The Black Mirror - Part 3

                    Walkthrough by Dusty

Concluded from last issue

CHAPTER 5

Truthful Testimony

In Ashburry Sanatorium:

Ring the bell by the sanatorium gate and, when inside, ask the
nurse about James - the nurse will take you to his cell, where you
find that James has hung himself. Inside the cell examine (right
button) James' body - you find Robert's keys. Examine the word
"Samuel" written in blood on the wall. Use a small knife on the
plastered-up hole in the wall, scraping the plaster out. Talk to
Ralph through the hole; a sanatorium employee comes into the cell
and throws you out.

Old Lighthouse on Sharpedge Cliff:

Use the lighter on the dark hole in the wall - you discover
another symbol. Examine it and draw it in William's diary.

In the Hermann Mortuary:

Outside first ring the bell and, when Hermann does not come, go
inside. Downstairs in the mortuary take the sheet off the
dissecting table - you discover Hermann's dead body. There is
another symbol on the washbasin. Examine it and draw it in
William's diary. Light the lamp in the dark back part of the room.
Open the desk drawer and, in detailed view, take the forceps from
the desk. Move the book in the drawer - you discover plastic bags
underneath it and take them. Examine Hermann's body on the
dissecting table. In detailed view examine his clenched fist and
use the forceps on it - you discover some of the murderer's hair
in his hand. Use the plastic bags for the murderer's hair and put
it into one of them. Examine the doctor's head on the floor.  Then
Detective Collier comes into Hermann's house and you learn he
suspects James of the murders.

Comparison of James' Hair:

In front of Ashburry you ring the bell by the gate and ask the
nurse where James' body is - she tells you it is in the local
cemetery, in the old chapel. Go to the cemetery behind the
sanatorium and try to go into the chapel - you find that it is
locked. In front of the boiler room you talk to the boiler
operator about the locked chapel - he has the key, but he won't
give it to you. Even for a bribe. In front of the main entrance to
the sanatorium you go into the drain, through which you get to
James' cell. From there you go into the corridor and to the boiler
room. In the front part of the boiler room you open the metal
cupboard and take some Wellingtons out of it. Take a rag from the
wire mesh by the pile of coal. Go back to James' cell. In the wall
near the toilet is a tap from which water is dripping. Use the rag
on it, getting it wet. In the boiler room use the wet rag on the
boiler, opening its door. There is a small valve above it, which
you turn, opening the upper part of the boiler. Throw the
Wellingtons into the boiler, making it fill with smoke. Go back in
front of the sanatorium through James' cell and go to the boiler
room - there is a bunch of keys in the open door. Take them. In
the cemetery use a key to unlock the entrance to the chapel.
Inside the chapel take a shard of glass from the floor and use it
to cut a sample of James' hair. Now you have to compare it with
the sample of the murderer's hair. In the back part of Hermann's
dissecting room is a microscope on a desk. Use it on the samples
of the murderer's hair and James' hair - you find out that they do
not match. Morris is another potential suspect.

Comparison of Morris' Hair:

Go into the stable at Black Mirror Manor. Morris is not there,
though. Read the letter in the vice on the desk - you find out
that Morris has run away. There is a switch on a wooden horse pen.
Push it - a bulb lights up in the middle pen. Take Morris' cap
from the illuminated wall. Examine the cap in inventory - you find
out that some of Morris' hair is on it. Use the plastic bags on
the cap, obtaining a hair sample. Go back to Hermann's mortuary
and use Morris' hair in the microscope - you find out that not
even Morris is the murderer. Who is then?

Search of Robert's Office:

At Black Mirror Manor unlock the door to Robert's office using his
key. Once inside, first focus on the bookcase. At the top of the
middle shelf is the Roman numeral MCXX, which is the Greek number
1120. In our case, however, it is a time: 11:20. Examine the clock
in the corner of the room, click on the face and set the hands to
precisely 11:20. Then click on the compass over the face - if you
have set the time correctly, a secret safe is revealed in the
bookcase. Examine the table in the corner of the room.  Open it
and examine the box - you find a small key. Use the small key to
unlock the upper drawer, open it and take the paper out. Use the
paper on any of the three green lights on the wall with the
bookcase - you find the hidden code 63081 on the paper. Examine
the safe and set the code 63081. As soon as the safe opens,
examine it and take out the ring, the letter from William, the
document (William's will) and Robert's diary. Read all the
documents carefully. Don't forget to examine the picture on the
wall - you find that the person painted on it has another holy key
around its neck.

Finding Lothar's Holy Key:

In the corridor in front of Robert's office, knock on the door to
Victoria's room and talk to her about Ashbury and, in particular,
about the picture in Robert's office - you learn that it shows
your ancestor Lothar Gordon. Ask Victoria about him - you learn
that he is buried in the cemetery by Ashburry sanatorium. Go to
the sanatorium. Again ring the bell by the gate and go to the back
cemetery. Here examine a grave overgrown with bushes using the
right button on the mouse - Samuel finds his family crest on it
and identifies it as the grave he is looking for.

Go into the chapel (containing James' body), where you examine a
box on the ground by the door. Samuel finds gardening shears in
it. Unfortunately, a screw is missing from them. Outside, in front
of the boiler room examine the small window on the left of the
door and pull out a loose screw from the gutter anchorage at the
top on the left. In inventory use the screw on the shears,
repairing them. Use the shears on the dry bush growing over
Lothar's grave and try to push the grave lid off - unfortunately
it is too heavy and Samuel can't move it. Examine the dark corner
in the shelter in front of the boiler room (using the right
button) - you find a hefty bar. Use the bar on Lothar's grave,
pushing the lid off.  But the grave is empty! In the sanatorium
talk to the nurse about the grave - you learn that in the past it
was administered by Warmhill parish. Go to the parish using the
map, go into the church and talk to Father Frederick about the
grave. He promises to look for information in the chronicles, but
needs some time. Go and have a look at the graveyard and examine
the family tombs (or visit the inn in Willowcreek). Again talk to
Father Frederick.  You learn that Lothar's remains are somewhere
in the local cemetery. Go to the back part of the cemetery. One of
the tombs is open. Talk to the gravedigger that is working in it
and ask him for an urn. He will bring it to you in return for the
money you offer.  In inventory examine the urn - you find the
fourth holy key.

Finding William's Holy Key:

Examine the gravedigger's tools in front of the open tomb - Samuel
appropriates a torch. In front of the church shine the torch on
the mound on the right of the screen (where the freshly dug grave
is) - Samuel notices a spade on a mound of earth.  Take it. In
front of William's grave it is necessary to shut the gravedigger
in the tomb so that he does not disturb you during your work.
First loosen the wire that attaches the door to the fence. Then
get rid of the wedge under the door - the door closes. Now use the
spade on William's grave. As soon as you dig the coffin up, take
the holy key from the late William. Go across the map from the
parish and return - you will witness testimony by your servant
Bates that throws a completely different light on the whole
mystery.

CHAPTER 6

View Through the Mirror

Opening the Entrance to the Catacombs:

Under Black Mirror Castle go to the strange stone square on the
wall. Examine the square, put a ring in the middle and turn it - 8
symbols light up on the square. Click on the points of the five
symbols you found at the site of each murder (you have them drawn
or photographed in William's diary) in the order you discovered
them (and in the order they are recorded in the diary).  As soon
as the catacombs open, go in.

In the Catacombs:

The catacombs are made up of a small 4x3 rectangular maze.  For
better orientation I have drawn it as fields, the columns are
lettered and the rows are numbered. At location D2 take the sword
and at location B2 take the helmet. At the location with the abyss
(A2) throw the sword and helmet into the abyss and the abyss
closes. Go forward a location (A3), where there is a hole on the
wall on the right. Careful!! There are several holes like this in
the maze, but handling each of them is fatal!!! Only this hole is
an exception. Reach into it - Samuel takes the talisman out. At
location B2 click on the painted brick on the wall on the left -
this makes a door to location B1 accessible. Go towards the door
(to location B1) and put the talisman into the hole in the middle
- opening it. Inside the new room examine the alcove - you find a
map of the catacombs. In the middle is a stand on which you put
the black ball - activating the buttons by the strange lights in
the catacombs. The next task is to activate certain of these
lights. But which ones. There is a candle at location D1. Light it
with the lighter and use it on the map - walls on which the
strange lights have to be activated stand out on the map. Press
the buttons by the 4 lights at the following locations: A2 on the
right, B3 on the right, C1 on the left and the right. A portal
opens at location C1 and you go in.

In the Temple:

Examine the altar and take the dagger from it. Use the dagger on
the figure of Samuel (does not report it is active under the
cursor!) - Samuel's blood opens five holes in the altar for the
keys. Each of the holes is marked with a precious stone of a
different colour and they correspond to the precious stones on
each of the five keys, so it is not difficult to ascertain which
key goes in which hole. After putting the keys in correctly, a
verse appears in the book on the altar and you read it. Evil is
vanquished. The curse of the evil Mordred is broken. But what
about Samuel's soul ...?










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