The Séance of Blake Manor - Locations
Blake Manor is a hotel in Connemara in the west of Ireland in October 1897, and the entire game takes place inside it and on its corridors. The building is laid out as a working hotel: public rooms on the ground floor where the scheduled talks and dinners happen, guest bedrooms on the upper corridor...
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| Name | Type | Description | Region | Points Of Interest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blake Manor | Hotel / Manor House | The hotel where the whole game is set, owned by the Marquess Jonathan Blake and run day to day by his manager Vincent Varley. | Connemara, west of Ireland | Entrance Hall Drawing Room Library Ballroom Wine Cellar East Tower |
| Entrance Hall | Ground Floor / Arrival | The first room of the game and the place where Ward is received by the manager Vincent Varley. | Blake Manor, ground floor | Vincent Varley's reception desk Stairs to the guest corridors |
| Drawing Room | Ground Floor / Social Room | The manor's formal sitting room and the venue for the Drawing Room Talks held on Days 2 and 3. | Blake Manor, ground floor | Drawing Room Talks Sunday 3:00 PM talk |
| Library | Ground Floor / Reading Room | A library with the manor's books and records, and one of the more atmospheric rooms in the house. | Blake Manor, ground floor | Father Sinnott's 3:00 to 4:00 PM appointment Miss Quinn |
| Ballroom | Ground Floor / Event Hall | The large hall that hosts the Saturday night Masked Ball at 9:00 PM, the single biggest social set piece of the weekend. | Blake Manor, ground floor | Masked Ball, Saturday 9:00 PM Miss Murphy's 4:00 to 5:00 PM appointment |
| Kitchen | Service Area | The working kitchen where the housekeeper Caitlin Joyce spends much of her day. | Blake Manor, service wing | Caitlin Joyce's station |
| Wine Cellar | Basement / Storage | A cellar below the house where the wines, ports and similar drinks are stored. | Blake Manor, basement | Wine and port storage |
| The Basement | Basement / Service Level | The manor's below-stairs level, the part of the building that the guests never see and the staff take for granted. | Blake Manor, below stairs | Service corridors Staff access to the upper floors |
| East Tower | Tower / Locked Area | A tower room reached through a puzzle in the arch under its stairs, with bones among the things to be searched once inside. | Blake Manor, east wing | Arch puzzle under the stairs Bones |
| East Corridors | Guest Corridor | The corridor network on the manor's east side, connecting guest rooms to the stairs and the public floors. | Blake Manor, upper floors | Guest room doors Access to the East Tower |
| Room 3 | Guest Room | A guest room in the Upper North West Corridor, occupied during the game's events by Victoria Lau. | Blake Manor, Upper North West Corridor | Victoria Lau's room |
| Room 7 | Guest Room | A guest room on the Northern Pass Corridor that stands empty during the weekend's events. | Blake Manor, Northern Pass Corridor | Unoccupied during the game |
| Room 14 | Guest Room | A first floor room in the South East Corridor occupied by Miss Quinn, a short walk east along the corridor from Miss Deane's own room. | Blake Manor, First Floor South East Corridor | Miss Quinn's room Neighbouring Miss Deane's room |
| Miss Deane's Bedroom | Guest Room / Crime Scene | Evelyn Deane's room on the first floor, and the first place the investigation properly opens up. | Blake Manor, First Floor South East Corridor | Evelyn Deane's belongings First floor South East Corridor landing |
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