The Haruspex's Route

This page is a summary of the actions taken by the Haruspex in his route. It assumes that all quests are completed successfully; however, quests do not necessarily need to be completed in the order presented here.

Day 1
The Haruspex begins the game at the railway station. He was attacked by villagers, and is badly injured and exhausted. Two Executors are nearby, and they tell him about the rules of the game. They explain how to raise his health and reputation, and lower his exhaustion. In his letter inventory, he has a letter from his father telling him to speak with Vlad Olgimsky.

He goes to the right of the station, and sees some men around a fire. Fleeing them, he makes it to Notkin's warehouse. Notkin asks Burakh to kill a traitor to the Soul-and-a-Halves, a doghead named Lika, who is out in the steppe ("The Filthy Little Toad and the Waifs"). The Haruspex continues to the warehouse of Bad Grief, where he is again asked to kill the same doghead boy ("The Filthy Little Toad and the Smugglers").

Bad Grief also tells him that the last man who ambushed him made it to the cemetery lodge ("The Survivor"), and that there is an ambush waiting for him back at the railway station. He may go there at any time to fight the ambushers, but it is also possible for this fight to be avoided by steering clear of the railway.

The Haruspex heads into the steppe, and finds the traitor doghead, Lika. After talking to the boy, he decides whether to kill him or let him go ("The Filthy Little Toad and the Waifs", "The Filthy Little Toad and the Smugglers").

He continues on to the cemetery, where the factory worker who had ambushed him is dying. The cemetery keeper, Grace, asks him to go to the Hunchback in the Stone Yard and get blood to transfuse to save the man ("The Survivor").

Burakh returns to the warehouses to tell Notkin and Bad Grief what he did with the traitor ("The Filthy Little Toad and the Waifs", "The Filthy Little Toad and the Smugglers").

The Haruspex goes to Big Vlad Olgimsky's house. Big Vlad tells him that the Bachelor, Daniil Dankovsky, is looking for him, as he is a suspect in the deaths of both the ruler Simon Kain, and Artemy's own father, Isidor Burakh ( 'The Killer of Simon; The Killer of Isidor...'). Big Vlad suggests he talk with his children, Capella and Vlad the Younger. Capella, who lives next door, tells the Haruspex about his Bound: the children whom he must keep alive at all costs. She also tells him to talk with Notkin and shows him where his father's house is located. When the Haruspex visits Vlad the Younger, Vlad says he should talk to Bad Grief again. Notkin says that the Bachelor did come by, asking about the Haruspex; Bad Grief says that the Bachelor is staying at Eva Yan's house in the Stone Yard.

He goes to the Hunchback's place, and allows the Hunchback to take some of Burakh's blood for transfusion. Then he returns to the cemetery and heals the factory worker ("The Survivor").

The Haruspex goes to his father's house in the Skinners district. It is guarded by a patrolman, who, before attacking him, tells him that patrolmen by the Termitary have the key to the locked house ("The Family Home"). He goes there to speak to them, and is attacked by two patrolmen and forced to kill them. However, he retrieves the key and returns to his father's house. The house is infested by rats which the Haruspex must avoid, but there is also a boy hiding there, whose name is Sticky. He witnessed Isidor's death, and says that Grace and Murky also know something about it. The Haruspex visits them both; Murky confirms that he could not have been the one to kill Isidor.

The Haruspex goes to Eva Yan's home in the Stone Yard and speaks with the Bachelor, upstairs. Dankovsky says that after investigating he has determined that Simon and Isidor were killed by disease, which means that the Haruspex is cleared of the murder accusations ( 'The Killer of Simon; The Killer of Isidor...').

Day 2
After receiving a letter, the Haruspex goes to Big Vlad, who tells him to get the key to his father's inheritance from Alexander Saburov ( 'The Inheritance of a Warden'). At Saburov's, he is advised to go to Aspity's house, as she is the one who took care of his father's affairs. Aspity gives him a chest with Isidor's bequeathal, which contains 4700 coins, a brand, 2 stems of bloody twyre, 1 steam each of brown twyre, saviyur and white whip, and the 6th and 8th herbal recipes. Aspity also tells the Haruspex about a problem with one of the odonghe in the steppe ("The Herbsman Bride").

The Haruspex now visits Vlad the Younger, who shows him where Isidor's distilling equipment is on the map: at the Machine in the Works.

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