Set in the 1920s, the plot entails an American naturalist visiting a Norwegian fishing village to find that the town's population has vanished.

Harden is in pursuit of his missing sister Elizabeth, whose last known location appears to be the household of the Fretland family of Graavik.

Searching the house, Edward finds a tailor's dummy, wearing his sister's characteristic scarf, convincing him that Elizabeth had been or perhaps still is in the vicinity.

After a frantic pursuit through the hillside, he is found by Alice, who notes that their boat, tethered at the coast, has now disappeared, stranding them in the village.

Later on, Edward finds Anna's diary entries showing concern for Ruth, who had apparently been making secret visits somewhere on the island and hoarding seemingly ancient Viking artifacts.

Finding a recent, unnamed burial, Edward is violently distraught and digs up the deceased – not his sister but a stranger.

Now alone, Edward unlocks the final room of the house, finding the deceased body of his host, Anna Fretland.

Fredrik covered up the find with the collaboration of his investor, but a later cave-in tragedy shut mining operations down anyway and ruined him financially.

Johan interpreted Ruth's death by misadventure at the cliffside as revenge by his brother's family, possibly burned Frederik's house down in retaliation, and sparked open conflict in town.

The town came to believe these tragic events were the result of a curse placed upon them for disturbing and stealing the Viking artifacts from their burial site in the mine.

Presumably, the final survivor of this conflict buried the dead in the church cemetery and then committed suicide by hanging himself from a nearby tree.

Alice and the angel, his antithesis as a young optimistic and compassionate, and a manifestation of his lapsed faith, thus accompanied him at all times.

[5] There is an interactive component, where besides having dialogue choices, the players are able to engage with the world though objects (drawing in a personal journal, playing on a piano, ringing bells, and others).