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Season 1 EPISODE RECAP
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Recap Season 1: Episode 1 "Family Secrets" ↓
Introduced to your long lost cousin Joshua Jordan Fitzpatrick, you received a mysterious envelope that contained strange items - how could they help you locate lost treasure? Challenged by your cousin, you set off on the task to determine the location of the gold and discovered that this was more than just a mere game. Once you succeeded, you were greeted by JJ; he began to explain the location of the treasure, but was intercepted by the Hunters. What has become of JJ?
Recap Season 1: Episode 2 "missing Person"↓
Finding JJ kidnapped and bound inside of a Hunter submarine, he managed to free himself from his restraints but needed your help hacking his way out of the submarine. Sifting through an envelope sent by an emergency protocol system from JJ’s computer, you helped JJ figure out the access panels in the submarine, ultimately leading to his escape. JJ ensured that he would head to the location of the treasure, and contact you when he was there.
Recap Season 1: Episode 3 "Ancient mysteries"↓
Inside the Granjé Temple on Joro Island, JJ sent you scans of the temple floor as well as mock-ups of the totems that were once in that room. Constructing a small model of the temple was no easy task as you needed to see the temple as he did (without placing your life in imminent danger like your crazy cousin JJ) before you could find the location of the key that would unlock the treasure inside of the temple. You discovered that the key was being kept in a place called Castillo de Coca in Spain. JJ’s communication seemed troubled - there was someone else on this remote island.
Recap Season 1: Episode 4 "on the run"↓
You received an obviously fake passport from Svetlana, one of your eccentric cousin’s allies. The passport belonged to a man named Hans Nilsen. This passport contained information that would help JJ once inside Castillo de Coca, as a forgotten library exists within the castle’s walls. Although it was clear that Svetlana needed your help to figure out the encrypted data in the passport, she also gave you a warning: be careful when dealing with JJ Fitzpatrick. As you recovered the data to open the safety deposit box, JJ can now gain access to find the library that houses the key to the temple and the treasure! He then sent the rest of the documents in the deposit box, to help him out once inside the Castillo.
Recap season 1: Episode 5 "lost library"↓
Amid dusty books and abandoned furniture on the Castillo, JJ found an old safe! Using the information from the safety deposit box, you were able to crack the safe and discover a strange picture of books and a cryptex was inside, that belonged to JJ’s (and allegedly your) great-great-great grandfather, Alfred Fitzpatrick. You used the documents from the safety deposit box as well as the picture in the safe to unlock the cryptex, revealing the missing piece of the map from Episode 1 and a handwritten note. The note explained that the Joro Temple key was taken to Alfred’s final resting place and that only his descendents knew of the location. JJ said he would meet you at the cemetery.
Recap season 1: Episode 6 "quiet as the grave"↓
JJ and Svetlana scouted out the cemetery only to find no trace of Grandpa Alfred. Turns out, he was buried under an alias! JJ sent you all the documents you found in the Library as well as Alfred's last will and testament. You deduced his alias, and helped JJ and S find the correct headstone. When they arrived, they found a Hunter had beat them to the location, and possibly the key. JJ went after the Hunter and you helped Svetlana open the breifcase that was left behind. You then called JJ and helped him unlock the Hunter's secret entryway. Horrified, you heard a detonation, and saw the tunnel begin to collapse on your cousin.
Recap season 1: Episode 7 "buried"↓
Thanks to Svetlana you found out JJ was alive and communicating with the outside world. Svetlana sent you some items from the briefcase that helped you connect with JJ through a TerraTalker device. You were able to navigate your cousin through the various rooms, collecting items, and using them to eventually escape. JJ picked up a few items while inside, but also learned that the key had been stolen by the Hunters.
Recap season 1: Episode 8 "metro madness"↓
JJ was in dire need of your help to find his bearings in Ratselstadt and ultimately track down the Hunters' safehouse - which is exactly what you did. Using the various documents, photographs, and evidence you led JJ from one dropsite to the next, acquiring information along the way, and ultimately uncovering the whereabouts of the safehouse - which contained the stolen key to the Joro treasure.
Recap season 1: Episode 9 "best served cold"↓
JJ and Svetlana seized a moment of opportunity to break into the Hunter's safehouse. You helped them unlock the front door, discover and unlock a secret hatch in the floor, unlock another passage in a hallway, and finally access a secret room where the Joro key was being held. You deduced the secrets of a model wooden pirate ship which revealed a key to a treasure chest where JJ triumphantly grapsed the legendary Joro key. But only for a moment, as Svetlana knocked him unconscious and disappeared with the key.
Recap season 1: Episode 10 "revelations"↓
Hans reached out to you to prove how he was also double crossed by Svetlana, which made her a rogue agent. The proof? A newspaper in which Svetlana revealed her true intentions. Hans, not wanting the treasure to be had by someone who double crossed him, sought to make some sort of agreement with you.
Recap season 1: Episode 11 "revelations"↓
As it turned out, Hans continued to assist you in your search for Svetlana by sending you and JJ some of Svetlana's documents including a cheque and a notebook. When JJ went to the island, he found Svetlana's campsite, and with your help, and Hans' assistance, you successfully recovered the Joro key as well as a mysterious document from Svetlana's chest. She assumed she had found all the Joro treasure, but JJ thinks there's more.