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Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened Hints
What's the answer to the quiz that the guy in the secret area asks me?
1 of 8: He wants you to tell him what the name of the enlightened one is, so look it up.
2 of 8: Right-click to get your portfolio up, then look through the documents page.
3 of 8: Remember that engraving Holmes had Mycroft decipher for him?
4 of 8: Read through the "Strange Poem" document, which is his translation of the engraving.
5 of 8: What do most of the verses of the poem start with?
6 of 8: They start with the words "Light of abyss!"
7 of 8: So type in LIGHT OF ABYSS to pass the crazy hermit's quiz.