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An Elmwood trail - Entry one

Hii! For the past year I've been obsessed with this game called 'An Elmwood trail' and I want to share my theories here. I'll use this entry just as a short recap of the first two episodes and how much progress I've made in episode 3 (it got updated late where I come from, so I didn't finish it yet :( )

 


 !!SPOILERS AHEAD!!

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Episode 1

  • You become Detective Adam Lane, threatened by a person we call 'Unknown' to find missing teenager Zoey Leonard, or the person will expose something Adam did in the past.

  • A mysterious package arrives containing Zoey’s phone, which you unlock using clues (student ID code). 

  • You recover deleted messages and photos, uncovering that Zoey was in contact with friends like Lily, Betty, Brad, and Kyle, and that she attended a party the night she disappeared.

  • By using call logs and texts, we get Lily’s number, begin questioning her, and sense someone is intentionally deleting Zoey’s data.

  • Eventually, you contact Riverstone carwash which leads you to get tangled up with a cult(?) called 'Valut8'. You find out that they used to send Zoey letters with a strange sign on it, and that they led Zoey to go missing in the Elmwood forest .

  •  find Zoey.

You find that the valut has a weird website (valut8.com) where you have to pick the right road to get answers that might help you

Valut8 logo

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 Episode 2

  • Using Zoey's phone we have to solve puzzles to recover diary entries, photos, emails, and uncover leads like the secret online friend'  'crossbar_36'.

  • Key diary riddle answers:

    • Page 5: 'change' (blog clue),

    • Page 6: 'Maple'

    • Page 7: 'care'

    • Page 8 involves chatting with crossbar on littlehamsters.com.

  • Clues led you to a cave in the forest, where Kevin goes in order to find Zoey. You help him solve puzzles like the “FIRE” code and a symbol-navigation door. 

  • In the end, Kevin finds a mysterious phone in a house the cave led to, sees the only contact on it was Adam, panics and did not return home, was found in the forest the day after in a coma; he confronts Adam before passing out.

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 Episode 3 (First Half)

  • A new mail appears with a phone number (3459807); calling it connects you to Declan Milburn, Kevin’s father. Declan asks us what happened to his son, revealing Kevin was obsessive and impulsive in searching for Zoey’s trail.

  • Adam's wife Amanda now often leaves the house without telling anyone, it is revealed she is lying to us about visiting a friend, instead we find out that she is trying to get back into her passion (teaching), hiding it from Adam being concerned that he will stop her in order to look after their son. 

  • A person who we address as 'Max' broke into Adam's office stealing some clues (revealing one of the clues was fake), and asks us to help him find Zoey, not in a friendly way.

  • We ask Rajan (Zoey's friend who we suspect has last seen her) about Zoey's last whereabouts, he panics and tries to conceal any evidence of him contacting Zoey. With crossbar_36 help, we find that Rajan asked her at the night of her disappearance to meet him at the brook. He tried to warn Zoey of something, but we cannot hear the warning, leaving us puzzled. 

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Please tell me if I missed something!!

In the next blog, I will talk more about who I suspect as 'Unknown' and about 'Valut8'.

Please dm me if you wanna talk about theories!


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missnanai

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they released the third episode already???? how come i did not know thiss.
but wait... i checked it on my phone and apparently i need to update the app lol i thought itll come out this november based on what i read on google idkkk.. thanks for ur blog bc if i didnt stumbled upon it i wouldnt have known the third eps is released!!


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AHHHH I SO GLAD I FOUND SOMEONE WHO LIKES THIS GAMEEE!! I'm glad I helped and pleaseee dm me if u wanna talk ab theoriesss

by ☆m1ki☆; ; Report

yeahh i would LURVEEE to discuss them with u but i have a tiny bit problem BAHAAHAHA my phone's storage is full so i gotta clean it rq before i can update

by missnanai; ; Report

Okayyy, Text me if u want, I didn't finish the third episode either

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