"Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem": Part Four Quiz

Answer: Vanilla and rot

Within the pages of the Tome of Darkness, the option is available to view Maximillian Roivas' journal. In it is the description of the monsters you face in the game, including the Guardians, Horrors, Bone Thieves, and Zombies. Several differences can exist between the different alignments of the creatures: for example, the Xel'lotath bone thief has no head. Maximillian described the Ulyaoth bone thief smelling like "somewhere between the spice of vanilla and bitter sweetness of pustulent rot."

Answer: All stats regenerate at the same time

The Magick Pool spell constantly regenerates energy for you, whether it's health, sanity, or magick. The Magick Pool spell requires the runes Tier and Redgormor. When you choose the alignment Mantorok-which is purple-the purple sign for Mantorok appears and all three will constantly regenerate until the spell is finished! Also, if you choose Mantorok when using a Recovery spell, both health and sanity are restored.

Answer: Three minutes

Michael Edwards is the second-to-last character you play in the game. He was a firefighter working in the Middle East in the year 1991. While he was underground, he received a message telling him to "Destroy this" with the image of the center of the underground.

After finding a detonator and a C4 bomb, Michael enchanted it and set it to go off in three minutes. That means you must run through a portion of the level as the structure collapses around you! You have three minutes to escape with your life.

Answer: False

It is possible to regain sanity within the Trapper Dimension. While you are not allowed to cast any spells, using the finishing move on an enemy you encounter will help with the loss of sanity. Also, there is always the option of recovering sanity, magickal energy, and health by stepping onto the respective platforms of the lost force.

Answer: Pargon, Nethlek, and Redgormor

There are only two nine-point spells in the entire game. The largest spells a player can personally cast are only seven-point spells, so this one is special. The first time is when you're playing as Edward, and you use the runes Pargon, Nethlek, and Redgormor. Pargon is the "power" rune, Nethlek is the "dispel" rune, and Redgormor is the "area" rune. He uses this to destroy a city filled with Guardians.

Answer: Tier, Pargon, and Aretak

Alex creates the final nine-point spell using Tier for "summon," Pargon for "power," and Aretak for "creature." Thus, she is summoning the appropriate creature to fight the large monster Pious Augustus has also summoned. For example, if he summoned Ulyath, Alex would need to summon Xel'lotath.

Answer: Bankorok

After Alex summons the creature to do battle and ultimately defeat the evil alignment, she is visited by her grandpa Edward. She is distressed because once her summoned creature wins, it begins to imagine taking over the world for itself. Horrible images flash. Alex cries, "What have I done?" because she unleashed the monster. Edward comforts her and they create a new spell, using the rune Bankorok, which is the "protect" rune. With that, the creature is similarly banished.

Answer: Trappers

Trappers technically do you no harm. The little creatures simply zap you into their dimension, where you can recover magickal energy, sanity, or health. Zombies and Bone Thieves enjoy grabbing a hold of your head, and you'll be forced to shake them off or they'll continue to harm you. If you don't shake the Bone Thief off, it's a Game Over for you! In addition to physical poundings, Horrors have a shock attack that can reach you from far away.

Answer: Ellia, Anthony, Karim, Maximillian, Paul, and Roberto

The goal is to harm Pious so the symbol of the evil alignment is revealed. Once you've hit him and the artifact enough, the ghosts of the game return to lend a hand. A cutscene shows Ellia step out of her statue and walk over to the Tome of Eternal Darkness. From then on, each character gets one hit at the artifact: Anthony, Karim, Maximillian, Paul, and Roberto. Edward appears later, to speak with his granddaughter.

Answer: Mantorok

Should you manage to beat the game three times using each of the three alignments of Ulyaoth, Xel'lotath, and Chattur'gha, a special cutscene is unlocked. It shows Mantorok within its prison, its body still pierced by the pillars Pious sent into its massive body.

The game explains that Mantorok manipulated the Roivas family into helping defeat all of its enemies so it could be unchallenged... should it ever escape. The cutscene says it remains in its prison, plotting....