Okay, so you made it this far, congratulations! Three more steps to go if you are willing to continue and what better game for the next step than the 'Trine' franchise or, otherwise put, two games in one giveaway? If you're not a fan of the series or already own it, however, perhaps you may still be interested in knowing that, beyond the hill, lies the first step of the final ascension, one of the main wishlist games around here, namely "Saints Row: The Third". And if that still doesn't make any interest arise in you, perhaps it should be revealed that the final step in your journey will take you to the latest "Assassin's Creed" game, "Revelations", which you can savour while waiting for the next instalment in the series.

In the meantime (and while I create the puzzles for the next step), however, I hope you've had fun so far and intend to continue solving my riddles. As promised, this one won't be harder than the previous, but the final two might prove a bit challenging. Hopefully. If I have time to actually create good puzzles.

Good luck and keep an eye out on this giveaway, as the next puzzle is coming soon (as well as explanations for the previous level)!

And now, the puzzle.

The format for the next stage ('Trine Franchise') is: http://www.steamgifts.com/giveaway/XXXxX, with the characters representing what you already know. The first puzzle was easy, the second was a bit harder and I was expecting fewer entries than I see by this time as I had put quite a barricade between you and the final goal, but you seek answers, you begin to understand where to look, and now...

I. The dams break noiselessly

Nevertheless, this pleases me, as it seems you are learning the ways of the Puzzleverse and know what to do better and better, you have come to understand this world and know that, for every clue you see, all you have to do is think, seek and find. Or, as you may say...

II. It's (in) the game.

But heed my warning and do not become too confident, as it will then become easier to fall for trickery. Keep your eyes out as you have done so far, and you shall succeed.

III. And for that, I drink a glass of wine in your honour and invite you to have one with me. But bear in mind, you shall not be able to outdrink me, as I speak the tongue of the heaviest drinkers and I have the greatest collection of this nectar of Bacchus that the world has ever seen.

Nevertheless, today I drink little, as my need for knowledge (and a good degree) pushes me to return to my own work and leave you with the rest of your journey.

IV. For thy is one and I am many, creator of riddles and destroyer of leechers.

V. But alas, unless some dimensional interference comes between us and we teleport randomly across mysterious dimensions, I shall find you again when I return, as you reach your next level, to provide you with yet another set of brain-teasers.

I know, the storyline is a bit lame, but I had to throw it together quite quickly seeing that five people had already passed the previous level. Oh well, depending on how fast this goes, SR3 may or may not get a better story. However, rest assured, as I will nevertheless strive to make the final two somewhat more challenging. I will be editing this with the solutions to the previous puzzle, as I see some of you had a bit of a rough time getting through some of the questions. Good luck and thank you for participating so far! Hope you're enjoying yourselves! Also, the 'Trine' giveaway ends on the 30th, in line with the five-day difference between giveaways.

ANNOUNCEMENT FOR WHOEVER WINS THIS GAME: I will not be at home between the 25th and the 27th of the month, so when the giveaway ends. Therefore, you might receive the game a few days late if I don't get access to a computer right away. But feel free to add me on Steam when this ends so that I can trade it to you when I get back. Otherwise, I'll just e-mail it.

Okay, so time for a few hints on this one, as I see people are starting to have a hard time getting past it.

I. Think musically.

II. Be paranoid. Something is watching you, something is following you, you cannot escape its watch, even if you don't see it, unless you look for it. Seek it. It is on this page and this page alone.

III. Searching for the right stuff will easily get you through this one.

IV. I know better English than that!

V. Again, searching for the right things will help you progress.

BONUS GIVEAWAYS!!!

The Binding of Isaac Collection

Frozen Synapse

Both end somewhere around next week and only those who solved the puzzle on the first page (and, for Frozen Synapse, the one from "Terraria") can see it. Just because everyone who's putting effort into this deserves more chances! Good luck!

And the answers leading you here were:

1. "i". The link that you should have decoded by going to the address that was linked in the hint took you to a Collegehumor video advertising the new Apple "i". Pretty obvious from there.

2. "Y". After going through the several decoding steps, you got the sentence 'It is "Y"', making it quite obvious again.

3. "I". This was a bit more complicated. The original letter that gave rise to it, Yud (Yodh) was part of the Tetragrammaton, and two Yodh in a row were used to signify the name of God, Adonai (hence the picture). The quote itself was a further giveaway, as it actually refers to the letter ("one jot"), which was small enough for scribes to often overlook.

4. "t", as the two flags pictured symbolised the letter in semaphore signalling. The "ND" stood for Nuclear Disarmament, or the peace sign, which is a combination of the semaphore signs of the letters "N" and "D", so it was more of an indirect clue aiming to point you towards what you needed to find.

5. "S", for "Sang am Abend", the complete title of the song that was being referenced. The linked picture was from a album cover by Orplid, the band singing it, aiming again to only point you the right way.

The link for the next giveaway in the series can be accessed here.