As Daniel wanders the castle he often hears brief auditory flashbacks of conversations he had with Baron Von Brennenburg in the same area. Curiously, he also has "flashbacks" to events which he was not present for, could not possibly remember, and are therefore almost certainly hallucinations related to his waning sanity, throwing all such flashbacks into question.
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Story Daniel wakes up alone with amnesia in both a morbid and gloomy castle. Trivia Daniel is voiced by Richard Topping. Although Daniel speaks in flashbacks and in his own diary entries, he is a silent protagonist when controlled by the player, even in the presence of other characters where it is implied that he is conversing with them.
Tweet Clean. Cancel Update. What size image should we insert? But I haven't played it in a while. My memory isn't the freshest on what exactly went down. Foxhound posted They did work, because they were meant to slow the Shadow down. However, Weyer the guy who wanted to help Agrippa actually found a way to completely rid an orb of a Shadow the method is not mentioned , which is how he managed to fully exploit the orb's power.
Alexander exploited Daniel's fear of the Shadow to keep doing his dirty work, by only slowing it down, rather than getting rid of it completely. User Info: lunajenny. From what I gathered: Alexander is from another world, and is basically a kind of magician.
His magic is powered by vitae which is latin for life, and it is contained within blood blood being life or a vessel for life is a common them in many works of fiction To begin with he extracted it from the blood of animals, but it was weak.
He found that the vitae in human blood is stronger still. However, the best results in both cases were on tortured victims. When a person is afraid and in pain their blood becomes saturated by vitae in much greater quantities.
He initially used his political power to acquire criminals and wring them of their vitae. People became suspicious so he used the orb to try to open the gate with too little vitae, the result was that the orb shattered. Then he recieved a letter from Daniel about the orb and the shadow, he invited Daniel to his castle to 'protect him' The shadow was following Daniel and Alexander knew he was running out of time, so he had Daniel participate in the tortures since he trusted him.
As they began to run out of prisoner they went as far as to abduct innocent people including children from nearby villages. Alexander finally had enough vitae to open the gate, but couldn't bring Daniel or the shadow would follow. So he locked Daniel out of the chamber, knowing that the shadow would only need to kill one person before it went away so Daniels sacrifice would get rid of it.
Daniel was disgusted in himself and Alexander. In the revenge ending Daniel sacrificed Alexander to the shadow so the shadow left him alone. In the Good ending they were apparently both devoured, but Daniel's soul was saved by whatshisface.
Vitae can be used for other magic than just opening the gate. Blood warding is one of them, stopping Alexander's aging was another.
I am confused about the monsters though, were they working for Alexander of The Shadow? Pushing on now, with all of the guilt having returned to him, Daniel finds the pieces needed to assemble the Orb and may or may not have concocted the potion. Daniel returned to the Chancel , hoping to get past the portal, but he is attacked by three Gatherers and is knocked out. He wakes up in a jail cell, and Alexander begins to taunt him, saying that Daniel drank an amnesia tonic in order to forget about his own sins.
The Baron tells Daniel to stay in the cell; The Shadow will kill him and will be held off, Alexander will travel through the portal, and their work will be complete.
The player can actually have Daniel do this. The troubled archaeologist will stay in his cell, and the Shadow will kill him. But if the player fights on, Daniel will escape from the cell and carry on through.
If the player had Daniel escape from the dungeon, a tense pursuit between them and the Shadow commences. When Daniel makes it back to the Nave , he finds that most of the area around the Chancel has completely collapsed. Agrippa will still be alive though, and he tells Daniel that he must finish concocting the potion. After doing so, Daniel feeds Agrippa the tonic, and then uses a bone saw to cut the head off of Agrippa, so that he will be able to move around with him.
Making his way past the ruined Chancel, Daniel arrives in the Inner Sanctum. In the Inner Sanctum, Daniel found Alexander floating naked in midair, shining blue. Surrounding the Baron were three pillars with streams of supernatural energy flowing into what would be the portal. Alexander rants to Daniel about how now he will finally be able to return "home". From here, the story can end in three different ways. Daniel decides to take revenge, and knocks over the three pillars connecting to the portal, ruining the ritual.
The Shadow overtakes the Orb Chamber but spares the young man, leaving him unharmed. Appeased that he's atoned for his earlier actions. Alexander , however, screams and is devoured. The Shadow has no more influence over the young man due to his redeeming actions.
Daniel is allowed to safely leave Brennenburg forever with a guilt-free conscience. The young man knows he can't deny the terrible acts he's committed but knows he paid his "tribute" to the fallen. He avenged the innocent and his former self as he walks into the light of day.
We hear Daniel walk though the main gate leaving the grounds , the castle then crumbles behind him as he walks away most likely caused by The Shadow, as it recedes from the castle. If Daniel does nothing at first, the portal opens up and Alexander floats towards it, leaving Daniel to face The Shadow alone.
If the player uses Agrippa's head on the portal, then the ritual will be completed before Alexander can float towards it. This results in both Alexander and Daniel being consumed by The Shadow as it does not forgive him. Daniel's spirit is now trapped in darkness, but in the distance he sees blue lights appearing before him.
The voice of Agrippa is heard who seems to be pleading with Johann Weyer to take pity on the man branded by the Guardian and find a way to save him. It seems Weyer agrees and Agrippa sounds relieved and ensures Daniel that everything will be alright.
The game then ends. Daniel chooses not to do anything at all, either not having Agrippa's head or simply deciding not to use it. As Alexander enters the portal, The Shadow slowly overtakes the chamber, furious with the young man for letting the baron use the orb to escape. It taunts him with the memories of those he tortured and killed. Daniel screams knowing all is lost. It then consumes him, killing him. Daniel's body is devoured and his worst fear is finally realized as The Shadow sucks his conscious into absolute darkness that he cannot escape from.
In the void, Daniel hears Alexander thanking him, saying that his 'sacrifice' will never be forgotten and he'll be celebrated forever. Daniel is captured in the Chancel and held captive in one of the Cells. Here, Alexander gives Daniel the option to stay where he is and let The Shadow consume him there so that Alexander can finish his ritual uninterrupted.
Should Daniel remain in the cell and wait for The Shadow to consume him, the events will be similar to the previous choice, where The Shadow taunts Daniel with the voices of people he tortured before finally consuming him, Alexander completing his ritual and returning to his world, then thanking Daniel and telling him that he'll be celebrated forever.
This is the only ending where Daniel does not reach Alexander's chamber and meet him face to face. Although Daniel does not appear in this expansion, an unopened letter written by him can be found.
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