the
empty mail box on the right side of the front door.
Exit through the left side.
Street: Talk to the man
standing on the road twice.
Inspector Granc believes that Uncle stole the
objects from the ruin and is also looking for him.
Take the wire by the manhole.
Plaza: Go to bottom screen.
Talk to the elderly man sitting on the bench by the
statue of a Knight.
Corner workshop: Talk to
the man at the Corner workshop. Stefano Kawlata wants a message sent to his brother
at the docks. He will repair the scooter key for Sylvie.
Go to the right and through the alley between the
buildings. The sign on the building says Marina.
Courtyard: Pass through the
courtyard to get to the marina.
Marina: Go through the
archway to the marina.
Talk to Tore Kawlata, the brother and retired
fisherman. Give him the
message.
Talk to the parrot. The parrot wants fish to learn
more about James Anderson and where he lives.
Get fish: See a fish
floating on the water.
Go back to the courtyard. Take the newspaper
on the ground and the leaky ladle (net) by the trash can at left
wall.
Go back to the plaza and then to the bench by the
statue. Pick up the cane under the bench. Use the cane or the leaky ladle to
get the watering can in the flower bed. Return the cane under the bench.
Go to the corner workshop. Pick up the pliers from the table. Use the pliers on
the wire and get several cut wires. Return the pliers back on the
table.
Fix the leaky ladle: Look close
(right click) at the watering can in inventory.
Click on the rose or holed plate of the
watering can to take it off.
Combine the rose and cut wires. Combine the rose
with wires with the leaky ladle to get repaired ladle.
Go back to the marina. Use the repaired ladle on
the floating fish.
Give the mackerel to the parrot. The address of
James Anderson is Pjazza Skola 5-R.
Wrap the fish with the old newspaper. He is a
good ventriloquist or a very bright parrot.
Go back to the courtyard and back to the plaza.
Automatically return the fixed ladle back where Sylvie got it.
Plaza:
James Anderson: Check the
entry phone of the tenement building at the corner close to the alley. Buzz 5-R. He's
not here.
Corner Workshop: Talk to
Stefano and get the scooter key.
Street: Go to the street in
front of Uncle's house and use the scooter. Insert the key on the scooter and
click to start it.
Island of Gozo November 4, 2008
Parking lot:
Make a press ID: Pick up
the press ID on the ground. Take a cactus leaf from bottom right.
Right click the bottle with dried glue. Click on the
cap to open it.
Combine the cactus leaf and the open glue bottle to
get bottle with glue.
Use the bottle with glue on Press ID. Use Press
ID with glue and Sylvie's ID picture to get faked ID.
Camping: Go left of parking
lot and talk to Henri Simon, the archeologist that took over Uncle Oliver. He
finally allows her to ask the police.
Ruins: Go left of the
trailer. Go to the spring at
right. Use the watering can on spring to get watering can with water.
Temple: Go to the temple.
Policewoman: Go to the
entrance to the underground and see the Maltese cross above the entrance.
Talk to the policewoman twice and learn more about
the theft.
She will allow Sylvie entry if she gets her a cup of
coffee and Sylvie will be allowed to check inside for as long as she drinks it.
Camping: Go back up and to
the camping area. See that Henri has gone to sleep. Go to the cases and take the
petrol can.
Trailer: Go to the trailer.
Click the door to the trailer.
Use the bent cartridge on the lock of the door. If
the cartridge is not bent yet, use the cartridge on the grid of the step to
the door.
Take the spatula and brush on top of
the boxes by the door.
Use the flashlight on the hook of the shelf above
the desk. Now there's light.
Click to look close at desk. Take the metal detector
left of the desk.
Open the drawer and take the photo of 4
sculptures and the photo of the tablet. Look at them in inventory.
Take the coffee thermos behind the laptop.
Press the on button of the laptop. Press the printer
icon on the laptop screen. Turn off the laptop.
Pull back and take the printout.
Exit, automatically take the flashlight and
exit.
Temple: Go to the temple.
In inventory, right click the coffee thermos and
remove the cap.
Combine the sleeping pills and the opened coffee
thermos to get sleeping mixture.
Policewoman: Give the
sleeping mixture to the policewoman.
Enter the underground and see that it is too dark.
Go to the generator.
Generator: See that the
policewoman is having a nap.
Look close at generator. Open the radiator at left.
Use the filled watering can on the opened radiator.
Open the fuel tank at the center. Use the gas can on
the open tank.
Press the on switch at right.
Underground: Go to the
underground.
Heart of Chamber: Go to the
heart of the chamber and see the scorpion depicted over lines and possible
stars at the background.
Check the 4 pedestals with the planetary symbols seen
in the picture taken from the laptop. Look at the square holes on the top part
of the pedestal.
Portal: Look close at the
portal on the back wall. See another vision of the Hospitaller possibly
sealing a box.
Check the frame right of the portal. Exit the chamber and see a shadow of a man
on the
portal.
Temple: Go to the fresh site
at bottom right of the temple floor.
Fresh site: Look close at
the fresh site and see broken pillars on the ground.
Use the metal detector on the soil at the
foreground. Use the spatula on the buzzed soil. Use brush to
clear the soil and get a XVI century signet ring of a Hospitaller.
Check the view. Nice! Exit the temple and go to the parking lot.
Use the key on the scooter and go back to La Valletta.
La Valletta November 5, 2008
James Anderson: Exit the
house and go to the right.
Press the 5-R button on the entry phone. Enter the
tenement house and be in Anderson's apartment.
Talk to James. Learn about the artifact that the
Hospitaller might have in possession.
Go back home and open the secret panel in the study.
Take the old volume and get the same vision.
Go back to James' apartment and give him the old
volume. Learn about Sylvie's theory of the existence of cities mentioned in
the bible.
Corner Workshop: Go to and
talk to Mr. Kawlata at the corner. Learn about the rumors about Uncle and the
Hospitaller.
Island of Gozo November 5, 2008
Ruins: Ride the scooter and
go back to Gozo. Go to ruins and talk to the female tourist.
Henri Simon: Go to the temple
and talk to Henri. Hear his explanations.
Sylvie gets a call from James and she voiced aloud the
address of the gallery - Galatesaray 23 in Istanbul run by Faina Flatow.
Istanbul November 6, 2008
Talk to the rickshaw owner. His rickshaw has a broken
chain.
Gallery: Go right and see the
gallery window.
Go right again and go through the entrance to the
gallery.
Talk to Faina Flatow. Watch as Sylvie gives her some
inane story and shows her the Hospitaller ring.
Exit the gallery.
Street: Talk to the trader.
Cabriolet: Go up the street
and look at the car
Look at the poster on the wall beside the car. Looks
familiar, eh.
Look inside the car and see a cat. Hmm.
Go back to the left of the gallery and in front of
the rickshaw. Enter the courtyard. See a guard there.
Pick up the poker on the road. Look at the
bin in the latticed plaza. Use the poker to get the rubber ball.
Go back out and to the car at the side street.
Place the ball in front of the front wheel.
Place the fish on the center console beside the
unfriendly cat. There it goes.
Move the gear stick of the car from park to drive by
pushing it forward.
Use the poker to break the ball. Sylvie runs to the
courtyard.
Hear a crash.
Courtyard: The 2 guards talk
to each other and the one at the courtyard leaves to take care of the car.
Plaza with bins: Enter the
plaza with bins. Sylvie says to build steps to get to the roof of the
outhouse.
There is a trash bin at right and a crate at left
that are movable. They can be pushed or pulled.
Sylvie can only walk one square at a time.
Move the trash bin at right to be in front of the
big garbage bin at top right.
Move the crate to be in front of the round trash
bin.
Climb up.
Storage room of the gallery:
Sylvie climbs up and enters the window of the backroom of the gallery.
Look around. Check behind the wardrobe and take the
bicycle chain and bicycle pump from the coat hook on the wall.
Check the desk. Take the scarf, powder
case and the business card from the purse. Look at back of business
card and see that there's an inscription in Hebrew.
Go left to the gallery back. It's dark back there.
Light: Combine the scarf and the
powder case.
Hang the scarf with powder case on the
middle empty hook on the wall.
Click once on the powder case to turn the powder
case to face the sunlight at left.
See light bounces on it to the dark area in the
back of the gallery.
Go to the back of the gallery and flip the switch of
the light panel.
Crates: Check the large crate on
the left.
Use the poker on the large crate lid. See the Gozo
stone tablet.
Open the small crate on the right with the poker.
See and take the 4 stone cubes.
Sylvie is hit from behind. Faina Flatow and her
guards interrogate her. The crates are missing. Who stole them?
Sylvie is thrown out of the gallery.
James calls her and wants her to talk to him
about the cubes.
Go out to the street. Talk to the rickshaw driver.
Sylvie gives him the bicycle chain and pump.
La Valletta November 7, 2008
Uncle Oliver's house: The study was
searched. Check the bedroom and see that it was not touched.
Go outside and talk to Inspector Granc.
James: Go to the tenement around the
corner and buzz 5-R.
Enter and talk to James. Leave the apartment.
Sylvie wants to visit the parrot and its owner. Go
towards the marina and see a shadow of a man following her.
Sylvie runs back. Enter James' building again. Talk
to James. He was being followed also.
He will go to a monastery and work there on the
tablet and old volume.
Scooter: Go back to the front of
Uncle's house and ride the scooter to go to Gozo.
Island of Gozo November 7, 2008
Trailer: Go left to the
trailer.
Hear the phone call of Henri. He is the one that hit
Sylvie and took the crates.
Take the key from top of the suitcase.
Parking lot: Go right to the
parking lot.
Van: Look inside the back
of the van and see the crates. Use the key on the backdoor lock.
Enter and open the blue toolbox. Take the hammer
and chisel.
Use the hammer on all the nails and then chisel on
the cover of the smaller crate at right at side of the van.
Take the 4 stone cubes.
Use the hammer on all the nails of the large crate
at center of the van. Then use the chisel on the crate lid.
See the tablet. Try to exit the van but Simon
arrives.
He drove the van up a ramp and inside a plane. The plane takes off.
Somewhere
November 8, 2008
Courtyard:
Use the chisel to exit the van. Look around.
Archway:
Go to the archway at left corner on the back hallway.
Sylvie eavesdrops on
Simon and a cardinal. The cardinal believes that the Mossad will still
continue the struggle even if they have the stone and tablet. The cardinal
wants the 'thing' to be in their underground hiding place also.
Entry Gate: Go back to the
courtyard and check the entry gate at right.
See that the gate is made up of solid metal panels
and locked.
Open the gate:
Look close at the fallen column by the fountain. It will make a battering ram.
Go to the window with
planks left of the van. Use the hammer on the nails to get a plank.
Take the broom.
Go to the potted plant
(lawn with soil) at left and take soil.
Go back to the
fountain and attach hose to faucet. Turn the valve-faucet. The water stops
flowing because of algae.
Look close at broken
column. Place the plank on column. Place soil above the end of the hose-water.
Use broom to sweep the
mud that is made evenly.
Use the plank and
watch a panel of the gate get broken.
Street:
Exit to the street.
Go left and talk to the taxi diver and find out
where Sylvie is - the Vatican!
Take a bough
from the shrub on the wall.
Go back to the right
and check the corner cafe area. Sylvie sees the man that has been following
her.
Take the moist napkin
on the table.
Go back to the entry
gate and inside the courtyard.
Dusty chamber:
Go to the archway where Simon and the Cardinal were talking.
Enter the chamber.
Look around. Check the fireplace and the mantel-ledge of the fireplace.
Clean the
mantel-ledge and fireplace: This part is very dark.
You might need to raise the brightness of your computer and/or untick the
shadows options at main menu.
Look close at the
mantel of the fireplace and see 9 tiles-buttons with designs on them.
In inventory combine
bough with moist napkin to get napkins on a bough.
Take the thread
hanging from the protective cover of the furniture at foreground left. Use the
thread on napkins on a bough.
Use the napkins
tied with a thread to a bough on the middle dirtiest tile button.
Look down inside the
fireplace. Take the small shovel.
Use broom on the soot
of the fireplace and see 6 of the tiles similar to the ones on the mantel of the fireplace.
Use the small shovel
(broom can also be used) and press the buttons in the order shown by the tiles
inside the fireplace below.
From left to right, press the tiles in positions: 7 4 9 6 2 5.
Immediately, click the
small shovel on the opening to the secret passage to stop it from closing.
Secret passage:
Enter the passage and see 2 moving parts of the hallway.
Take stones from
the pile at left.
Stand close to the
moving block of stone. Position a stone on the crack at the middle front of the
moving block. Check the label on top; stone+crack. When the block rises to the
top, click the stone on the crack.
After doing the first
block, do the same thing to the second moving block. Check the position of the
crack, wait for the block to rise to top and drop the stone. Sylvie is slow, so
adjust the timing.
Storage room:
Continue up the stairs to the Storage room.
Pick up the cap
on the floor at bottom right. Take the scotch tape from the box left of the
door.
Take packing paper and
nun's apparel from the closet. Take the feather duster from the wall.
Enter the screen and
come out wearing the nun's habit. Exit the room.
Hallway:
See a security officer standing at end of hallway.
Package:
Check the trolley with Vatican posts. Sylvie states that the stones be better
mailed using the Vatican posts.
In inventory use the 4
stones with the packing paper.
Right click the paper
with the 4 stones and click to wrap them.
Use scotch tape to get
sealed package. It still needs an address.
Talk to the security
officer at end of the hall.
Study:
Enter the study and see a wonderful room.
Talk to the Cardinal.
Have a deep conversation with the Cardinal.
After the conversation,
the phone rings. Hear that Uncle is not taken by the Vatican and Inspector Granc is part of the Mossad.
The Cardinal wants to be
alone.
Garden:
Exit in front of the security officer.
Take the garden
shears at bottom right of the garden.
Go to the Garden by the
wall at left.
Go to the recess and get
a phone call from James. They will meet at Gozo tomorrow.
Find a way out of
here:
Look at recess and see a
blooming bush and creeper blocking the way to the wall top.
Use the garden shears on
the blooming bush and the creeper. Have a flower bouquet in inventory.
Make handholds:
See 5 holes on the wall.
Go back to the main
garden and see 8 stone elements on the low wall at back of the garden.
From left to right:
Take the stone element positioned at 1 2 4 7.
Go back to the holes on
the wall at the garden by the wall.
Place 1 at bottom, 4 and
7 at next and 2 at third hole.
Go back and pick up the
rest of the stones: 3 5 6 8.
From bottom up place 6 8
5 3.
Climb to the top.
Top of garden:
Look down over the wall and see a taxi down there. Sylvie can use a long rope.
Study:
Go back inside and to the Cardinal's study.
See that the cardinal is
gone. Look at the desk.
Package: Take the
pen and use it on the package. Now it is addressed package. Return the pen.
Paper:
See a pad that has trace of what was written on it.
Take the sheet of
paper from the pad.
In inventory, right
click the feather duster and get a feather.
Combine the feather with
the soot blackened broom to get feather with soot.
Use feather with soot on
the sheet of paper and see 1565.
Portrait of Cardinal:
Move the ladder to the right side close to the fireplace.
To climb up the ladder,
click on the portrait seen from ladder.
Use feather duster on
the frame completely. Take the key that fell off the frame.
Safe:
Use the key on the small lock at left part of the frame.
Look close at the safe dial.
Click on the number and it will automatically move to the top.
Click the number taken
from the pad: 1565. Click to open.
Check the signet ring in
close up. It is the twin of the ring taken at the fresh site. Place the ring
back inside the safe.
Read the papers. Learn
about the 'thing', conjunction of the planets and the annihilation of the city.
A vision is seen. It is added in documents.
Exit the room. Place the addressed package in the
Vatican post trolley.
Take the candle
from the small table. In inventory combine the candle and the cap to get cap
with wax. Return the candle on the table or the security officer will
chastise you.
Go back to the study and open the safe again.
Take the signet ring and
combine it with the cap with wax to get imprint in wax. Return the ring in the
safe.
Curtain cord:
Now that you have done everything in the study, go outside and check the
hallway. The security man is gone.
Go back in the study
after verifying that he's gone.
Click on the curtain
seen from the ladder to move the ladder near the curtain.
Use the garden shears
on the 2 cords right of the curtain to get 2 ropes-curtain cords.
Top of garden:
Go back to the garden and to garden by the wall.
Leave the Vatican
walls: Climb to the top of the wall.
Combine the 2 ropes.
Combine the bound ropes with the hammer.
Use the bound ropes
and hammer on the embrasure of the wall.
Taxi driver:
Go down to the street
Go down and talk to the
taxi driver. Give him the flower bouquet for his girlfriend's birthday.
La Valletta November 9, 2008
Uncle Oliver's house: Go down to the mail box at the front door. Take the addressed package,
correspondence and check.
Read the correspondence and learn James' research.
Open the package to get the 4 stones. See a (check) bill for delivery of
the scooter.
Plaza:
Exit the house.
Corner Workshop: Talk to
Mr. Kawlata to make a copy of the ring. In exchange he asks to get a message to
his brother at the marina.
Elderly man:
Talk to the elderly man sitting by the statue.
Marina: Go to the marina and
talk to Tore. Give him the message about his brother. Talk to the parrot.
Corner Workshop: Go back
and talk to Mr. Kawlata. He gives the ring.
Island of Gozo November 9, 2008
Ride the motorcycle to go to Gozo.
Parking lot: Check the other
car.
Temple: Go to the temple and
see that there's a telescope pointed at the sky beside the shoreline.
Underground: Enter the
chamber. James can not be found.
Stone pedestals: Go to the heart
of the chamber. Look at the 4 stone pedestals. Review the Vatican documents.
The sequence of the planets in conjunction is: Saturn,
Jupiter, Venus and Mercury.
Start with the pedestal
at bottom left while facing the portal: bottom left - Saturn, then do bottom
right - Jupiter, then top right - Venus and last top left - Mercury. Sylvie will
make a remark if it is correct.
Place the cube on top of
the pedestal. Arrange the planetary symbols on the rings of the pedestal to be
in the sequence shown by the Vatican document.
The portal opens.
Watch as the men
representing different interests appear: Mossad represented by Inspector
Granc holding a gun on Uncle, Vatican represented by a collared James and the
Hospitaller represented by Simon.
Sylvie uses the 2 rings
on the chest. Uncle was shot.
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