Walkthroughİ by Bert Jamin (www.gamesover.com) 1 November 2007
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walkthrough for whatever you want. It is as free as this great game is!
However you may not alter this walkthrough in any way.
The Beginning
Look at the piece of paper in front of the burning lantern on the nightstand. Look at the pile of books next to the piece of paper. Look at the drawers of the nightstand. Now you can read the piece of paper. So... do it!
Open the upper drawer of the nightstand to find nothing but useless clothes. Close the drawer. Open the bottom drawer. Move the piece of paper inside the drawer aside. Take the car keys. Close the drawer. If you want you can examine the car keys with the magnifying glass in your inventory. Remember you can do this with any new item you pick up during the game.
Click at the left or at the right side of the nightstand to zoom out. Look through the window above the bed. Look at the painting above the nightstand to zoom in. Look at the painting once more. Click on the right bottom part of the painting to reveal a hidden safe. For now you can't do anything with this safe. So leave it alone but remember that you can find it here! Click on the bottom of the screen to zoom out.
Look at the opened trunk on the bed. Hmmm... you need to take some books! Click on the right side of the screen. Look at the pile of books on stashed on the floor in the corner. Take the upper book. Examine the book with your magnifying glass. Zoom out.
Click on the left side of the screen. Drop the book into the trunk. Close the lid of the trunk. Click on the left side of the screen. Look at the books on the desk. Look at the pile of books on the floor. Click on the left side of the screen. Open the door to go outside.
Chapter 1 - Primitive Essence
When you arrive in front of the cabin in the forest click on the left side of the screen. Look at the hood of the car. Open the front door of the car. Open the glove compartment at the right side of the steering wheel. Take the claw out of the glove compartment. Click on the bottom of the screen to zoom out.
Click on the left side of the screen to enter the forest. Take the branch from the ground at the bottom right. Look at the forest at the back. Click on the right side of the screen twice to end up in front of the cabin.
Look at the little wooden car next to the door of the cabin. Click on the metal tube next to the little wooden car. Study the blood stain on the tube. Hmmm... that looks promising! Click on the bottom of the screen to zoom out. Look through the window of the cabin. Look at the roof of the cabin.
Walk towards the door of the cabin. Try to open the door. Darn... it's locked! Click on the bottom part of the door. Take the key out of the bucket. Click on the upper part of the door. Put the key into the keyhole. Darn... it breaks! Stick the branch into the keyhole to push the broken part of the key out of the keyhole. Click on the bottom part of the door. Look at the right side of the opening beneath the door. Use the branch to pick up the broken key from underneath the door. Click on the upper part of the door. Put the broken key into the keyhole. Use the claw on the keyhole. Open the door to go inside.
Pick up the rifle from the floor. Look at the mantelpiece at the back wall of the room. Take the key. Click on the mantelpiece to zoom out. Click on the right side of the screen. Walk one step forward towards the two closed doors. Click on the left side of the screen.
Read the letter that is pinned down at the table with the knife. Look at the chessboard. Look at the fallen queen to find out that this was absolutely a checkmate. Zoom out. Click on the right side of the screen. Look at the bloodstain at the front of the table.
Look at the large brown case at the right side of the room. Open the lid. Remove the upper compartment of the case. Try to open the hidden compartment. Damned... locked of course! Notice the hinges in each and every corner on top of the compartment. Don't touch them yet! Zoom out.
Open the door to the right. Take the knife and the candle and matches from the table. Look at the spice racks beneath the window. Look through the window. Look at the small cupboard at the left side of the window. From the bottom shelve take the bowls with the grey, the green and the blue preparation. From the upper shelve take the bowls with the orange and the red preparation. Look at the orange bowls on the upper shelve. Zoom out.
Open the door at the back wall of the room to step outside. Pick up the bones from the ground next the wooden crate. Click on the right side of the screen twice. Examine the green stuff on the door. Open the door to go back inside.
Click on the left side of the screen to turn around. Pick up the wooden beam at the right side of the door to barricade it. Click on the right side of the screen. Open the door to re-enter the living room. Open the door to the left.
Read the three notes attached to the back wall. Look at the torn picture beneath the three notes. Read the journal on the table. Examine the upper shelve of the book case at the left side of the room. Look at the blue books. Remove the two black books. Study the upper part of the empty space between the books. Hmmm... it's pitch dark in there! Use your candle with matches to lighten things up.
Now you see a figure drawn in blood. Remember the four hinges you have seen earlier at the hidden compartment in that big brown case! This bloody figure exists of four signs. Notice that the left bottom sign is laying down. The left upper sign is standing up. The upper right sign is laying down and the bottom right sign is pointing down to the left. Make a note of these signs! Zoom out.
Click on the right side of the screen. Open the door to re-enter the living room. Look at the large brown case at the right side of the room. Open the lid once more. Remove the upper compartment. Now you have to change the position of the four hinges so that they are corresponding with the bloody figure you just discovered behind the books. You can do this by clicking on the bottom left hinge three times, the upper left hinge twice, the upper right hinge three times and the bottom right hinge twice. Click on the large handle to open the hidden compartment. Click twice on the golden statue to pick it up. Click on the left side of the screen to zoom out.
Click twice on the left side of the screen. Look at the animal on the floor. Look at the fallen chair. Look at the paintings at the back wall. Click on the bottom of the screen to zoom out. Click on the left side of the screen to end up in front of the door. No need to go outside. So click on the right side of the screen. Examine the animal trophies at the left side of the mantelpiece. Use your knife on the bottom right part of the bear's head to get some bear hair. Use your knife on the elk's head to get some elk hair. Look at the nose of the elk head. Look at the nose of the bear head. Zoom out.
Click on the right side of the screen and walk towards the two doors. Open the door to the right and look out of the window at the right wall. Wait a little to hear what happens. That sounds promising too! Click on the right side of the screen. Open the door to re-enter the living room.
Click three times on the left side of the screen to end up in front of the door once more. Try to open the door. Barricade the door with the rifle. Click on the right side of the screen twice and walk towards the two doors. Open the door to the left.
Click on the left side of the screen. Stick the key into the keyhole. Open the door to enter the bedroom. Look at the bed. Look at the bowl in between the candles on the floor. Put the blue, green and grey preparation into the bowl. Add the bones and the bear hair. Light the bowl with the candle and matches. Wait a little to see what happens.
Open your journal and look at the page Memories. Close the journal by clicking on the Back sign in the upper right corner. Look under the bed. Hmmm... it's pitch dark there too. So use your candle and matches to lighten up things again. Look at the ladder that is leading down.
Click on the bottom of the screen. Pick up the blue-grey symbol at the right side in front of the altar. Examine the symbol in your inventory. Zoom in on the altar. Look at the brown stone. Put the blue-grey symbol on the right spot on the brown stone. Put the golden statue on the left spot on the brown stone. Look at the blue-grey symbol four times until the chapter ends leaving you with more questions than answers!
