Azrael's Tear - Walkthrough - part 3

@~Concluded from issue 69

Vestry
Action the hook to release the organ pipes. Use the models to
open up the door in here. Once inside, you can do the water
wheel puzzle. The cog that is not moving is connected to a
machinery that raises the shield screen in the cathedral. To raise
the screen, you must stop the spinning cog, engage the cogs and
start it spinning again. The first cog now turns the second cog as
well and when you go back to the cathedral, the shield screen will
have gone. To start and stop the cogs, you must start and stop
the water wheel in the room down the stairs. To engage the cogs,
you must use the lever you found in the pipes on the stump in
front of the cogs. When these two pieces are together, you have
enough leverage to push the cogs together.

There is also an amulet and scroll in here. The amulet contains a
key. There is also a secret compartment that contains a brooch
which is used to gain access to the chimney exit. The key is used
to unlock the door at the top of the stairs from the crypt to the
pulpit.

Theo Nest
Don't go too close to the Theo and it will stay asleep. Action the
portcullis to lift it, then action the lever on the wall or it
will come crashing down on you when you walk underneath. Take the
fourth shield and Colin notices you (he is the dead body on the
floor).

Decision Point
When you enter, you get the Tobias message. If you haven't already
flooded the temple, Tobias will now do so and you hear the noise
of water flooding in. After this, Geff will call to you. If you
walk over to him, he will start a conversation with you. If you
say yes to Geff, he will open the door and lead you to the chute
down to the light room. If you say no, you can't open that door
yourself and you will have to go through the Tobias door and into
the scorpion trap.

Scorpion Trap
Avoid the scorpions, go around the maze to get to the stairs at the
other side. This leads to the flooded execution room.

Flooded Execution Room
Jack poles a drowned Leo over to you. Jack gets killed by Sascha
whilst poling the Leo over. You can now walk across the Leo, but
you must be careful not to fall in the water and drown. If you try
to cross the rafter, Sascha will get you too. To scare off Sascha,
you must use one of a number of things on the water. These are the
Oisin amulet, Ink, Chemicals from the lab or the Aqua Fortis.

Light Room
You fall in here from the slide/chute from the decision point. The
luminous fungus light the room and also the temple by a mirror
system. The fungus is also poisonous. All the time you are in the
room, you will take damage from poison. There is a concealed door
in the room however. Its outline shows up vaguely until you remove
the fungus covering it. Once all the fungus has been removed you
can open the door and get out. If you go down the stairs, you will
go to the poison gas room and get continually poisoned and
probably die. If you go up the stairs, you will be safe from the
poison.

Malik's Lab
There are three switches in the middle of the room. If they are
thrown in the correct order, the zombie Theo starts moving. It
will kill you if you get in the way. The exit door from this room
is locked and the zombie Theo opens it. It is the only way to open
this door. Behind where the zombie Theo was lying, is a secret
panel. If this is actioned than a wall panel will slide back to
give access to a book and some notes. The obvious way to get to
the notes is via a narrow passage with scorpion tails. This is a
red herring and there is no way through here!

Waterwheel Chock Alcove
You can press the lever to start and stop the water wheel. When it
is stopped, you can walk across the water wheel. Once across,
there is a large stone block preventing you going down the tunnel.
This block is removed by clicking on it with the brooch from the
amulet in the vestry or by opening the door opposite it. This door
opens a zombie Theo that will charge out of the alcove and push
the block out of the way and into the water. The door will only
open if you have released the zombie Theo from Malik's lab.

Poison Gas Room
The door here holds back a wall of poisonous gas. The gas can
be released by clicking on the hatch at the bottom of the door.
The gas is heavier then air and will flow into the grate in the
floor.  If you open the door without properly draining the gas
from the room, you will be hit by a wall of gas that will probably
kill you.  The poison gas room has the body of a former grand
master in it.  He is wearing a ring which is part of the
superpuzzle in the crypt.

Chimney
Grills.


Orrery & Perilous Chapel
When you place the third shield, the fourth hole doesn't open up,
but a pressure pad is raised. Stand on the pressure pad and the
shield hole opens. Then use the fourth shield with the hole and
the floor drops away to reveal the perilous chapel - a vertical
tunnel of struts with a spiky floor at the bottom. Jump from plank
to plank until you can walk down to the floor. The stone dagger
for the superpuzzle is on one of the planks.

Grail Sanctum
When you first fall into the Grail Sanctum, you are killed by the
impact, but the grail brings you back to life. Walk to the middle
of the room and take the grail. The floor will fall away leaving
only pillars and platforms. To escape from the room, you must
follow the map on the plaque but the grail was resting on. When
you get to the final pillar, the roof will drop down and you will
be able to escape through a door in the roof. If you go to the
wrong pillar at any stage, the roof will start to fall down onto
you. Make three mistakes and you are crushed by the roof.

The Dock Track & Deck
Although this is the same location as the dock, you can only get
here if you have unlocked the doors from the wharf and driven
across from the mine head on the pincer device. Drive up to the
end of the tracks, and retrieve the chest from the hold of the
ship.  You get this by going to the ship location, controlling the
crane from the poop deck, and dipping it first down into the hold
of the ship, then lifting it, with the chest, swinging it over the
tracks as far as it will go, and then lowering it there. Then you
take it back into the mine head where Edgar will be waiting for.
Using the crane on the ship will drop the chest down onto the
tracks just past the stop-point of the cart. You then grab the
chest on the front of the cart and pull the lever to go backwards
into the mine head.

You will find that the lever has rusted and is locked in place. To
release it, you must get the bottle of Aqua Fortis from the hold
of the ship. If you use this on the lever, the rust will disappear
and you will then be able to take the car back to the mine head.
The Aqua Fortis is a type of acid and although it makes the lever
temporarily usable, the rust was the only thing holding it
together so once you get back to the minehead, the lever mechanism
breaks and you cannot use the car again. On deck, as well as the
crane, there is the sailor who you can talk to and two parchment
pieces.

The Boat
As you enter this location from the dock and go down the ramp, you
will see a plaque overhead which shows the correct orientation of
pipes to complete in the well room to pipe hot water to this
location. If you go to the well room, and rig the pipes up, and if
you then connect the hose in this location to the transom of the
boat, hot water will surround the boat. If you action the winch,
the boat will carry you across the dock to the land at the other
side. If you fail to do the trick with the hose, Sascha will
attack you. If you do nothing, she will kill you. There are other
ways to prevent Sascha attacking you. You can solve the sluice
puzzle, use the Oisin amulet, ink or Aqua Fortis on the water.
Once on the land at the other side, you can get into the lab.

The Interview Room
When you arrive here, Kurt, a raptor, is waiting in the other half
of the room. If you shoot at him, he will shoot back at you. If
you don't shoot him immediately, he initiates conversation.
Consequent on this, he might initiate combat (exiting
conversation) or he might continue in conversation. If it's the
latter then a Theo comes in behind him. You can choose to tell him
about it or make some terrible pun. If you warn him, he spins,
fires, then resumes conversation. If you pun at him, the Theo then
attacks him and kills Kurt. The Theo will leave the room if it was
not killed and is crushed by a rockfall at the top of the stairs
in the next room. On the desk is a ship's manifest that tells you
about what's in the hold of the ship.

The Ship Hold
There is a barrel of winches, a chest (unless it has already been
taken by the crane) and a bottle. The bottle's label should be
legible and say "Aqua". This is used in the chemicals puzzle in
the lab. In the barrel of winches is one takeable winch handle.
This winch handle is the one you need to open the portcullis
outside Edgar's court. You can exit the hold using the door which
gets you out onto the ramp back up to the deck.

The Sluice
This is the way to trap Sascha who is supposed to follow you around
everywhere. Climb down the ladder and you will find yourself on a
ledge above a door. If you pull the bolt on the door, it will fly
up to floor level and you will get the sound of water rushing in.
It will then slowly subside. Sascha will rush in with it, and your
HUD should warn you of this. Either at the top or the bottom of the
ladder are some taps. These let hot water into the sluice area. If
you turn the stop cock it releases hot water onto Sascha and she
will flee from the dock location forever. If you don't, she will
batter through the door and next time you visit the location, the
door will be broken and Sascha will be free.

Fight Room
If you have released Claude from the crypt, he will appear here and
fight with Tallum. After they fight, you are free to cross the
room. If you have not released Claude, the room will be empty. If
you fall off the side of the walkway, you will be killed by
scorpions.

Tunnel Junction
If you have got the grail and if you took Geff's path at the
decision point, he is here and leads you to his exit. If not, then
you cannot get out Geff's exit and must go another way.

Ambush Room
If you go in here with the grail, a small delegation of enemies
kills you and Tobias does his megalomaniacal speech.

Aqueduct
If you try to go down the corridor, you will walk into a trap. A
mechanical angel will spike and you will die. Whilst you are dying
Lurka and Philip gloat and steal the grail from you. To the side of
the entrance is a Theo in a cage. If you open the cage and are
between the Theo and the exit, it will kill you. If you open the
door and the door is between you and the Theo, it will run down the
passage and try to escape. It will walk into the angel trap and be
killed. It is then safe for you to walk through the trap.  If you
flooded the area in the model room, then the Theo will be dead and
there is no way to get out this exit. You must go by a different
route.

Exit Room
If you come here without the grail, you can't get through the door
and out because there is the grail image barring your way. If you
approach with the grail, it opens up and you can get out by
actioning the door. You completed the game, and you can watch
the end sequence.

Geff's Exit
If you have the grail, Geff is waiting here. When you get close,
Tobias charges out of the side passage. He attacks Geff and steals
his supply of grailstone. With his grailstone gone, Geff
experiences very rapid ageing. He decomposes before your eyes.
You are free to leave. You completed the game, and you can watch
the end sequence.
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