TRANSCRIPT Why hello detective. Chloroform is one hell of a drug, isn’t it? By now, I’m sure the standard questions are swirling around in your head: Where am I? How did I get here? Who owns this strange voice speaking to me? Allow me to start by introducing myself: you may call me the Gate Keeper, and I am going to be either your personal salvation or your personal doom. I’ve been watching you since you joined the Knights of Veracity and your career has been rising remarkably quickly. Your most recent work on the Tinselton murder case was truly impressive. However, between the media adulation, the newfound renown, and the Crime magazine cover story, I fear your success has gone to your head, which I cannot abide. Hubris was the downfall of many heroes of Greek tragedies, and we will soon learn if it will be your downfall as well. So, tell me detective, are you familiar with Greek mythology? For myself, it is one of my greatest personal fascinations. Although their behavior was often morally questionable, the Greek gods were well known for punishing crimes, and they often used the mythological Tartarus to do so. Tartarus was a prison buried deep in the earth, below the underworld; and it was designed to trap and torture the most wicked of beings. What I have done especially for you, detective, is designed my own, personal version of Tartarus, and I have sentenced you to it. I am nothing if not fair, however, and will give you a chance at redemption. I have every hope that it is not too late for you, and that once you have been punished for your arrogance, you will learn your lesson and move on to be a better man. To that end, your moral fiber will be tested, and you will face a number of challenges or penances. But you will not be left without any resources! At your feet you will find a Guidebook to Tartarus that I have prepared for you and I strongly recommend that you keep it close by and use it frequently. Now, let me take a moment to enlighten you as to your trials. Here’s how it will work: when you leave this staging zone you will find yourself in a series of connected rooms, each with multiple exit doors, of which only one is safe to use. Each room contains a collection of Greek-mythology-themed puzzles, which, if solved correctly, will lead you to pick the correct, or safe, exit door. If you pick the correct door each and every time, exiting the final room will lead you back to the outside world – you will have completed your penance, proven your worth, and will be free. But should you choose the wrong door at any point, it will indicate you are irredeemable. You will find yourself in a never-ending purgatory from which you shall never escape. In other words, you will be trapped in Tartarus. Now it is time for you to begin your trials.