E3M8: Epilogue

Now the Player has reached the end. Welcome to the **Next Level**!

# Walkthrough

Having flushed himself at the end of Strahov Stadium, the Player finds himself being carried through the Prague sewage system at a prodigious speed. Washed between carrier conduits, he finds himself at last deposited into a deep low-level water course.

What is this? Ahead of you, underwater, is Šemík the Hors lying on the bottom. How strange, this is just like Great Strahov all over again. Swim to the surface where you will find a landing, and a set of stairs leading upwards and a set of winding corridors.

Proceed through the corridors until you reach a water course that is blocked by a bollard. Cross over the water course to the room beyond where there is a valve. Spin the valve to open the bollard, and return to the now open water course. Jump down to the sewer below and slog your way through the filth.

As you wander, the Player wonders—has he been here before? It all looks so familiar. Perhaps you have. Killing all the enemies of the homeland is exhausting work, and you may have forgotten. Now the Player remembers. This is the foreign entrance under the Old Town Hall.

Continue until you reach a ladder, at the top of which is a sign which states **If the Orloj stops, this country is done for** (**Když se orloj zastaví je konec s touto zemí**), next to a storage jar of Sulphuric Acid (**Kyselina Sírová**). The message is mysterious, but nothing that the Player cares to contradict.

Beyond this is a catwalk leading to more steps ending with a door, beyond which are more steps to climb that culminate in an ornate wooden door. Open it, and the Player will find himself on the plaza of the **Old Town Square** near **Old Town Hall**, the very heart of Prague.

To your right is the famous Prague astronomical clock, the **Orloj**, but something is not right. There is a ladder on the ground in front of it, and the face of the clock appears damage. Indeed, when the Player interacts with the **Orloj** he is notified that **The Orloj is broken** (**Orloj je rozbitý**).

What to do? There is a door to your immediate right which is open, but only has stairs leading down that are blocked by a grate. A second door further down has the Aluminum Key door, and some stairs on the right leading up. Alas, you do not have the Aluminum Key.

At the top of the stairs, the Player will find himself inside the inner mechanisms of the **Orloj**, observing the wooden saints that are frozen in position. On reflection, the Player may realize that he has the solution in his pocket in the form of the **Astronomical Clock Components** that he rescued from Supreme Commander-in-chief.

By interacting with the clock the Player is able fiddle with the mechanism, and before you can say **Vlasti zdar** (**Long live the homeland!**), it is restored to proper working order. Just like that, the saints are spinning again, and all is right with the world!

Return to the square, and what do you see arrayed before you but a row of tasty **Trdelník** waiting for you! How delicious. Turn to the left and the Player will observe the Common Key spinning lazily in front of the now working **Orloj**. By fixing it, you have saved the homeland! You are a hero!

Above you, fireworks burst in the sky in celebration of your triumph, and the Player is filled with a sense of deep satisfaction. Here, there are no more enemies of the homeland that await inevitable death by your hand. We are at the end. Your job is done.

Behind you lies the Common Key door, but lo and behold, what do you find behind it but your old friends the Ratters and a Bottle of Wine! How much better can this get? Grab the wine, and take a moment to bask in your accomplishment with your doggy pals, then smash the **AZ-5** button one last time. **Vlasti Zdar!** (**Long Live the Homeland!**)

**Previous:** E3M7: Strahov Stadium

# Secrets

* While there are no official secrets in this level, there is one special bonus treat on this level for the curious Player that involves the use of in-game cheats. By using the **Klice** cheat, the Player will get all four keys, specifically the Aluminum Key, which is not otherwise available on the map. With the key in hand, the Player is now able to access the room behind the Aluminum Key door, where you will find an homage to the game **Dusk**. The message **You aren't supposed to be here, go away** appeared in hidden places in **E1M9 Ghost Town** and **E2M3: The Thresher**.

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# Speedrunning

Main article: Speedrunning
* Get to the **Orloj** and fix it as quickly as possible so you can get the Common Key and get to the **AZ-5** button. However, it should be stated that the Player should take a moment to consider the moral questions associated with speedrunning a level intended to celebrate the fact that the Player has just won the game. What would Komenský think?

# Lore

* In the **Old Town Square** past the astronomical clock there is a small inconspicuous door directly under the tower that hides one of Prague's historical gems, the Foreigner's Entrance. It isa place in the sewers, where more than 100 years ago, Prague councilors led foreign visitors to show them how modern and beautiful the sewage system is at Prague's disposal. The construction of the sewage system began in 1900 and eventually seven backbone sewers were built, which carried waste water to the newly built treatment station in Papírenská Street in Prague 6, which today is the Old Treatment Plant Museum. At that time, Prague was one of the cities with the most modern sewage system. The foreigner's entrance under the Old Town Hall is a connecting chamber in which sewer A begins. This sewer is created by the confluence of collectors from several streets in the center of Prague and leads through Pařížská street under Čechův most, continues along Korunovační street, Stromovka and ends at the ÚČOV. Its total length is more than 3 km and it drains waste water from Prague 1, 2, 3 and part of Prague 5. The sewer is made of smooth bricks, has a slippery surface so that garbage does not get caught at the bottom and an egg shape. Although the sewage system designed by William Heerlein Lindley was already built in 1905, its capacity has not yet been exhausted and it still serves the residents of Prague today.

* **Old Town Square** (**Staroměstské náměstí**) is a historic square in the **Old Town** quarter of Prague, the capital of the Czech Republic. It is located between Wenceslas Square and Charles Bridge. The square features buildings belonging to various architectural styles, including the Gothic Church of Our Lady before Týn, which has been the main church of this part of the city since the 14th century. Its characteristic towers are 80 meters high. The Baroque St. Nicholas Church is another church located in the square. Prague Orloj is a medieval astronomical clock mounted on the Old Town Hall. The clock was first installed in 1410, making it the third-oldest astronomical clock in the world and the oldest one still in operation. The tower of the Old Town Hall is open to the public and offers panoramic views of the Old Town. The square's centre is home to a statue of religious reformer Jan Hus, who was burned at the stake in Konstanz for his beliefs. This led to the Hussite Wars. The statue known as the Jan Hus Memorial was erected on 6 July 1915 to mark the 500th anniversary of his death. In front of the Old Town Hall, there is also a memorial to the "martyrs", including Jan Jesenius and Maxmilián Hošťálek, beheaded on that spot during the Old Town Square execution by Habsburgs, after the Battle of White Mountain. Twenty-seven crosses mark the pavement in their honour. The crosses were installed during the repairs of the Old Town Hall after the Second World War, while a nearby plaque which lists the names of all 27 victims dates from 1911. Orthodox Czechs do not trample these crosses out of respect. On 3 November 1918, a Marian Column that had been erected in the square shortly after the Thirty Years' War was demolished in celebration of independence from the Habsburg empire. The column was re-erected in 2020.

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* The **Old Town Hall** (**Staroměstská radnice**) in Prague, the capital of the Czech Republic, is one of the city's most visited monuments. It is located in Old Town Square. In 1338 the councilors of the Old Town bought a large patrician house from the Volflin family and adapted it for their purposes. Over the following centuries the original Town Hall building largely disappeared as a result of renovations and expansion of the building; one external remnant of the original structure still visible today is the Gothic stone portal with mouldings on the western side of the building. The burghers of the Old Town extended the original Town Hall towards the west by buying the adjoining house, and construction began of a stone tower on a square plan. The tower, which was the highest in the city in the Middle Ages, was completed in 1364, and has been largely unchanged since then. The Town Hall is architecturally unusual, because it is constructed from many different smaller houses. The expansion continued in 1458 when Mikeš house was added to the west side. The Council Chamber in the east wing was vaulted with a net vault, supported by two pillars, at the end of the 15th century. The Gothic "Cockerel" house was bought in 1835 and the "Minute" house was sold to the town council for the extension of the Town Hall in 1896. Mikeš house was rebuilt in the Neo-Renaissance style in 1879–1880, according to designs by Antonín Baum. This wing was destroyed in last days of World War II during the Prague uprising.

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