Key & Compass presents:
Darkiss Chapter 1: the Awakening
by Marco Vallarino

• Map
• Walkthrough
• Extras
  • Amusing, Characters, Inventory, Score
• Thank You to my Patreon supporters
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Map

Walkthrough

Crypt

> x me. x suit. (You must examine the suit to find the key.)

> x key. x boots. x coffin. out.

> x image. x sun. (Note that the red sun of Valmar has 8 rays.)

> e. e.

Bats room

> x coffin. (It's Sabrina's.) open it. (It's nailed shut.)

> x bats. count bats. (This number is random.)

> e. (You're stopped by a cross drawn on the floor.)

> x cross. s.

Snakes room

> x snakes. count snakes. (Again, the number is random.)

> x door. x lever. x slot. pull lever. (It seems stuck.)

> e.

Depository

Wearing the cloak makes you feel stronger and makes a difference.

> x wardrobe. open it. x cloak. wear it.

> x chest. open it. x axe. take it.

> w. w.

Torture chamber

> x maiden. open it. look in it.

> x spikes. (You must examine the spikes to find the hair.)

> x hair. take hair. lick spikes.

> x wheel. x pillory. open pillory.

> x cage. x skeleton. open cage. (using the key)

> take bone. take bottle. take mask.

> x bone. x bottle. x mask. wear mask.

> e.

Snakes room

> count snakes. (Remember the new count.)

> n.

Bats room

> count bats. (Remember the new count.)

> chop coffin. (using the axe)

> x corpse.

> n.

Spiders room

> x spiders. count spiders. again. (Remember the count; it's random.)

> x door. w.

Library room

> x books. (The Necronomicon is missing.)

> x papers. ("SBYS")

> x desk. open drawer. x medallion. wear it.

> x armchair.

> x shelf. x scratches. move shelf. (You must be wearing the cloak for this to succeed.)

> w.

Secret room

> x lectern. x book. (+3; you can now summon Praseidimio, a demon.)

> x flag. take it.

> e. e. e.

Temple

> x stool. x painting.

> kneel. pray. (The prayer won't summon Lilith unless you're kneeling.)

You know the answer to Lilith's question from your crypt.

> 8 (+1; you now bear Lilith's curse.)

> x curse.

> stand. w. s. s.

Snakes room

> put medallion in slot. pull lever. open door.

> s.

Cell

> x graffiti. x formula. learn formula.

> n.

Snakes room

> close door. pull lever. take medallion. wear it.

> n.

Bats room

> recite formula. (+4. Sabrina tells you how Prof. Anderson and his gang killed her and you. Then her corpse and coffin catch fire.)

> x coffin. enter coffin.

> n.

Spiders room

By now, your character has probably remembered that "SBYS" means "Snakes BY Spiders". Make sure you counted the snakes and spiders twice so you're using the correct numbers! Multiply the number of snakes by the number of spiders; the result will be the combination for this door. It'll be a four-digit number like 7210 or 7232, for example.

> take door. open door.

> NUMBER (+6)

> n.

Treasure room

> x treasure. x violin. x treasure. x bow.

> take violin. take bow. attach hair to bow. (+2)

> play violin.

> s. s.

Bats room

It may be a bit unmotivated to make a torch right now, but this is where we light it, so why not.

> rip flag. (Note that "tear flag" isn't understood.)

> x stripes. (The game means "strips", of course.)

> tie stripes to bone. x torch.

> pour liquor on torch. light torch. (+5)

> e. (You must have Lilith's curse to get past the cross.)

Corridor

> x symbols. x mirror. break mirror. (It won't break.)

> dig mirror.

> call Praseidimio. (You have one wish.) x demon.

You can ask Praseidimio about many topics:

> ask demon about himself. ask demon about Sabrina.

> ask demon about Lilith. ask demon about club.

> ask demon about Hell. ask demon about Lucifer.

> ask demon about God. (or Jesus)

> ask demon about Anderson. ask demon about Dracula.

> ask demon about violin. play violin.

> ask demon about cross. ask demon about garlic. ask demon about blood.

> ask demon about Halloween. ask demon about Zork. ask demon about sex.

> ask demon about bats. (or spiders or snakes)

> ask demon about peace. (or love or chastity)

But there's only one thing you need to ask him:

> ask demon about mirror. (+7; he destroys it and leaves.)

> e.

Cave

> x wolf. ask wolf about wolf. sing.

> play violin. (+8; it sleeps.)

> x wolf. bite wolf. (You don't want to.)

> e.

Mountain slope

You must be wearing the mask to be able to stay here.

> x garlic. swim. burn garlic. (+9 by using the torch. A girl approaches.)

> x girl. remove mask.

> yes. (You show the medallion to the girl. She is now close.)

> kiss girl.

> bite girl. (+9)

Strengthened, you fly off in bat form to meet with Lilith.

*** You have won ***

> amusing

Extras

Amusing

Congratulations for your victory! Martin Voigt, Lilith and Praseidimio are proud of you. Thanks for playing, I hope you have enjoyed the game. Would you like to enter the Crypt of Darkiss? It's the page of the site that shows the names of those who have succesfully completed the game: http://darkiss.marcovallarino.it/cripta

If you want to add your name, send an email to marco.vallarino @ gmail.com containing the password "anemia".

About the game, for your amusement, have your ever sung, swum, dug, sworn, licked the spikes of the iron maiden, entered the flaming coffin, talked to the wolf, taken a door, asked Praseidimio about Dracula, Lucifer, Halloween, Sabrina, Lilith, Zork, sex, hell, peace, love, chastity, cross, Jesus?

The adventure of Martin Voigt continues to "Darkiss 2" while the main charachter of the spin-off "Sogno di Sangue" (tr. Blood Dream) is his enemy George Anderson. ("Darkiss 3", the final chapter of the series, is work in progress.) For now "Darkiss 2" and "Sogno di Sangue" are only available in Italian, but I would like to translate also them into English. If you can help to correct my translations and playtest the games, please, send me an email.

I'm waiting for you in the Crypt, bye!

Characters

• Sabrina was your favourite container of blood, but she was tortured and killed by your enemies. Her corpse is in the white coffin.
• Praseidimio is a demon that you can summon from Hell. He will grant you one small favour.
• Lilith is a powerful vampire queen who created you and whom you worship as a goddess. She saved you from your most recent death.
• A wolf bars your exit from the cave.
• A girl finds you on the Mountain slope when you finally exit your lair. She will help restore you to yuor full strength.

Also notable mentions:

• Professor Anderson and his gang of vampire hunters killed you and Sabrina. You will have your revenge on them.
• Maximillian Bauer is one of your past victims; his skeleton is in a cage in your Torture chamber.
• Sandra Koch, a vampire hunter, is the probable owner of the blonde hair found in the iron maiden, since that's where you finally killed her.
• The gypsies were your human servants. They were also killed by Anderson's gang.

Inventory

Your inventory is split into three categories.

You are carrying:

• an iron key. Examine your suit to find the key in a pocket. The key unlocks the cage in the Torture chamber.
• an axe. It's in the chest in the Depository. Chop the coffin in the Bats room with the axe to open it.
• some long blonde hair. Open the iron maiden in the Torture chamber and examine the spikes to find the hair. Tie to hair to the violin bow to repair it.
• a shinbone. You can take a bone from the skeleton inside the cage in the Torture chamber; use the key to unlock the cage. Tie the cloth stripes [sic] to the bone to make a torch.
• a bottle of liquor. It's in the Torture chamber. Pour some liquor on your torch to give it some fuel.
• a flag. It's in the Secret room. Rip it into cloth stripes [sic].
• a violin. Examine the treasure in the Treasure room to find it. Play the violin (using the repaired bow) in the Cave to lull the wolf to sleep. The demon Praseidimio also likes violin music!
• a violin bow. Examine the treasure in the Treasure room a second time to find the bow. Repair the bow by tying the long blonde hair to it. You need the bow in order to play the violin.
• some cloth stripes. [sic] Rip the flag to make the stripes. Tie the stripes to the shinbone to make a torch.
• a torch. Create the torch by tying the cloth stripes [sic] to the shinbone. Pour some liquor on it, then light it with the burning coffin in the Bats room. Use the torch to burn the garlic field on the Mountain slope.

You are wearing:

• your suit. You're wearing it from the start. Examine it to find the key in the pocket.
• your boots. You're wearing them from the start. You may ignore them.
• a black cloak. It's in the wardrobe in the Depository. Wear it to regain enough strength to move the shelf in the Library room.
• a black leather mask. Found in the Torture chamber. Wear it so you can endure the garlic field on the Mountain slope. After you've burned the garlic with the torch, remove the mask so the girl isn't frightened of you.
• a medallion. Found in the desk drawer in the Library room. Put it in the slot by the lever in the Snakes room and pull lever to unlock the door to the cell. To free the medallion from the slot, close the wooden door and pull the lever again. Have the medallion with you when you tell the girl on the Mountain slope who you are.

You also have:

• a curse. In the Temple, kneel, pray, and answer Lilith's question correctly to gain her curse. Having the curse lets you ignore the cross at the east exit of the Bats room and enter the Corridor.
• a magic formula. In the Cell, read the graffiti to discover a formula. Learn the formula so you can recite it elsewhere. Recite the formula in the Bats room, after you've opened the coffin there, to summon Sabrina's spectre and thus indirectly create a fire.

Score

You have so far scored your-score out of a possible 55 in several turns, achieving the rank of ranking.

• 1 point when you've received Lilith's curse.
• 2 points when you've repaired the violin bow.
• 3 points when you've read the Necronomicon.
• 4 points when you've summoned Sabrina's spectre.
• 5 points when you've lit the torch.
• 6 points when you've opened the safe.
• 7 points when you've destroyed the mirror.
• 8 points when you've made the wolf fall asleep.
• 9 points when you've burnt the garlic field.
• 10 points when you've drunk the girl's blood.

The rankings are:

• 0 to 8 points ⇒ Lost soul.
• 14 to 21 points ⇒ Unsettling presence.
• 28 points ⇒ Black shadow.
• 36 points ⇒ Wicked demon.
• 45 points ⇒ Lethal nightmare.
• 55 points ⇒ Prince of darkness!

Thank You to my Patreon supporters

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