Grail Diary (game documentation)

A minimalistic replica of the Grail Diary was given in the package of the game Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade Graphic Adventure.

It represents the notes and thoughts of Henry Jones, from witnessing his initial 'vision', and then his travels, research and correspondence with other scholars, until the timeframe of the Last Crusade movie and game. Some references to little Indiana Jones are also given.

For a more realistic feeling, the text was muddled with scratch-outs, scribbles and corrections, stains and others. Illustrations were made by Lucasfilm artist Steve Purcell and some were meant to be identical to those of the original prop seen in the movie.

A significant part of the text are the various inconsistent descriptions of the Holy Grail in various legends, texts and references. This actually served as a copy protection, and played some role for the player to decide the 'correct' Grail apart in the end of the game. All in all, the document was not intended to be faithful to the movie.

To that early time, Indy's early life continuity had not yet been expanded, and the timeline given in the text does not 'go together' with The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles, predating it by 3 years. Furthermore, his mother's name is mentioned to be 'Mary' instead of Anna. Obviously it was the reason why Indiana Jones: The Ultimate Guide recently retconned the full name as Anna Mary Jones.