The Talisman (aka Gabriel's Ritter Talisman) is an item in The Beast Within: A Gabriel Knight Mystery, the second game in the Gabriel Knight game series.
The Talisman is meant to be the same talisman that Gabriel Knight carries in the first game - Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers - and in the third game - Gabriel Knight 3: Blood of the Sacred, Blood of the Damned - the latter of which named it "the schattenjäger talisman."
Background[]
Gabriel uses the Talisman to ward off werewolves and vampires (GK3).
See also[]
- Ritter family talisman
- Ritter talisman (GK1)
- Schattenjäger talisman (GK3)
- Talisman (GK1HD)
- Talisman (novel)
- Talismans
Behind the scenes[]
This item is known as “Talisman” in the inventory menu. It is described as the Ritter talisman a few times.[1][2][3] It is usually described as 'the talisman'. It is also called the 'family talisman'.[4] The official hintbook calls it the Ritter family talisman or the Ritter talisman (like in GK1). It also calls it "Gabriel's Ritter Talisman", Talisman, or the talisman.