Valadilene is a small, charming town located in the French Alps. The town is famous for its automaton factory owned by "Voralberg Manufacturing", whose exceptional savoir-faire in the specialized world of luxury mechanical toys and automatons, is at the root of Valadeline's reputation around the world as the world capital of mechanical toys.
History[]
The artisan H. Voralberg and a servant presenting his puppets to the Emperor
Before Syberia[]
The first signs of puppet manufacture in Valadilene go back to the XIIIth century. While there was no definite puppet industry at the time, Herman Voralberg's renown was recognised even in the court of the Emperor.
Charles Voralberg with one of his creations
It was not until the XVIIth century that Charles Voralberg founded the "Voralberg Mechanical Toy and Puppet Factory" and industrial activity in the valley really took off. A large part of the production was devoted to producing theatrical puppets at the time. The reputation of Valadilene and its famous toys then just kept growing and growing.
The turn of the XXth century was Valaladilene's golden age as expressed in the factory's impressive architecture and the main houses of the town. The Voralberg reputation crossed the oceans, dispatching its fine precision mechanisms across the globe to delighted buyers who began to believe that Voralberg automatons had a life of their own.
After the end of the Second World War, the destiny of the factory was in the hands of Rudolph Voralberg's daughter, Anna Voralberg, who was thought to be the last and sole descendant of the prestigious line of craftsmen. This inspiring figure negotiated the business through the end of the war. She breathed the life into production by creating works of art to appeal to experts and enthusiasts alike. Voralberg automatons became rare collector's items with highly innovative mechanisms of unequaled ingeniousness even to this day.
Syberia[]
When Anna grew old, since she had no children, she decided to sell the factory to the Universal Toy Company. They contacted the law firm "Marson and Lormont Ass." to send a lawyer to strike a deal with Anna in their name. The law firm sent Kate Walker, but unfortunately Anna died before Kate arrived in Valadilene.
Kate decided to contact the notary, who revealed that Anna sent him a letter before her death. In this letter she confessed that her father had faked the burial of her brother Hans Voralberg when the boy was 18. It turns out that Hans still lives and he is now the inheritor of the factory. Kate has to find him and get his signature to finish the deal.
She leaves the city after a while in a clockwork train with the automaton driver Oscar.
Locations[]
- Valadilene Hotel
- Voralberg Mechanical Toy and Puppet Factory
- Voralberg's House
- Valadilene Train Station
- Bakery
- Notary's House
- Church
- Valadilene Cemetery
- Park
- The Cave
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