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I finished the game a couple of days ago, but I hope it’s ok to jump in with comments anyway.

I think day four starts off a bit confusing. Suddenly Jonathan starts talking about a “treasure” connected to this Boldogi family. Until then I had the impression we were looking for a certain ring, not a complete “treasure”. And the connection of this “treasure” to some very old Boldogi barrels is weak imo. Like Jonathan has more information than we do. Maybe something is lost in translation here? The Yoomurjak poem found in the pendant at the end of day three doesn’t make things much clearer (in case you even realize it’s there in the notebook when waking up in day four…)

As for THE puzzle, I actually enjoyed it quite a bit and was able to solve it with only a slight nudge in the right direction from the hint function in the iPad version. It’s a complex puzzle and there’s too much reading to do, but ultimately it’s fun to solve! BUT, again there are missing clues. I thought it could be either one of four different helmets with the visor closed pointing left. All could look like a “pig” to me. And I could not find any clues as to what figures should be placed on the sides of the crest. Two or three had red stuff on their heads. There’s no mention of the correct figures in the clues. May be the fact that english is not my first language that made this one a bit harder for me though. Lastly, it was confusing that there was no possibility to place the right motto on the crest. We have it in the clues from that Boldogi fellow’s house, right? Why not write it on the crest?

zobraks - 06 October 2021 05:21 AM

That was very much straightforward for me (non-native English speaker too). The poem says:
Let the Telemones guard it laterally
Gules laureate headed Troglodits holding mauls bleakly

I reckon it basically means “a pair of cavemen/hermits with red laurels on their heads holding bludgeons”, so there’s no mistake about who or what the supporters should be.

Yeah, I actually guessed that one correctly too. Something in the back of my head told me that a maul is some kind of brutish weapon and I got the red laurels thing. But I’d never heard of “troglodits” before. Would have been nice of the game to explain what those are in that heraldry book.

zobraks - 06 October 2021 07:23 AM

Veovis - 06 October 2021 07:16 AM

But I’d never heard of “troglodits” before.

The first time I encountered the term was (I believe) in a song, many years ago.

Edit 1: I think this is the one.

Edit 2: Yeah, that’s the one. It featured in the most popular entertainment radio show in Serbia, called “TUP-TUP”.

Great song! Unfortunately I hadn’t heard it before. Reminds me a bit of Gil Scott-Heron. [end of derailing thread]

I’ve just realised I was missing out & have duly gone on to ‘steal’ the remote control. I’ve used it on the TV to watch a programme which I guessed was about vineyards as there were lots of grapes but I had no idea really as it was all in Hungarian….. there’s more to watch which I’ll get back to ... maybe.

Mmm….if you’re carrying around a remote control that belongs to the hotel room you’re currently paying for ....isn’t it okay to do that?

zobraks - 07 October 2021 08:00 AM

....anything that’s in your hotel room is yours, right?

Thankyou, that’s what I thought.

I finished this day also. I managed to get through alone for the most part. But i didnt know where to go after i had to recreate the crest

After checking a guide i found out i had to visit the lyceum library. I know with little exploring i could have found that. Also there was a hint earlier that it was a nice spot to work.

Anyway after that i was ready to recreate the crest. I was given a book that would help me with the job. I realized fast that i could create the crest with the combination of the poem and the heraldy book. But then after starting to read the book i was intimidated with how long it was and how much was there to read. So ... i checked a guide again to create the crest, which was a bad decision as it wasnt that hard in the end. If i had put the time to study the book i would probably get most of the crest designed. If you still havent solved the puzzle you should probably listen to the advice to take a break and try to deal with it at a diferent time. Also is the last puzzle for this chapter and there is time before we start the last day.

This chapter was a lot more straight forward and i did like the puzzle a lot even if i checked a guide for it. I think it is the most reasonal puzzle so far that can be solved with some effort. Also nice cutscene in the end.

I have got to Day 5.

Kudos to you zobraks for solving the heraldry puzzle on your own! 

I confess to needing a nudge after spending quite a long time trying to do it & did manage to get quite a lot of it right.

Nico2021 - 08 October 2021 04:08 PM

….. i was ready to recreate the crest. I was given a book that would help me with the job. I realized fast that i could create the crest with the combination of the poem and the heraldy book. But then after starting to read the book i was intimidated with how long it was and how much was there to read.

Yes me too although I was more bored than intimidated. I don’t mind reading if it’s interesting but the finer points of heraldry just don’t do it for me.   

Veovis - 06 October 2021 07:16 AM

….. But I’d never heard of “troglodits” before. Would have been nice of the game to explain what those are in that heraldry book.

Even as a native English speaker I’m not really familiar with the term & wish I’d looked it up. Yes, I agree that there could have been some reference in the game.
Otherwise, I do think though there was enough info to solve the puzzle which I thought was quite good but for me would have been more interesting with the clues embedded within less description.