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{{FFIII Chapter
|image       = [[image:Hour12.PNG|300px]]
|kanji       =  十ニノ刻　　戒ノ儀    ～カイノギ～
|description = Hour XII: The Ceremony of Commandment
|player      = [[Kei Amakura]]
|game        = [[Fatal Frame III]]
|previous    = [[Hour XI]]
|next        = [[Hour XIII]]
}}Searching for the four [[Tattooed Stakes]] to subdue the [[Reika Kuze|priestess]], Kei visits all four [[Doll Altars]] and completes four candle puzzles. When all four stakes are gathered, he makes his way once more to the [[Engraving Shrine]], and through the doors at the back. He finds himself on a spiralling staircase leading deep underground, and must defeat [[Yashuu Kuze]], who guards the doors to the innermost part of the shrine.

Kei makes his way to the [[Chamber of Thorns]], in which he finds dozens of [[Tattooed Priestess|priestesses]] staked to the walls and floor. He identifies [[Reika Kuze]], but discovers that her limbs are already staked down. He tries to flee, but before he can escape, the doors to the Chamber slam shut and he is trapped inside with the priestess.

Rei wakes to find that Kei has either vanished, leaving a black stain, or has fallen into a deep sleep (if the player has completed the [[Echo Stone Earring sidequest]]). Rei is now the only one who has not completely succumbed to the curse.

==Areas Explored==
*[[Last Passage]] (partial)
*[[Chamber of Thorns]]

==Items==
:''Note: Herbal Medicine, Type-7 and Type-14 film, and Purifying Lights will all reset whenever you leave the Manor, whereas Sacred Water, Stone Mirrors, and film types 61, 90 and Zero will persist and can be picked up by any character.''

===Consumables===
*[[Herbal Medicine]]
**[[Hearth Room]]
**[[Stained Corridor]]
**1F Barred Hallway
**2F Barred Hallway
**[[Blind Room]]
**[[Himuro Mansion|Himuro]] area, Foyer
**[[Engraving Shrine|Shrine Courtyard]] (east)
*[[Films#Type-14|Type-14 Film]]
**[[Partitioned Room]]
**[[Hall with Tatami]]
**[[Projection Room]]
**Grand Staircase
**[[Minakami Village|Minakami]] area, [[Great Hall#tabber-Fatal_Frame_III|Great Hall]]
*[[Purifying Light]]
**[[Minakami Village|All God's Village]] section, Storehouse
**[[Book Storeroom]] 3F
**Closet Hallway
**[[Engraving Shrine]] rafters
**[[Library (FF3)|Library]] 3F
**[[Stairs Hallway]] 2F
**Tatami Loft
**[[Wooden Figure Room]]

===Equipment===
*[[Lens "Blow"]]

===Key Items===
*[[Tattooed Stake 1]] - [[Doll Altar East]]
*[[Tattooed Stake 2]] - [[Doll Altar North]]
*[[Tattooed Stake 3]] - [[Doll Altar West]]
*[[Tattooed Stake 4]] - [[Doll Altar South]]
*[[Echo Stone Earring]] - [[Rei's House]], Attic
*[[Film "Ototsuki"]] - [[Rei's House]], Attic

===Notes===
*[[Purple Diary 3]] - [[Kimono Room (FF3)|Kimono Room]]
*[[Blue Diary 3]] - 3F [[Book Storeroom]]
*[[Kei's Research Notes]] - [[Rei's House]], in Kei's bag
*[[Master and Snake]] - [[Rei's House]], Attic
*[[The "Other World"]] - [[Rei's House]], Attic

===Tapes===
*[[Old Tape "Ototsuki"]] - [[Rei's House]], in Kei's bag

==Ghosts==
===Spirit List===
*002. Kyoka Kuze ([[Kyouka Kuze]])
*003. Woman in Closet ([[Yoshino Takigawa]])
*020. [[Handmaiden]] ([[Shigure Kuze]])
*030. Impaled Priestesses
*031. Flowing Souls
*133. Attic Woman ([[Reika Kuze]])
*150. Crying Woman (Kyouka Kuze)
*162. Mirror Woman (Engraver)
*184 & 207. Priestess Girl ([[Hisame Kuze]])
*211. The [[Engraver]]

===Encounters===
*[[Minamo Kuze]]
*[[Kyouka Kuze]]
*[[Engraver]]

===Boss Fight===
*[[Yashuu Kuze]]

==Extra==
On a second playthrough, the [[Echo Stone Earring sidequest]] can be completed in this chapter if the player has not already completed it during [[Hour X]].

==Save Points==
*[[Spirit Tree Courtyard]]

==Misc. Info==
*In this chapter the player must gather [[Purifying light]] to avoid the [[Miasma]].

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