The Tower

## About

The Tower was the finale of Act 2, a lengthy dungeon with several puzzles. The Tower was in space, making our true attempt particularly dangerous.

We were able to access Tower Simulations, built by Erol Klarson, in order to give us plenty of time to formulate solutions and get through the real Tower safely.

The Tower is one of the Major Arcana in Tarot. Upright, it represents upheaval, sudden change, catastrophe, and revelation. Reversed, it represents fear of change, personal transformation, volatility, and loss.

## Layout

Throughout the course of the simulations, Taskforce Earth were able to determine the layout of the Tower.

Each of the rooms was numbered according to their theme. Every room had its own puzzle.

## Rooms

### Entrance Hallway

The Hallway had 8 doors, each with a symbol on the door, representing a word/concept, and a pedestal inside. At the opposite end of the hallway was another door, which could not be safely opened until every room was solved. Opening the door anyway caused the tower to begin self destructing.

#### Solution

The solution for the pedestal rooms is below.

Each room represented the concept depicted by the symbol on its door. In order to solve each room, an object that represented the essence of that concept needed to be placed on the pedestal.

Players were given significant freedom in choosing the items, so it is likely that any number of solutions would have worked. This is just what we ended up using in the final run.

Once solved, the door at the end of the hallway unlocked, allowing us to begin work on the next set of puzzles.

### Octagon Rooms

The Octagon is the large room to the rear of the tower, with 7 doors branching off on each side.

#### Creature Rooms

Four of the doors, numbered 10, 12, 14, and 16 on the map, had a hostile creature behind them.

 12
 14
 16

##### Solution

Each room had to be solved in order to progress with the next puzzle.

The threat presented in each room had to be neutralised. A thorough knowledge of D&D monsters was helpful here.

 12
 14
 16

Again, we seemed to have a reasonable amount of freedom, so it is likely that other solutions may have worked as well.

#### Vial Rooms

The rooms at either side, numbered 11 and 15 on the map, contained several vials with a clear, otherwise unidentifiable liquid in them. Each room had 4 vials, and a bowl that could hold the liquid from one vial.

Each of the vials corresponded with a room from the hallway.

 W2
 W3
 W4

##### Solution

Both rooms had to be solved in conjunction with eachother.

We had to pour one vial from each room into the bowl. Combining these vials incorrectly gave us a status effect, which varied in unpleasantness. For example, combining Chaos and Knowledge gave us:

> Your mind is in a jumble, you can't think concentrate focus on any info knowledge fact words
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> Interface

The correct combination is as follows:

 W1
 W2
 W3

Adding the vials in this order gave us the status "Nothing appears to happen." meaning we were safe to proceed.

Completing the vial rooms allowed us to access the Elevator.

## Elevator

Opening room 13 on the map brought us into an elevator. The buttons once again had the symbols from the first hallway doors, and a puzzle for each.

## Puzzles

Discord Simulations

* the tower video (solved)
* the second tower video (solved)
* Recursive (solved)
* Initiate Simulation(solved)
* Discord Simulation(unsolved)
	+ Simulation 19194126(terminated)
	+ Simulation 19194127(terminated)
	+ Simulation 19194129(terminated)
	+ Simulation 19194130(terminated)
	+ Tower Symbols
	+ Simulation Interlude Alpha(terminated) - consisting of:
		- The First Tower(terminated)
		- The Second Tower(terminated)
		- The Third Tower(terminated)
		- The Fourth Tower(terminal)
	+ Simulation 19194132(terminated)
	+ Simulation 19194134(terminated)
	+ Simulation 19194135(terminated)
	+ Simulation 19194136(terminated)
	+ Simulation 19194137(not yet started)

**Actual Tower Run**

# Ancient Compass

First mentioned: **March 22, 2021**, by Dealmaker.

## Mentions/Timeline

### March 24, 2021

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> Hopefully you understand that there are deeper layers beneath things, while you might think you understand the truth of things and purpose of things, many things have many purposes, deeper meanings. You must look beyond the top layer in order to discover what else may be lurking in the shadows. If you've followed PL's path, you understand the truth of the Ark. If you followed AC's path, you have recovered the Icarus artifact. If you followed OS's path, then you know what can be done when The Tower is within your power. Here now, I tell you how to find the Tower. Within this chest are two vials. One, another vial of Ichor, with which to unlock another path. The other, a distilled Aqua Regia which when used with the the rusted pages will reveal a schematic to build a compass which will lead you to the Tower. You will need to use pieces of one of the Engines we discovered, the Icarus artifact, the Gamma Site Crystal, and a vial of Ichor to act as the resonance catalyst in order to construct it. Be warned, the other paths are critical for your understanding of what and how to reach this piece of the Alchark.
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> -E
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### March 28, 2021, during Mission Timpossible

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> There's a weird orange crystal labeled 'Gamma', there's a hard drive labeled 'PL', there's a metal box labeled 'PERSONAL', there's a compass labeled 'Tower'.
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# Icarus

## About

we need the Icarus Artifact for the Tower Compass

## Mentions

### Elliot's Fun Time Adventures: EB

>
> Hopefully you understand that there are deeper layers beneath things, while you
>
> might think you understand the truth of things and purpose of things, many
>
> things have many purposes, deeper meanings. You must look beyond the top layer
>
> in order to discover what else may be lurking in the shadows. If you've followed
>
> PL's path, you understand the truth of the Ark. **If you followed AC's path, you**
>
> **have recovered the Icarus artifact.** If you followed OS's path, then you know what
>
> can be done when the Tower is within your power. Here now, I tell you how to find
>
> the Tower. Within this chest are two vials. One, another vial of Ichor, with which
>
> to unlock another path. The other, a distilled Aqua Regia which when used with the
>
> the rusted pages will reveal a schematic to build a compass which will lead you
>
> to the Tower. **You will need to use pieces of one of the Engines we discovered, the**
>
> **Icarus artifact, the Gamma Site Crystal, and a vial of Ichor to act as the**
>
> **resonance catalyst in order to construct it.** Be warned, the other paths are
>
> critical for your understanding of what and how to reach this piece of the
>
> Alchark.
>
>
> -E
>
>
>

### Parley Message March 31, 2021

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> Global Message:
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> Whoever else is poking around these systems, I'll sync with you once I've caught up with my family and associates.
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> Don't mess with the terminal.
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> I'm taking the Icarus device offline until I ascertain the state of the world.
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> -E
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