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The North - The Hearty Heroes of Hauling

The North - The Hearty Heroes of Hauling

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DOSSIER

What this entry covers

An eclectic band of fantasy adventurers - a Warrior, Thief, Wizard, Bard, Cleric and Druid - runs a local moving company. Each hero has one distinct action for manipulating objects, and the realm is designed around switching between them mid-puzzle. The stated design intent is to treat the party like a Swiss Army Knife: pushing to clear lanes, pulling to move objects, teleporting past blockades.

The North - The Hearty Heroes of Hauling in-game screenshot
PLATE A · NORTH-REALM

PROTOCOL CHAIN

How to work this entry

01 STEP

Before moving anything, name what each hero in the party can do. The puzzle is usually gated on one specific ability, not on raw pushing power.

02 STEP

Push clears a lane; pull repositions a block without changing its line. Choosing the wrong one of the two is the most common way to make a level unsolvable.

03 STEP

Teleporting is for crossing a blockade, not for reaching a distant goal. Use it to get the party to the far side, then solve with the ordinary verbs.

04 STEP

Look for chain setups: the intended solution frequently requires hero A to move an object into a position that only then makes hero B's action meaningful.

FIELD NOTES

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The North - The Hearty Heroes of Hauling - Reading the board before you move
FIELD NOTE 01

FIELD NOTE 01

Reading the board before you move

Before moving anything, name what each hero in the party can do. The puzzle is usually gated on one specific ability, not on raw pushing power.

The North - The Hearty Heroes of Hauling - Working the chain in order
FIELD NOTE 02

FIELD NOTE 02

Working the chain in order

Push clears a lane; pull repositions a block without changing its line. Choosing the wrong one of the two is the most common way to make a level unsolvable.

The North - The Hearty Heroes of Hauling - How this entry reads in motion
FIELD NOTE 03

FIELD NOTE 03

How this entry reads in motion

Teleporting is for crossing a blockade, not for reaching a distant goal. Use it to get the party to the far side, then solve with the ordinary verbs.

PLATE WALL

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PLATE B
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PLATE C
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PLATE D
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PLATE E
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PLATE F
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PLATE G

SOURCES

Where this entry comes from

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  1. 01 TIER 1 - OFFICIAL Steam News - Community Announcements VERIFIED 2026-10-11

    An eclectic band of fantasy adventurers - a Warrior, Thief, Wizard, Bard, Cleric and Druid - runs a local moving company. Each hero has one distinct action for manipulating objects

    “The North (The Hearty Heroes of Hauling): Follows an eclectic band of fantasy adventurers – including a Warrior, Thief, Wizard, Bard, Cleric, and Druid – who run a local moving company.”
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  2. 02 TIER 1 - OFFICIAL Steam store page (Thekla, Inc.) VERIFIED 2026-10-11

    Entity identity and official naming for The North - The Hearty Heroes of Hauling

    “From legendary director Jonathan Blow (Braid, The Witness) comes Order of the Sinking Star, a massive puzzle adventure featuring more than one thousand hand-crafted puzzles designed to put your intellect to the test. You”
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  3. 03 TIER 2 - PRESS GameSpot (YouTube review) — Order Of The Sinking Star Is Enormous, For Better And Worse - Review VERIFIED 2026-10-11

    The north is framed around RPG heroes chasing an evil magistrate who is little more than a disembodied voice.

    “The RPG heroes from the north are chasing an evil magistrate, but he is little more than a disembodied voice, if he is present at all.”
    Original spoken wording

    The RPG heroes from the north are chasing some evil magistrate, but he's little more than an disembodied voice, if he's present at all.

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