Chapter 8

**Chapter 8** also starts with a journal entry of Izzy and she tells about the day of the funeral. **Chapter 8** represents "Acceptance" as the seventh stage of grief.

## Walkthrough

### Diary part

Izzy describes how everybody is dressed in black, but Izzy then remembers her grandmother didn't like depressing black. So Izzy chooses her most cheery dress from her wardrobe for the funeral.

The funeral is outside in the memorial garden and it's a sunny day. To everybody's dismay Uncle Alan steps into a fish pond (Player must jump all the pink 🞾). Izzy can't help but remember her grandmother and how she probably would scold the Uncle for scaring the fish. Despite the sad occasion Izzy can't fight the laughter, and even her father can't suppress a smile.

At the wake, Izzy realises how many people loved her grandma and that everyone also knew a story about her. The players must uncover photos of gran in the diary and jump the 🞾 to reveal more of these stories.

Izzy can feel her grandma still being with her, but she also still feels in pieces. At this point, Players must put together a puzzle of Izzy and with every piece a new part of Izzy's narration follows. She assumes some part of her always will stay sad, but she also feels this must be that way.

She then summarises her fantasy story, retelling the events in Estoria. Her story protagonist is finally ready to face the dragon.

### Estoria part

* Snowbound - players must free the character from the snow.

* 40  Fireflies to collect in this level.

* Talk to the Shadow of Remorse

* **Repair** the bridge.

* **Rise** the platform

* Remove/break the block. Move down to the valley.

* **Repair** the block, move it to the right, jump up.

* **Break** the block in your way.

* **Climb** the lianas

* Jump down.

* **Rise** the platform. Jump off to the right into the cave to catch  the Firefly.

* **Rise** the platform completely and move on to the right.

* Jump from rock to rock and collect more  Fireflies.

* **Break** the rock covering the cave and slide through it to the tower.

* **Rise** the gate.

* Use **burn** on the torches. (This continues after the next obstacle)

* **Rise** the next gate.

* Light the torches.

* **Repair** the stairs. Collect  Firefly to the right under the stair.

* Get upstairs and light the torches.

* Rise the next gate on top of the stairs.

* Move on and **repair** the statue.

- Cutscene -

* Use **swap** on the statue and move to this location.

* Use **rise** on the pillar. Collect the  Fireflies on the way.

* Light up the torches and move on to the right, **swap** again with the statue behind the wall.

* Light the torches, collect the  Fireflies. **Swap** location with the other statue in the room.

* Use the key.

* **Swap** back to the other room and move on to the left.

* **Swap** again with the statue to the left. Light the torches, **rise** the pillar and pick up the  Firefly.

* Go to the key to the right and pull it. This opens a gate and stairs apppear so she can move on.

* **Swap** with the statue to reach the other room.

* Get upstairs and light the torches.

* Get to the top of the tower.

- Cutscene -
*The dragon is coming.*

* Move slowly to the edge, there is another  Firefly!

* Jump off and slide down the steep hill. Collect the  Firefly at the end and jump the crevice and slide down the next hill and Collect another  Firefly at the end. Do just that again and reach the entrance to the dragon's mountain.

* Enter the dragon's mountain.

* Go to the first lava pool.

* Use the spell **ignore** to cool the lava.

* Go to the second lava pool.

* Use the spell **ignore** to cool the lava. Collect the  Firefly.

* Go to the third lava pool and use the spell **ignore**.

* **Rise** the pillar at the end and move up. Collect the  Firefly.

* Jump to the right at the top and move on to a broken bridge. Collect the  Firefly and jump down.

* Reach another broken bridge, jump to the other side.

* Climb the liana, collect the  Firefly to the left in the tree.

* Jump to to right on the pillars and always use **rise**.

* Reach other broken bridge and jump up. Reach the village.

The young protagonist wonders how this even is possible.

- Cutscene -

*She find her house again and meets Elder Ava's spectre, but when she's talking to her, the spirit and the home fade away.*

* Move on to the left.

* Find another liana and climb up. Collect the  Firefly at the beginning and one at the highest point of the liana.

* Jump off to the left on a bridge.

* Reach a chain and move up to the top. Collect the  Firefly. Then jump to the left. Enter a vision of the Chapter 6 underwater world again.

* Use **rise** to grab a  Firefly.

* Go on to the left. Use **rise** to grab a  Firefly.

* Reach the underwater cave and move up using **rise**. To the left is another  Firefly.

* **Repair** the bridge. Move to the right and collect the  Firefly.

* Go on to the right and enter the misty forest.

* Reach the tree and use **break** on it. Move down to the right and reach the next  Firefly. Go back and **repair** the tree again to move on to the right. Climb the liana all the way up. Collect the  Firefly to the left. Climb up more and grab another  Firefly next to the liana. Return to the point where the other Firefly to the left was collected and crawl to the egress and enter the desert.

* Move on to the left through the desert from Chapter 3.

- Cutscene -

*Meeting the Djinn's spectre.*
The Djinn raises the sand and the protagonist must move on to the right.

* **Break** the pillar and move on.

* There is another chain to climb.

* Break another block and climb again up a chain to the snowy mountain-top.

Break a block to the right and grab another  Firefly. Continue climbing.
On the top there is another  Firefly to the left and a gate.

- Cutscene -

*Gate to the dragon.*

* Walk through the snow-storm to reach a bridge to the left and cross it.

* Meet the spectres of Hope and Doubt. (No interaction)

* Find the bowl from The Market of the Lost and the Forgotten in Chapter 5.

* Meet Lump again. Lump is glad to see the young Protagonist and is proud she came so far. Then, Lump has to leave.

- Cutscene -

*Lump dissolves.*

* **Rise** the pillar in front of the bowl.

- Cutscene -

* Reach the top, jump to the right and catch the  Firefly.

* Go to the right and use **rise** again on a pillar. Move on.

* A monologue follows about how the Protagonist changed over thr course of the adventure, the scene breaks up to a diary page with another word puzzle.

"Standing there she felt"

**Possible answers are:** Calm - Battle ready - Reflective

* Monologue continues.

- Cutscene -

*The dragon eye focuses on the young heroine*

* The Fireflies were in the Dragon's way, so he scattered them through Estoria. He wants the protagonist gone and starts to breath fire, but the heroine can use the spell **ignore**.

* According to the Dragon, all things must end and he is the unmaker.

* He growls and the breath blows the heroine over a ledge. She can **rise** up again on a pillar. Stop the fire again with **ignore**.

- Cutscene -

*Both realise they can't hurt each other and decide to talk.*

* The Dragon then will grant one question and players will receive three options.

"Very well. You may ask me one question."

**Option 1:**

"The fireflies, what are they really? Where does their power come from?"
"At first I thought they could be destroyed along with the rest of your world..."
"But they couldn't?"
"No, they are ancient energies, as am I. We are part of the same cycle."
"So the fireflies are the key to stopping you..."
"There is no stopping until I'm done. Then I can rest. Then I can dream. Until it begins again."

* There is indeed a painting in the game of the dragon sleeping.

**Option 2:**

"Do you really want to do it? Destroy the world?"
This part of the answer is still missing!

**Option 3:**

"Estoria. It's already dying, isn't it?"
“It is fading into nothingness.”

“Why? Why is this happening?”

”It is time. No more, no less.”

”Can it be stopped?”

”No… it is inevitable. The wheel turns. The cycle continues.”

“You have had your one question. I have work to do.”

- Cutscene -

* At the end, Izzy/her alter ego must realise the end is inevitable and some things can't be changed. For Izzy's story character this means, her world does end and the Dragon will destroy it. But despite the destruction - there is always something left and the ancient power of the Fireflies can't be destroyed. All is part of the endless cycle of birth, life and death.

- Cutscene -

* The heroine is back in the gray haze.

* Run to the right.
* Meet the Whale Shark from Chapter 7 again.
* They have another dialogue about the world's end that there was nothing she could really do. The Whale Shark throws in that she found the fireflies - so she made a change.
* The Whale Shark disappears again and the heroine is alone.

There is only one place left to look...

* The scene fades out and back to the diary and the Epilogue begins.

## Characters

* Shadow of Remorse
* Dragon
* Lump
* Elder Ava
* Hope
* Doubt
* Djinn
* Whale Shark
* Uncle Alan
* Vicar
* Ben
* Parents

## Gallery

Using the spell word "Burn".The mountainDragon statueFacing the Dragon
## Achievements

Players who completed **Chapter 8** receive the Achievement **The End?**.

**Other achievements:**

* Page Master - *Unlock your full potential*
* Lightbringer - *Light all the torches*
* A World reborn - *Start something new*

## Sources

* AchievementSquad
* Adventure Vault (no commentary)
* Playing the game

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