Alice, who insists Edward to break out of his obsession of seeking his sister and piece together the tragedy in Graavik. On their fourth day in the village, the pair hear the ringing of the church bell, which they race to investigate. They enter the boarded up and abandoned church, and find the records of recent births and deaths. Most of the deaths are attributed to being caused by a local curse. Finding a recent, unnamed burial, Edward is violently distraught and digs up the deceased – not his sister but a stranger. His relief is rebuked by a furious Alice, who castigates his increasingly unhinged behavior and callousness to the world around him. An incandescent Edward banishes Alice in rage, who disintegrates into thin air – revealing that she was a figment of Edward's imagination. Remorseful, Edward gives chase and begs Alice's forgiveness. At the Fretland farmhouse, Alice hurls herself off of the roof to Edward's horror. At the side of her limp body, Edward is rebuked by a large angelic statue, insisting he's not alone. Later, the angel and Alice, now revived, try to dissuade Edward from his obsession but Edward casts them out forever. Now alone, Edward unlocks the final room of the house, finding the deceased body of his host, Anna Fretland. Edwards also finds a letter written by a bereaved and distraught Fredrik, promising closure, and a lighter which Edward claims to belong to Elizabeth. Concluding that Elizabeth came to Graavik to write the story of the Fretlands, he makes way to the hill, first to Johan's farmhouse where he finds correspondence from Fretlands' British investor threatening financial ruin. Inside the Fretland mine, numerous Viking artifacts and treasures of significant archaeological value were discovered whose public disclosure would have forced the shutdown of mining operations. Such shutdown would have buried the Fretlands in debt. It was this event that drove Fretlands apart and sowed distrust between Johan and Fredrik. 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. Fredrik interpreted Ruth's death by misadventure at the cliffside as revenge by his brother's family, possibly burned Johan'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