Clock Tower 3: FAQs and Walkthrough with Synopsis
U.S. Version
Written by Collin Lee (adarkervision@yahoo.com)
Copyright May of 2003 by Collin Lee
Version 1.0
-GUIDE OUTLINE-
I. Introduction
-a. The Players (Characters)
-1. Alyssa Hamilton
-2. Nancy Hamilton
-3. Dick Hamilton
-4. Philip Hamilton
-5. The Dark Man
-6. Dennis
-7. Linda
-b. The "Arsenal" (Items)
-1. Holy Water
-2. Lavender Water
-3. Sigil Stones
-4. Invisibility Bands
-5. Other (non-support) Items
-c. Freaking out (The Panic Meter)
-d. The Big Bads (Entities and Subordinates)
-e. Run Away! (Hiding and Evading)
-1. Hiding Spots
-2. Evade Points
-f. The Little Bads (Restless Spirits)
-g. The Smackdown (Boss Battles)
II. The Walkthrough (with synopsis)
-a. Chapter One-"Please Hammer, Don't Hurt 'Em"
-1. Prelude (The Hamilton House, Present Day)
-2.  A Little Night Music (London, Christmas 1942)
-3. Boss Battle: Sledgehammer
-b. Chapter Two-"It Must Have Been Some Bad Acid"
-1. Intermission (The Hamilton House, Present Day)
-2. I Hear the Acid's Lovely…(London, November 1963)
-3. Boss Battle: The Corroder
-c. Chapter Three-"A Rooder Awakening"
-1. The Sewers and What Lies Above (Sewers, around 1988)
-2. Axe me no questions, Tell me no lies…(A Graveyard, Present Day)
-3. Boss Battle: The Chopper
-d. Chapter Four-"Snickety Snack…"
-1. Hell's Waiting Room (Hospital, Present Day)
-2. A Charming Residence (Castle, apparently outside of time and space…)
-3. Boss Battle: Scissorwoman
-4. Boss Battle: Scissorman
-e. Chapter Five- "Happy Birthday! I Got You a Gaping Chest Wound…"
-1. Climbing the Tower of Power (The Clock Tower, just before midnight…)
-2. The Final Battle: Lord Burroughs
-f. Secrets and Mysteries
-g. Final Review
-h. Conclusion and Farewell
I. Introduction
Hello all.  This is my first ever guide, so bear with me.  I noticed that most
Walkthroughs
are very generalized, in order to keep spoilers to a minimum, and I respect that.  But I
thought that there might be others out there like me, who want a little more to go along
with the "turn here, push that" approach, and who might like a synopsis of the game's
events to go along with the directions.  This is not meant to ruin anything for someone
who has not played the game before, and as such I try not to blurt out surprises as they
happen, but rather to describe them after they happen, to keep events in context.  Thus I
won't say "Turn here to see a little girl beaten to death with a hammer", but rather "Turn
here for a nasty surprise.  That lovely gentleman is known as Sledgehammer, and he
seems to have something against little girls".   Honestly, if you don't want Spoilers,
than
you should never read ahead in a Walkthrough.  Clock Tower 3 is somewhat linear, and
so I am going to assume that if you are reading a Walkthrough it is for a way to find the
best path, and the best strategies to get through the game with a minimal effort.  And
that,
my friend, I can promise you.  In fact, if you follow this guide to the smallest nuance,
it is
entirely possible to get through the entire game without using any of your support items,
and with no unnecessary backtracking.  I try to keep the proceedings clear, and
summarize the story and action a concisely as possible, while still reiterating that which
is important.  There is a lot of detail in this game, and a lot of threads running through
the
story, and aside from giving directions, I feel that it is my job in this guide to help
highlight them and keep them straight.  So again, I reiterate; if you are looking for a
simple verbal map to get through the game, with a minimum of exposition, there are
guides better suited to your needs.  However, if you are looking for a complete resource
on the game, covering the characters, setting, story and systems, in addition to a simple
walkthrough, than you have come to the right place.  That being said…
Clock Tower 3 was released in North America on March 18, 2003 by Capcom, and was
developed by Sunsoft.  The previous two games in the series, Clock Tower and Clock
Tower 2: The Struggle Within were developed by Human Entertainment and published
by ASCII Entertainment and Agetec Incorporated, respectively.  Furthermore, the game
called Clock Tower here in North America is actually the second game in the series in
Japan, the first being released originally for the Super Famicom and then for the
Playstation as Clock Tower: First Fear, but only in Japan.  That means that Clock Tower
2 (called Clock Tower: Ghost Head in Japan) is actually Clock Tower 3, and this game is
Clock Tower 4…but don't worry about that, because we don't live in Japan.  This game
bears but a few things in common with the original games in the series, as they were both
more "point-and-click" type adventures, while Clock Tower 3 has more action.  Capcom
leaned towards this style of game play in hopes of drawing in a larger audience, and I
must say that I feel that it has made the series more accessible, without sacrificing the
tone and feel of the series.  What Clock Tower 3 does share with the rest of the series is
an alternative to the guns blazing commando style of other survival horror games (most
of which I love, don't get me wrong).  Instead it focuses on really surviving, which is to
say avoiding confrontation and injury my hiding from and evading one's pursuers, while
trying to unravel a mystery. The Clock Tower series has also always had a helpless but
brave young girl as the hero.   In addition, this game does have an incarnation of
Scissorman, though he is much different from the menacing antagonist of the previous
games.  Also, the name Alyssa was used for the protagonist of Clock Tower 2 in North
America (it was Yutaka in Japan, for those who are interested).  That is where the
similarities end, however (at least that I can think of; please feel free to educate me if
I
miss other similarities), as this series took on a new look and a new direction under
Capcom.  The most important of these changes are having multiple killers pursuing you
instead of just one main one, and the ability to fight back against these pursuers at the
end
of each Chapter.  And now on to the game itself…
a. The Players
-1. Alyssa Hamilton
Alyssa is the main character in the game.  She was sent away to boarding school when
she was twelve, and told she couldn't come back for six years.  Now she is fourteen
(almost fifteen), and is disturbed when she receives a letter from her mother telling her
not to come home until her fifteenth birthday has passed.  Alyssa calls home but no one
answers, so Alyssa, like any teenage girl, ignores her  mother's wishes and rushes home
in hopes of figuring out what is going on…
-2. Nancy Hamilton
Alyssa's mother.  Her reasons for sending Alyssa away so abruptly are unknown, but she
remains steadfast in her decision.  Nancy and her daughter are very close, which makes
her behavior that much more confusing…
-3. Dick Hamilton
Nancy's father, Dick, has been like a father to Alyssa all of her life, since she never
knew
her real father.  Three years ago he left without explanation, and has not been heard from
since.  His disappearance saddens and hurts Alyssa, and she waits anxiously for his
return.
-4. Philip Hamilton
Philip was Alyssa's father, who died tragically in an accident when she was just a baby.
Alyssa has no recollection of her father whatsoever.
-5. The Dark Man
This black garbed and enigmatic stranger is the only person at the house when Alyssa
returns.  At first, Alyssa thinks he is one of her mother's boarders, but he seems to know
more about Alyssa and the house than she is comfortable with…
-6. Dennis
This redheaded scamp is a friend of Alyssa's from grade school.  He seems to have a bit
of a crush on her…
-7. Linda
Linda is Dennis' sister, a missionary nurse who has raised Dennis since he was a little
boy.  She is currently in Africa, working as a relief worker.
b. The "Arsenal"
Alyssa has a few (a very few) support items that she can do to aid her in survival
throughout the game.
-1. Holy Water
That's some high quality H20! Holy Water is your single most valuable resource in the
game.  At the beginning you will only be able to carry a few doses of it at a time, but as
your proceed through the game, you will gain the ability to carry more.  But what can it
do, you ask?  Well, it can unlock doors marked with a glowing blue sigil.  It can activate
the transportation runes known as Portal Squares.  And, more importantly, it can fend off
and stun attackers, be they Subordinates, Minions, or Spirits.  When you hit the attack
button (the triangle button is the default) Alyssa will throw a dose of Holy Water in a
short arch ahead of her, stunning any enemies caught by the splash so that she has time to
make her escape.  Since this valuable commodity is so important, you will want to refill
any time you see a Holy Water reservoir jar (you can tell which jars these are because
they glow) or at a Lion's Head Fountain.  Never leave home without it.
-2. Lavender Water
Lavender Water is a throwback to earlier centuries, when nobles would carry scented
kerchiefs or other perfumed objects to fend off noxious odors and revitalize themselves
when faint.  Sissies.  Anyway, Lavender Water is an extract made from the purple
lavender flowers, which gives of a clean, pleasing odor.  Alyssa, the little noble that
she
is, uses the scent of Lavender Water to bring her back from the edge of panic when attack
from enemies threatens to push her over the edge.  It seemed like a better choice than
Bourbon to give to fourteen year old girl.  Like all support items, it is a rare
commodity,
and should only be used to bring Alyssa back from a full-blown panic, or to keep her
from going into a full blown panic when hiding, because that causes her to burst from her
hiding place.
-3. Sigil Stones
These crystals will protect Alyssa from one killing blow.  They are used automatically
when an attack or event would kill Alyssa outright, such as when getting hit while in a
full panic or hit by the automated axes in Chapter Four. You will know when they are
used because there will be the sound of the crystal breaking and a blue flash of light.
Note that they cannot be used in  boss battles (unfortunately), nor will they keep you
from dying if you fall from the plank in the Concert Hall in Chapter One.
-4. Invisibility Bands
What has it gots in its nasssty little pocketses?  These handy little items will turn
Alyssa
invisible for a short time, keeping Subordinates and their Minions from finding her out.
These a pretty rare, and should only be used if you absolutely need to slip past a lurking
assailant, or if you need a few extra seconds head start to make it to a hide or evade
point.
-5. Other (non-support) Items
All other items that you find it the game will be either Key Items (such as the keys, the
Looking Glass, or the Sacred Bottle), Documents (that give you another piece of the
story),  or Sentimental Items for setting restless Spirits free (such as a Teddy Bear or
an
Engagement Ring).  Key Items  are used automatically as the situation arises, such as
opening a door to use a key.  Sentimental Items must be used on the bodies of specific
Spirits, and will be covered under the section on Spirits, below.
c. Freaking Out
In the top right corner of the screen is the Panic Meter, and when Alyssa feels
threatened,
such as when someone is trying to maul or kill her, her Panic Meter raises.  When she
feels very threatened, such as when a Subordinate jumps out of hiding and knocks her on
her ass, the Panic Meter raises a lot.   If it fills up entirely, Alyssa will go into full
out
panic, and begin to act erratically.  The camera gets all screwed up, your field of vision
narrows, Alyssa stumbles while trying to run away, can't use Holy Water to protect
herself, and will even just stop and tremble instead of trying to get away.  You can lower
Alyssa's panic level by getting her out of the stressful situations and into hiding, by
escaping her pursuers, or by using Lavender Water.  Note that even while Alyssa is in a
hiding spot, if a Subordinate is sniffing around close to her hiding spot, her Panic Meter
will raise.  If it is really high to begin with, and this is enough to push her over the
edge
into a full panic, Alyssa will burst from her hiding spot and directly into danger, so use
a
Lavender Water if she is on the very edge and an enemy is near her hiding place.
d. The Big Bads
Each level has a possessed and deadly killer stalking it, in addition to restless Spirits.
This killer is called a Subordinate, and the force possessing them is called an Entity.
The
Entity governing the Subordinate grants its host immortality, and gets its power from the
trapped souls of the victims of the killer.  The souls of those killed are trapped on
earth
by something in their lives left unfinished, and it is up to Alyssa to find the
Sentimental
Items that will give them the strength to move on, thus robbing the Subordinates of their
power source. Subordinates are relentless and nearly impossible to kill, and even if you
manage to lose them, they will soon be back.  Subordinates show up at pre-scripted
moments, after a certain amount of time has passed, when Alyssa runs into their moth-
like Minions, or when Alyssa makes a racket by kicking or knocking over certain objects,
such as cans, pots and pans, and bottles, among other things.  Once the Subordinate is on
to you, the only way to get rid of them is to use Hide or Evade Points (covered below).
You can render yourself invisible to Subordinates and their Minions for a short time by
using an Invisibility Band, and you can stun a Subordinate temporarily or destroy their
Minions with a dose of Holy Water.  The only way to get rid of a Subordinate entirely is
to find a Sentimental Object belonging to the trapped souls that are powering them, and
then engage the Subordinate in a final Boss Battle (also covered below).
e. Run Away!!!
Until Alyssa finds the Sentimental Item for the level and can face the Subordinate in
battle, she will have to settle for running away and hiding.  There are areas in the game
set aside as Hide and Evade points, where you can find a few minutes of respite from the
killer's relentless pursuit.  There are usually one or two Hide Points in a level, and
these
areas can be used over and over to hide from the Subordinate.  They are usually a fairly
small and secure place, such as in a locker, behind a curtain, behind an aquarium, and so
on.  When you are being pursued, Hide Points are marked by a ball of greenish-blue
energy, and activate as soon as you run into them.  You will automatically pull the
curtain
or door (or whatever) shut behind you and find a few moments of safety as the
Subordinate looks for you (even if they were right on your heels and saw you run into the
Hide Point).  If the Subordinate searches near your hiding spot, Alyssa starts to get
nervous, and her Panic Meter will fill a little bit.  If the meter was almost full to
begin
with, Alyssa can go into a full-blown panic and burst from her hiding spot, as you can't
use a Hide Point when you are in a full panic.  This is the only way that you will be in
danger from a Subordinate while in hiding, because they can't open the hiding place and
find you themselves.  Lavender Water can be used while in hiding if necessary if full
panic is immanent.  To leave a hiding space when it is safe, simply hit the search button
(the X button is the default).
Evade Points are something altogether different.  They glow similarly to a Hide Point
when you are being pursued, but Evade Points can be used only once.  Furthermore, if the
Subordinate is right on your heels, you will not be able to use the Evade Point.  The good
thing about Evade Points is that that they will get rid of a Subordinate right away, and
keep him out of your hair for a few minutes.  You see, Evade Points are used to
temporarily incapacitate, rather than hide from, the Subordinate.  An example of an evade
point would be a cable sitting in a puddle of water, which is attached to a power switch
(which is where the Evade Point is located).  Throw the switch, and when the
Subordinate runs into the puddle of water, he will be electrocuted, temporarily
incapacitating him.  You would be wise to use the time that you have bought wisely,
since you won't get to do it again.
f. The Little Bads
In addition to the Subordinates, there are other, lesser threats that Alyssa must deal
with.
The least common are the Minions of the Subordinates, in the form of
purplish-blue lunar moths.  The inhabit certain areas, and head straight for Alyssa when
she arrives in the areas they inhabit.  Their touch causes Alyssa's panic meter to rise,
but
worse, it summons the Subordinate for the area.  To keep them from reporting her
position to their master, Alyssa must destroy the Minions with a dash of Holy Water, or
escape the area they inhabit without letting them get near her.
The second, and more common lesser enemies are the restless Spirits of those slain by the
Subordinates.  They stay close to their earthly bodies, hurt and alone, lashing out at any
who come near.  They will pursue Alyssa if she comes too close to them, and if they latch
on to her, her Panic Meter will begin to fill, so staying away from them is a good idea.
They are bound to the earth by things left undone or unsaid, and can only be gotten rid of
by helping them come to terms with this unfinished business, by bringing them the items
that symbolize the business they left unfinished.  An example of this would be giving a
missing engagement ring back to a Spirit who died before he was able to give it to his
sweet-heart, or a fountain pen to a Spirit who died before finishing a final note to their
loved ones.  Each Spirit has a specific item needed to free it, and once you have returned
to their body and offered the item, the Spirit will dissipate, bothering the living no
more.
In addition, they will leave behind a useful item for Alyssa to use, in thanks for her
help
in freeing them.  This is just like the Sentimental Items needed to free the greater
Spirits
that are powering the Subordinate for the area, which is necessary to complete a level,
but
on a smaller scale.
g. The Smackdown
Once the Sentimental Item belonging to the greater Spirits whose misery is powering  the
level's Subordinate is found, Alyssa gains the power to face off against the Subordinate
in battle, using a divine bow and arrow.  The Subordinate will try to stop you from
reaching the greater Spirits, knowing that if you free them, the Subordinate's power will
dwindle.  When they do so, a Boss Battle will begin, in which Alyssa must fight damage
her attacker while at the same time dodging his attacks.  Attacking with the bow is
accomplished by pressing and holding the attack button (the triangle button is the
default), and then releasing it to fire an arrow.  The longer you hold the attack button,
the
more powerful the arrow will be.
The trick to boss battles is not just to pound them with arrows until they keel over.
This
doesn't work so well.  Instead, you need to transfix them, which means hitting them with
super-charged arrows that pin them to the spot with glowing chains.  You need to transfix
the enemy with three glowing chains, from three different trajectories before you can
unleash a devastating attack that will finish them off.  Unfortunately this isn't as easy
as
it sounds.  It takes time to charge up an arrow long enough for it to form a golden chain
upon impact, and at the same time the Subordinate will be trying to kill you.
Furthermore, you can't charge up an attack when moving, or adjust the trajectory of your
shot once you begin to hold down the attack button.  So what this means is running
around until your enemy is stunned or slowed, and then charging your arrow and nailing
him while he is distracted.  Once the enemy is bound by one golden chain, it becomes
easier to hit him with the next.  Unfortunately you can't just stand in one spot and nail
them with binding shots while they pinned.  The binding chains need to criss-cross your
enemy in order to hold him well enough to hit him with your final attack.  This means
that you will need to move at least forty-five degrees to one side of your last shot or
the
other in order for the next binding shot to do its job.  Once the Subordinate is pinned by
three chains, from three different directions, simply hold down your normal attack button.
If the enemy is properly bound, Alyssa will unleash a devastating celestial attack that
does quite a bit of damage.  Some of the more powerful Subordinates will need more than
just this attack to finish them, but if you weaken them earlier in the battle with regular
attacks, this strike should finish them for good.
In addition, there are two kinds of Special Arrows that you can collect; green Repellant
Arrows and red Binding Arrows.  Repellant Arrows do heap-big damage and knock your
enemy back a few steps.  Binding Arrows act as though they were a super-charged
regular arrow, and attach one golden chain to bind the Subordinate to the spot.  However,
all Special Arrows are a rare commodity, and should be saved for the last boss battle of
the game.  Trust me.  This was a public service announcement.  Ignore at your own risk.
II. Clock Tower 3 Walkthrough
For the purposes of this guide, when I say, for example, turn left, I mean Alyssa's left
as
she is oriented on the screen. Thus, what is left when coming from one direction will
become right when she is coming from the opposite direction.  When I say "head towards
the left-hand side of the room", I mean your left, the player's, meaning towards the
left-
hand side of the television screen.  If I say towards the front or back of the room, I
mean
closer or further away from the "camera", or the screen (even though it is two
dimensional, you know what I mean).  If I say a direction, such as north, west, or north-
east, I mean in relationship to the map in the inventory screen.  These maps are not
oriented to the directions, although it would have been nice if they were, so the
directions
simply refer to what WOULD be north, south, whatever if you consider the top of the
screen north and the bottom south.  An actual compass or a icon showing you where you
are on the map would have been nice, and made writing this guide a lot easier, but I did
my best. And now, to the game.
-a. Chapter One- "Please Hammer, Don't Hurt 'Em"
-1. Prologue
The game starts by showing you a cutscene setting things up; Alyssa Hamilton receives a
note from her mother at boarding school, telling Alyssa that she is in terrible danger,
and
to stay away from home until after her fifteenth birthday has passed.  Like a dutiful
daughter, she runs home, but finds that no one is home except for a creepy old man who
knows too much about Alyssa to make her comfortable, who then disappears into the
house.  After the opening cutscene, Alyssa is left alone in the dining room.  There are no
items or clues here, but feel free to search the area;  certain areas such as the chair
the
Dark Man was sitting in or the fireplace will give you short text descriptions when you
search near them.  When you are done, exit through the only door in the room.  You are
now in the main hall of Alyssa's house.  Pressing start will bring up the inventory
window, which should be empty.  However, the top right corner of the screen tells you
your current location, in this case "Guest Wing (1 FL)" which means, of course, the first
floor in the guest wing.  As for why Alyssa is looking for her mom in the guest wing of
the house is a mystery that is never solved.  Regardless, in addition to the door to the
room that you just exited, there should be three more doors and a staircase.  In addition,
there is a glowing table with a journal on it in the south west corner of the room, which
can be used to save your game, and a glowing table with a large vase on it in the south
east corner of the room, which can be used to refill your container of Holy Water, once
you receive it.  The doors in the middle of the southern wall lead outside, but you will
never get the opportunity to use them.  The doors on the east wall also do not open, and
you never get to find out where they go.  The doors on the north wall, almost behind the
stairs, lead deeper into the guest quarters, but the doors beyond them are locked for the
time being, so for the moment disregard them.  That just leaves the stairs, so climb them
when you are done looking around.
This is the Guest Wing Second Floor.  At the top of the stairs is a balcony overlooking
the main entry hall below, with three doors leading off from it.  The one directly in
front
of the stairs, on the north wall,  is unmarked and leads deeper into the house.  The door
on the west wall cannot be opened, and bears a plaque reading "Philip".  Later on in the
game we will find that Philip was Alyssa's father.  As to why he kept a room separate
from Nancy's is another mystery that will not be solved.  The door on the east wall has a
plaque that reads "Alyssa", and is (you guessed it) Alyssa's room.  This is where we will
start.
Enter Alyssa's room and take a look around.  Gather in as many details as you
can.  They are not really important, but later in the game certain objects and elements
from Alyssa's room pop up here and there, and these details add some depth and
continuity to the proceedings.  In the north west corner of this room is a desk with a
television, a stuffed animal, and a glittering object.  Search the glittering object to
receive
your first useable item, the Lavender Water.  Notice that the television doesn't seem to
be
working…how odd.    On the west wall, between the desk and the door that you came in
through, is a locked armoire.  Don't bother searching for the key if this is your first
time
through the game, as you can only get the key to the wardrobe after beating the game
once.  For more information, see the section marked "Secrets and Mysteries" after the
walkthrough.  There is another desk on the east wall, but there is nothing really
interesting about it.  You would think that Alyssa would want to put on some jeans or
something, rather than run around in her school mini-skirt and blazer, but hey, to each
their own (when you can change her outfit, in the clear game, none of the other outfits
are
any more appropriate for exploring; maybe she doesn't own any jeans).  Exit through the
door on the north wall.
This area appears to be some kind of lounge, with a cozy little table and a couple of
chairs sitting in front of a roaring fire.  If you turn around and look at the door that
you
just came through, you will notice that there is a plaque on this door to Alyssa's room as
well, just so you don't get lost.  In addition to this there is a door at the end of the
hallway
next to the fireplace, leading north, which will never open and apparently goes into the
lodgers' quarters.  Down the hallway to the west are two doors; the one on the south wall
is the other side of the unmarked door at the top of the stairs, while the one on the west
wall is covered by a funky glowing blue sigil.  Though it usually seems like a bad idea to
touch doors covered in glowing mystical runes, do so now for a little surprise and a
mini-
tutorial on Panic.  Don't worry, panic subsides rather quickly if you are not being
chased,
so don't waste your Lavender Water.  Since you can't get past this door, head back down
the hallway.  As you re-enter the lounge, a secret crawlspace through the fireplace is
revealed.  Don't worry about burning Alyssa's bare knees, and crawl through the
fireplace into the previously hidden room.
As you crawl through, you are treated to a rather disturbing little cutscene.  At its
conclusion, walk towards the broken statue and search the broken noggin for the Sacred
Bottle of Holy Water and a note from your dear old mum that is full of all kinds of useful
mother-daughter advice on exorcism and redeeming the dead.  Once you finish reading
this heart-warming missive, you can look at the statue, which tells you that it is the
patron
saint of the Hamilton house.  There is nothing else to do here, so crawl back out through
the fireplace.  Go back down the westward hallway to the sigil-marked door, get fairly
close to it, and tap the triangle button to douse it with Holy Water.  This permanently
breaks the seal on the door, so you never have to worry about wasting holy water
breaking the same seal twice.  However, since Holy Water is such a rare commodity at
this point in the game, and you never know when you will need it, you may want to go
back downstairs real quick and refill at the jar in the south-east corner of the main hall
before continuing.  Once this is has accomplished, return to the upstairs and enter
through
the newly unsealed door.
This area has three doors, but the one in the north-east corner of the room is boarded up,
and a search of it tells us Alyssa can never remember it being opened.  The door next to
it
on the north wall has a sigil mark on it, but the sigil is not glowing.  If you try to
open the
door, you will find it is…occupied.  Don't bother using Holy Water on this door, because
it doesn't do anything at this time.  Follow the hallway to the west; it turns north and
terminates in a door marked with a plaque that reads "Nancy".  This is Alyssa's mother's
room.
There is an object glittering on the desk in the middle of the room, but don't look at it
yet,
as it triggers a cutscene so that you can't look around the rest of the room.  A hasty
search
reveals little, except that she left in a hurry.  There is a clock in the north-west
corner of
the room that has stopped, and you are told you will need the winding keys to get it going
again.  Unsurprisingly, there are none handy.  Once you have searched the rest of the
room to your heart's content, check out the glittering item on the desk in the middle of
the room.    It is a picture of Alyssa, her mother Nancy, and her grandfather, Dick.
Another creepy little cutscene follows, after which Alyssa will find herself in a strange
place.
-2. A Little Night Music
Alyssa is in a strange hallway, facing a door that is sealed.  Head down the hallway
towards the camera (south),  until Alyssa reaches a barred door at the end, which she will
automatically open, triggering another impressive cutscene.  Apparently, London is being
bombed.  When you have control of Alyssa again, you find yourself in a stairwell across
from the barred door that you came through, which will no longer open. A quick check of
your map tells you that this area is called High Street.  The stairwell that you ended the
cutscene is simply one end of a tiny little tunnel that goes under another very short set
of
stairs that leads up to a locked door on the south wall of this area.  Opposite this, on
the
north wall, is an identical short and rather pointless tunnel that goes under the street
for a
few paces.  At the western end of this little tunnel, there is a flyer hanging on a brick
wall
facing the mouth of the tunnel.  It reads "Christmas Eve, 1942: 15th Annual Piano
Concours".  This is where, or rather when, you are; London 1942.  Well, at least that
explains all the bombing going on.  Directly south of the flyer, only a few feet away, are
some cans lying in the street, a phone booth, and a trail of blood leading to a corpse a
short distance to the west.  The cans are items that can be kicked or disturbed if you
walk
into them.  This isn't a problem right now, but it is not a good idea once you meet the
first Entity; stumbling into objects like these will bring him running.  The door to the
phone booth is being held shut by something at the moment.  Follow the smear of blood
westward, and another cutscene will start.  You get to meet your first Spirit, and these
one seems pretty keen on getting its ring back.  This is pretty indicative of most Spirits
who you encounter; each one will have a clue near its corpse hinting at what Sentimental
Item will be needed to set it free.  In this case, it flat out tells you it wants its damn
ring.
Avoid contact with this and all Spirits, as they will latch onto Alyssa and cause her
Panic
Meter to rise. If Spirits get too close, Alyssa can stun them with a hit from the ol' Holy
Water.   Now that the door to the phone booth is open, run inside and search the shelf for
the ring and a short tutorial on Spirits and Sentimental Items.  Having found it, run back
to the corpse, press start to bring up your inventory, and select the ring.  The Spirit
can
now shuffle off this mortal coil, and in thanks leaves an item for Alyssa to use.  After
the
Spirit is free, search near its body for a glittering item, in this case the Sigil Stone.
A
Sigil Stone is an object that will protect you from one lethal blow, automatically.  So
all
in all, it isn't a bad tradeoff.  Continue on your merry way, and you will find that the
path
turns sharply south, past a Lion's Head Fountain.  Lion's Head Fountains are handy little
stations where you can save and refill your Holy Water.  I suggest doing both here, and
saving as often as possible throughout the course of the game.  Trust me, this will save
you a lot of backtracking if you get killed.  After saving and refilling here, continue
south, easing around the cans in the middle of the path between the two barrels.  This
path terminates with a Sigil Marked door on your right (if you look at your map, it would
be north, but this doesn't really jive with the directions on the map of the area that you
just came through) and a dead end cliff overlooking a concert hall, which seems to be the
source of the mysterious piano music that has been playing since you arrived.  Splash the
door with Holy Water, refill at the Lion's Head Fountain, and then go through the newly
un-sealed door, which leads down some steps.
Go ALL the way down the steps until you reach the street below.  The map says this area
is called The Promenade.   The road goes to the west, but notice another set of stairs
across from you leading down to the edge of the river.  Go down these steps and head
west, and you should pass by a Spirit on the main street above.  Search the ground near
here for a glittering object, which turns out to be a gold fountain pen, then continue
west
until you reach another set of stair which brings you back up to street-level.  Head back
to
the east on the main street, towards the Spirit.  You should find a bloody chalk outline
in
the middle of the road, in front of a bunch of tables, with a half-finished letter nearby.
Use the gold fountain pen so that the Spirit can finish its letter and move on, and you
will
be rewarded with an Invisibility Band, which renders you invisible to Entities and Spirits
for a short amount of time when used.  Continue on to the west, under a tall underpass.
Coming out the other side, there should be another staircase leading down towards the
river to your left.  Don't bother going down this first staircase, but instead continue to
the
west, past the bridge leading south on your left and the sigil marked door to the Norton's
Tailor on your right, until you see huge steel gate blocking the path to the west, and
another stairway leading down next to the river on your left.  Go down to the river and
back towards the east until you are smack against the side of the bridge; there should be
a
glittering item at your feet.  Search to find another Lavender Water, then go back up to
the street and splash the Sigil marked door with some Holy H2O.  If you are the cautious
type you can safely cross the bridge and use the Lion's Head Fountain on the other side,
to the left of the archway, to refill and save.  Either way, you should return to Norton's
Tailor and go through the now un-sealed door to continue.
There is a staircase to the left of the main door as you enter in the center of the room
is a
broken display case, and behind that is a tall counter.  A quick search of the counter
itself
tells us that someone has been rummaging around the counter. Search the far right side of
the counter for another Lavender Water.  Follow the counter to the left, and you will find
a curtained area in the corner.  If you enter this area, the curtain closes and it
switches to
first person view.  This is a hiding space.  Remember it, as you will have to use it once
you meet the first Entity.  Just south of the hiding space is a desk with a document
entitled "Dad's Letter" on it.  The letter is addressed to someone named May, and says
that that the author is in Champagne, France, and that they should go there on vacation
after the war is over, implying that he is in the military, and stationed in France.  He
mentions the organized blackouts in London (which were used to make the Germans' job
of bombing them that much harder), and his concern for May being alone at night.  He
signs it "With love, Daddy".  Behind the desk, on the west wall, is a door, but it is
locked
from the other side.  There is a Christmas Tree in front of the desk, which leads May to
speculate that today must be Christmas.  Since there is nothing else of interest down
here,
climb the stairs to the second floor landing.
On the east wall, at the top of the stairs, is a window that has been broken inward, and
the
glass crunches underfoot as you climb the stairs.  Follow the balcony around to the west,
where there are two doors on the west wall.  The one closest to the stairs opens up into a
short hallway with a Sigil Marked Door at the end.  Break the seal with some Holy
Water, and then go through.  It leads into someone's bedroom.  The bookcase is filled
with the classics, and all the records are old.  Now whether that means that the books and
the records are from the 1940's, and they are old by Alyssa's standards (especially if she
hasn't figured out that she is in 1942 yet), or if they are even older than the 1940's is
unclear.  Be careful searching the shelf near the record player, as the watering can can
be
knocked to the floor with a clatter.  There is a strong fire in the fireplace, which
indicates
someone has been there recently.  And finally, on the nightstand next to the bed, is a
photograph of the owner of the house, with a key next to it.  This is the Red Drawer Key.
Seeing as how there are no red drawers in this room, it seems it is time to search the
other
door on the second floor landing.  Backtrack to the landing at the top of the stairs, and
enter the door in the south-west corner, the only other door in this area.
There is a short hallway, with a door on your right at the top of a flight of stairs.
Notice
the blood on the wall opposite the door, and on the stairs themselves.  The door is
locked,
so continue down the stairs.  This is where things start to get ugly.  This room has also
been trashed.  There is a small desk in the middle of the room towards the northern
portion of the room, and a "L" shaped desk to the south of this, part of which is covered
with newspapers.  Next to the L-shaped desk is a red filing cabinet.  Moving towards this
desk causes Alyssa to move closer on her own and begin to read the newspapers, which
tell you of 12 year old May Norton, a young pianist who was murdered on Christmas day,
1942.  She had played at the concert hall the night before, and was living by herself
because her father, William Norton had been sent back to the war front in July.  Damn.
Making a twelve year old girl live by herself in London during the war?  That is just
asking for trouble, or at the very least, severe therapy.  Regardless, finish reading the
article for a rather horrible surprise.  This is your first Subordinate, a happy little
fellow
who goes by the name Sledgehammer, for obvious reasons.  Following the cutscene you
will get a short tutorial about Evade and Hide points.  Once done reading this, you will
find yourself directly in front of the red file cabinet.  Even though Sledgehammer is
breathing down your neck, quickly search the red file cabinet to use the Red Drawer Key,
which opens the cabinet a gives you May's Room Key.  This in hand, you must find a
way to escape the hammer-wielding maniac.  Heading south around the back side of the
L-shaped desk would lead you to a door that is sealed with barbed wire.  You are going to
need a special tool to open this door, so instead head north around the back side of the
smaller desk and go through the door behind it on the west wall.  This brings you back
into the front area of Norton's Tailor, through the door that was locked from the other
side earlier.  Remember the curtained area in the north-west corner of this room?  It
should be glowing now, which means it is a hiding spot.  Run into it, and the curtains
will
automatically close, hiding you from your assailant.  Stay there until you see (or hear)
Sledgehammer teleport away and the chase music stops.  From this point forward he
never stays away for long, so quickly exit your hiding spot and run back up the stairs,
down the hallway to the door in the south-west corner that leads back into the area where
you first saw Sledgehammer.  The door that he had come bursting out of is May's room.
Use the key you got from the red filing cabinet and enter.
On a shelf next to the door is May's diary.  It doesn't say much, but shows May's
nervousness about her upcoming recital, and her wish to make her father proud.  The rest
of the room is trashed, but quickly take a look around, and then go over to the dresser,
where a glittering object shows.  It is an Invitation to the piano concert, just what
you'll
need to enter the concert hall.  Of course, as soon as you find this, Sledgehammer finds
you and starts trying to beat down the door to get to you.  Don't panic; just turn around
and search the bottom half of the room for a glowing evade point.  Use it for a cool
cutscene showing Alyssa using the old noodle to evade her attacker.  Her attacker may be
down, but not permanently, so use this respite wisely.  Alyssa has everything she needs
from Norton's Tailor for the time being, so run down the stairs, around the back side of
the small desk, and go back through the door into the front room where the hide point is.
Run back through the front door and out into the street.  No matter how fast or slow you
do this, Sledgehammer comes bursting out of the Tailor's only a few steps behind you.
Now you have a choice; you can either shake him the easier (but longer) way, by running
back up to High Street, past the Lion's Head Fountain and into the phone booth where
you found the wedding ring, which is a hide point, or you can run as fast as you can
across the bridge to the Lion's Head Fountain on the other side, douse Sledgehammer
with Holy Water when he gets near, quickly refill, then run through the archway next to
the fountain and across the courtyard to the concert hall.  Once you get to the concert
hall, there is a cutscene as you enter, and your assailant will leave you alone for a
while.
Regardless of which method you use to evade you assailant, chances are you will have to
use Holy Water to slow him down at least once, so before you enter the concert hall,
make sure you refill your Holy Water at the Lion's Head Fountain.  Don't worry too
much about saving, because there is a saving diary right inside the concert hall that is
more convenient.  By the way, you might have noticed that there are paths leading to the
left and the right by the Lion's Head Statue before you pass through the archway in front
of the concert hall courtyard.  Don't worry about these, as they both end in dead ends.
Same goes for the paths leading to the left and the right when you reach the large
fountain in the courtyard itself; keep going straight towards the concert hall, as there
is
nothing to find to the left and right.
Once inside the hall, cross the room to the diary on the front counter and save your game.
You can enter the area behind this counter, in which case you will find a wall of little
boxes locked with combinations; you are going to have to find the combination before
you can get at what is inside.  Go back around the counter.  You will notice that there is
a
hallway that curves around to the northeast, and a hallway that curves around to the
northwest.  It doesn't matter which way you go, as they meet in the middle.  Any roped-
off doors that you see cannot be accessed because they are "off limits".  It is good to
know that Alyssa follows the rules even when faced with supernatural hammer-wielding
serial killers and earth-bound restless Spirits.  For the sake of this guide, we will say
you
take the left-hand side of the loop.  The first door you come across is roped off.
The second door you come to opens into actual concert hall proper, with a bunch of seats
taking up the main part of the room, and the stage dominating the north end.  On east wall
is a roped-off door, and there is another on the south wall, to the east of the door you
just
came in through.  There is a door on the west wall that is currently locked.  For the time
being, let's turn our attention to the stage itself.  There is a set of stairs that lead
up to the
stage on its west end, so head in that direction now.  The game will take over when you
get close enough, and treat you to a grisly cutscene.  Not only can May not get the damn
song right, but now Sledgehammer has returned to try to give you a seat right next to her
on the piano bench of the damned.  Luckily, it is easy enough to escape him this time.
There is a roped-off door on the east wall of the stage, which is useless and should be
ignored.  Instead, run towards the north-west corner of the stage, and you should be able
to slip behind the stage curtain.  For whatever reason, M.C. Hammer can't follow you
back here, so you will be safe until he goes away.  There is no glowing area that tells
you
that it is a hiding space, but it works just the same.  While Sledgehammer is still
running
around on the other side of the curtain, do your best to ignore him and head towards the
east, staying behind the curtain as you do so.  You will find a switch on the north wall
in
the north-east corner of this area.  Flip the switch to traumatize yourself further, and
when the cutscene is over, search the body for a clue that more or less tells you the
combination to the safe on the wall behind the front desk.  The combination is BAD,
where each letter stands for a numerical value.  It gives you two works and their
numerical values to help you figure out the clue; 1014 = BABE, and 3403 = DEAD.
Thus, 1 = B, 0 = A, 4 = E, and 3 = D.  The only three letters we are interested in is B,
A,
and D, so your combination is 103.  Make sure that you flip the switch again to raise the
section of catwalk, or else you are going to have to go out of your way to do so later.
If
the creepy music hasn't passed yet, wait for the sound of the creep teleporting away and
the end of the chase music, then run for the door you came in through.  If you run up the
center aisle through the seats, beware of a bottle in the middle of the path; if you kick
this, Sledgehammer will come running soon after.  Once you are on the path looping back
towards the front counter, don't go back the same way you came.  Turn to Alyssa's left
and run past two roped off doors, and you should see an object glittering on a narrow
shelf on Alyssa's left (east wall); this is more Lavender Water.  Now continue along the
loop back to the front counter.  Step behind it a search the rows of lockers to input your
newly acquired combination (103 for those with short attention spans), by pressing up or
down to change the digit's numerical value, and left or right to select which digit you
are
inputting.  When the combination reads 103, press the action button to open the locker
and receive the Master Key.  I have been asked how Alyssa knew which one of the
sixteen lockers the combination referred to, as A) there was no locker number mentioned,
and B)the clue referred to a "Safe Combination", not "Locker Combination".  The answer
is, "Who cares?" Maybe she could see the key inside this particular locker and assumed it
was the one that she needed, or maybe it was just pure luck.  Move on.  Anyway, the