A Plague Tale: Innocence - XII - All That Remains (PC) Playthrough

 

Melie came back to the castle with her brother Arthur. She brought news that Amicia's mother is alive, imprisoned by the Inquisition. Despite Amicia's determination to hide the truth from her brother, Hugo heard everything, and his condition suddenly took a drastic turn for the worse. Amicia and Lucas leave immediately for the De Rune estate, seeking a key ingredient in the life-saving elixir.

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Cinquefoils (Hugo's Herbarium), the flower located at the left of garden main entrance (there are alot of episanguis covered the area).
It owes its name to its number of petas--five, like the fingers on a hand. From a medicinal point of view, it was used from Antiquity in the form of pastes or decoctions to fight illness of the digestive tract, calm fever, and stop bleeding. It is also an important symbol in heraldry, decorating the coats of arms of the great families of north-west France.

Calamus (Gifts), it's located on the table where you enter the De Rune estate domain for the first time (there is also a haystack in front of the house).
A piece of dried reed cut into a tip for writing once its end is soaked in ink. However essential to the transmission of knowledge, reading and writing are practiced only by a small elite--only members of the clergy and the most educated of citizens. The majority of books available depict the world from a Christian perspective, with alchemists being among the few to describe a reality free from dogma.

Harnois Helmet (Curiosities), it's inside the wooden trunk at the right corner room after you pass the woman maid who's dead body lying on the ground surrounded by thousand of rats.
An armor set designed for knights, allowing them to mount their steeds while ensuring almost complete protection of their bodies. Contrary to plate or ceremonial armor, it weighs no more than twenty kilograms and hinders its wearer's movements only slightly, making racing possible and greatly facilitating drawn-out confrontations.

Family tree (Curiosities), it's located at the left of the two barrels in Amicia's mother a secret room (laboratory).
Genealogy is an ancient tradition upheld since the time of the Egyptians and mentioned in the Bible. It was long reserved for the rich and mighty, and underwent a major evolution starting from the eleventh century, serving to prove lords' nobility or the absence of kinship of married couples. However, given the wealth power of their clients, it's not uncommon for some genealogists to prefer financial gain over accuracy...

A Plague Tale: Innocence - XI - Alive (PC) Playthrough

 

Grand Inquisitor Vitalis also wants the Sanguinis Itinera, but Amicia stole it from under his nose. She was helped by Rodric, a young blacksmith she freed from the hands of the Inquisition. They return to Chateau d'Ombrage with the book. The elixir for Hugo seems within reach...

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Rhododendron (Hugo's Herbarium), the flower located to the right at the first entrance near a brazier when you go down the stairs after Rodric.
While the rhododendron is harmless, honey made from its flowers is said to carry toxins with hallucinogenic and laxative properties. This is what seemingly thwarted the Greek army resulting in the Retreat of the Ten Thousand--soldiers gorged themselves on this honey after looting and suffered its effects. Its apparent harmfulness is probably what made it a symbol if risk and danger.

A Plague Tale: Innocence - X - The Way of Roses (PC) Playthrough

 

Amicia entered the University, deftly navigating the town under martial law. She was nearing the Sanguinis Itinera, the mythical book that will help Hugo pass the First Threshold, a crucial step in the evolution of his illness. But the Inquisition was already there...

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Daisy (Hugo's Herbarium), the flower located inside a small room at the library area where there is a standing lamp near the entrance.
The daisy is a symbol of innocence and purity, and probably owes its fame to the whiteness of its petals. It was used in infusions with calming and digestive properties, known to also promote scar healing. Daisy petals were also used in salads and popular among both nobles and commoners, due to their slight pepper flavor.

Reading stone (Gifts), it's located on the right of black full armor soldier stands (you have Rodric take him down).
After centuries of ignorance, theories about how human vision works now abound. We started by believing that our eyes send out rays revealing objects around us, before finally understanding that, in fact, the opposite is the case. People began to find remedies for vision problems; a good example is the creation of rough eyeglasses that improved their wearers' sight of objects nearby.

Study of a skinned person (Curiosities), it's at the right center side of the long wooden chair where guarded by the soldier who's replies to his fellow soldier "Ad Lucem(To the Fire)" after heard "Ad Ignem(To the Light)".
Since autopsies are formally prohibited by the Church, the practice of studying the human body is still in its infancy. Frightened by the gravity of the situation, Pope Clement VI then issued a papal bull authorizing doctors to open up the bodies of the dead in order to better understand and fight the Plague. Unfortunately, few clergymen followed him, and most anatomical charts therefore came from books from the Orient.

Theriaque (Curiosities), it's located on the table at secret room due south-east if you stands facing the Sanguinis Itinera books.
A decoction made up of more than 50 plant, mineral, and animal ingredients that take more than a year of fermentation for their properties to become complete. Against the Great Evil, it seems to have the effect of accelerating the development of buboes, thus making it possible to remove the infection after incision.

A Plague Tale: Innocence - IX - In the Shadow of Ramparts (PC) Playthrough

 

With the Macula is gaining ground in Hugo's blood, Lucas feels powerless to help the boy. He needs the knowledge found within a rare book stored in the University of the neighboring town. Melie knows the way and is determined to save her brother from the Inquisition, so offers to take Amicia there.

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Lavender (Hugo's Herbarium), the flower is at the first entrance of Ramparts Town near a big tree to your left.
Lavender is widely known for its perfume, and for its color among weavers. The well-educated also use it in many cataplasms for its purifying values. It was rubbed on viper bites to weaken the venom, or on children's scalps to fight lice. Over time, it has become a symbol of dedication and loyalty.

Chessboard (Gifts), it's located near the entrance of the University where two guards guarded it; one with helmet and the other not (the one who spokes a word: hoity-toity).
A solid-wood chess game. This game became popular in Europe during the Middle Ages, first among nobles, and then spread to all strata of society. The invention of this game is the subject of many legends. Its first version supposedly came into being in Asia between the third and sixth centuries, evolving when it reached the Middle East, and slowly finding its final form when it reached Europe in the tenth century.

Sheepskin (Curiosities), it's at the room where there is a hanged dead man, inside a trunk far north of you.
Before the Plague took on uncontrollable proportions, coachmen and shepherds were often spared, unwittingly protected by the strong smell of the goats, sheep, and horses with which they lived. It was only a temporary respite for some, however, as the lucky survivors could be suspected of serving the Great Evil, and were sometimes punished severely.

Piece of Transis (Curiosities), it's located at broken small catacombs nears a cemetery after you jump down the wall nears a big roller wooden box.
Cadaver tombs are a grotesque version of tomb effigies. The latter are mortuary structures devoid of bodies, adorned with a bas-relief depicting a deceased person in a peaceful position. Cadaver tombs, on the other hand, represent the deceased realistically, gaunt, or decomposing. They can be seen multiplying in urban cemeteries, where the influx of infected bodies contributes to the spread of the Great Evil. However, contaminated corpses are placed in mass graves outside built-up areas, while cadaver tombs rest in holy places.

A Plague Tale: Innocence - VIII - Our Home (PC) Playthrough

 

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.

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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.