Page (i)

  • The inscription cryptically refers to the letters of the answer.

  • Each phrase in the inscription is a clue to the same solution.

  • The solution is a two-letter compass direction.

  • All clues describe the letters SE (the beginning and end of “SilencE”; twice in “SEnSE”; in “preSEnce” and “abSEnce”; the first two letters in “SEven”; omitted from “eraSE” and “denSE”, the right side of “houSE”, the end of “wiSE”; the front of “SEat”; the end of “univerSE”).

Page (ii)

  • Your previous solution directs you to one of the houses.

  • Selected by compass direction, the animal is the main thing to note.

  • But the small symbols around the edge may prove useful later.

  • In the south-east is the symbol of the MANTIS house.

Page (iii)

  • This is a maze; each creature has two potential entry points to try.

  • Starting based on the previous solution and finding a successful route through the maze will reach the other side.

  • The solution is both the endpoint and the route to get there.

  • Of the two paths leading from the mantis, the left leads to a dead end. The right path leads to a dagger, plus the shape of the path route itself should be noted.

Page (iv)

  • Note what Anna is described as doing and look back at the symbols on page (ii).

  • One name for the item from the previous solution fits in the space indicated by the symbol that matches the route to reach it.

  • The other words fit elsewhere (use word length and letters to guide you). Shaded squares provide a solution word.

  • BLADE fits in the first column. SAND and BONES fit in the other two columns, then CANDLE and SHELL fit in the rows. The highlighted letters spell SLASH.

Page (v)

  • The solution from the previous page instructs you on what to do.

  • There are some red herrings.

  • One complete pattern will be formed.

  • Cutting and assembling the shards on this page will create one complete symbol (plus two incomplete symbols that should be ignored).

Page (vi)

  • Your solution from the previous page will direct you to make the correct choice.

  • Based on the faces.

  • The correct guise’s message is the solution.

  • The third of the guises is the correct choice.

Page (vii)

  • The solution to the previous page refers to some of the symbols here.

  • Only two symbols are directly referred to.

  • The word situated between the two symbols is the final answer.

  • Between the leaf symbol and the moon symbol, the correct final answer is MOTHER