"the SILHUOETTE OF DARKNESS"

silhints.txt....containing:
* Of course, visit all the zombies some have hints and messages.
* Just a very general walkthough and hints case you get stuck.
* A couple hints on dealing with the monsters in a couple tricky spots.


at ENTRY TO LEVEL: At and about the roadhouse find the 4 "BlacK Widow" 
spider switches and shoot em all. There is one behind the roadhouse bar 
and one on the log in the fireplace right beside the bar. There is 1 
upstairs on the box in the hot tub/pool room and there is one under the 
barn's roof overhang (all you can see is the red of it's hourglass 
shaped marking). NOTE: some spidy switches may require more than 1 shot 
if you don't hit them right on. You should get a message saying 
something like "only 1 more to go" or "sequence complete" and then the 
hidden rug will open so you can go to the lake. *It's advisable to 
forget about killing the demons in the barn until later if your ammo 
holds out*

**There are 2 secret spots in the Roadhouse area. Get to both by way of
the sundeck off of the 2nd floor of the Roadhouse. Leap onto the header
over the "need silver key door" then leap onto the barn roof. From 
there you can get into the barn's loft (# 1) or go over the roof to get
to a cave (# 2), where the ogre was so ungraciously huckin grenades at 
ya.(skill 2 only) 

to LAKE: I put a gold arrow in the caves (under rug that goes to lake)
to help out if anyone gets lost there but although it can seem 
confusing there is really only 1 intersection in the cave and that is 
where you end up looking at the silver key. Ya can't get the key from 
this side so take the cave to your left and the lake is right there 
(alright, alright, pond then). 

At the cave opening overlooking the lake..there is a secret (# 3) area 
in the rock column at the FAR left corner, get at it by swimming up 
from underneath it.There's a dbl-barrelled shotgun in there which you 
probably need by now. Of course, there are items and monsters 
everywhere and secret area (# 4) behind the rock pillar in a dark 
corner of the lake. In the fisherman's cabin (far right) is a "Black 
Widow" spider, you must find and kill it and an underwater grate below 
the warf will then open. Go that way and you'll end up in a cave that 
takes you to the 'silver' key. At the key leap down and you can get 
back to the Roadhouse area by the new (previously hidden) door that 
opens or you can go back the way you came if you happen to be running 
from something?

Now you can get through the silver key door (back right where you 
started the level). There's a bit of a canyon area after that with a 
guardhouse. You have to get into the guardhouse and push the 2 "demon" 
switches there. One opens the door on the landing and one opens an 
underwater grate directly beneath the guardhouse. Swim down there and 
you'll get an armour and there's a switch on the ceiling for you to bop 
with your head. That switch opens a previously hidden door in the 
Guardhouse right above you. Go up there and you can get some stuff.
(secret # 5)

After you collect all the goodies go through that door on the landing. 
It takes you to a rock shelf overlooking the manor's front entrance. It
can be real tough or real easy to get from there to the Manor. A good
place to save your game.*it may take a bit of experimenting to get 
through the entry sequence above the lava beds but it's quite easy when
you get it figured out*

entering the LORD's MANOR-
Head up the short flight of stairs to your left. There is a small room
with a spider on the wall by the window. Shoot it and a platform will
rise from the stairs so run and jump on it and it will take you to the
secret (# 6) ledge above the main entrance.
Now head up the right flight of stairs and you will come to the dining 
room with a long table and large tapestry upon the wall. At one end of
the table is a dark alcove (secret # 7). * a good place to run back to
and to get the monsters that may follow you from the next areas*

Now go through the other dining room entrance and it will take you to 
the kitchen and the Lord's bedroom. In his bedroom is the 'gold' key 
(for the door past the room with the spider on the wall). The log in 
the Lord's bedroom fireplace must be shot and it will move aside so you
can run through the flames into secret area (# 7). It's real dark in 
there but it is an'L' shaped hall..move to the far end from the flames 
and turn and you'll see the back of the kitchen cabinet. Move near it 
and it will move aside after a few moments.

Now go to the gold key door (that's leftward when entering the manor)
and there is a funeral room, eliminate the pests therin then push the 
eagle button facing the coffin. Look in the coffin and see the gold 
bars leap into the coffin to get the bars and the level will end.
