Secret of the Scarlet Hand
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Secret of the Scarlet Hand is the sixth game in the series of Nancy Drew
computer games. It is based on the book of the same name.
culture and will soon be exhibiting a newly discovered monolith
to the public. However, shortly before the exhibition, one of the museum's most treasured pieces is stolen from the museum, and a mysterious accident involving the museum's head translator occurs. You, playing as Nancy Drew, must find the stolen jade carving of Pacal, and save Beech Hill from financial ruin.
Henrik van der Hune - Henrik is the epigrapher of Beech Hill Museum. He was hired by Joanna from the Chaco Canyon Cultural Center where he worked previously. He is later hospitalized after an incident that causes him to suffer from amnesia. He is accomplished in his career field, but he has suspicious coincidences in his past.
Taylor Sinclair - Taylor is an art dealer with an office in Washington, D.C. He believes something shady is going on at Beech Hill, and fears for the future of the museum. He dislikes Alejandro del Rio due to mutual distrust. He is also concerned about the robberies of Prudence Rutherford and a museum in New Mexico
. Is he just pretending to be concerned so he can be off of Nancy's suspect list?
Alejandro del Rio - Alejandro is an ambassador
to the Mexican Consulate in Washington, D.C, and knows several languages, including Spanish, English, and Nahuatl. Would he take the artifact from the museum in order to repatriate them to Mexico?
Franklin Rose - A member of Beech Hill's Board of Directors, and a friend of Carson Drew
. He relays the activities of the Board to Nancy, and is partially responsible for Joanna's suspension. He is an unseen phone character.
Prudence Rutherford
- Prudence is a wealthy Kansas socialite who owned one of the Pacal jade carvings. She is an unseen phone character and appears in a few subsequent games.
Sonny Joon - The assistant curator prior to Nancy, who was rather lazy and sloppy at his job, and eventually left. His desk is full of useful things for the case. He is also mentioned in future games.
Poppy Dada - She is an artist represented by Taylor Sinclair, and her work is on display in his office. She is an unseen phone character that is also referred to from time to time in future Nancy Drew games.
Nurse Bluefoot - A male nurse at the hospital where Henrik van der Hune is taken after his fall. Nurse Bluefoot is an unseen phone and voice character.
However, if the player makes a mistake, they may click on "Second Chance" at the main menu and it will take them back to the place before they made that mistake.
Nancy Drew
Nancy Drew is a fictional young amateur detective in various mystery series for all ages. She was created by Edward Stratemeyer, founder of the Stratemeyer Syndicate book packaging firm. The character first appeared in 1930. The books have been ghostwritten by a number of authors and are published...
computer games. It is based on the book of the same name.
Plot
Nancy Drew lands an internship at The Beech Hill museum in Washington D.C, which is devoted to the MayanMaya civilization
The Maya is a Mesoamerican civilization, noted for the only known fully developed written language of the pre-Columbian Americas, as well as for its art, architecture, and mathematical and astronomical systems. Initially established during the Pre-Classic period The Maya is a Mesoamerican...
culture and will soon be exhibiting a newly discovered monolith
Monolith
A monolith is a geological feature such as a mountain, consisting of a single massive stone or rock, or a single piece of rock placed as, or within, a monument...
to the public. However, shortly before the exhibition, one of the museum's most treasured pieces is stolen from the museum, and a mysterious accident involving the museum's head translator occurs. You, playing as Nancy Drew, must find the stolen jade carving of Pacal, and save Beech Hill from financial ruin.
Characters
Joanna Riggs - Joanna is the curator of Beech Hill Museum. Her eagerness to obtain rare Mayan artifacts have gotten her into financial trouble with the Beech Hill Board of Directors before. She knows a few Latin phrases and is usually all-business. Halfway through the game she is suspended by the Board of Directors, and Nancy Drew must take over her curator duties until the stolen artifact is found. She doesn't get along well with the Mexican Consulate due to artifacts that the museum has acquired under shady circumstances.Henrik van der Hune - Henrik is the epigrapher of Beech Hill Museum. He was hired by Joanna from the Chaco Canyon Cultural Center where he worked previously. He is later hospitalized after an incident that causes him to suffer from amnesia. He is accomplished in his career field, but he has suspicious coincidences in his past.
Taylor Sinclair - Taylor is an art dealer with an office in Washington, D.C. He believes something shady is going on at Beech Hill, and fears for the future of the museum. He dislikes Alejandro del Rio due to mutual distrust. He is also concerned about the robberies of Prudence Rutherford and a museum in New Mexico
New Mexico
New Mexico is a state located in the southwest and western regions of the United States. New Mexico is also usually considered one of the Mountain States. With a population density of 16 per square mile, New Mexico is the sixth-most sparsely inhabited U.S...
. Is he just pretending to be concerned so he can be off of Nancy's suspect list?
Alejandro del Rio - Alejandro is an ambassador
Ambassador
An ambassador is the highest ranking diplomat who represents a nation and is usually accredited to a foreign sovereign or government, or to an international organization....
to the Mexican Consulate in Washington, D.C, and knows several languages, including Spanish, English, and Nahuatl. Would he take the artifact from the museum in order to repatriate them to Mexico?
Franklin Rose - A member of Beech Hill's Board of Directors, and a friend of Carson Drew
Carson Drew
Carson Drew is a fictional character in the popular Nancy Drew Mystery Stories series. He is Nancy's father, a widower, and is the most respected lawyer in River Heights. He is brown-haired and has blue eyes like his daughter. He is a lawyer. Nancy's Aunt Eloise is his sister. He enlists the help...
. He relays the activities of the Board to Nancy, and is partially responsible for Joanna's suspension. He is an unseen phone character.
Prudence Rutherford
Prudence Rutherford
Prudence Rutherford is a character from the Her Interactive Nancy Drew computer-game series who has appeared in three games: Secret of the Scarlet Hand, Danger By Design and The Phantom of Venice and has been mentioned in the game Trail of the Twister. She is only a phone character in the game, but...
- Prudence is a wealthy Kansas socialite who owned one of the Pacal jade carvings. She is an unseen phone character and appears in a few subsequent games.
Sonny Joon - The assistant curator prior to Nancy, who was rather lazy and sloppy at his job, and eventually left. His desk is full of useful things for the case. He is also mentioned in future games.
Poppy Dada - She is an artist represented by Taylor Sinclair, and her work is on display in his office. She is an unseen phone character that is also referred to from time to time in future Nancy Drew games.
Nurse Bluefoot - A male nurse at the hospital where Henrik van der Hune is taken after his fall. Nurse Bluefoot is an unseen phone and voice character.
Accidents
As with all Nancy Drew games, in Secret of the Scarlet Hand, there are many fatal accidents, such as:- Getting electrocuted by the HAM radio.
- Dropping the Mayan calendar stones.
- Failing to use the glow stick when exiting the temple corridor.
- Not escaping the monolith in time and suffocating.
However, if the player makes a mistake, they may click on "Second Chance" at the main menu and it will take them back to the place before they made that mistake.
Cast
- Nancy DrewNancy DrewNancy Drew is a fictional young amateur detective in various mystery series for all ages. She was created by Edward Stratemeyer, founder of the Stratemeyer Syndicate book packaging firm. The character first appeared in 1930. The books have been ghostwritten by a number of authors and are published...
- Lani MinellaLani MinellaLani Minella is a voice actress who has voiced in over 500 computer and video games as well as several TV and anime series. She is best known for voicing Nancy Drew, Millie Strathorn, Loulou the Parrot and Freddie in the Nancy Drew computer games, Ivy Valentine in the Soulcalibur video game... - Joanna Riggs - Laurie Jerger
- Taylor Sinclair - Jake PerrineJake PerrineJake Perrine is an American composer, audio engineer and voice actor. His sole credit for voice acting is in the PC game Nancy Drew: Secret of the Scarlet Hand, where he plays the devious art dealer / artifact smuggler Taylor Sinclair...
- Henrik van der Hune - David S. Hogan
- Alejandro del Rio - Gary Hoffman
- Bess MarvinBess MarvinElizabeth "Bess" Marvin is a character in the Nancy Drew Mystery Stories series. She is one of Nancy Drew's best friends, along with George Fayne, who is Bess' cousin. Bess and George are introduced to readers in the 1931 novel,The Secret at Shadow Ranch. Bess was originally described as having...
- Alisa Murray - George FayneGeorge FayneGeorgia "George" Fayne is a character in the popular Nancy Drew Mystery Stories series. She is one of Nancy's best friends and cousin of Bess Marvin. Her real name is Georgia, although no one calls her that except her parents...
- Maureen Nelson - Frank HardyFrank HardyFrancis Joseph Hardy, or Frank, was an Australian left-wing novelist and writer best known for his controversial novel Power Without Glory. He also was a political activist bringing the plight of Aboriginal Australians to international attention with the publication of his book, The Unlucky...
- Joshua Silwa - Joe Hardy - Rob Jones
- Franklin Rose, Silvio Jr. - Wayne Rawley
- Gordon Bluefoot, Mack, Dr. Bob Bobson - Scott Plusquellec
- Prudence RutherfordPrudence RutherfordPrudence Rutherford is a character from the Her Interactive Nancy Drew computer-game series who has appeared in three games: Secret of the Scarlet Hand, Danger By Design and The Phantom of Venice and has been mentioned in the game Trail of the Twister. She is only a phone character in the game, but...
- Simone Choule - Poppy Dada - Julie Rawley
- Henry Albert Daddle - Scott Carty
- Sheila Schultz - Amy Broomhall
Trivia
- This is the first Nancy Drew game to feature the Hardy Boys, albeit, only as voices over the phone. The brothers will later appear in Last Train to Blue Moon CanyonLast Train to Blue Moon CanyonLast Train to Blue Moon Canyon is a computer game made by the company Her Interactive. The main character is a detective named Nancy Drew. She and the Hardy Boys, Frank and Joe, are going on a train ride to search for a mine owned by Jake Hurley. The game was released in September 2005...
(with Frank being a playable character at one point in the game) and The Creature of Kapu Cave. - When talking to Henrik about the Mayan Pot, one of your choices to say was "In the words of Nicholas Falcone, come on, spill it!" is a reference to Nicholas Falcone from The Final SceneThe Final SceneThe Final Scene is the fifth game in the Nancy Drew computer game series. The game is based on the book bearing the same name and features Nancy Drew and her friend Maya Nguyen. Nancy meets Maya at the Royal Palladium theater to go to the opening of a new movie, Vanishing Destiny. As Maya goes into...
. - In Sonny Joon's notebook, he mentions a website where you can get walkthroughs for Nancy Drew Games.
- Nancy's wallpaper on her laptop is a picture of her dog, ogo )).
- This is the first game where you can see the chocolate bar, "Koko Kringles". This is also the first game to feature the name "Krolmeister".
- Sonny Joon also is featured in Danger By Design as Minette's last assistant (when Nancy realized this, she said, "Wow, that guy gets around!"). He is also mentioned in Helena's Notebook in Phantom of Venice and is found to have worked at the monkey research center in Ransom of the Seven ShipsRansom of the Seven ShipsNancy Drew: Ransom of the Seven Ships is the 20th installment in the Nancy Drew video game series created by Her Interactive. It is preceded by The Haunting of Castle Malloy and followed by Warnings at Waverly Academy. It takes place in the Bahamas and is based on the Nancy Drew novel #70, The...
. - Punchy LaRue is found on one of the plaques in The Secret of the Scarlet Hand. In The Phantom of Venice your dancing name is Punchy LaRue and Punchy LaRue does the voice of Bess Marvin in The Final Scene.
- Poppy Dada was mentioned by Elliot Chen in the game The Haunted CarouselThe Haunted CarouselThe Haunted Carousel is the eighth game in the series of the Nancy Drew computer games. These interactive games are for mystery fans age 10 and up. It was developed by Her Interactive and distributed by Infogrames...
and by Lou Talbot in the game White Wolf of Icicle Creek - On one of the plaques, one of the museum's contributors is Marquis del Falcone, perhaps a relative of Nicholas Falcone.
- This is the first Nancy Drew game that will show the next game's trailer.
External links
- Secret of the Scarlet Hand by Her InteractiveHer InteractiveHer Interactive is the leading mystery-maker and pioneer of fun and inspiring interactive entertainment. The company, with 24 awards to its name, designs, develops and publishes high-quality, mystery adventure games and apps, and is the world leader in the mystery games category. Her Interactive's...
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