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| “ | Me? I am a normal human being just like you. My mission is to prepare this world for the Antichrist. To do this, I give the Second Death to my chosen people. | ” |
— Gary to John before their battle
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Gary Miller is the primary antagonist of FAITH: The Unholy Trinity. He makes cameo appearances in Chapter I and Chapter II, with his first major appearance being in Chapter III.
He is the leader of a satanic cult named The Eternal Order of the Second Death. His primary goal is to summon the Antichrist to Earth and bring about the Profane Sabbath.
Appearance[]
In his human form, Gary appears much like a regular cultist; dressed in dark red robes with his face obscured by the hood. He only stands out thanks to the trident he often carries with him wherever he goes.
Under the hood, he appears as a middle-aged bald man with a short, scruffy beard. There is a symbol resembling a third eye imprinted on his forehead. His eyes seem to emit a small, white glow, which he often hides under a pair of white shades.
When Gary transforms into his true form, Astaroth, he becomes some sort of quadrupedal creature. He's entirely red save for his white eyes. He can only move around by using his clawed hands to drag himself forwards, and his legs always dangle up in the air, apparently becoming useless or vestigial.
Personality[]
With being a satanist, he's a devout follower of the UNSPEAKABLE and willing to do anything necessary to achieve his goals, ranging from using his mother to summon more demons to experimenting on patients with his manufactured drug. He hopes that by summoning the Antichrist it will wreak havoc onto Earth. Additionally, he tries his best to create his own Unholy/Profane Trinity by using his mother, the worthy vessel for the Antichrist, and a great demon to aid the Second Death ritual. He upholds every demon with great respect and tries to please them, despite being a demon like the rest of them and sometimes not even summoning them himself.
Like any cult leader, he's persuasive with his words and capable of emotionally manipulating people to either become cult members or perform actions that can reach his goal. He keeps up a front of being a charismatic and caring leader so that his fellow thralls and cultists can do his bidding; in reality he cares very little about them and regards them as disposable. There's heavy implication that he keeps his followers drugged and secluded from their families so that they would never defect on him or his rituals, knowing that his decades-long preparations and planning can be undone if a former cult member ever reach out to the public on what they've done or where they operate. He intentionally withholds information from them so that they can never truly know what goes on; all of this hints as to why thralls and cultists appear to be lunatic or in an altered state of mind.
Despite always having his primary goals in mind, he occasionally does actions just for his own personal amusement. The biggest example of this is intentionally worsening a mother's delusions of her two miscarried sons still being alive and indirectly giving her the idea that she can find replacements.
Biography[]
March 18th - 23rd, 1934[]
A respected member of the cult, Miriam Bell, had gained knowledge of how to perform the Second Death, a ritual capable of summoning the Antichrist to Earth. She gathers up some other cult members and instructs them to help her perform the ritual on herself. A hole is carved out of her face to create a portal to Hell, and her followers begin passing living newborns through it until they get a response.
A few days later, a tiny hand emerges from the hole. The cult members pull on the hand, and out came a creature resembling a baby boy - a normal human being just like you and me. They name the hellspawn "Gary". Underneath its human appearance, this creature was actually a demon from Hell named Astaroth. It is unknown whether the name "Gary Miller" was given to Astaroth as a way to blend in with human society, or if the name perhaps came from one of the sacrificed newborns.
Because the ritual summoned Gary instead of the Antichrist like how the cult wanted, the operation was ultimately deemed a failure. Due to how the knowledge of the Second Death came from an outside source [verify] , the cult did not fully understand how to perform it accurately. So, Miriam and the cult begin looking for new vessels that can be given the Second Death, hoping to figure out the correct circumstances and specifications for summoning the Antichrist through trial and error. Meanwhile, Gary would be raised by his mother and the other cult members to become the new leader of the Eternal Order of the Second Death for when Miriam became too old to withstand it anymore.
Early 1986[]
Besides his "birth", Gary's past isn't entirely clear. Not much information is given on his childhood nor early adulthood. It's best to assume that he took over leadership when he gained enough experience and the best knowledge of various demons, rituals, and the Second Death. Now in charge and upholding responsibilities, his mother becomes second in-charge, and he inducts new cult members by emotionally manipulating them. With all these new members, the only one who's truly devout is a woman called Tiffany. She secretly vies for Gary's affection, but the feelings are never reciprocated, and he thinks that she's a nuisance at points. Regardless, Tiffany acts as his henchwoman of sorts and willing to do anything for him, so Gary trusts her enough to co-run operations. By early 1986, the cult's influence spans across Connecticut and fellow cult members are able to blend in well with society, including himself.
It's not entirely clear how long this building has been active for, but by 1986, Gary is running a childbirth clinic somewhere in Connecticut. This clinic is a front of obtaining an influx of newborn babies from unknowing patients. This is all done in an attempt to gather infants to put into a worthy vessel of the Second Death when the cult eventually finds one. There's a great demon hiding in the basement of the clinic that (somehow) aids the process of gathering these infants, nicknamed Mother and Child Demon. Gary intentionally shrouds its existence away from his newly inducted cult members (also known as thralls) in case they ever defect. Additionally, these patients are sometimes tested on by a makeshift drug that can prepare their body and minds for the UNSPEAKABLE to possess and the Second Death ritual are performed on them. However, the drug is very experimental, and it's affects end up killing the user. If not for that, the Second Death was unsuccessful on them, killing them in the aftermath. Bodies gather up on gurneys and they're hidden from the public. Cult members acting as staff members are working well and the clinic remains active; However, the Department of Health has been steadily getting suspicious of operations performing there, believing at the very least there's multiple health violations going on behind the scenes. The Sterling Police Department are keeping the clinic on its radar since patients tend to disappear after entering; but Gary is able to maintain this front very well.
In Sterling, Connecticut, we cut to a teenage girl called Amy Martin. She lives in a secluded house in the middle of a forest with her parents, Bob and Cindy. Ever since May of 1980, Cindy has been suffering from mental delusions when she miscarried twin boys who were supposed to be named Nate and Jason. Although she gets therapeutic attention by her psychiatrist, Dr. Morris, she occasionally relapses. In early 1986, Bob, Dr. Morris, and others make a trip to do missionary work in Nicaragua, concurrent with a real-life civil war that had been affecting the country for months. With Bob gone, only Cindy and Amy live in the house. Since Amy lives far-away in the middle of nowhere and gets homeschooling, she rarely socializes with anybody else besides her family. And even then, it's stressing for her to deal with her mother's delusions. One day, she somehow hears about a childbirth clinic somewhere in Connecticut being available for internship. Wanting to get out and socialize, she decides to take the opportunity and work there. Gary and the staff workers treat her very well and she even regards a few of them as friends.
Behind the scenes, Gary realizes the potential Amy has to become a vessel for the Second Death. This ritual has precise conditions that are needed for the Antichrist to be summoned; the vessel has to be unwilling, able-bodied, and emotionally weak or vulnerable. Piecing things together, Gary comes up with the idea of grooming Amy long enough for her to trust him. With this, Gary and other cult members can restrain her and get her possessed by a demon that can aid the process of the Second Death. Believing that Amy's the perfect one, Gary wishes to do everything exact to make sure nothing messes up the operation. Each time Amy gets close to Gary and cult members, the more and more she becomes vulnerable.
As Amy becomes more absorbed with her work, Cindy starts to get judgmental looks from members of her Book Club when she tells them where Amy works at. When Amy has her 16th birthday, Bob sends her a doll he found while doing work in Nicaragua. Although Amy's disappointed with her gift, the doll acts as a catalyst for Cindy's increasing delusions about the twin boys. Illusions of the twins appear to be communicating and interacting to Cindy only; nobody else recognizes or sees them. They also loosely try to plant the idea that she can find replacements for them.
May 3rd, 1986[]
On the sixth anniversary of the twins' due date, Cindy made an imaginary birthday party for them. Some of her friends attend her party to not upset her too much. During the party, one of her friends called Nancy spots a "tall man wearing dark clothing". Later that night, Nancy calls Cindy about what she saw. To Cindy's point of view, she believes that the tall man was talking to one of the twins outside the party and wonders why she never noticed sooner. She plans to contact the sheriff about what happened, but nothing ever comes of it. This "tall man" might be referring to Gary, who seems to be surveying the house and the surroundings to understand what he's dealing with and how to seclude Amy from others even further. With how long it took to find a worthy vessel, he tries to make sure nothing gets in the way of his goal. There are indications that a couple cult members were surveying the property as well since at some point Cindy spotted two adults roaming the forest. Apparently, they were hikers that got lost and Cindy pointed them towards the road, Snake Meadow Hill Road, but overall feels uneasy about the experience.
Meanwhile, Gary keeps surveillance of wherever Amy goes in the childbirth clinic while he prepares for the ritual. He sends a fax to a woman called Rhonda about making sure he or Tiffany are contacted if they ever get messages from the Department of Health. He also wants to get contacted directly whenever they hear back from Amy. Lastly, he urges her to make sure somebody called Jeffrey is kept out of sights.
September of 1986[]
Cindy finally caves in from her Book Club members and forbade Amy to ever go back to work at the childbirth clinic. Amy obliges despite retaliating against the idea. With Amy gone, this jeopardizes the plans for the Second Death. Thinking fast, Gary decides to entice Amy back to the childbirth clinic with a premise of a get-together happening on a Saturday night. In the letter, he manipulates her feelings by saying how she's an adult and can handle her own decisions despite being sixteen. He follows up that she shouldn't let her parents dictate her dreams and he'll be there for her if she needs anything. He ends his letter that there'll be a get-together at the clinic, it'll be great for her to join, and she's still considered a part of the team. Amy receives the letter and plans to sneak out in the middle of the night. To make sure Cindy doesn't accidentally interfere with anything again, Gary intentionally manipulates her illusions that goad her to looking for replacements. Although currently there's not clear proof as to how he knows this, there's vague evidence in the future that it's his way of toying with mentally unwell mothers.
On a Saturday night, Amy sneaks out of the house and gets a ride to the childbirth clinic. Once inside, the staff members restrained her and intentionally get her possessed by an unnamed demon that can aid the process of the Second Death. This demon has a unique attribute of being able to sprout a demonic hand from the possessed bodies' mouth; indicating that this demon might be another alias of the UNSPEAKABLE. The cult drops her off at her house and speeds away. Although Cindy doesn't immediately expect anything, she feels that the atmosphere of the house feels slanted and warped. Occasionally she hears voices emitting from the forest at night. Additionally, she's incredibly uncomfortable whenever she's around Amy, believing that she got some kind of condition. She wishes to take her to see a doctor but notices that her car keys are missing, and the house phone doesn't work during the day. An important detail to point out is that the delusions of the twins are more apparent than ever, the only real reason Cindy doesn't want to leave to contact somebody is that she doesn't want to leave the twins alone with Amy. In the end, Cindy feels slightly relieved when she realizes that Bob would be returning home tomorrow.
With Amy possessed, Gary and the cult finalizes a couple of things before they can restrain Amy once again and perform the Second Death while Cindy is preoccupied with her delusions. However, what Gary didn't expect is Bob returning from Nicaragua so soon. Now home, Bob is greeted with a standoffish Amy and a mentally unstable Cindy. Since Dr. Morris returned home as well, he tried to contact Bob about what to do with Cindy. From a recent counseling session, Cindy starts to fully indulge in her delusions and brought up how she can find replacements for the twins; the same subject the two heard about while working in Nicaragua. However, Bob is too preoccupied with trying to figure out what happened to Amy to heed to Cindy's mental decline. Believing that Amy is possessed, and no other choice, Bob and Cindy contact the Catholic Church to see if an exorcist can come to relieve Amy. Father Allred is assigned to take on the task since he's experienced. Analyzing the situation, Allred realizes that Amy's possession is stronger than what he's used to, so he contacts the Catholic Church for an assistant. John Ward, a priest who's never done an exorcism before, is assigned to take on the grueling task. Father Allred decides to have the exorcism done on the 21st. He was hoping to have the exorcism performed away from the house, preferably an old shed nearby, but Bob and Cindy were adamant on having it done inside the house so that they can check on Amy.
September 21st, 1986[]
This date doesn't exactly correlate to Gary, but it's added here for flow.
This exorcism could've thrown a wrench into his plans because Amy's demon might get exorcised, causing him to restart everything if that happens. He and his cult can't storm the house and kill everyone except Amy since it would bring too much attention to the public. Fortunately for him, Amy's possession is strong. While Father Allred and John exorcise a restrained Amy in the basement, Bob and Cindy walk downstairs to check all the commotion. Amy's demon tries to get under Cindy's skin by calling out to her. Allred commands John to lead the two back upstairs so that the demon won't afflict them. John relocates the two upstairs and walks back downstairs to see Allred laying on the floor unconscious. Amy is mysteriously missing. John grabs Allred's crucifix and plans to restart the exorcism. Looking around the house for Amy, Bob and Cindy are missing as well. Going into the attic, he spots Amy standing motionlessly. John urges her to go back downstairs to restart the exorcism, but her demon starts to tease that his deceased mother is in the room with them. John ignores the goading and calls out for Bob and Father Allred. The demon mocks him again that nobody is coming to rescue him. With no choice, John attempts to restart the exorcism.
Amy's demon is far too strong and temporarily knocks John unconscious. After a while, John comes to and tries to find Amy again. Exploring the house, he comes across the gutted and strangled remains of Bob and Cindy. Apparently, while he was out, Amy retaliated against her parents and killed them. On the edge, John tries to remain set on finding Amy and looks downstairs. As he's walking to where the exorcism initially begun, he hears Father Allred saying that everything will be alright and that he needs to come quickly. John sees him lying on the floor again, but his eyes are hollow. Getting closer, Allred speaks, but Amy manifests into frame and tampers his body again as if he's speaking. While Allred's body bleeds from the eye sockets, Amy crawls on all fours like a spider and rushes John. Before she can kill him, the lights to the entire house cut off.
Alone and terrified, John has reached his breaking point and freaks out if he will never escape the house alive. Seeing the corpses of her parents, her raw demonic power, and mimicking Father Allred's voice was all too much to bear. He prays for God to come rescue him. With no response, he then pleads for anybody else to come. Suddenly, a white entity manifests before him. The entity asks him what he wants, and John pleads to just go home. The entity reminds him that, if he swears upon it, Amy's possession will have a stronger hold on her, implying that she will never get exorcised if he makes the deal. Exhausted, John repeats himself that he just wants to go home. The entity makes him swear on it, and John obliges. With this, he's free to walk out of the house without getting killed by Amy. Outside, he staggers towards paramedics and the police.
Aftermath[]
When the police investigate the house, they come across the bodies of Father Allred, Bob, and Cindy. John and a now calmed-down Amy are transmitted to Yale Psychiatric Institution since they were both mentally unstable after walking out of the house. Initially, everybody involved in the case believed that John was the murderer since it seemed unlikely a teenage girl like Amy can overpower three adults. With a month of counseling, medication, and unethical practices, John comes to terms that nothing paranormal occurred in the house. A consensus was made that Amy was the murderer and only killed because of her controlling parents and Allred using church rituals that were supposed to dispel evil. John was released from the institute and returns home with his wife Molly while Amy servers her sentencing at the institution. Only the Catholic Church truly knows what happened inside that house but doesn't want the public to know that a demon was able to overpower two priests. John was denounced as a priest to make sure that if he ever blabs as to what happened he would come across as deranged. Although John gets to live his life in peace, what happened inside that house traumatized him and knows that Amy is still possessed out there. Additionally, he was more than likely scarred from the practices that happened in the institute, associating his time there as demonic. His psychiatric doctor, Dr. Spinel, and staff members didn't believe his claims of possession and pushed the idea that nothing paranormal took place. Whenever he gets rowdy and delusional, they restrained him in a straitjacket and locked him in a padded room while he goes through his mental breakdowns.
Cutting to Gary, he has no choice but to wait around until Amy gets released from the institute. He doesn't want to abandon her since she's the best vessel the cult has come across in years and still possessed with a demon that can aid the process of the Second Death. In the meantime, there's indication that he prowls around the forest surrounding the Martin House and regularly performs sacrifices in the property. These sacrifices get known to the public and marked as a wave of killings. The Sterling Police Department has noticed these killings but aren't able to track the culprits.
At some point, the childbirth clinic shutdown. It's unclear if it was because nobody was going in there as a patient, the Department of Health intentionally shut it down, or Gary stopped caring about running the business. Regardless, it's abandoned, but a demon still lurks within the basement of the building.
Something important that's unclear is the cult's base operation. Since the cult's influence spreads across Connecticut, the series is never obvious as to where Gary resides. All evidence points to a daycare center on 4th Street somewhere in Connecticut, another front for the cult. It's not exactly clear if only newborns can be used for the Second Death but at the very least the children going into the daycare are influenced by the cult's teaching. Below the building is a makeshift tunnel called Garyland in the files, and further below that is a secluded area called the Crucible. This area acts like a Ground Zero where Miriam resides and summons demons out of her face portal. Regardless, Gary has no choice but to wait around until Amy is freed.
May to July of 1987[]
This time period loosely relates to Gary.
Nearby Sterling there's a sewage system called the Candy Tunnels. While Gary is prowling around the Martin House, Miriam leads a couple of cult members to take over the area. This sewage gets a bad reputation from the Sterling community since it's typically occupied by gang members, drug addicts, prostitutes, and the homeless. Miriam decides to summon a demon, called the Peekaboo Demon in the filenames, so that it can use these people as sacrifices to (somehow) aid the summoning of the UNSPEAKABLE. Every time Miriam and other cult members attend its sacrificial ceremonies, the bodies are left nearby a drainage system. By July, five people have been killed. Deeper within the sewage system, the cult members build a sanctum in the name of a great demon called Malphas. Eventually, this sanctum would become relevant soon.
Locals have been finding these bodies and have been reporting it to the Sterling Police Department in hopes they can investigate, believing that a notorious Rhode Island & Connecticut serial killer called Joe Baumann is committing the crimes. They fear that Baumann, also known as the Candy Store Killer, will stop killing these people and will target everyday people. The police ignores these claims and moves on. Their bias towards people that live in the sewers obscured them from doing proper investigation.
September 13th, 1987[]
Nearly a year has passed ever since the first exorcism. On this date, Amy somehow managed to escape from an institute (judging from a note, it's unclear if it's Yale Psychiatric Institute or something else) and ran all the way back to the Martin House. Since Gary and some cult members have been around the area, they restrained her and performed the Second Death in the basement. Based on how the ritual works, this is the day that Amy died, meaning that she will never fully be exorcised. Now with a gaping face hole, Gary and cult members curse the forest and use the wildlife as sacrifices to put into the portal. This cursing gives indications as to how Gray Demons seemingly roam the property and why some deer are possessed.
However, behind the scenes, John experienced a dream where Amy reached out to him. She tells him to return to the Martin House on the anniversary of the failed exorcism so that he can finish what he started. Practicing on how to use his crucifix against a red demon, he wakes up from the nightmare and grabs his priestly outfit in preparation.
September 21st, 1987 (Chapter I)[]
Shortly before nightfall, Gary and other cultists temporarily leave the Martin House to gather more sacrifices to put into Amy's face portal. Before they leave, Gary locks the front door in case if somebody else wanders in. He places the key in an old shed nearby the property so that he can find it easily.
Compelled from his dream, John returns to the Martin House later that night to finish what he started. Nearly getting ambushed by a "chupacabra", he walks around hopelessly until he spots twin boys running away. When he follows them, he comes across the house, but the front door is locked. He finds the key nearby an old shed and unlocks the front door. Looking for Amy, he comes across a satanic ritual marking in the basement where the first exorcism initially begun. As satanic symbols get closer to him, he senses Amy emerging from underneath her bed. He rushes upstairs and confronts her. With enough exorcising, she flees to the attic. John catches up to her and worryingly asks what happened to her. Her demon takes over and asks if her face is pretty. John musters determination that he has to finish what he started. The demon says, "SHE IS MINE, PRIEST." and a battle ensues. Although a demonic hand sprouts from her gaping hole, John bests her. Seemingly exorcised, Amy staggers towards the attic window and suddenly jumps out. Going downstairs to check on her, he spots a rifle in the foyer room and the words, "KILL HER", written backwards in blood. With this temptation in mind, John steps outside.
"The Offering" Ending[]
This is the only ending where Gary makes a cameo.
Outside, John comes across a dead fox in the middle of a pentagram. He shoots it and hops back into his car. Driving off, the atmosphere on the road feels different. The trees get replaced with cultists staring right back at him. As more and more appear, a particular cultist with a trident stand in the middle of the road. There are barricades on the road as well, preventing John from escaping. As the screen fades, we're shown the letter Gary sent to Amy a year ago.
The only reason why Gary appears here is that he and his cultists noticed somebody unintended was in the forest immediately by looking at the tampered fox. They were on their way back to the Martin House, but this tampering gave them a heads up that something happened since the dead fox is closer to Snake Meadow Hill Road than the house. Although we don't know John's fate in this ending, it's best to say that the outcome wouldn't be good.
"When Faith Endures" Ending[]
John resists the evil urge from the backward lettering and returns back to his car, deciding that he's done enough. Just as he reaches his car though, he is accosted by Michael, the chupacabra, and shoots him in self-defense. Bleeding, Michael stumbles onto the road and gets ran over by a speeding truck. John enters his car and drives back home. As he recites a prayer, he monologues if he did the right thing (by either leaving Amy to bleed out in the forest from her injuries instead of getting help or for shooting Michael) but assures himself that his faith will lead him down the correct path.
Aftermath[]
Although John gets to escape the house alive, he feels guilty over not getting help and leaving Amy to bleed out from her injuries in the forest. Gary and cult members almost walked back inside the house and spots Amy nearly bleeding to death from her wounds. Thanks to John's meddling, the cult currently cannot use her for the Antichrist's summoning. Enraged, Gary was able to figure out who recently ventured the house (presumably the UNSPEAKABLE told him since it's the one who said "KILL HER" from before) and plans to target them while Amy is relocated to the Crucible for recovery. Ever since John (and another priest called Father Garcia) explored the forest, it seems like the UNSPEAKABLE attached to them and begins to torment John with vivid nightmares.
September 22nd to 27th, 1987[]
Gary isn't directly involved between these dates, but it's added here since it'll affect some events in the future.
While John suffers through a vivid nightmare between these two dates (Chapter II Prologue) we cut back to the Candy Tunnels. Recently, locals discovered the corpses of a traveling couple nearby a drainage ditch. Since the couple are everyday people, the Sterling Police Department caved in to finding the suspected killer, Joe Baumann. Locals stood nearby as they heard gunshots emanating from the sewers about ten minutes after the police raided. The next day, a newspaper article is released that details multiple officers wounded and one of them dead. Circumstances around this raid is intentionally vague since authorities are not commenting on what exactly happened and if Baumann was injured.
What happened in reality is that the Peekaboo Demon struck back against the raiding officers. Despite warding off the officers, Miriam and others know that they'll be overwhelmed and outmatched when the police department comes back with reinforcements. It is theorized that Gary's henchwoman, Tiffany, advised him to relocate the Peekaboo Demon and other cult members to an apartment complex she's living at in New Haven. Lisa, one of her friends, lives there and can be a suitable vessel for the UNSPEAKABLE to possess since she's particularly vulnerable to demonic influences ever since she was an orphan at Snake Meadow Hill Church. Additionally, all the tenants that live there can be sacrifices for the Peekaboo Demon to claim. Regardless of how truthful this theory is, Gary plans to take over the apartment complex and leave the sewage system.
With new plans of relocation, Gary is still scrambling to find a perfect vessel to fulfill the Profane Sabbath. With Amy still unconscious and held within the Crucible ever since her fall, Miriam volunteered to have the Second Death ritual performed on her once again since Amy isn't waking up anytime soon. In Malphas' House, the Second Death ritual was complete. However, what Gary neglected to notice is her frail body. Miriam is well into her 70s or 80s by this point and her body cannot withstand becoming a vessel. Unfortunate for Gary, Miriam became immobile and cannot speak. Cult members relocated her to the Crucible to see if she'll ever recover and Gary is left to figure everything else by himself.
September 28th, 1987 (Chapter II)[]
A week after John's second failed exorcism, he experiences his worst nightmare yet. The dream begins with him standing in the middle of five pebbles. Walking around aimlessly, he unlocks the front gate for Gallup Cemetery. Standing before him is a tomb, titled Save Family Tomb. Nearby the entrance is a note left behind by Gary:
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Dearest Disciple, Verily, not everyone who says LUCIFER, LUCIFER, shall inherit His kingdom. You must first conjure His demon. You must then serve His demon. You must then walk among the children of men as His demon. Thus shall you receive the blessing of the UNSPEAKABLE. Return to the Save Family tomb whenever you are in need of rest. - Gary |
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— Note #4: UNSPEAKABLE's Blessing Instructions, Chapter II
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This note gives the biggest indication that this nightmare (and the previous, Prologue) are influenced by the UNSPEAKABLE since there's no way John would've received this information to remember. This note is an attempt of influencing John to submit into the cult so that he wouldn't accidentally interfere with plans. Besides, his crucifix is the biggest opposition against the cult, so getting him inducted is a big asset. Gary and the UNSPEAKABLE know him inside-and-out from these dreams and attempt to manipulate him and his perceived sin of leaving Amy to die a week ago.
Navigating through Gallup Cemetery, Snake Meadow Hill Church, and the Candy Tunnels, he's seemingly teleported into Malphas' House. Walking around, he occasionally spots twin boys. Unlocking a door, Miriam manifests right behind him. She mutters, "My little one..." and tries to grab his neck, but she recoils in pain and suddenly disappears. A gray figure raises his crucifix towards him. The figure tells John to not be afraid and they can defeat Miriam together if he protects him to recite the 91st Psalms. Trampling over a Second Death marking, the two confront Miriam. After some time, Miriam staggers and her body evaporates into the Red Demon, who then transforms into the UNSPEAKABLE. The entity emits dazzling red lights, causing John to wake up in a cold sweat.
"Initiation" Ending[]
If John took Gary's note into consideration, instructions on how to receive the UNSPEAKABLE's blessing, he does so by creating a pentagram, luring a child to a confession booth, and killing a traveling couple in his spider form. After defeating Miriam and waking up, the atmosphere in his house feels different, as if he's still dreaming. The back door of his house is mysteriously open, so he walks outside. The screen fades to John standing in the middle of a pentagram. Cultists and Gary watch him from the woodland. The UNSPEAKABLE slowly drifts before him. John stares at the entity with his missing priestly collar and his hollow eye sockets begin to bleed as the entity draws near. The game ends.
Gary and the UNSPEAKABLE were successful to getting John convert to the cult on his own terms, just heavily influenced to do so. The entity is currently not summoned onto Earth and getting anywhere near it will overwhelm the observer, hence why John bleeds from the eyes. All of this means that he's still dreaming but will likely follow the cult's orders when he eventually wakes up.
"Go Forth With Faith" Ending[]
Awake in a panic, John reads a departing letter from Molly. Apparently, she couldn't deal with his increasing delusions on what happened back in his first exorcism and decided to leave. Distraught, John walks to his front door and spots a letter. Reading it, it's from somebody named Father Garcia. Garcia tells him that they must act fast since the Profane Sabbath is approaching, the day when demonic evil is at its highest. Somehow knowing who Nate and Jason are, Garcia says that they must find them before the cult uses them to summon a great demon named Malphas. He ends his letter that he's in the process of discovering their whereabouts and they cannot let the cult do what they did to Amy.
Driving to an unknown destination, likely to clear his head, John monologues that his nightmares are getting worse and tries to form closure with Amy, saying that his work with her is done. He gains confidence to press on by finding the Martin Twins and stopping the summoning of Malphas. He notes that his upcoming journey will be his greatest test of faith yet and asks for God's mercy, knowing that whatever he will come across will be worse than his vivid dreams. He drives off.
John's aware on what he has to do next, but the wait for Father Garcia's reply will be grueling.
October of 1987[]
Into the early weeks of October, Gary gradually takes over an apartment complex in New Haven. He doesn't want to ambush all the tenants that live there immediately since it will bring suspicion to the Sterling Police Department. As thralls occupy apartment rooms, he slowly gets to know the tenants that live there so that his friendliness isn't suspicious and can gradually take over the area, starting with the Williams Family. Gary introduces himself to Debbie Williams and her son Timmy, later on he gets regarded as a family friend. She even mentions him in a newsletter for all her other family members for an upcoming Halloween party. Since Timmy's mother is so overprotective, Gary senses that he's lonely and decides to summon a creature to pose as his imaginary friend. Debbie and every other tenant don't see his friend, but she gets concerned on how much time Timmy spends playing around with seemingly nobody. She reaches out to his therapist for advice, but they say it's healthy for him to have a coping mechanism.
One day, Timmy suddenly vanished, and nobody can find him. Distraught over her missing son, Debbie reaches out to Gary on advice since she trusts him. For his own amusement, Gary promises her that she can find Timmy again by forming a replacement. To do this, she has to gather human bodies to create a replacement. Debbie was uncomfortable with this kind of promise but was willing to do whatever it takes to find Timmy again, so she kills any tenant that she can come across and stores their bodies for the replacement. In reality, Timmy regularly hangs out with his imaginary friend in the elevator, the blocked-off 7th Floor, and a parallel floor of the 10th Floor, also known as the Unseen World.
While Debbie goes on a killing spree, Gary successfully took over the apartment complex. Thralls replaced the former tenants, and all the original ones were killed as sacrifices for the Peekaboo Demon when it eventually gets summoned. While Gary prepares for the Profane Sabbath in the Crucible, he keeps his thralls in check by having them pay for rent and utilities, posing as a landlord. During all of this, thralls have been gradually getting friendlier to Lisa so that she can be prepared as a vessel for the UNSPEAKABLE to inhabit. So far, Lisa is still able to walk around the premises but feels uncomfortable from her neighbors. She tries to contact John about her situation since she trusts him, but he never replies and seemingly ignores her letters.
When the Peekaboo Demon is summoned, it makes a lair in one of the apartment rooms and uses the bodies as sacrifices. Gary makes an announcement to his thralls that it has full access to the entire building and should actively stay away from it. Even if they accidentally come across it, they should stay put in a dark area and never speak to it. Additionally, if one of them was blessed to have the demon makes its lair in their room, they should never jump below, even if they recognize voices emitting from it. If they believe their fellow members are inside the hole, then he should be contacted so that he can dispose the bodies. At some point, Debbie seemingly vanishes, and her fate is unclear. We could summarize that she ended herself as a final act of forming her replacement, killed by Timmy's imaginary friend, or killed by the Peekaboo Demon as a sacrifice but it's never explained.
Over the next couple of days, the building has been running well and Tiffany has been co-running the apartment under Gary. Tiffany has been faithful to him for a long time but hasn't noticed what Gary's true intentions really are. All the way up to this point she's been trying to gain his unrequited love. So, when she somehow finds out that he only really cares about Amy, she gets envious. Overflowing with jealousy and hatred, she plans to sabotage Gary's plans and perform the Second Death ritual herself to one-up Amy to hopefully bring attention to herself and gain recognition. She plans to sabotage by locking entry to Lisa's room as an attempt for nobody to use her as a vessel. Gary comes across this plan and makes an announcement to his thralls about how Tiffany betrayed his trust and the will of the UNSPEAKABLE. He goads Tiffany to help Lisa since the UNSPEAKABLE will crush them both.
Tiffany figures out a way to block Lisa's door by summoning Alu. The demon places it's seal on Lisa's door so that nobody can enter or leave. It's unclear if Tiffany did this for her own selfish needs or as a way to make sure Lisa is safe. Gary notices Alu's presence and the seal so he makes another announcement about the demon's arrival. He wonders if its presence is the cause of Tiffany defecting on them but regardless, he reminds his thralls to pray, take their pills, and to seal themselves with bricks and mortar regularly. Lastly, still holding a grudge on John for interfering his plans, he tells his thralls to eviscerate the so-called priest if he ever shows up, preferably still alive. It's unknown why Gary would want John still alive after getting maimed, but it might hint that he plans to use him as a vessel for the Second Death since Amy and Miriam are still unresponsive in the Crucible.
At some point, Tiffany brings her next plan into fruition by performing her own makeshift Second Death ritual. Gathering thralls who defected on Gary, Tiffany proceeds with the ritual. However, she overdoes it and believes that the reason why nobody has done the ritual successfully is that more than seven sacrifices were needed. So, she uses the sacrifices that were intended for the Peekaboo Demon's usage and becomes an abomination. Her eviscerated head becomes a throne for her new demon to sit on. It controls the majority of her body, save for her speaking. She hides away in the Unseen World version of the 10th Floor to tempt Gary to follow her; either as an attempt to kill him or to show how much better she is than Amy. With a lack of sacrifices, the Peekaboo Demon has gone rogue and kills anybody who it comes across, regardless of if the person stays still or not.
With the Profane Sabbath approaching, Gary doesn't have time to handle the apartment building or Tiffany and stays below in the Crucible to configure his next plans. He hopes that Amy or Miriam would awaken since he's out of options. The only remaining hope for him is using John for the Second Death since currently he doesn't have access to Lisa's room for her to become a vessel for the UNSPEAKABLE. Lisa attempts to send John a letter one last time for help since now her neighbors aren't allowing her to leave at all. After sending the letter, she gets possessed by Alu and cannot leave her room.
October 28th, 1987 (Chapter III)[]
It took an entire month for Father Garcia to send an update to John. Waking up from a nightmare where he reexperiences his first exorcism, John reads Garcia's letter where he instructs him to explore a childbirth clinic Amy used to intern at to see if the twins or Malphas' summoning site is there. John mentally prepares himself and drives to the location. He sneaks past an officer who's stationed at the front door for some reason (probably looking for the missing people ever since last year) and enters inside.
You Feel Watched[]
Nearby the entrance lies Gary's fax to Rhonda. Exploring the area, he gets ambushed and knocked out by a creature, called Jeffrey in the files. It somehow strapped him on a gurney and wheeled him to an operating room. John comes to and avoids getting spotted by the creature who returns. Nearing a staircase, the same officer from outside comes down to unstrap him. The officer says that he has some explanation to do and the two try to leave the front door. The creature returns one last time and gets shot to death.
Outside, the officer sees "hippies" burning his car, so he follows them in pursuit. John decides to return back to the clinic and gets on a gurney. He lays motionlessly until he spots a corpse slowly sitting up from its own gurney. John stares as it moves mystically before howling and pushing him down a locked door. The door gives way and John plummets all the way down a staircase. Getting up from the destroyed gurney, he hears a baby crying so he follows the source. The sound emanates from a woman standing in the darkness. Walking up to her, she tells him to be careful not to wake the baby up. John asks if she's seen Nate and Jason, but she says that they belong to Gary. Asking who Gary is, she turns her head to look at him directly and says that Gary is a normal human being just him and her. Freaked out from her unhuman skeletal appearance, John tries to leave politely but she asks why he's leaving so soon. She says that her babies haven't eaten in days and pressures him to meeting them.
A battle ensues and John banishes the woman and her babies. Walking out, he sees a note left behind by Gary. Gary congratulates him but says that the twins are not here and mocks him about his God and to serve His work during the day since the night will fall soon. He ends the note with, "Gary Loves you". With no signs of the twins or Malphas, John drives back home.
October 29th, 1987[]
John wakes up from another nightmare and reads a new letter from Father Garcia. In the letter, Garcia instructs him to investigate an apartment complex in New Haven because he somehow thinks that Malphas might be summoned there. He can't go there himself for some reason so it's all up to John to investigate. There are two other letters from Lisa where she asks for John's help. Apparently, her letters didn't make it to his front door until now. John hops into his car, parks at the destination, and enters inside.
Among the Damned[]
Looking around for Lisa, he comes across multiple announcements that were written by Gary. Eventually, he saves Lisa from Alu's clutches and the two catch-up after the battle. Lisa thanks him for the rescue and tells him he needs to stop a man called Gary Miller since he runs the building. John asks if she needs a place to stay but she brushes him off. Walking out of her room, he senses a seal that broke "somewhere beyond". Summoning and banishing the Elevator Friend, it drops a note that eludes on how to play the Elevator Game. John does so and lands himself in the Unseen World version of the 10th Floor. Following a trail of satanic symbols, John spots a woman standing motionlessly in the darkness.
Sensing someone in the room, the woman, Tiffany, believes that Gary is in the room with her. John mistakes her for Amy, making Tiffany disappointed that Amy was even brought up. John asks who Gary is, but Tiffany gives him a vague answer, saying that he's a human just like him and her. The lighting in the area grows a bit brighter, showing her missing head. Tiffany tells John that she did this to show Him what she could do for Him. Worried, John asks if she did that to herself. Tiffany responds that she was the first to perform the Ritual willingly. Her gigantic demon situated on her beheaded shoulders reveals itself as she claims that she's gone "beyond". Before a fight ensues, she calls herself the "Daughter of the UNSPEAKABLE".
After some time, John banishes her demon, causing it to release a burst of spirits before disappearing in defeat. Tiffany collapses on the floor. Exiting the room, John spots a new note. Just as he's about to reach it, he gets ambushed by Tiffany's body one last time. He hastily exorcises her, causing her to burst into a pool of blood. In the note, Gary congratulates and thanks him for defeating Tiffany since she's been a nuisance to him. However, he mocks how it's another day wasted of helping a worthless soul and they'll see soon on which side John is on since he inadvertently helped him. With no signs of the twins or Malphas, John hops down to the 7th Floor and exits the building. He returns home.
October 30th, 1987[]
Another recurring nightmare passes, and John finds a new letter by Father Garcia. This time, Garcia is adamant that if they find the twins then they'll find Malphas' summoning site as well. He instructs him to investigate a daycare center on 4th Street because he's apparently getting reports of children exhibiting strange behavior. John gears up and drives to the location. Parking nearby, he walks to the left and sees police officers stationed outside the front entrance with their weapons drawn. Although it's never elaborated, they're probably there since they connected who fatally stabbed an officer back on the 28th. They never acknowledge John, so he sneaks past them and walks past a broken fence gate. Nearby is a note, seemingly written by Gary judging by the mannerisms. Gary asks a riddle on how to open a portal to Hell and coaxes him to find him to reveal the answer. John doesn't know this yet, but Gary intends to capture him and perform the Second Death on him. Solving a puzzle inside the building, John walks down a staircase to a tunnel.
This is Where it Lives[]
This tunnel looks like a makeshift dungeon. Avoiding detection from cultists, John reads another note left behind by Gary, where he reveals that Miriam is his mother:
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She consumed six little twigs Only two were left to walk as husks Go ahead, priest Stare into the eyes of my mother |
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— Note #33: Poem for Miriam, Chapter III
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In the next room lies a portrait of Miriam. John stares and notices that her appearance steadily changes, looking as if she's in pain.
Suddenly, a disembodied voice bellows and long white arms grabs the portrait and shrouds into a tunnel. John follows the trail and comes across another puzzle. While he's trying to solve it, Gary emerges from behind a pillar and ambushes him with a syringe.
He pricks him in the neck, causing John to stumble and scream before the drug's effects kick in.
Although we are shown vivid imagery, John is butchering an oncoming wave of thralls in his drug-induced rampage. While John suffers from the drug, he sees an illusion of a door with a graffiti of an eye, forecasting as to where Gary is. Shortly before the effects subside, Gary says, "Now, you are ready." and John slumps over. He experiences another nightmare and wakes up. He tramples over the gutted corpses of thralls and presses onward.
John retrieves a couple artifacts after banishing several enemies that seem to personally relate to him. He's only see them in his dreams before, so this means that Gary intentionally placed them there as a way of weakening him. However, at some point, he stares at another portrait of Miriam. As it distorts each time he comes back to look, a gigantic floating head manifests out of nowhere and makes a beeline towards him. The demon, called the Unholy Spirit, tries to grab him so that he can flashback to when he was restrained in Yale Psychiatric Institute. John dodges the attacks and banishes it, emitting a low growl in defeat. With all of the artifacts in possession, John unlocks a door and walks down a staircase. He picks up a note that hints on what he has to do in the future and walks into a dark tunnel before him.
Partake of the Dark[]
Picking up a lone lantern at the end of the tunnel, John wards off incoming Malphas Acolytes and is seemingly transported into a field littered with stick dolls and white trees. He sees the same door from his hallucination and has to break a seal covering it to gain access. Walking around, he comes across an old shed. On a table lies a letter that was written by Gary for somebody named Jakob.
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My Dearest Colleague Jakob, Thank you for the letter. I am delighted to hear of the success of your venture in Pennsylvania. However, it was not enough to persuade me to join your cause. I have no interest in crumbling ghost towns nor government experiments nor the gibbering behemoths that lurk shamefully in the darkness between worlds. Such matters are not worthy of my expertise. My methods may be more delicate than yours but I assure you they were given to me straight from the “source”. The Anti-Christ will seep forth very soon. The Second Death will consume this world… this pitiful fleshy sphere still in its infancy yet everlastingly too late to redeem. When the time comes, I hope we may reunite as cohort, albeit not equals. Love Always, Gary P.S. I almost forgot to thank you for the pet. I will keep it outside my private quarters as a guard against intruders. |
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— Note #40: Gary's Letter to Jakob, Chapter III
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After reading it, there's a photo of Gary with Jakob and an unknown masked assailant known as the Killer.
Jakob originates from DUSK, a game published by New Blood Interactive where he serves as the main antagonist, while the Killer first appeared in the ending of Fallen Aces: Episode 1. Apparently, Gary likes to collaborate with others who deals with demonic entities, but his ego gets in the way and believes his methods of summoning the Antichrist overpowers anything else. With this, it is heavily implied that FAITH, DUSK, and Fallen Aces are in the same universe.
Outside, John gets ambushed by Gary's "pet". This pet is called a Horror, and it originates from DUSK as well. John hastily banishes it and presses onward. He neutralizes all the triggers to the seal, causing it to be removed. With the seal gone, he hesitantly opens the door and walks inside. John is seemingly transported into a dark tunnel where thralls stare at him coldly. Walking up, an unknown voice booms, asking John a riddle. Judging by the voices' mannerisms, it's Gary. He asks him how to make a portal to Hell. As John walks, the thralls wiggle their heads. Gary then says that, sometimes, it waits for the one who has already been through it, referencing the battle requirements to meet the Mother and Child demon. Walking, the thralls start to contort. Then, Gary says that, sometimes, it opens itself in the darkest room where nobody can find it, referencing Tiffany. By this point, the thralls have conjoined in a fleshy mass. Lastly, Gary says that sometimes the portal to Hell comes walking right up to you, referencing the Unholy Spirit.
At last, John sees the Martin Twins holding hands down a dark passageway. As he walks closer to them, something feels off, and he becomes winded. Stopping briefly to catch his breath, blood protrudes from his eyes and mouth. Standing upright, he senses somebody is right behind him. Mustering determination, he turns around to face Gary, gleefully smiling at him. Gary calls out to John and remarks how good it is to finally meet him.
October 31st, 1987 (Ending II "A New Journey")[]
The screen fades to a flashback when John unknowingly made a deal with a white entity. When the flashback ends, Gary introduces himself with his full name. Connecting the two, John realizes that he's the one who's behind all of his torment. Rightfully pissed off, he demands to know what's going on. Gary chuckles and removes his hood. Believing that he deserves some answers, Gary grants John three questions he can ask him.
Like stated, we can only ask three questions, but there's two prompts we can ask per question. For brevity's sake, we're going to assume John asked all six questions.
- Asking about the injection, Gary's face contorts and says that it was a gift to prepare his mind and body for the UNSPEAKABLE to abuse, saying that he could not withstand being near the entity without it. He points out John's long face and replies that he should be thanking him. With this, John probably wasn't fond of going on a drug-induced rampage. Also, this forced injection might've brought back trauma of when Dr. Spinel medicated him so that he can come to terms with the truth back in '86. Lastly, it gives insight to Gary's secondary goal of having the UNSPEAKABLE summoned to Earth by possessing somebody, which partly explains why the injection was tested on patients back in the Clinic because otherwise it's not outwardly stated.
- Asking about himself, Gary chuckles. He says that he's a normal human being just like himself and John. He goes on to say that he grants the Second Death to his people so that he can prepare the world the summoning of the Antichrist. Although this question doesn't look like it reveals much, it gives much needed confirmation on the cult's goal. To John's perspective, he never got a real reason as to why all of these demonic events are happening throughout Connecticut.
- Asking about the Martin Twins, Gary's face contorts even more and says that he knew deep down the twins never an illusion. However, Gary doesn't blame him, and says that he couldn't resist hunting after lost/hurt souls. He supposes that John wished they were real, just like Cindy, but knew that this illusion will make him come to him. This is a giant revelation because, besides one easter egg nearby the clinic, it wasn't too obvious that the twins were fake to John. Overall, this answer implies that Gary indirectly misinformed John and Father Garcia to go on a wild goose chase while he prepares for the Profane Sabbath. He might've done this back in Chapter II during their dreams. The twins' inclusion in Chapter I might be because of how the forest is cursed/haunted since at that point Gary wasn't aware of John's presence. Saying how he knew John would come to him, Gary has more plans to do with him, which is using him as a vessel for the Second Death.
- Asking about Malphas, Gary chuckles again and says that he's another spirit preparing the Antichrist's summoning, where the two of them will fulfill the Profane Sabbath. Gary tells John not to worry, since Malphas has already been summoned onto Earth. Gary ends by mocking John, who thought he could prevent Malphas' arrival. This question and the previous one about the Martin Twins put salt in the wound by essentially saying that everything up to this point had been useless. A remaining mystery is where Malphas was summoned. The only possible candidate is Malphas' House back in Chapter II since that sanctum is the only place in the series that connects to Malphas and John/Father Garcia never got the idea to find that area in the real world.
- Asking about Amy, Gary's entire body contorts and says that she was the perfect vessel/victim for the Second Death. However, he sulkily says that John came and screwed up everything. He ends his answer that he's firm that once John completes his journey/despair Amy will be his again. Gary saying that John screwed up everything is a nod to Chapter I's canonical ending, revealing that Chapter I truly did happen and it's the sole reason as to why the cult have been targeting John (There's a common theory spreading around that Chapter I was a nightmare in vain to Chapter II and Prologue). The only remaining mystery is Gary's last line about John finishing his journey, it probably means that he orchestrated everything so that he can use him as a vessel.
- Asking about the Second Death, Gary chuckles and explains that it's a simple procedure when the vessel/victim is prepared. First, they cut the vessel's face with a ritual knife and then they pass a living newborn through the opening and wait for a response. Gary whispers that this is how somebody makes a portal to Hell.
Gary's body reverts back to normal and gets annoyed with all the questioning, saying that John has been in his way long enough. The screen cuts to the two in a secluded area with wiggling flesh in the background. Gary tells John that it's time for him to kneel/decay against the power of the UNSPEAKABLE and he'll make a fine sacrifice. The two battle.
During the fight, Gary has a chance of summoning "Rain of Spiders", who visually look similar to stick dolls, Wretch, and Tiffany as a monstrosity. Besides throwing his trident, he can summon a skeletal figure that slowly drifts down the room. This figure looks like a clown of sorts, which is interesting since John has coulrophobia. Gary can also summon past foes, such as Michael, Peekaboo Demon, Tiffany's demon, Tiffany as a monstrosity, and more. With context clues, these enemies are apparitions and cannot kill John, only knock him down, implying that they're some sort of bad memory or trauma to him. Throughout the entire fight, Gary seems to know John in-and-out and is capable of mentally draining him before capturing him. If he does, Gary was able to perform the Second Death ritual. John takes off a sheet on his head and shows off his gaping face hole, where a demonic hand emerges from the portal.
With enough exorcism, Gary recoils and attempts to grab John's neck. Suddenly, he's shot in the head. Father Garcia pops into scene and tells John to not be afraid.
He reloads and shoots Gary in the face several times until he escapes. This time, Father Garcia properly introduces himself and remarks that it's good to finally meet each other. He tells him that they must act quickly to defeat the great evil and to not be afraid. In the next room, they see a gigantic slab floating on top of an entrance to somewhere below. Garcia says that it's the Crucible of the Profane Sabbath, the source of all demonic activity. He congratulates John that he was able to remove the seal covering the Crucible, the Unholy Trinity doesn't have power to block anyone. He instructs John to jump down to the Crucible while he fights off incoming thralls. John does so.
The Crucible[]
Inside, John somehow landed into a deteriorated version of the Martin House. The entire area is dark, so he uses his lantern from earlier. There's rubble everywhere and the front door is missing. Walking around, John picks up multiple notes that just says, "GARY LOVES YOU" and "GARY IS A NORMAL HUMAN BEING, JUST LIKE YOU AND ME". Nearby the staircase to the 2nd Floor, there's a note that details Miriam's timeline:
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MARCH 18, 1934 Miriam is ready. We will perform the ritual according to her instructions tonight. MARCH 19, 1934 We successfully gave the Second Death to Miriam. We have been passing living newborns through the newly-made Portal as quickly as we can get them. So far there has been no response from the other side. MARCH 23, 1934 After several days of sacrifices, we finally got a response. A tiny hand reached out from the Portal. We took the hand and pulled out a baby boy. It appears to be a normal human baby just like you and me. We named it Gary. |
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— Note #41: Timeline of Miriam, Chapter III
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Exploring the rooms, John cannot enter the Martin Twin's room at all, signifying that this entire house is an illusion. The screen cuts to a monster kneeling in front of an immobile Miriam after John walks up a staircase leading to the attic. When the monster speaks, it has Gary's voice, he apparently changed into his true form, Astaroth, after getting shot in the head. As John approaches, Gary presents his mother, saying that her body could not withstand becoming the Unholy Trinity. He says that after so many years he found the perfect Vessel to take the honor of becoming the Unholy Trinity, but sulkily says that they know how that turned out. Gearing up, Gary says that John has been pursuing him long enough and only one of them will be able to escape alive. He tells him that he'll be the first to witness the Profane Sabbath and to be consumed by it. Before doing so, Gary lets him in on a secret and turns around, "GARY DOES NOT LOVE YOU".
After some time, Malphas' spirit slowly drifts into the room and becomes flesh. He throws tridents and tries to crush John, but he prevails. Thoroughly wounded from the cross, Malphas and Gary become spirits and possesses Miriam's body as a last-ditch effort to kill John. Miriam screams and becomes an abomination of the two demons. During the fight, John regains his withering faith and withstands Super Miriam's might.
Eventually, John briefly separates the two from her body. As Miriam lies immobile, John remembers the note he read from earlier and lights himself on fire from a nearby torch. He transfers the flame to Miriam. As she burns to death, Gary reverts back to his human form and kneels since his demonic form relied on her. Since all demons originate from Miriam, any remaining evil spirits or demons left in Connecticut (like the Spindly Lady in Chapter II for example since John never truly goes to Snake Meadow Hill Church) are heavily weakened and eventually disintegrate into nothingness. Malphas shrieks as his ghostly form disintegrates since he relied on her as well. As soon as Malphas disappears, Miriam explodes into a gory mess and her blood trickles down. Covered in blood, John stares in stunned silence as he watches Amy slowly drift from the darkness. With context clues, Miriam (barely) being alive prevented Amy from waking up, possibly because there can't be two candidates of the "Mother" a part of the Unholy Trinity alive at the same time. With her gone, Amy drifts before him.
Gary staggers and mutters in Latin about how she's his and can finally complete his Profane Trinity. As Gary opens his arms to embrace Amy's presence, a demonic arm grabs his face.
Gary's eyes widen in shock and Amy says, "FAILURE"
She screeches as tentacles from her face emerge and sucks Gary back to Hell.
Amy's face reverts back to normal and tells John that he can finally finish what he started. John does so an exorcises her, leaving nothing but a skeleton behind.
It's never fully explained why Amy says failure, but it gives an important hint that her demonic hand originates from the Antichrist. It has been progressively getting angrier due to how many years the cult tried and failed to summon it. Additionally, there was a month-long hiatus since Amy was unconscious and Miriam was immobile. Miriam dying was the final straw since she was the biggest asset to summoning demons. It dragged Gary to Hell since he's been letting it down for too long. Since Gary is Astaroth in reality, he isn't exactly killed perse, but at the very least his human form is dead. If Astaroth ever wants to return back to Earth, he'll have to be "born" like a human and start all over again.
John and Father Garcia trample over bodies of police officers and thralls and recuperate at his silver sedan. Garcia asks him if he's done it and John replies that he did, remarking that what he encountered down there was unspeakable but destroyed it with the help of the Lord. Father Garcia corrects him, saying that the UNSPEAKABLE is still out there even though he vanquished a powerful demon and disrupted the Profane Sabbath. Garcia congratulates him on how much he's grown. Before he requests that he needs spiritual warriors, Lisa suddenly interrupts and walks into frame. John asks why she's here, but Lisa ignores his question, begging him not to go and that he doesn't have to keep fighting. She suggests that they can leave the area and live the rest of their lives together. Choosing to partner up with Father Garcia or staying behind with Lisa doesn't entirely matter; John found a new purpose in life and the series ends on a high note.
October 31st, 1987 (Ending I "A New Purpose")[]
In this alternate timeline, John failed to defeat all three demons that act as triggers to remove the seal covering the Crucible. Venturing to the entrance to the Crucible with Father Garcia, a gigantic seal blocks the path. Garcia frustratingly wonders what they missed in their journey to still have the seal block their path. Regardless, he instructs John that he has to find another way to block demons from coming through. While he fights off an incoming wave of thrall, John has no choice but to exorcise the gigantic slab floating above. Doing so, it crashes down, and it blocks the entrance.
The screen fades to Father Garcia and John trampling over police officers and thralls. The two rest at Garcia's car and John solemnly sit down. Garcia congratulates him for sealing up the demonic force. John asks if it's over, but Garcia replies that Gary and his Unholy Trinity was not truly defeated, so sooner or later they will return. He goes on to say that until they come back, he swears to go to war against the UNSPEAKABLE. Garcia requests that he needs spiritual warriors like him to do the deed, but John has a lot on his mind and opens up to him. He recounts that a year ago he saw the Devil and was tricked by him. John becomes overwhelmed and says that he doesn't know if he'll ever be freed of Amy and doesn't know if his faith will be as strong as before. Garcia tries to cheer him up and says that he doesn't think that's true, saying that since he knows the Devil is real than the Lord is real as well, ending that true faith looks forwards not backwards. Garcia gears up and says that his journey is just beginning and that he'll be his teacher. John stands up and the two shake hands in compliance. Garcia drives John to an unknown destination.
Gary and his Unholy Trinity (Malphas, Miriam/Amy, Himself) are still at large and a more immediate threat than the UNSPEAKABLE, but at least John and Garcia can regroup and figure out their next plan.
October 30th, 1987 (Ending III "A New Vessel")[]
In this alternate timeline, John wussies out from exploring the Daycare Center and simply returns home to sleep. When he wakes up, he'll find himself hopelessly surrounded by thralls and a centipede demon.
In the background, Gary is left completely scot-free and was able to do anything without opposition. The thralls that were supposed to be butchered by John's rampage were able to overpower the officers stationed outside the Daycare Center and are running amok. It's likely that Father Garcia was overwhelmed and killed among the chaos while he was attempting to go through Garyland. The same probably applies to Lisa as well, who seemed to be around the area like in Ending I.
October 31st, 1987 (Ending III "A New Vessel")[]
This section doesn't mention Gary at all but added here for flow.
At the end of this ending, John is seemingly teleported to the forest after getting grabbed by Amy in his filing room. He heads inside and kneels in front of two mannequins inside the Martin Twins' room. He raises his arms in emotional defeat and Amy and Michael appear to hold his hands. Slowly, everyone save for John disappears. A demonic red hand grabs John and shrouds into the darkness. We cut to outside where everything is gone, including the house. We're shown, "Damnatio Memoriae" and the series ends on a somber note.
All in all, this ending is intentionally open-ended and there probably won't be any official conclusions about it. At first, the editor of this Biography (Screamin' 'n Hollerin') thought that John ended himself in his filing room since there's some hints to it. The thralls burned his house and all of his possessions so that there's no trace of him at all. However, the wrench in that theory is the ending's title, "A New Vessel". Apparently, the thralls must've captured him, and Gary used him as a vessel for either the Second Death or for the UNSPEAKABLE to inhabit. That's speculative as well and it seems like the ending leans more to suicide than anything. Check John's wiki page for a more thorough explanation on the ending.
Quotes[]
Inside Door[]
- "A RIDDLE, PRIEST. HOW DO YOU MAKE A PORTAL TO HELL?"
- "SOMETIMES, IT WAITS FOR THE ONE WHO HAS ALREADY WALKED THROUGH IT"
- "SOMETIMES, IT OPENS ITSELF IN THE DEEPEST, DARKEST ROOM WHERE NOBODY CAN FIND IT."
- "AND SOMETIMES, IT COMES WALKING RIGHT UP TO YOU."
- "Hello John, it's nice to finally meet you."
Pre-Fight[]
- Gary: "My name is Gary Miller."
- John: "So you're the one behind all this." "In the name of the Lord, I demand to know what the hell is going on here!"
- Gary laughs and takes off his hood*
- Gary: "Well, you have come this far. I suppose you deserve some answers. Fine. You get three questions but no more."
About the Injection[]
- "A gift, to prepare your mind and body for the UNSPEAKABLE to enter (abuse). You could not withstand its presence without it. Why the long face, priest? You should be thanking me."
About Gary[]
- "Me? I am a normal human being just like you. My mission is to prepare this world for the Antichrist. To do this, I give the Second Death to my chosen people."
About the Boys[]
- "Oh, John... deep down, you always knew the twins were an illusion. But you could not resist chasing after lost (hurt) souls. I suppose you wished they were real, just like the late Mrs. Martin. That is how I knew you would come to me."
About Malphas[]
- "Another Spirit preparing the way for the Antichrist. The two of Us together must fulfil the Profane Sabbath. Oh, do not fret. Malphas has already been summoned to this plane. Did you really think you could prevent His arrival?"
About Amy[]
- "Ah, My Beloved Amy… She was the perfect Vessel (Victim) for the Second Death. But then you came and screwed it all up. No matter. Once you have completed your journey (despair), She will be mine again."
About the Second Death[]
- "A simple procedure once the Vessel (victim) is prepared. First, we carve out their face with the ritual knife. Then we pass a living newborn through the opening and wait for a response. (…And that, John, is how you make a portal to Hell.)"
Outro[]
- "Are we done chatting? I think you have stood in My way long enough."
- "Time for you to finally kneel (decay) before the power of the UNSPEAKABLE. You will make a fine sacrifice."
- "En garde!"
First Encounter Fight[]
- "RAIN OF SPIDERS" (When using the Spider Rain attack)
- (Gary Laughs)
Post-Fight[]
- "PRIEST…"
Pre-Final Boss[]
- "Behold My Mother, priest!"
- "She tried to become the Unholy Trinity, but Her body was too old to withstand it. "
- "After all these years, I found the perfect Vessel to take that honor upon Herself…"
- "…but we both know how that turned out."
- "You have pursued Me as far as I will go. "
- "Only one of us gets out alive. "
- "I will make you the first mortal to witness the Profane Sabbath, and the first to be consumed by it. "
- "But before I do, I will let you in on a secret: "
- "GARY DOES NOT LOVE YOU."
Super Miriam Defeat[]
- "Amy… Amy Mea…" (TRANSLATION: "Amy… My Amy…")
- "Electa Mulier Infra Omnibus, " ("The Chosen Woman Below All,")
- "Simul Luna et Calix et Avis," ("Together the Moon and the Cup and the Bird,")
- "Simul Mater et Filia et Spiritus Immundus," ("Together, Mother and Daughter and the Unclean Spirit,")
- "MEA TRINITAS PROFANA." ("MY PROFANE TRINITY.")
Trivia[]
- According to a tweet, Gary's facial hair is inspired by Anton LaVey, the founder of the Church of Satan[1].
- Gary's last name was originally going to be Murphy, according to the "FAITH - TheStorySoFar".txt file in the Goodies Folder. It was later changed to Miller by Chapter III Demo since all the other chapters didn't give him a last name.
- The theme that plays during the ending where John's car is stopped by the cult in "The Offering" Ending is called 'Gary', confirming that is in fact him wielding the trident and not another cultist.
- There's a discrepancy with Gary's Letter in Chapter I. Gary states that Amy is seventeen years old. With context clues, this letter was supposed to be made around September of 1986 because it predates when Amy got possessed and her parents recently forbid her to work at the childbirth clinic. We don't know what date Amy was born but judging by the Murder Report in Chapter I she's seventeen years old. We could clamor it up as Gary not really knowing who she is and objectifies her since her only purpose is to be a vessel, but it seems like a genuine mistake on Airdorf's part. It would've been accurate in Gary's Letter to say that she's sixteen years old.
- Back in Chapter I and II, Gary's filename used to be "Cultist Boss".
- Looking at all the assets used in Chapter II Prologue, Gary and cultists were supposed to appear, but they never do. It's unclear if their inclusion in the files was just a carryover or not, though.
- Looking at Gary's rotoscope appearance in Chapter III Demo, it seems like the original plan for his design was to be much older and shorter than John, almost looking like a replica of Miriam. By Chapter III's teaser trailer[2], he looks more masculine and a bit younger.
- In the teaser trailer for Chapter III, the Gray Figure's panting/laughter was reused when Gary chuckles.
- Currently, it's intentionally ambiguous as to why Gary took over the apartment complex in New Haven. Two possible reasons could be that Tiffany recommended it to him since her friend Lisa can be used as a vessel since she had ties with Miriam back in the 50s or Tiffany knew the complex has so many people in one place and would be ideal to use them as sacrifices.
- There's unused audio that was supposed to be used within New Haven Apartment Complex that's based off of a real-life cult called The Finders, where the man in the audio reads off public CIA documents that relate to it[3]. It was removed because it solely acts as atmosphere and doesn't really fit with the game's sound design of not using text-to-speech. Additionally, the audio leans more into sensitive topics like child abuse and sexual assault, so including it would feel like a major shift in tone for the series. This audio lightly influenced the final concept of the Daycare Center, Garyland, and could've given a much disturbing detail on why Gary operates below it, implying that he's a child trafficker of sorts. Check the Unused Content wiki page for a transcript of the audio since it's difficult to hear. With these files gone, it's probably the reason why the Daycare Center feels half-finished, Gary doesn't say much about it, and lacks history compared to the Candy Tunnels or Snake Meadow Hill Church for example.
- The frames where Gary dashes after John with a syringe is a direct reference to a scene in The Exorcist III where the Gemini Killer possessed a patient to kill a nurse.
- With the inclusion of an effigy of Magog, Cultists filenamed as "Plagas", and two cultists trapped in cages, there's implication that Gary has a hidden third goal of causing a zombie apocalypse. Check Magog's wiki page for more info since it leans more on theory than facts (and I didn't know how to word it well in Biography).
- The scene where John turns around to look at Gary was originally used in Chapter III Demo where Gary would manifest right behind him after he banished Alu in New Haven Apartment Complex. This is why blood seeps from John's eyes and mouth in the final since he was repeatedly getting possessed in the demo.
- Here's a list on all the apparitions Gary can spawn during his first encounter:
- Red Demon
- Deer
- Michael
- Amy
- Gray Demon
- Mirror Demon
- Cornfield Maze Demon
- Chalice Demon
- Umbilical Cord Demon
- Mist Demon
- Graveyard Maze Demon
- Pentarox
- Spindly Lady
- Peekaboo Demon
- Basement Demon
- Blind One
- Jeffrey
- One of the tall babies during the Mother and Child boss fight
- Elevator Friend
- Alu
- Tiffany (Includes her demon and her monstrosity/spidery form, separately)
- Unholy Spirit
- These appearances are important because it confirms that the Tutorial is real (more like a dream than anything), Chapter II Prologue is canonical, Gary knows John inside-and-out, and the two versions of Tiffany implies that the apparitions function as trauma rather than literal demons/spirits getting summoned.
- The animation where Gary attempts to grab John's neck is a recolor of when Miriam attempts to do the same thing back in Chapter II.
- The only reason why Gary is aliased as Astaroth is because during Super Miriam's boss fight you can hear a voice chanting, "ASTAROTH" repeatedly, along with Malphas. With order of exclusion, Astaroth would only fit with Gary. Otherwise, it's never outwardly stated.
- This is further supported by the fact that the soundtrack that plays during the second fight with Gary is titled "Astaroth", confirming his identity as the demon in question.
- Additionally, Airdorf refers to Gary's final form as Astaroth in the design notes for Chapter III.
- The filename when Gary gets taken by Amy's demon is called "GaryFcukingDies".