Console: | PC |
TV Standard: | Region Not Set |
Release Date: | 1999-10-05 |
Co-op: | No |
The best-selling adventure series is back! Blood of the Sacred Blood of the Damned is Jane Jensen's third Gabriel Knight mystery.Based on a real-life enigma GK3 puts you high in the mountains of Francein the unassuming town of Rennes-le- Chateau. The first demand for a Gabriel Knight 3 arrived by e-mail exactly four daysafter the release of Gabriel Knight 2. It was soon followed by hundreds morefrom fans and game reviewers around the world. When The Beast Within won thelion's share of 1996 game awards the future of the series was assured. Nowfinally designer Jane Jensen has unveiled the latest mystery to puzzle herintrepid shadow hunter...We do hope you're not afraid of a little intrigue?Blood of the Sacred Blood of the Damned is set in a small village and valleyin rural Europe. The village Rennes-le-Chateau is a real village and is thelocation of a Great Enigma -- either that or a Great Scam depending on yourlevel of beliefThe case begins when Gabriel is invited for a weekend at the home of acurrently dethroned royal scion. Grace is delighted assuming that at lastthey're moving into the kinds of circles a family like the Ritters ought tohobnob with. But it turns out that the 'Prince's' motivation for invitingGabriel was not a social one. He has a new infant son and is concerned for hissafety because the Prince's family has been plagued for generations by what seemto be a secretive sect of vampires.It turns out the Prince was right to be afraid. The very first night Gabrielwatches guard over his infant son the boy is kidnapped. Gabriel gives chase andwinds up at the train station. He follows the kidnappers to Rennes-le-Chateaubut quickly loses their trail.Gabriel will e to realize that the mystery that surrounds the Prince'sfamily and the mystery of this ancient little town are not only connected butwill involve both very real current political agendas and ancient secrets. Onceat the town Gabriel discovers