Hugo, Amicia, and Melie tracked down Lucas, threw the Inquisition off their trail and reached Chateau d'Ombrage, an isolated ancestral fortress, overrun with rats. After a tough battle to eliminate the swarm, the orphans got their first night of peaceful rest.
CODEX - Hugo's Herbarium: 1/1 - Gifts: 1/1 - Curiosities: 2/2
St. John's wort (Hugo's Herbarium), the flower located near the big tree, where De Rune family necklaces (Amicia & Hugo) hanged.
Also called "Saint John's herb", it is a symbol of animosity, but also of protection and light, St. John's wort is considered a remedy to melancholy and other mental afflictions. Despite its nickname, "devil hunter", ingesting it can still significantly disrupt the heart rate, causing arrhythmia and tachycardia.
Alchemical crucible (Gifts), it's located on the left before you go up stairs to shout out loud together with Hugo and speaks to Melie.
An alchemist's most fundamental tool. This stone container is able to withstand extreme conditions (high furnace temperatures, acids) without eroding or breaking. Throughout the alchemical process, it carries the potential of the final Great Work.
Iconography (Curiosities), it's at the right side of the stairs when the first time Hugo asked you to see Lucas at the labs.
Alchemy fascinates scientists as much as it inspires artists. The recurring symbol of the lion devouring the sun us an allusion to alchemical dissolution. The purpose of this process, in which vitriol attacks sulfur, is to separate the "crude" substances from the "subtle" ones.
Bird Language Manual (Curiosities), it's located behind the barrel where Melie standing and having a conversation with Amicia.
Alchemists, whose practices are regarded as occult and dangerous by the majority, go to considerable lengths to encrypt their work. Since Antiquity, they have used this "language of birds"; a code based on metaphors, word games and chirping sounds, as well as mystical symbolism of letters, which reserves the true meaning of their texts to insiders.
