The Journeyman Project 3: Legacy of Time - Part 2
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              Original author Matthew Beermann

@~Continued from Issue 56

@~As in last issue, items obtained in one zone and used in another
@~are indicated by an underline.

Shangri-La

Getting your bearings: You enter Shangri-La standing on a
stairway, facing a panoramic view of the monastery. Turn around,
walk down the stairs, and you'll see a pilgrim prostrated at the
end of the path. Grab and assume his image, then continue back up
to the gatehouse at the top of the stairs.  Inside, climb the
stairs nearest to the door. At the top, you'll meet the dab-dab
(warrior monk) who guards the way to Shangri-La. He'll want your
silk scarf from Atlantis before he allows you free passage to and
------------------------ from the monastery. (Come back and talk
to him later in various guises; he turns out to be quite the
temple gossip.) Once he extends the bridge, go downstairs and head
across it onto the mountain.  Go straight ahead and enter the
building in front of you. The Lama resides in a little nook to the
right of the main Buddha shrine.

Talk to him, and he'll give you a grounding in the basics of
Buddhist philosophy, including the Wheel of Life and the Six
Realms of Unenlightenment. When you finish speaking with him,
he'll bid you explore the monastery and pay homage to the shrines.
As the Lama hints and you'll quickly discover on your own, the
object in Shangri-La is to visit the Six Shrines of the
Unenlightened scattered about the monastery. At each, you'll have
to offer the shrine an object which symbolizes the virtue which
allows the souls there to enter Nirvana. When you do, the shrine
will grant you a colored, magical sphere which you'll need later.

The shrines can be visited in any order, so I'll give you
instructions for each:  Realm of the Gods: The Realm of the Gods
is represented by a white Buddha, and its shrine is located near
the top right corner of the monastery, down the steps from the
main building and past Khan's tent. The vices of the gods' realm
are selfishness and vanity, and its symbol of salvation is music,
which breaks them of their complacency.  You'll notice that there
is a set of temple bells right across from the shrine, and their
purpose should be fairly obvious. You'll have to play the "jewel"
mantra you read by the animal shrine, "om ma ni pad me hum".
First, though, you'll notice that the top right bell is rusty and
needs oil. Use a little of your oil from Atlantis on it and it
should function properly. Then, ----------------- play the bells
in this order:

3 2 6 4
5 X 1 X

The statue's hand will open and the white sphere will be yours.
Hell's Realm: Hell's Realm is represented by a black Buddha, and
its shrine is located deep within the steam tunnels beneath the
monastery (signified by a skeleton on your map). The vice of the
souls condemned to Hell's Realm is wickedness, and its symbol of
salvation is a purifying heat, to burn away their many sins.  When
you first enter hell's shrine, you'll notice its rather macabre
appearance compared with the other shrines. An examination of the
tools in the room reveals that there's something special about
this particular statue: it's made of yak butter! (And yes, the
Buddhists really did have such art.) The inscription on the wall
suggests you "channel your energies" to find enlightenment.

If you want to get the sphere, you'll have to channel your
energies, or rather, the energy within the steam tunnels. You must
rearrange the various doors so that all the steam is channeled
into the shrine room, which will melt the statue. Use your steam
tunnel map liberally (by dragging it onto the main window) -----
---------- Arthur will keep it updated with your current location
and the position of all the doors.

I can't tell you exactly how to arrange the doors, but generally,
close all the doors that would allow the steam to escape to the
outside. The leftmost steam pit can't be sealed, so ignore it for
now. Try to channel the heat from the rightmost steam pit into the
center one, and from there up and around into the shrine. Arthur
will tell you when you've got it right. Once you do, return to the
shrine and take the black sphere from the melted remains of the
statue.

Realm of the Animals: The Realm of the Animals is represented by a
green Buddha, and its shrine is located just at the other side of
the lower rope bridge (near the pilgrim). The vice of the animal
realm is ignorance, and its symbol of salvation is a book,
representing wisdom.

It just so happens that those things in the alcoves surrounding
the Lama are Buddhist books, so we'll have to get one from him.
Talk to the Lama in the guise of Genghis Khan, and he'll tell you
still more about the Buddhist religion. Eventually, you'll have
the option of inquiring about the Realms. Ask about the Realm of
the Animals.  The Lama will challenge you about the source of all
suffering; to know the answer you must have read the inscriptions
on the wall near the shrine and on the base of the shrine itself.
The answer is "ignorance", and once you've responded correctly
he'll reward you with a book. Return to the shrine and insert the
book in that slot at the Buddha's feet, and you'll be rewarded
with a green sphere.

Realm of the Humans: The Realm of the Humans is represented by a
blue Buddha, and its shrine is located in the main building where
you first entered and met the Lama. The vice of the human realm is
pride, and its symbol of salvation is the beggar's bowl,
representing humility.                    -------------

Well, where have we met a beggar before? That's right, in
Atlantis.  Once you've completed the Resistance storyline there,
return to the beggar's nook on the docks. You'll find that he's
left his bowl behind.  Take it and return to Shangri-La. Place it
in the Buddha's hands to receive the blue sphere.

Realm of the Asuras: The Realm of the Asuras is represented by a
red Buddha, and its shrine is located just at the bottom of the
stairs next to the main building, next to Khan's tent. The vice of

the Asuras realm is envy and aggression, and its symbol of
salvation is a flaming sword of truth.

It's no coincidence that Genghis Khan has his tent pitched next to
the shrine. The only sword you're likely to find in this monastery
is sitting right next to him. You'll have to find some way to
sneak around him.  First, though, have a long chat with him (in
the guise of the Lama; he won't speak with anyone else). He'll
give you some very interesting information about the Siddha and
the Siddha's Secret - and its power of transmutation.

Notice the steam vent just behind Khan? If we're quiet, we just
might be able to grab the sword. Enter the tunnels from one of the
other entrances, and work your way around to the rightmost exit on
the map. Quickly grab his sword, but be careful not to disturb
him, lest he see you and attack. Once you've got it, return to the
shrine and put the sword in its hand to receive the red sphere.

Realm of the Pretas: The Realm of the Pretas is represented by a
yellow Buddha, and its shrine is located in the greenhouse,
reached by crossing the lower rope bridge and following the base
of the wall all the way across to the far left side of the
monastery. The vice of the Pretas realm is gluttony, and its
symbol of salvation is the spiritual fruit.

The gardener inside the greenhouse tells you that the Pretas are
spirits doomed to eternal hunger for their gluttony in life. He
gives offerings of spiritual fruit from the Wishing Tree to sate
their hunger.  Unfortunately, the tree hasn't been producing fruit
of late, and its roots are rotting. Sounds like a little healing
is in order?  Walk to the right side of the greenhouse and climb
down into the steam tunnels. You'll find the roots of the tree,
which are indeed rotting. Pour some of the healing water from
Atlantis on them and the tree will revive. ------------------
-------- Climb back upstairs and circle around to the scaffolding
on the other side of the tree.  Scale it to grab the fruit, as
well as a knife and a map of the steam tunnels. Drop the fruit
in the    ------------------------------------  Buddha's bowl and
receive a yellow sphere.

Retrieving the Legacy: Once you've got all six spheres, make for
the central temple, which is just past those inner doors next to
the Shrine of the Gods. Pay special attention to the details of
this room - it is by far one of the most stunningly gorgeous in
the game. Head to the right as you enter, and take a gander at
that tapestry on the wall.  Then continue on down the stairs to
the main floor.

The floor is, as it happens, a replica of that wall hanging,
depicting the six realms of the unenlightened. Walk to the far
side of the column in the middle and you'll see a white statue, a
smaller replica of the one outside. Its hand is outstretched as if
expecting something, and by now you should be able to figure out
what it is. Place the white stone in its palm.

The section of floor nearest you will raise up into stairs, and at
the top you'll find that another statue of a different color is
accessible.  Continue like this upwards to the top of the temple,
placing stones and raising stair sections. As you go, read the
inscriptions on the stairs - they tell the story of the fallen
Siddha you kept hearing about, and his journey through the realms
towards Nirvana.

When you reach the top, you'll find that the column is capped by a
giant lotus blossom, a symbol of enlightenment. As you approach it
spins and opens into a stairway. Climb it and find yourself within
the very top of the temple, inside those eyes you saw from the
ravine's edge. The Legacy fragment is floating right in front of
you. Grab it, but you'll notice something's not quite right: it's
not a tetrahedron like the rest.

Reading the inscriptions on the wall gives a clue: as the Lama and
Khan suggested, this is the Legacy of Matter, capable of
transmuting matter into other forms. What's more, it seems to be
currently in a transmuted form itself, but we need it in its true
form before it can be rejoined with the rest. The only person who
might be able to change it back is the Siddha, but at last notice
he was still lost somewhere within the six realms.



Turn around and you'll notice that the third eye above the other
two is made of crystal. Peer through it and you'll notice a
curious thing: it is focused directly upon the pilgrim kneeling at
the edge of the ravine.  Recall what the Lama says - when the
Siddha finally returns, he will be reincarnated as a human as the
last step before Nirvana. Could this be him? It's our only shot.

Make your way back to the pilgrim by the ravine. Speak to him, and
he'll see that you are one short step away from enlightenment.
Before he will change the Legacy for you, he asks that you drop
all deception and illusion. Transform back to the chameleon suit's
true form.

He'll take the lotus from you and return it to its true form, and
thank you for the chance to serve another. With your help, he will
finally be able to reach Nirvana. Arthur will teleport you back to
TSA headquarters with the final fragment of the Legacy.


Assembling the Legacy

Once you've collected all three parts of the Legacy, you'll be
teleported back to TSA headquarters just in time to see it come
under attack by the Quo'Thalas forces. Before the power of the
Legacy can be released, it has to be properly assembled. It's up
to you, Gage, and there's not much time.  This is the last puzzle
in the game, and perhaps one of the most fiendish. You're faced
with the three pyramidal fragments, placed in a triangular
arrangement. They are projecting a hologram into the space between
them. The object is to arrange the faces so that the fragments are
projecting the Sosiqui insignia, which Arthur helpfully displays
in the corner.

To rotate the fragments on their base, click with your mouse along
the base. To rotate a fragment while keeping the same face
inwards, click with your mouse near the apex. Clicking directly on
the active face will turn that fragment's hologram on or off.
Again, I can't give you the exact solution to this puzzle, but a
general strategy: turn off all the fragments, then turn them on
and work with them one at a time counterclockwise from top. Try to
find a face and orientation of that face that seems to display
most of the symbol, then move on. The holograms interact so that
if two project onto the same space, they cancel out, but all three
projecting onto that space will appear lit. If you get stuck,
Arthur has lots of explicit hints to offer.  Once you've completed
the Sosiqui symbol, the Legacy will activate and the final
cutscene will play. Beg as you might, I'm not going to reveal what
happens in the final sequence - if you've been paying attention to
this walkthrough there's no excuse for not getting there yourself.
Good luck, and happy gaming.

Miscellany

There seems to be an odd bug where sometimes the game won't let
you bring up your item inventory. If this happens, just walk a few
screens away until it will let you, then return to wherever you
needed the item.


In what is probably one of Red Orb's less intelligent moves
copyrightwise, all of the game's video is saved in the MOV file
format, meaning you can open and resave them if you desire.
Generally, there's one file for each character's interactions, one
for the animated/interactive objects, and one for the prerendered
walks between game nodes, all sorted by area. It would seem that
the game cues up the appropriate bits by time index within the
file. The 3D nodes themselves are stored in ARC archives, and
Arthur's ramblings are in the Macintosh AIF sound format.

By examining the movie files, I was able to find a number of
easter eggs in the game. However, I don't know how to activate any
of them within the game. If you do, by all means send me a message
with instructions! Here are the ones I know about:

? In an alternate version of the timesuit discovery in Ruined
Atlantis, the suit's faceplate opens to reveal a production
crewmember in full Vulcan regalia. I'm not certain who this is,
but he bears the greatest resemblance to Greg Uhler, CFO and
Producer at Presto.

? There didn't seem to be any real easter eggs in Atlantis.
Anyone find one I didn't?

? In El Dorado, there's an alternate zoom down the temple shaft
that continues through the mouth of the altar and apparently into
the tunnels of Shangri-La. It goes up and out into Kahn's tent,
where he promptly decks you, and the camera zooms back to where
you started.

? Also in El Dorado, there's a scene which has you using the
elemental heads around the Legacy altar as a Whack-a-Mole game! I
really want to know how to find this one.

? In Shangri-La, you can apparently zoom into the top-right bell
of the temple bells puzzle. The back is revealed as a can of
"Shawn E. Ellis's Original Weak Sauce". (Ellis is a
controller/accountant at Presto.)


? Though there are seemingly innumerable ways to get Khan to
introduce his fist to your face, there's one that causes you to
actually see little tweeting birds above your head. (Update:
Solved! All you have to do is attempt to enter his tent as someone
he punches on sight three times, and you'll get the knockout
punch.)

? Anyone have any idea what the butter boiler does? (Update:
Solved! The butter in the boiler will work as a grease for the
broken temple bell. Doh!)









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