Embark on Amicia's journey in A Plague Tale: Requiem. This comprehensive guide covers walkthroughs for all chapters, skill trees, crafting, collectibles, and trophy achievements.
2022's _Plague Tale: Requiem_ is the follow up to 2019's _Innocence_ and follows the continued misadventures of Amicia de Rune as she tries to find a cure for the disease which is slowly killing her little brother, Hugo. Unfortunately, everywhere they turn, there are people who want to use Hugo's condition for their own ends and, of course, wherever Hugo goes, the rats are never far behind.
This section assumes that you have either played _A Plague Tale: Innocence_ or that you have no intention of doing so. Otherwise, be warned that this section will spoil the first game.
The de Runes are minor French nobility in 14th century France who carry an ancient curse called the Prima Macula down their bloodline. Like haemophilia it appears to be carried down the female line but manifests in male children. The de Runes' younger child, Hugo, has been born infected with the condition and his mother Beatrice has spent the years since his birth trying to develop some way to fight the condition, to at least slow its progress even if she is unable to cure it. She has grown distant from her daughter, Amicia, who has largely been raised by her father and has become something of a tomboy as a result.
The Macula progresses in stages, called "thresholds". Hugo is yet to pass the first threshold and at this stage of the disease, rats emerge from the ground, drawn to the Carrier. This has resulted in an outbreak of a rat-borne plague called "the Bite" which appears to be invariably fatal. One of the people infected is Grand Inquisitor Vitalis Bénévent who has prolonged his life with blood transfusions. Learning about the Macula, Vitalis sees not just a cure but power over life and death.
After a day's hunting, Amicia and her father, Robert, stumble on a rats' nest. Aware of the significance, Robert hurries home and tells Amicia to fetch her mother. Lord Nicholas, the Grand Inquisitor's chief agent, arrives at the de Rune estate demanding to know the whereabouts of Hugo. Robert refuses to give his son up and Nicholas cuts him down.
Nicholas's men begin turning the house upside down and Amicia and Hugo flee for their lives. Their mother, Beatrice, brains a guard who is about to discover them and leads them through the grounds. Before they can escape, however, Nicholas catches up with them. Beatrice tells the children to seek out Doctor Laurentius and stays behind to buy them time.
Having escaped from the de Rune estate, Amicia and Hugo reach an eerily deserted village. The plague has struck and in their terror, the locals have turned to witch hunting and mob rule under the leadership of a former soldier named Conrad Malfort. On seeing the children, Malfort accuses them of spreading the plague and a murderous mob chases them through the streets. Before the mob catches up with them, a kindly old woman named Clervie gives the children shelter in her house. With the mob milling around outside, Amicia scolds Hugo for making a noise. Insisting that he wants his mummy, Hugo runs off and Amicia chases after him. When she catches up with him, she finds that Malfort has caught up with him as well and she is forced to kill him to protect Hugo. Despite the death of their leader, the mob don't disperse and Amicia and Hugo take refuge in a church.
The plague has struck here as well and the church is as deserted as the village. After exploring the place, the children meet Father Thomas who tells them they they must leave. The children plead with him to help them and he agrees to show them a way through the crypt since they can't go back through the village. Grabbing a torch, he tells the children to stay close since the rats avoid light. However, he promptly ignores his own advice when he hands Amicia the torch and goes to look for Brother Morel, the only other surviving monk. A swarm of rats emerge from the crypt and Thomas's lameness prevents him from getting back to the light in time and the rats devour him. Left on their own, the children make their way through the crypt and the giant rats' nest inside to reach the exit.
Seeing that Laurentius's farm is nearby, the children start making their way there. However, Inquisition guards have set up road blocks looking for them and they are forced to take a roundabout route. When they finally get to the farm, they find that they are too late since Laurentius has already contracted the plague. While the children and Laurentius's apprentice, Lucas, go to fetch some ingredients from Laurentius's laboratory under the barn, rats in the famhouse overturn a still causing a fire. Realising that the situation is hopeless, the children are forced to flee again, accompanied by Lucas.
Lucas tells Amicia what he knows about the Macula - which isn't very much - and suggests that they hole up in the Château d'Ombrage, a nearby abandoned castle which was built during a previous outbreak and designed to keep the rats out. Unfortunately, their route takes takes them acro
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