Dracula: Origin
Dracula 3: The Path of the Dragon
by Kheops Studios
Walkthrough by MaGtRo August, 2008
Gameplay: This is a first
person point and click game. The main menu has new game, load game, options,
credits, gallery and quit game.
The options menu has selections for subtitles,
rotation, object info, brightness, overall volumes, music volumes, sound effects
volume and voice volume.
The gallery has picture of specific scenes that have
been seen during gameplay.
At right corner of the screen is an X icon to close
the screen and go back to main menu. The credits screen is closed by pressing
the ESC key.
After starting a new game, there are 5 profiles that
can be selected to represent the gamers’ gameplay.
Right click during gameplay opens the in game
selections and inventory screen.
The in game selection has the choice for the in game
menu, objectives, inventory, dialogues and documents.
The in game menu has the save, load, options, return
to session and quit session.
The objectives give guidance to progress in the game
and point out what needs to be done to progress in the game. The hint shows that
consulting the bible, click on the ‘open the bible at random’ button until the
icon stops blinking can give help.
The inventory has the Transit zone at top right of the
screen. Here are the items that are taken during gameplay. Click the auto button
to place them automatically in the inventory frame. There are 5 tabs on top of
the frame to show 5 different inventory areas to fill up with items. The
inventory items can be arranged as needed on all those 5 frames.
Left click to pick up items and right click to release
or place them in the game screen. Pressing the space bar skips dialogue or cutscenes.
The pdf manual is found at Start, All Programs and
Dracula 3 menu.
Thanks, Benoit!
Arno, a priest is having a nightmare of being trapped
in an enclosed place.
Vatican September 3 1920
Father Arno Moriani of the Sacred Congregation of
Rites discusses his nightmare with the Monsignor Felicio Briganti. His nightmare
is brought about by his unit being buried in Caporetto. Father Arno is sent to
Transylvania to ascertain the sainthood of Martha Calugarul, a physician and
scientist.
On the train, Father Arno strengthens his resolve to
do his duty as Devil’s advocate and Promoter of Faith.
Note: This
walkthrough is just one way to play the game. Additional actions maybe done or
other ways of doing things are possible.
Vladoviste Day 1
The inventory has a crucifix and bible.
Investigate Martha Calugarul:
Find the inn: Facing the
train station, turn left and forward to the next corner. Turn right and see a
red building.Go forward and enter. Ring the bell and talk to Ozana. Learn about her son
and a bit about Martha.Meet Janos: From the front
desk, turn left, right by the stairs and forward to the parlor.Enter the parlor and talk to Janos Pekmeister, an
assistant professor in Medieval History at University of Alba Iula. He invited
Father Arno to see the ruins of Castle of Twilight tomorrow.Room: Go back to the
stairs and see a telephone on the wall. Climb the stairs and enter the first
room on the right.Go to the table and take the letter. It is
Diocesan file of Martha. Read the document. Learn that she is the first
Romanian woman physician. Her face was burned by acid. See a picture of a
veiled Martha, with Prof. von Kruger, her clinic and her grave-mausoleum.The documents has the bible. Click the flashing book
icon until it stops. Documents has Roman Numerals chart and
Martha’s Diocesan file.Check the wardrobe left of the window and right of
the door.Exit the room and see the door to Janos’ room across
the hall.Telephone: Go down the
stairs and use the telephone.Pick up the receiver and turn the crank. Select
Vatican 65 and talk to Monsignor Briganti.Learn the politics involving the haste of the
application for the canonization of Martha.
Visit the dispensary where Martha worked:
Vesnicie Foundation Dispensary:
Exit the Inn and go forward until green building with a 1905 above the door.See the shadow of a barking dog at right of the building. Read the sign left of the door.
Ring the bell and
enter. Turn right and talk to Dr. Maria Florescu in the kitchen.Go to the door left of the room. Meet Fidel, the
watchdog.Exit the clinic. A person with a blood red ring
watches Father Arno.Turn left and look up at the broken window of the
house beside the clinic.
Visit Martha’s grave:
Cemetery: If facing the
clinic, turn right and go forward. See the destruction the war has brought to
the homes at edge of the village.Go left and up the hill. Read the sign left of the cemetery gate. Enter the
cemetery.Martha’s grave: Turn left
and forward to the lit mausoleum and the sitting boy. Talk to Ionel.Check the ribbons on the wreaths in front of
mausoleum. The stone at right side of the gate states that Martha lived from
1871-1920.
Contact the parish priest and talk to him about
Martha:
Iordan Mitiu: Turn right
from the mausoleum and see a wild rose bush beside a grave on the left. The
grave is that of Luciana Hartner.Go right and talk to the gravedigger.
Learn that the parish priest left and went south for
the cure. Father Gregoriu’s phone number is Costantza 1 3 5. Learn about the
miracle the gravedigger attributes to Martha and his opinion of Dr. Maria.See the church behind the gravedigger.
Turn around and exit the cemetery through the gate
ahead.Inn: Go back to the Inn. Go
forward until the end of village, right and see the Inn on the left.Use the telephone and call Father Gregoriu at
Greenleaf Rest Home. Learn his opinion of Martha’s sainthood.Go upstairs, enter the first room at right and
sleep.
Vladoviste Day 2
Father Arno has another nightmare. He hears a woman
call from outside the Inn – Ioan, Ioan. A man calls down – Luciana. Luciana is
heard coming up to the rooms. See a door right of the wardrobe. Open the door and see
shadow silhouette of a
man stabbing a woman. Father Arno wakes up.Check the wardrobe and realize that it is heavy and
cannot just slide. Exit the room.
Put the crucifix back in its place in the cursed room:
Ozana calls out to Father Arno. She mentions that a
reporter from the city wants to talk to Father Arno.She also asks that the crucifix in the next room be
placed back on the wall.Cursed room: Turn right and
enter the other bedroom.Go forward and check the door seen in the nightmare
that is right of the window.The bolt was forced a long time ago.
Turn left and check the floor right of the bed. See
the black spot and the fallen crucifix.Check the painting of the Tower of Babel by Peter
Bruegel on the wall.Take the crucifix and click it on the top nail on
the wall. Note the shape of an upside down cross on the wall.Father Arno says a prayer after the cross is placed
on the wall.Exit the room and reassure Ozana.
Talk to journalist Stephan Luca who is waiting for
me in the parlor:
Stephan Luca: Go downstairs and enter the parlor.
Stephan Luca mentions that Martha was murdered for
defying evil.Read Martha’s letter that Luca places on the
table. She mentions the patients that are afraid to fall asleep, hear voices,
walk in their sleep and present strange stigmata.Read Martha’s medical files. Note that all
the patients have neck hematoma and has the P anomaly seen in the blood. The
patients are: Marian Prada, Celdric Maliscal, unknown young woman and Ozana’s
son – Ariel Vulpesco.Check the red book that Janos was reading on the
same coffee table. It is Transylvania: History of a Reconquest (War of
Transylvania).Go to the phone by the staircase. Use the phone and
call the police. Call Inspector Brutar at Alba Iula 22. Learn that he thinks
that Martha is mad.Newspaper library: Go to
the left side of the parlor and see bound newspaper clippings in the bookcase
– Monte Saptamal. They are sorted
by year. Use this library for more information during the investigation.Go back to Luca and talk to him again. Read the 2
letters. Learn about the Path of the Dragon in Turkey. She mentions a file
that she has put together. To find the key, carefully observe the order of
the paintings on the wall.Father Arno questions Luca. Click on all the
dialogues.Go to the phone and call Father Gregoriu. Learn what
they did with Celdric, the young boy. Learn about the other victims. The Path
of the Dragon is an accursed way of the cross that would lead to the source of
the evil.Call Monsignor Briganti. There is no answer on the
other line.Dragon stone: Try to take
the dragon stone right of the phone. Go to the front desk and ring the bell.Talk to Ozana completely. Learn something about Maria and Ionel. Get permission about
the dragon rock.Take the dragon from the wall by the stairs-phone.
Luana the Gypsy:
Exit the Inn. Go forward and then left by the train
station. Talk to Luana the Gypsy.She has 2 games on the plank in front of her.
There is nothing to get from playing these 2
games. It is just for pleasure.One is the dice game. Click the dice and note the
numbers. Take one of the dice and place it in the container at right. Take
the container to turn it over. Luana selects her die and turns her container
over. The higher die number wins.The other game is the cards game. Click to turn
the cards over and note the back of the card. Click ‘play’ and Luana will
cover 2 cards. Guess what is the color of the back of the card.Eventually Father Arno says that he has to
concentrate on his mission.
Check the information in Medical Files mentioned by
Luca:
Cemetery: Turn around and
go forward twice. Turn left and go up the hill to the cemetery.Talk to Iordan, the gravedigger. Learn how Martha
died and where Marian Prada is buried.Grave with rose bushes: Turn left,
go forward to the grave of Luciana Hartner 1870 that is beside the rose
bush. This is where the unknown woman drained of blood was found.Turn around and check the tombstone under the dead
tree. It is the tomb of the unknown woman that died 1919.Look up at the mausoleum up the hill and a crow
flies down.Talk to Ionel, the young boy by Martha’s grave.
Learn about Celdric and Ariel.Turn around and see the grave of Celdric, 1902-1916.
Go see Janos Pekmester at the Castle of Twilight:
Exit the cemetery, go down the hill and right. Go
forward until outside of village.Field of the Fallen Soldiers:
Read the memorial to the fallen soldiers with the blue, yellow and red flag of
Romania. In November 1916, the battle occurred here.Continue to the left until the crossroad. See the
gypsy caravan.Examine the oak tree right of the crossroad. See
that there are fresh bullet holes on the tree. Pan left and take 2 cartridges
from a revolver from the ground left of the path.Take note of the shadow (not that of the Oak tree)
on the ground.
It shows a man pierced on top of a pole.Go forward pass a wild rose bush on the left.
Castle of Twilight: Look
around at the view at top of the hill.Go forward and talk to Janos. Learn about the
Dragoman family and Vlad Tepes.Check the skeletons on the ground left of Janos.
Sundial: Pan right and
look at the ground. Look close at the Sundial. A piece is missing.Click to automatically place the piece of the sundial at right with
the bigger piece. Read: All injure, the last one kills.Click-place the dragon piece from the ground above the
piece with the script.Take the red dragon piece from the Inn from
inventory and join it with the rest.Gold dragon with a sable wolf – the personal coat
of arms of Vlad Tepes.
Hear the wolves howl. Click behind Janos and see
that the drawbridge is destroyed.Pan right and take Rowan berries from the
mountain ash or Rowan tree.
Do research on vampires:
Inn: Go back to the Inn. Use the phone and call Monsignor
Briganti.The Monsignor closes the Martha case but opens
another one on vampires. Learn that ‘upstairs’ informed him that the case here
is not isolated. He wants Father Arno to discredit the superstitions about
vampires.Stephan Luca: Go to the
parlor and talk to Stephan Luca. He shows Martha’s file from Turkey.The Path of Dragon comprises of seven trials. The
first folder has the painting of Raphael’s Crucifixion. See 2 drawings; one
part of the first path and one for the second part.Go towards the door and Ojana mentions that Dr.
Maria Florescu needs blood donor. Talk to Ojana.Dispensary: Exit the Inn
and forward to the dispensary. Ring the bell and enter the dispensary.Go to the kitchen and talk to Maria. She wants
Father Arno to take his own blood and place the bottle in the refrigerated
chest. The combination is the date the dispensary was built. Mark Father
Arno’s blood type in the analysis report and determine the types of the last
three donors.Sterilize the instruments:
Go to the treatment room. Pick up the medical instruments from the
table.Go to the kitchen and take the pot right of
stove. Click the tip of the cursor holding the pot on the middle of the
sink. The pot is filled with water.Place the pot filled with water on the left side
of the stove above the fire.Place the medical instrument inside the pot.
Open the door of the firebox. Pan left and take
firewood from left side of kitchen. Place the firewood in the firebox.The phone rings. Answer the phone. No one is on
the other line. Hang up the phone. Try to go back to the kitchen.The phone rings again. Answer the phone. It is
Prof. Heinrich Von Kruger. He wants Maria to call Munich 321 941.Go back to the kitchen. Wash hands by clicking on
the soap on the dish above the sink. Take the sterilized instruments.Draw blood: Go back to
the dispensary. Place the sterilized instrument on the table.Take the small end of the left tube connection and
insert it on the left side of the syringe.Place the needle at other end of the left tube
connection.Place the right tube connection to the right side
of the syringe.Click the yellow teardrop ampule right side up.
Take the measuring cap containing citrate and use
the cap on the right side up yellow ampule. Place the other end of the right
tube connection on the ampule with citrate.The arm is now on the table.
Take the top off of the alcohol bottle on the
left. Open the red cross box and take cotton. Use the cotton on the alcohol
bottle on the left. Use the alcohol imbibed cotton on the arm by the elbow.
Place the used cotton back in the box.Take the tourniquet and use it on the arm above
the elbow.Take the tube connection with the needle and
insert it on the vein. Push the needle in.Take the tourniquet off. Pull the syringe. See
blood is taken and placed in the ampule.Automatically remove the instruments when the
ampule is full. Take the ampule – Bottle 814.
Store the blood: Open the
door at right and enter the room.Look close at the padlock of the refrigerated
cabinet. Maria states that the combination is when the dispensary was built.
Above the door outside is the year the building was built – 1905. Enter 1905
on the line of the padlock. Pull the hook of the padlock.Open the cabinet and place bottle 814 on the
middle shelf. Close the cabinet.
Blood Test Result: Read
the green Blood Test Result folder in front of the refrigerated cabinet.See that the untyped sample from bottle 813 is
from Stephan Luca, 812 is from Janos Pekmester and 811 is from Ionel
Martinescu.See that Maria is type O. Father Gregoriu is type
A and has P anomaly. Martha has an unknown anomaly in 1920. Note the rest of
the donors.Type the blood: Father
Arno’s and the last 3 donor’s blood need to be typed.Samples: Click on the soap on the sink to wash the hands.
Open the cabinet. Take a test tube from the wall
right of the refrigerated cabinet.Click the empty test tube on bottle 814 to get a
sample. Close the cabinet and place the blood sample back on the test tube
rack.Do this procedure to get samples from bottle 813
(Stephan Luca), 812 (Janos Pekmester) and 811 (Ionel Martinescu). Be sure
to close the cabinet and place the blood sample back on the test tube
rack.Reagents: Take an empty test tube and click it on the bottle
with blue reagent in the refrigerated cabinet. Do the same for the bottle
with yellow reagent. Close the cabinet.To find out what the blue and yellow reagents do,
take a sample of a typed blood in the refrigerated cabinet and test it
first.Let’s test it on bottle 809 (Father Gregoriu). He
is type A. Take a blood sample from bottle 809. Close cabinet.Procedure: The label of
the tubes are seen at the top right of the screen.Click on the pipette on top of the blue test tube.
Click the blue filled pipette on the left side of the opaline glass plate.
Place the pipette back on the blue test tube.Click on the pipette on top of the yellow test
tube. Click the yellow filled pipette on the right side of the opaline
glass plate. Place the pipette back on the yellow test tube.Take the pipette from the tube of blood to be
tested.Click the blood filled pipette on the blue and
then on the yellow reagent.Check the result. A clump of blood seen means
that there is a reaction.
Sample blood: Do the above
procedure
on Father Gregoriu’s blood (809).Father Gregoriu’s blood showed clumping on the
blue reagent which means the blue reagent is the antibody for the A
antigen. The yellow reagent is the antibody for the B
antigen.Wash the opaline glass plate on the sink. Right
click to place the glass plate on the table.
Test blood:
Sample 814 (Father Arno) = Clumping or positive
on yellow reagent which means he is type B. Enter the blood type in the
Blood Test Report paper.Wash the opaline glass plate on the sink. Right
click to place the glass plate on the table.
Sample 813 (Stephan Luca) = No clumping on
either the blue or yellow reagent which means he is type O. Enter the
blood type in the Blood Test Report paper.Wash the opaline glass plate on the sink. Right
click to place the glass plate on the table.
Sample 812 (Janos Pekmester) = Clumping or
positive on yellow reagent which means he is type B. Enter the blood type
in the Blood Test Report paper.Wash the opaline glass plate on the sink. Right
click to place the glass plate on the table.
Sample 811 (Ionel Martinescu) = Clumping or
positive on blue and yellow reagent which means he is type AB. Enter the
blood type in the Blood Test Report paper.Wash the opaline glass plate on the sink. Right
click to place the glass plate on the table.
If done correctly, Father Arno will say so.
Perfect! I’m sure of my result.Automatically be in the kitchen. Talk to Maria. She
places Bram Stoker’s book about Dracula on the table.Take the book and read it. Click the flashing blue
icon and read the underlined text.Talk to Maria completely.
Consult a historian who is an expert on the myth:
Castle of Twilight: Exit
the dispensary and go right. Go forward until the castle.Talk to Janos. Prof. Van Bergen’s successor Irina
Boczow is the expert on vampire. Luca knows her number.Inn: Go back to the Inn.
Talk to Luca in the parlor. He gives Boczow’s phone number and explains the
documentations to learn more about the Path of the Dragon.Irina Boczow: Use the phone
and call Boczow. She will meet Father Arno in Budapest. She mentions the
latest publication of Vlad Tepes’ biography.Monsignor Briganti: Call
the Vatican and talk to Monsignor Briganti. He will send the reprinted Vlad
Tepes’ biography to the Inn.
Request the opinion of a doctor or a scientist:
Prof von Kruger: Use the
telephone and call Prof. von Kruger.Talk to him completely. Learn about the P syndrome. Father Arno states that he thinks that he is being
observed.Stephan Luca: Go to the
parlor and talk to Stephan Luca about von Kruger.Ozana: Go to the front desk
and talk to Ozana.Exit the Inn and hear the train. Go forward to the first intersection and go left.
Train station: Talk to
Luana, the Gypsy.Go to the train. See a map. Click on blinking
Budapest.See Father Arno asleep in the train and Maria
bringing flowers at the grave.
Budapest 8AM Day 3
Consult a historian who is an expert on the myth
(continued):
Irina Boczow: Knock on the door
and enter the office.Talk to Irina. Hermann Van Bergen’s strongbox is
locked.Strongbox: Look close at
the dials of the strongbox.Click-hold-turn any dial and see that the rotation
is loud. Father Arno has enhanced hearing now.Listen to the sound of the turning of the dial. A distinct click will sound when the correct letter is in position.
The dials show MDCCCXX (1820).
Take the letter and cylinder and place it on the
desk.Read Bram Stoker’s letter. Learn that Stoker
based his book on the real experience of Van Bergen. His Latin name is
Arminius.Irina will find a machine that will read the
cylinder.Click on the big book right of the cylinder. It is
the library catalogue.Look around the room and click on the bow and arrow
on the wall behind the strongbox. Check the poison-acid above the strongbox.Talk to Irina again completely. Learn about Serbian
use of stake in the heart. The stake is made of Aspen or Hawthorn.Irina asks that you read the red book – The Lords
of Twilight or the Fulfillment of the Race written by Van Bergen. Learn
about the Path of the Dragon.Talk to Irina again. Learn about the Thule Society.
Irina asks that you read the left book – Hidden
Apocalypse by Thomas the Greater.Find the place and date of the origin of the first
war.Find the prophecy of the next war that is
instigated by the Thule Society.
Talk to Irina again. Learn about the Path of Dragon.
The path is the way to change man to a bloodthirsty monster.Irina asks that you examine the illustrations in the
cream colored book.Open the book and see a copy of Raphael’s
Crucifixion.The documents page is opened. Flip back and forth
between the real painting of Raphael’s Crucifixion and the copy using the
arrows at top left of the right page. The differences will be pointed out.
Use the magnifying glass-enlarger on top of the right page to see the differences
noted.Exit the office. Turn right from Van Bergen’s bust 1820-1913 and go
forward. Select Vladoviste in the map.
Vladoviste Day 3
Inn: From the train
station, turn right, forward and right. Enter the Inn.Talk to Stephan Luca at the parlor. He will
venture the Path of the Dragon himself.Prof. von Kruger: Use the
phone and call von Kruger.Father Arno comments on his sense of hearing and
smell. Uh oh!von Kruger wants to show the randomness of the
Hidden Apocalypse.Find some appropriate words that correlates on
the page. Kruger helps solve the puzzle.
The professor gives tips to win the card and dice
game of the gypsy. To have an advantage at cards, select the visible colors.
To have an advantage at the dice game, let the gypsy start the game and then
select the color that will defeat the gypsy’s color selection. The white die
has better chance to defeat the yellow and the yellow defeats the black and
the black defeats the white.History of Voivode Dracula:
Go up to Father Arno’s bedroom. Read the package from the Vatican on the
table.Move the cursor over the text and read the
translation at the bottom. Use the arrow at bottom right to change pages.
The pictures are in the documents.Janos: Exit the Inn and go
to the castle ruins. Talk to Janos.Other residents: Talk to
Maria at the dispensary. Climb to the cemetery and talk to Ozana and the
gravedigger.Ionel: Climb down from the cemetery and go forward until
the end of the road. This is the edge of the village and is ruined by war.See Ionel standing by the wall and carrying his bag of possession.
Ionel comments about the underground passage, ghosts and that Father Arno is
pale. Double uh oh!Ionel’s disk ‘against the wall’ game:
Each player throws a disk and the one that is closest to the wall without
touching it wins.Click-hold and release the disk. Play with Ionel
until he shows Father Arno the contents of his bag. There is no need to win
the game.Take the silver needle. He wants a trade
for the slingshot. See a harmonica in the bag; he likes music.Inn: Use the telephone and
call Monsignor Briganti.Father Arno dreams: Hear a call
from below, Maria climbs up and in the bedroom drops a medallion.
Vladoviste Day 4
Father Arno’s bedroom: Try
to exit the room. See and take the medallion- old coin left by Maria
on the pillow.In documents and close up of the medallion, use the
enlarger-magnifying glass to read the words on the rim of the coin about
rendering to Charon.Exit the room and go down to talk to Ojana.
Stephan Luca: Ojana cannot
wake Luca. He was supposed to go to Turkey.Turn right and take the wax from the floor beside
the broom and pail.Go upstairs and knock on Luca’s door.
Enter Father Arno’s bedroom. Use the wax on the
right side base-bottom of the wardrobe.Click on the wardrobe and it moves to the left.
Open the exposed door by unlatching the top and
using the door handle. Enter Luca’s room.Read the newspaper on the table. Take note of the
death of Inspector Lupar at the Broken Oak crossroad.Note that the crucifix on the wall is again upside
down. Go and place the crucifix right side up.Automatically see Stephan Luca shot at point blank
range on the floor.Take the medal from Luca’s neck. Click to read the
words around St. Dimitri’s medal.The painting on the wall above the body is different now – Solitary
Oak Tree. Automatically, the old Tower of Babel painting is exposed by Arno.Look at the window shelf right of the washbasin.
There are traces of mud.Check the bed and Arno mentions a pharmacy kind of
odor. Check the bible in Greek on the bedside table.Unlatch the door and exit.
Go down and use the phone. Call Inspector Brutar and
report the murder.
Follow the Path of the Dragon until the end and
destroy the evil that I will find there.
Maria places the time of death between midnight and
3 AM. After realizing that there are dark forces at work, Father Arno decides
to walk the Path of the Dragon.Ojana: Go downstairs and
talk to Ojana. Luca left his trunk in the attic. Take the hook left of
the door.Janos Pekmester: Go to the
parlor and on the way note that the hall mirror is covered. Talk to Janos.Attic: Go to the top of the
staircase. Look up and see a darker color panel on the ceiling. Use the hook
to pull it down.Climb up to the attic. See a bat on the window.
Stephan’s trunk: Use the
St. Dimitri medal on the metal slot at left. A small chain is in inventory now.
Push the medal in the slot.The panel opens. Read the words on the backside of
the cover – Forever faithful to the motherland. Stephan is patriotic.There are 6 colored squares that can be cycled.
The object of the puzzle is to place the correct
color on the slot.As seen from the Field of Fallen Soldiers, the
Romanian flag is blue, yellow and red or seen in the red book in the
parlor’s coffee table (check documents).
