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*This game marks a turning point in the series, as it introduces a rival investigator, Percival Quentin Jones, who challenges Ben every step of the way, as well as Mary Blaine, Ben's love interest.  It is considered by many fans to be their favorite game of the series so far.  The game is also different in that it features a branch in the story.  Depending on whether or not the player performs a key action, the game will end differently.
*This game marks a turning point in the series, as it introduces a rival investigator, Percival Quentin Jones, who challenges Ben every step of the way, as well as Mary Blaine, Ben's love interest.  It is considered by many fans to be their favorite game of the series so far.  The game is also different in that it features a branch in the story.  Depending on whether or not the player performs a key action, the game will end differently.


In the not-so-good ending, Ben is captured by the local constable, but manages to escape.  Mary reveals that she and the whole town are actually all witches, and their leader is a vampire-witch named Zortherus.  In the end, Percival Jones rescues Ben from being sacrificed, and Ben kills Zortherus, causing the rest of the witch cult to age rapidly and die.  In this ending, many plot points are left unanswered.
In the not-so-good ending, Ben is captured by the local constable, but manages to escape.  Mary reveals that she and the whole town are actually all witches, and their leader is a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strigoi vampire-witch] named Zortherus.  In the end, Percival Jones rescues Ben from being sacrificed, and Ben kills Zortherus, causing the rest of the witch cult to age rapidly and die.  In this ending, many plot points are left unanswered.


In the good ending, Ben releases Mary from jail and the two fall in love.  Ben discovers that the girls who were murdered never really existed, and the whole story of the murders was just a hoax to lure him to Smailholm and be sacrificed.  This time, it is Mary who comes to Ben's rescue, but she is killed by Zortherus in front of Ben.  Ben, in a rage, manages to escape and kill Zortherus.  Percy Jones finds him and Ben shows him the bodies of the witch cult.
In the good ending, Ben releases Mary from jail and the two fall in love.  Ben discovers that the girls who were murdered never really existed, and the whole story of the murders was just a hoax to lure him to Smailholm and be sacrificed.  This time, it is Mary who comes to Ben's rescue, but she is killed by Zortherus in front of Ben.  Ben, in a rage, manages to escape and kill Zortherus.  Percy Jones finds him and Ben shows him the bodies of the witch cult.