Episode 5

Recap
  • Hints
    • Final Secret
    • Letter from Grace
    • Letter from Isabella
    • Lost in the Labyrinth Page
    • Spell Instructions
  • Reveals
    • Letter from Isabella
    • Lost in the Labyrinth Page
    • Spell Instructions

Hints

Final Secret

  • Each password-protected post you have accessed in Episodes 1 - 5 contains a set of semaphore flag symbols. When arranged in the correct order, they reveal this episode's hidden element.

  • The post titles and their corresponding semaphore translations are as follows:

    • [Sage]: "MOCS"
    • [Dreams Part 2]: "DUOL"
    • [Rosemary]: "CKRA"
    • [Yarrow]: "DNOW"
    • [Effigies]: "KIWWW"
  • When arranged backward, the semaphore spells out: "www.iknowdarkclouds.com".
  • The website "www.iknowdarkclouds.com" is the path Isabella left for Kayla, mentioned in the letter from Isabella. It is designed like a labyrinth. Use the Lost in the Labyrinth page as a guide to navigate the website.
  • For the first page of www.iknowdarkclouds.com, use the hint from the fable: "down and to the right". Click the semi-transparent button in the lower-right of the page.
  • For the second page, use the hint from the fable: "the green cicada". Click the green cicada.
  • For the third page, use the hint from the fable: "who is she?". The answer to the cicada's riddle is "oak tree". Type "oaktree" into the pop-up field and click enter.
  • For the fourth page, use the hint from the fable: "every flower fades in time". Scroll down and click the image of the flower on the left side of the page, located below the words "and run".
  • For the fifth page, use what you learned from the spell instructions: enter Isabella's true name, "Dair", into the username field and submit.

Letter from Grace

  • In her letter, Grace reveals that the spell instructions and the Lost in the Labyrinth page should be used together to "help Isabella set her freedom in motion".

Letter from Isabella

  • Isabella tells Kayla that she will leave her a "path", which is the final secret you will access in the episode. She also describes the method to set her free.
  • Isabella reveals the password for one of the posts on www.kaylabellamagic.com, which also happens to be a common theme in this episode.

Lost in the Labyrinth Page

  • The details of this fable provide guidance for the final secret you will access in this episode.

Spell Instructions

  • The spell instructions can be translated using your knowledge of the spirit alphabet from previous episodes. The handwritten notes on the back of the paper tell you which "token" of Isabella's to use in the spell.
  • The handwritten notes on the back of the paper also give a hint to which password-protected post to access on www.kaylabellamagic.com. There are hidden links somewhere in this post.

Reveals

Letter from Isabella

  • The password for one of the posts on www.kaylabellamagic.com is "labyrinth".
  • To reveal the "path" Isabella left for Kayla, combine certain information decoded from each password-protected post you accessed in Episodes 1 - 5. See the final secret hints for further information.

Lost in the Labyrinth Page

  • The details in this fable that will help guide you through the final secret are:

    • "down and to the right"
    • "green cicada"
    • "who is she?"
    • "every flower fades in time"
    • "give up your true name"

Spell Instructions

  • The piece of lace you received is the "token" mentioned in the handwritten notes on the back.

  • The spell instructions translate to:

    • MIX SAGE WITH KINDLING IN FLAMESAFE VESSEL
    • SET ALIGHT WITH BLACK CANDLE
    • PLACE ISABELLAS TOKEN UPON THE FLAME
    • RECITE:
    • "HEAR ME ISABELLA I INVOKE YOU
    • BY THE FIRE AND THE EARTH AND THE RAIN
    • SPEAK TO ME YOUR SPIRIT NAME"
    • HOLD THE TREE ABOVE FLAME
    • QUENCH THE FLAME WITH ICY WATER
    • GAZE AT SPELL AND HER TRUE NAME WILL BE REVEALED
  • Light the black candle you received in Episode 3 and hold the spell instructions over the flame. Be careful to hold the paper far enough from the flame so that it does not catch fire.
  • To reveal Isabella's true name, the heat of the flame should be concentrated beneath the tree symbol at the bottom. If nothing happens, try using an alternate source of heat.
  • When the tree symbol is heated, the ink will fade away and reveal: ᚇ
  • ᚇ is the symbol for "Dair", a letter in the Ogham alphabet. It is Isabella's true name, which will be important to know later on.
  • The handwritten notes on the back mention an effigy. The password-protected post to access on www.kaylabellamagic.com is titled "Effigies".
  • In the body text of the "Effigies" post, certain individual letters are links. All the links lead to the same page. The linked letters spell out "blue house key", which is a hint for how to decode the coded message on the linked page.
  • The coded message on the linked page is a running key cipher. The final paragraph of The Blue House passage from Episode 4 is the running key used to decipher the message.

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