Completed Sins of the fathers, burdens of the sons (A Gabriel Knight LP)

[ghostdog]

MOAR is required. Good update, as ever.

If you can't be bothered to mix a specific soundtrack bit for an update, how about just linking to some GK songs in YouTube?

Since I'll probably remix them for my own use, I'll see what I can do

 

[lightbane]

Where's a skull gun when you need one.

Fixed. At least this update was more... "Heartwarming" than the previous one.
It's curious that despite being so secretive, the Cartel's lair seems to be devoid of any kind of security.

 

[Crooked Bee]

They probably don't even expect anyone to discover it.

Also, I've finally caught up, and this is really one of your best LPs, ol' dawg.

 

[Brother None]

This is indeed a most excellent LP, but it is starving for MOAR UPDATES

 

[ghostdog]

Sorry for the delay, I haven't had much time for the LP these last few days, but yesterday I started working on it again. I've been creating the soundtracks which will be added soon. The next update will be posted afterwards.

 

[ghostdog]

Soundtracks have been added. New chapter coming up.

 

[ghostdog]

No retreat, No surrender !!

We've established the fact that Gabriel is no match for Dr.John's negro muscle power. We'll just have to avoid him until we find a way to safely take the keycard...











Day 10 : Deep in the earth.











Chapter 15 Soundtrack :










As we move on down the corridor, we realize that we really need the keycard:

We press on and enter the next room :

They've thought of everything. Further down we find another guest room:

Christ! It STINKS in here!


So this is where they keep the animals they use in their rituals! We stare at the huge snake:

HAH, pull out your swoad and chop his head !


We decide to use our dagger and kill their favorite pet :

Pussy.


Gabriel would love to release the animals, but animals running through the halls would probably alert SOMEBODY'S attention. We've been lucky so far, let's not push it. We continue our search...

They almost seem to be guarding it in some way.


This door is locked, but the next one isn't. It looks like a warehouse of some sort.

One of the items catches our attention...

We need a disguise for the ritual. We decide to take BOTH masks.

I think I'll take this wolf mask for me and this boar mask seems appropriate for Mosely--if he ever makes it.


Is this enough ? Probably not, we'll need something more :

Let's grab two of them.

A robe for me... A robe for prosperity... Everything you need for a date with the Loa.


And that's it for the outer rim. Time to head inwards.

We inspect the stone table in the center:

Tetelo holding up the talisman... A ship sailing... Slaves rising up and killing their owners. Haiti, probably... Looks like Tetelo's people arriving in New Orleans... They accumulate great power through Voodoo... The hounfour is built under Jackson Square.


Heck of a family album. So, goddamn Tetelo is responsible for the slave revolt in Haiti and probably anything voodoo related in New Orleans....


Aside from the sacrificial table and the Voodoo totem an assortment of rada-drums can be found here :

We've also found a list with various cult member names in rada-code format. Let's use the rada-drums for our purposes !

Okay. I'll give it a shot, but I'm no musician.

We'd sure like to call Malia here, but Sister Leopard (Or whatever she's called, isn't on the list. Instead we'll call Dr.John --brother eagle. This will be a good way to distract him...

As soon as we finish playing, a distant sound echoes.

Dr. John must be coming here, we should hurry.

We grab the keycard and then our gaze falls on the machete :

Exactly ! Nigger-wielding weapons are too crude for an intellectual individual like Gabriel Knight


Unfortunately Dr.John doesn't need a Machete to kill us. He proves that once again if we don't leave his room fast enough :

Uh...no. Malia invited me down.

You lie! You will die for that!

You know the drill. Collar-grabbing evolves to neck-breaking. So, we move fast and reach the locked rooms.

We use the card and...

Yeah ! As we enter, we realize we've hit the jackpot :

How come the bad guys make all the money?


Apart from bills there are also stacks of gold bullion. Lots of it.

These guys obviously have little confidence in the U.S. government.


The Gold bars are too heavy to carry around, but I don't see why we shouldn't pocket some of the bills...

We can do this action repeatedly... Until :

Ah, well! A million or so ought to hold me.

We've made a fool of Dr.John AND become millionaires in one swift move, not bad. Let's see the contents of the next locked room:

I think I'm going to be sick.


A stainless steel bucket is on the floor. Its contents are better left unsaid. Underneath the surgical lamps is a gurney with a body on it :

No one I know.


A small stainless-steel table on wheels provides a surface for instruments during the...procedures performed in this room. Jars are lined up on top :

Maybe I shouldn't even ask. They're used for some powerful gris gris, no doubt. Or maybe that's what Tetelo has for lunch.


Organ trafficking seems lto be the case. Let's leave this creepy place and move on to the next locked room...

AT LAST !


Suddenly, we hear the sound of drums...

Someone opens the door behind us !

WHO ?!

Mosely !

Thank God! I thought I saw you ducking in here! Those goddamn drums started as soon as I got off that elevator thing, and I heard voices from above. I have the feeling the mass Voodooees are about to invade."

I found Grace.

I see that. Check her out, then you and I need to find a way to blend into the woodwork, Bud.


Grace is lying still on the bed. She may be unconscious...or worse.

Grace does not respond. They must have put her is some mystical trance, how the hell are we going to wake her up ? As we try to figure this out, a lot of time passes and...

Who? Him? He's a friend of mine, see, and we were just...

You will both die!

DAGGER vs GUN : 1-0

FISTS vs BRAINS : 1-0

Bottom line, we need to move fast.
Maybe we can only fight magic with magic and the only magical item we have is the amulet :

This talisman is supposed to have some sort of power...

Grace! Wake up! Grace!

We're in the Gedde cartel hounfour, Grace. A ritual is about to begin, and I'm afraid you're the main course.

Is that what those drums are? I heard them in my sleep! I couldn't wake up!

Yeah. Make you want to dance, don't they?

Be serious! What are we going to do now?

Right! Let's make a plan! What do you want us to do, Gabriel?

Oh, God, we're in trouble!

Well, I realize that I'M the professional, but you do know more about what we're up against here.

Okay, okay. Grace, they expect you to be unconscious, so you'd better fake it. That should put you in a good position when it's time. Mosely, you and I will be with the other ritualists.

What about the ritual itself?

I'd say Tetelo is our WORST problem. I remember from the Bayou that she didn't show up until Dr. John blew that drug on Malia's face. If I can prevent him from doing that, we can keep Tetelo out of it, I think.

How are you going to do that?

I don't know. I'll think of something.

Let's just worry about making sure that DOESN'T happen.

Okay, so you're going to prevent this spirit thing from showing up. Fine. I'll take care of the big guy, Dr. John, when the time comes.


This whole thing could have gone on without Mosely, if for instance we didn't leave the snake rod behind for him. But then no one was going to take on Dr. John and this means certain death.

And I can handle Malia herself--as long as she IS Malia.

Well...keep an eye on her...for her own good. But don't hurt her.

Who ME?

We'll wait for your signal then.

Fine, but you guys aren't going to get far looking like that.


We have already thought of that

Gee, a boar. How thoughtful. And what are you, pray tell?

Uh...a wolf.

You goddamn wiener!

At that moment, the door swings open !

I Thought this room was empty.

Go to the circle! Now!

Crom, all that matters is that two stood against many. That's what's important! Valor pleases you Crom, so grant them their request. Grant them revenge ! And if you do not listen, then to HELL with you!

And the ritual begins.

 

[RK47]

 

[lightbane]

Good thing that the Cartel doesn't bother with something as simple as checking the identity of each cultist before the ritual starts

 

[ghostdog]

once you wear the animal mask, you're deprived of identity, you're one with the wild.

 

[GarfunkeL]

The excitement rises! Onwards, to glory!

 

[Occasionally Fatal]

I like how Gabriel and Mosley appear to be the only two white people there... IT'S ALL GOOD THOUGH, THEY'VE GOT THE MASKS AND GHILLIE SUITS, MUST BE ONE OF US VOODOOERS.

 

[CappenVarra]

Well, I realize that I'M the professional, but you do know more about what we're up against here.

Sheesh, what a mostly useless companion...

Do continue soon kind sir, the suspense is killing me! I had to drink heavily just to keep the anxiety about the unresolved tension away (What if the mask never comes off? Gold bullion or 90s dollars, which is better and why? Will Gabriel ever have a threesome with Malia and Grace?)

 

[Guido Fawkes]

LP is most excelent indeed. I still think it a crime to miss out on all the possible racist jokes, but I respect your desire to do a respectable LP and resist that temptation

Next update will be the last one, right? Are you thinking of lping the rest of the trilogy later?

 

[ghostdog]

I don't think I'll be LPing the rest of the trilogy, I've replayed both GK2 and GK3 recently anyway.

Next update will be the last one, but there will also be an epilogue.

 

[ironyuri]

I don't think I'll be LPing the rest of the trilogy, I've replayed both GK2 and GK3 recently anyway.

Next update will be the last one, but there will also be an epilogue.

inb4 troll abandon and no ending.

 

[Kz3r0]

I don't think I'll be LPing the rest of the trilogy.

 

[ghostdog]

We have a plan, ladies and gentlemen ! We've lured the Voodoo cult into their impenetrable secret base and we've coerced them into performing a ritual using Grace as a sacrifice. When they least expect it, Grace will rise and perform tai-chi on their asses and while Mosely will be dealing with Dr. John we'll grab Malia before she gets ridden by Tetelo !


It's a bulletproof plan ! :D


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Yep, we're fucked.


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Malia enters the ritual :

And starts the bloody chicken dance...

Oh shit. We're DEFINITELY fucked.











Day 10 : All that might have been.










Chapter 16 Soundtrack :

Shhh! Yeah, yeah, I know.

Great! Now what?

I don't know!


Dr. John takes the stage.

And then he moves near Grace...

Shhhh!

FUCK !

DO something! Quick!


What *can* we do ? Maybe use the dagger ?

FUCK !!!

We've already established that Dr. John is an inhuman killing machine.

The dagger was obviously the wrong choice. It's time we pulled out the big guns :

WHAT??? You bastard of a bastard!

Stop !

You can't stop me! Watch your friend die!

DAMN !! What now ?

Thankfully, Grace got the message. It's time we got things rolling.

Uh-oh.

At the sound of our boom-stick, the rest of the cult members flee frightened.

And that's not all. As Dr. John falls on the sacrificial table, his blood pours into its drain...

And the table opens !

For that, you shall pay !


With a swift move she raises her hand and focuses on Mosely's gun...

She vaporised it !! What the hell are we dealing with ?

DAMMIT ! If we give the talisman we're dead meat ! If we don't, Grace and Mosely are dead meat ! What should we do ?!



Maybe it's time we went to the offensive. We can't think of Malia right now, Tetelo must be stopped at all costs ! We pull out the dagger :

Crap !

Unfortunately, Attacking Tetelo head-on, isn't a great idea. We decide to give the amulet to her. Mabe she'll spare our lives...

Gabriel, no!

Thank you, Witch-hunter. Now die like the dog that you are!


Whoops, that was very naive on our part. She blasts Grace and Mosely away...

And then she pulls out her s&m whip :

We should have known this would turn out badly. It seems the talisman is the only thing that can keep her at bay. Reluctantly, we decide to forfeit our lives for those of our friends :

We throw the talisman to Mosely...

Go on! Get Grace out of here! The talisman will protect you!

What about...

Just GO!


Mosely takes Grace and leaves. We're now alone with Tetelo.

She's using her magic. Gabriel is forced to obey...

He makes one last, desperate attempt :

Tetelo is about to cut his throat, when...

Malia...help me!

I...can't. She's...too...strong!


Uncertain about what to do, we try to plead some more... it's useless. Tetelo regains control, and...

We should do something and fast ! We glance at what's inside the shrine :

It's the source of Tetelo's power ! Let's smash it on the ground !

As the idol breaks into tiny pieces, the ground starts shaking...

It seems the idol was magically bound to this place !

SHIT !! It's all going to hell !

Malia almost falls into the crack. She's barely holding on...

Where did all this lava came from, anyway ?

Should we help her ? Or should we let it all end here and now ?




If Malia lives there's always a chance Tetelo will live on with her. Maybe we should destroy them both for the sake of humanity. We decide to let her fall...

I'm sorry. I have no choice.


Gabriel, ridden with guilt, turns away.

Bad move.

It's not over yet...my love! If I go...you go.

Yeah. I'm gonna miss the loafer.

He saved our lives, you know.

He done good.

It's so tragic--that both families had to end--that they destroyed each other. I can't help thinking that it could have been different.

You can't ask yourself 'what if.' It'll drive you nuts.

But, a world without Schattenjagers. It's sad.

I guess we'll just have to do the best we can, heh?

Yeah. Good-bye, Gabriel Knight.

THE END.


















Well, ok... that was just one ending, the bad ending. I wonder how things would have turned out if Gabriel decided to follow his heart and tried to save Malia...

NO! You WILL betray her! Witch-hunter!

WTF ? Teatelo-bitch plunged the dagger into Gabriel's hand ! : x

I...won't...let...you...kill her!

Gabriel! You didn't betray me!

I've got you!

It's no good. It has to end...with me.

NO! Don't let go! DAMN IT, DON'T YOU LET GO!

Good-bye. My love.

NO!!!

Good-bye Malia.

Well, it's certainly over for Jackson Square...

Yes.

I'm sorry about Malia. I know you cared for her.

...

You've changed, you know.

Have I?

Yeah. So, are you going to do it? Be Schattenjager?

I'm going to try. Don't worry, though. You'll be back at school safe and sound.

I don't HAVE to go back.

Grace! Give up your Ph.D.?

There are things in this world, Gabriel.... A spiritual path can be more important than a path of the mind.

Spiritual path, huh? Well, you're welcome to stay, Gracie. Just as long as you don't expect me to know what I'm doing.

This is a historical moment, isn't it? Three hundred years ago, the Ritter talisman was stolen by Tetelo. She used it to draw her family to power, while your family withered.

Now she's gone and your family is restarting. It almost makes you wonder, doesn't it, if it wasn't supposed to happen that way? You know, good coming from evil?

You think too much.

But, really, I think the most tragic thing was all those generations of young women--like Malia--trapped by this large overriding personality--forced into a life of horror.

Yeah. Kind of reminds me of livin' with you, Grace.

You know when I said you'd changed?

Yeah?

I was wrong.

Are you sorry?

...

 

[RK47]

Nicely done.

 

[CappenVarra]

Great stuff

 

[lightbane]

That's it? No special ending in which Gabriel banishes Tetelo thanks to the power of love/Amerika and gets the two chicks? Oh well, what a shame . Good job for complething this lp, dear spectral canine

 

[dextermorgan]

I'm hoping you have something up your sleeve Ghostdog, Malia has to live and get bored/frustrated with Gabriel's bohemianism, eventually dumping him for some pure-bred country club stud of her own race.

 

[ghostdog]

You'll have to pay 60$ for the Hollywood-ending DLC

 

[ghostdog]

Epilogue : Maleficarum Memorandum.

What the hell ? I must have missed something along the way. Oh well... Let's salute the developers :

If anyone wonders what books Jane Jensen used for her research, here is the list :

Some interesting stuff from the hintbook :

Not sure how they're certain that Gerde left the key. It's not mentioned in the novel, maybe Jensen told them. However it is stated in the novel that Gabe scribbles a note for Mosely on how to operate the elevator to the hounfour.





The voice acting deserves to be credited, even If it can't be heard in this LP. They did a great job.

*only photo that can be found in the net. She sure sure has one hell of a sensual voice though.






I guess... that's it.

 

[Wyrmlord]

For all that trademark celebrity voicing, you actually can't tell if it is Mark Hamill or Tim Curry. It's still true today for most celebrity voice actors; it doesn't register.