![]() ![]() The story trailer is narrated by Salim, in the form of a note he left for Tasi.Those it either killed or turned into Wraiths, with only a few, including the empress, surviving the event. In the end they only managed to cut one of her four lines, and broke the Great Gate, allowing the Shadow to destroy their world and almost all of its inhabitants. Apocalypse How: Possibly a class 4 type in the Other World, caused by rebel alchemists who attempted to cut Empress Tihana's vitae production, through the injection of a mysterious red flesh in it.The Iconoclast ending shows the Shadow creeping into one such pod and killing its inhabitant as a kindness. Oh, and extensive research has gone into making sure the victims don't "burn out" too quickly in other words, great care has been taken to ensure that the victims are kept alive for as long as possible. In many cases, this all happens in claustrophobic pods where you can see the victim writhe and hear their muffled, agonized whimpers and screams. Since they are made to forget the torture every time it happens, they can never get used to it, making every session feel as if the experience was new. And I Must Scream: Countless humans are trapped in a never-ending cycle of physical and psychological torture for the sake of vitae production.However, she is quickly starting to lose control over the illness, and thus losing many of her own memories, only leaving a few quickly written, vague notes for herself, then taking a dose of Laudanum in an attempt to control the issue. Tasi had been told by Hank to escape, and did manage to do so, now somehow finding herself back at the Cassandra, possibly through a portal. This is because she has been purposely infected by Empress Tihana, alongside many, if not all members of her crew, with a toxin inside the waters of her fountain. Amnesiac Hero: Continuing the tradition of the series' Meaningful Name, Tasi cannot remember the last few days of her life, spending most of the storyline recollecting those events.The entire world has been reduced to ash and decay, with the charred bodies of its inhabitants frozen in their death throes scattered about. After the End: The alternate world that Tasi visits has been destroyed by what is eventually revealed to be the Shadow, enraged by Tihana's civilization harvesting of the Orbs.Advancing Wall of Doom: In its reappearance, the Shadow of the Orb acts exactly as it did back in The Dark Descent, though it doesn't pursue the player throughout the entire plot this time.Acceptable Breaks from Reality: Similarly to in The Dark Descent, you can't harm the monsters all that can be done about them is to run and hide, so that the tension can be preserved.In order to progress through an area in the Other World, Tasi must acquire two Leyden jars full of Vitae, but when towards one of them, she finds it powering a member of the local civilization's life support, and once it is removed, ends perishing in the matter of a few seconds. Accidental Murder: Possibly bordering with Mercy Kill.Abusive Precursors: While the overall role of the Other World's civilization on our own is left somewhat ambiguous, translation of an ancient text mentions invaders harvesting "crops" (humans) so at the very least they were little better than bandits and slave drivers. ![]()
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