Sunday, September 18, 2022

A Plague Tale: Innocence - XVII - For Each Other (PC) Playthrough

 

All seemed lost. After Arthur's death, Rodric sacrificed himself so Hugo and Amicia could get to Vitalis. Their efforts paid off: The Grand Inquisitor is dead, and Beatrice is reunited with her children.

A Plague Tale: Innocence - XVI - Coronation (PC) Playthrough

 

Brainwashed by Vitalis and accompanied by Nicholas, Hugo unleashed his rats on Chateau d'Ombrage. Nicholas kills Arthur but Amicia and Hugo, reunited once more, manage to kill Vitalis's henchman. The group leaves for the town in order to put an end to the Grand Inquisitor's madness.

CODEX - Hugo's Herbarium: 1/1 - Gifts: 1/1 - Curiosities: 2/2
Christmas rose (Hugo's Herbarium), the flower located far north from the burned house (try have Rodric to open the burned house's door then some soldiers will appear; kill them all then go north as much as you can go through the opened door by an enemy soldier).
Used since Antiquity to treat dementia and some forms of paralysis, the plant quickly became a symbol of anxiety and disquiet--this is likely due to its toxicity, as handling it with one's bare hands causes violent irritations and even more severe reactions if ingested. Strangely enough, it is found in nativity scenes around Christmas. It as supposedly born from the tears of Madelon, a young shepherdess who was desperate to offer a gift to the newborn Christ.

Discipline (Curiosities), it's at the right turn after the first time Hugo uses rats from the underground to kill a soldier (lying on the dead soldier's body).
Faced with an increasing number of orders and cults, the Church implores the Inquisition to strike down heresy to its core by driving out Dulcinians, Fraticelli and Flagellants. The latter are convinced that humanity deserves divine sentencing, and repent by inflicting discipline in themselves in public, lacerating their own flesh with great whips while marching through the streets. Ironically, the Flagellants helped spread the Plague from village to village.

Inquisitor's Manual (Curiosities), it's located near the Inquisition dead body in front of the Cathedral main entrance.
Bernard Guidoni, Inquisitor of Languedoc, wrote a manual for his peers at the beginning of the fourteenth century, thought of as an aid to their work. Acting as a legal code, it lists the heresies ti be condemned, the corresponding penalties, and the procedures to be followed. For the sake of ethics, it favors the common good rather than that of individuals and advocates cruel sentences in order to make examples that instill a sense of terror among the people.

Saturday, September 17, 2022

A Plague Tale: Innocence - XV - Remembrance (PC) Playthrough

 

Helped by his mother, Hugo has become able to control the rats. Vitalis, who injected himself with the boy's blood, tried to force Hugo through the First Threshold. But, protected by Lucas' elixir, Hugo resisted. Beatrice and her son are still the Grand Inquisitor's prisoners, and he intends to continue his experiments.

CODEX - Hugo's Herbarium: 1/1
Rockfoils (Hugo's Herbarium), the flower located in the kitchen, go pass Lucas that's been busy with the wooden trunk and enter the room then go right (the flower is left of the table).
Saxifrage, also known as "stone-breaker", is often found in cold, mountainous environments, seeping into rock crevices to avoid the frost. It symbolizes inevitability and a form of despair. This nickname comes from the fact that it was considered a means of dissolving kidney stones.

A Plague Tale: Innocence - XIV - Blood Ties (PC) Playthrough

 

Amicia got lost trying to find Hugo. Exhausted and emotionally drained, she fell into a hallucination where Hugo was but one of the many ghosts of her guilt.

CODEX - Hugo's Herbarium: 1/1
Black Nightshade (Hugo's Herbarium), the flower located at the Inquisition castle garden (north-east from the entrance door you comes in while following lord Nicolas).
A symbol of truth, associated by some with demonic witchcraft, the black nightshade has many worrisome nicknames: "devil's herb", "death cherries", and "beautiful death". The toxicity of its berries is certainly a factor; consuming them can lead to death.

A Plague Tale: Innocence - XIII - Penance (PC) Playthrough

 

At the De Rune estate, Amicia and Lucas discovered that the Macula, Hugo and the rats are closely intertwined. When they returned to Chateau d'Ombrage, Amicia had Hugo drink the elixir that their mother had started making, which Lucas managed to finish. It will let the young carrier of the Macula pass the First Threshold safely.

CODEX - Hugo's Herbarium: 1/1 - Curiosities: 2/2
Daffodil (Hugo's Herbarium), the flower located near the snowy forest at the right after you walking pass the horses.
It is said that it grew from the remains of Narcissus, a mythological figure who died while looking at this own reflection. It symbolizes egoism and selfishness. Despite a marked toxic potential recognized by humanity since Antiquity, many European countries have used it to treat tumors, epilepsy, and hair loss--to varying degrees of success.

Rag doll (Curiosities), it's at the left side of the broken half door after Clerie opens the gate for you.
A worn-out rag doll given to Hugo by friends of the family. Since toys are not yet widely used in commerce, they are hand-made by craftsmen, the servants of the wealthiest estates, or by parents themselves.

Knight figurine (Curiosities), it's located in the Hugo's room after your mother let you in (don't speaks to Hugo yet, instead go to the next room on your right).
Chivalrous figures are very important in historical imagination, forged by centuries of myths. But before becoming a symbol of Christian and court ideals popularized by monk scribes, knights are first and foremost warriors on horseback who fight for an order (secular or religious) or as vassals on behalf of lords.