Randolph's Journal - Part 3 is the fourteenth secret of House of Ashes. It can be found by Nick in the sand caverns. This secret appears in Slayer.
Overview[]
The third part of Randolph Hodgson's journal.
The front page tells how the expedition has discovered a sacrificial chamber beneath the temple. It mentions the actions of the Akkadians to appease the gods.
The back page tells how the expedition first began to celebrate the discovery of the temple. However, Randolph and Mary then found Bradshaw's crate of dynamite in the tent. When Mary ordered Crow to put the dynamite down, talking about the risks of using explosives at a dig site, he replied that they found something below the temple.
In-Game Description[]
This journal entry reveals that the archaeologists found something mysterious, deep below the temple.
Transcript[]
(on front)
The catacombs beneath the temple are heaped with human bones. Aline has worked sacrificial digs in El Castillo, but even she hasn't seen death on this scale before.
The Akkadians killed thousands in the name of their gods: most ritually decapitated, but others crudely slain and dumped in charnel pits, as though the slaughter had spiralled out of control. What plague or cataclysm demanded such a price? So much blood spilled, and for what?
Whatever happened here, millenia ago, is a secret waiting to be discovered.
(on back)
7th December, 1946.
Our finds have been so spectacular, I couldn't resist breaking out the champagne. As I entered the survey tent to pour a glass for Mary, I realised something was awry; she'd found Bradshaw's crate full of dynamite. I tried to calm her, but she worked up a full head of steam, sounding off about the risks of using explosive at a dig site. She was right, of course. I feel terrible for hiding it from her. Just then Crow arrived and picked up the dynamite. When Mary ordered him to put it down, he looked her boldly in the eye and said they'd found something below.
Location[]
It can be found to the right of an opening before passing some rubbles.
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