Michael Davies

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Michael Davies
"I HAVE THE BODY OF A PIG!"
Appearances	FAITH: Chapter I FAITH: Chapter II (Flashback) FAITH: Chapter III
Personal information
Status	Deceased
Aliases	Chupacabra Naked White Man
Relatives	Mr. Davies (Father) Mrs. Davies (Mother)
Affiliation	Father Garcia (captor/exorcist)
Biographical information
Age	Unknown; ~15-17 y/o
Date of birth	Mid 1970s
Date of death	September 21st, 1987
Place of death	Snake Meadow Hill Road
Physical description
Species	Human
Gender	Male
Color	White

Michael Davies is a recurring character in FAITH: The Unholy Trinity. He is the secondary antagonist of Chapter I, and makes brief cameos in Chapter II and Chapter III.

He was a teenage boy who had been possessed by a demon, and who had escaped from the custody of Father Garcia and ran off into the wilderness.

Behavior

In Chapter I, whenever John Ward enters a new area of the forest, there is a 50% chance that Michael will appear from offscreen and chase him down. If this chance succeeds, an unseen timer is randomly set between 0 and 10 seconds. When this timer runs out, Michael will be summoned at a random spot on the edge of the screen away from John.

When Michael appears, he will cry out and start making a beeline straight for John, and will not stop until John repels him with his cross, enters a new area, or is touched and killed by him. If John successfully repels Michael, he cries out again and flees the area, and he won't appear again until John enters another area.

Every time Michael is repelled, he will be slightly faster the next time he attacks. Once he is repelled a total of ten times, he will drop a note behind him and will no longer randomly try to attack John.

Repelled #	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Speed	18	20	22	24	26	28	30	32	34	36	-

If a deer is in the area, and is closer to Michael than John is when he appears, he will instead opt to chase the deer, ignoring John. If his speed is low, the deer will usually outrun him, luring him off the screen. If Michael does catch up to the deer, he will kill it, freeze for a second, and then go back to targeting John.

Scripted events

Michael has two scripted appearances in Chapter I, those being inside the shed and at John's car after defeating Amy. During these events, he will always appear regardless of whether he's been warded off 10 times. He does not respect his current speed value and will always move at a fixed speed. Repelling him during his appearance in the shed will not increase his repulsion counter. He cannot be repelled with the cross during the car encounter, and must be shot with the rifle instead.

Appearance

Based on the original polaroid photo taken on Day 1 of the exorcism, Michael was a typical-looking teen boy with dark, bushy hair. Quite tall, he later appears to be slightly taller than John who is 6'2. Normally it is unlikely someone would grow taller while being chained over a prolonged period, but demonic possession may have caused his body to elongate.

In a polaroid photo named "2 Weeks", Michael is losing his hair, his sclera were red, and his teeth became sharp & jagged. His pose in the photo suggests sluggishness.

A third polaroid photo titled "3 Months" shows Michael has become unrecognizable. All of his hair has fallen out, and his eyes are bigger, with an inhumanly wide, ghoulish red smile. Blood profusely seeps from his orifices, causing anemia. His limbs are crooked due to rickets, caused by months of confinement without sunlight. Although still humanoid, he crawls around on all fours like an animal. Judging by the report from a citizen in Sterling, his skin was unnaturally pale-white. Although appearing sickly, he boasts incredible strength and is capable of overpowering humans.

Personality

It is unconfirmed yet what kind of personality Michael had when he was a normal boy. After not only being possessed by an unknown demon, but being trapped under Father Garcia's care, Michael underwent a transformation into a savage creature that took happiness in slaughtering humans and animals alike. He had a habit of mocking people who looked like priests by referencing the Holy Bible. Michael tends to use vulgarity in Spanish, but it's unclear if he already learned said language, or got it from Father Garcia as a way of taunting him.

Despite his grin, a secret animation in Chapter I reveals that he is in pain while being possessed. His demon controls the majority of his actions, but at times, he shakes his head in pain and crawls solemnly. These are the only times he ever stops smiling.

In the "1 Day" polaroid, Michael looks completely normal and only grins at the camera. This, among other matters, may posit whether or not he was possessed in the first place; his parents may have misinterpreted normal behavior or mental illnesses as possession. However, there is only one minute detail during a flashback sequence that truly shows Michael was possessed.

Biography

Mid 1970s

Judging by how Michael was between 15 to 17 years old in Chapter I, he was possibly born in the mid 1970s to Mr. and Mrs. Davies.

June 20th, 1987

Cardinal Gifford of the Catholic Church assigns a subordinate, Father Garcia, to exorcise Michael , whose parents believed he is afflicted with a violent demonic possession and were struggling to find help. Garcia keeps Michael chained to a bed in the basement of his apartment room to keep him and others safe. Taking photographs of Michael with a polaroid camera, Garcia dates and titles them to show Michael's progress and degradation over time.

July 4th, 1987

Father Garcia has been struggling to exorcise Michael: the demon possessing him is strong and will not back down. The possession is taking a toll on Michael's body; his hair is thinning, he looks sluggish, his teeth are sharpening, and his eyes are turning bloody red. Overall, he looks miserable and sickly. Garcia takes another polaroid picture of Michael and intends on showing it to Gifford whenever questioned on how the boy is doing.

August 29th, 1987

Cardinal Gifford has been under pressure from Michael's parents since they have not seen him in over a month. The Catholic Church is discussing compensation in return for their discretion. the public cannot be led to believe the Church is incompetent or that possessions are real. Gifford mails a letter to demand that Garcia return Michael to his parents, implying that he will be sent to the Vatican and be denounced as a priest after meeting the representative at the Davies House. Garcia does not respond, instead continuing to take care of Michael, thinking him too dangerous to be released. By this point, Michael's physical health has declined very sharply.

Before September 20th, 1987 (Chapter II Prelude)

Sometime before September 20th, after roughly three months, Garcia believes great progress has been made with Michael over the past couple of weeks; however, the demon is taking a very heavy toll. Additionally, being kept in a dark room with no light has caused him to suffer from rickets as well as anemia from continuous bleeding. Garcia feels drained from how much the demon is affecting Michael, neglecting to take care of his apartment and himself. He keeps Cardinal Gifford's letter nearby his bed to remind himself of the gravity of his situation. He takes another photograph of Michael, showcasing how unrecognizable he is.

One day, Father Garcia wakes and ventures downstairs into the basement to check on Michael. Upon asking how the boy is doing, Michael demands to go home to see his “mommy and daddy” and that they will kill Garcia for this treatment. Garcia shrugs off the threat and proceeds with an exorcism, causing Michael to spout blood and thrash uncontrollably.

Suddenly, Michael snaps the chains and the lights cut out. As Garcia is about to walk back upstairs, the lights come back on and he catches a glimpse of Michael; instead of killing Garcia, the boy took the chance to escape. Garcia, following, saw satanic pentagrams either drawn by Michael around the ascending staircase or having just materialized there . These symbols originate from a cult:the Eternal Order of the Second Death that operated near Sterling, Connecticut. It is unlike Michael could not have known how to draw or understand these symbols, pointing to Michael being truly possessed along with his reaction to the cross.

Father Garcia rushes upstairs and notices the "3 Months" polaroid missing; Michael likely took it because it would prove his demonic-looking state. On a whim, Garcia pockets a clown nose from his bedroom closet and steps outside to find Michael devouring a bystander. Michael stops eating and turns to grin at Father Garcia as an eyeball rolls out of his mouth. Michael seemingly also makes a Victory sign with his hand (although that's not confirmed).

Horrified, Father Garcia asks what Michael has done. The creature pauses briefly and promptly leaps through a nearby window, proclaiming "I HAVE THE BODY OF A PIG!" before scurrying away into the dense woodland of Connecticut. Garcia, regaining composure, vows that the demon cannot run away from God and will face the wrath of the Almighty. Taking off his priestly collar, Garcia sprints out of the building to catch up to him, but Michael is long gone.

Temporarily giving up the chase, Garcia returns to his apartment and writes a reply to Cardinal Gifford. He respectfully explains that Michael needs his help more than ever and that Gifford cannot understand the kind of important work is being done. Garcia espouses that progress has been made and they cannot let up the fight against the demon at such a critical time. He also points out that the demon is straining Michael's body; he looks far too unrecognizable to be released. To make sure would be no confusion, Garcia attempts to enclose a picture of Michael taken during one of the many exorcism sessions: however, the photo is missing from the letter having likely been stolen enroute.

September 20th, 1987

On a Sunday night, a Sterling local named Cherise Wan spotted what she describes as "a naked white man" crawling like a spider near the woodland of Snake Meadow Hill Road. She contacts the local police, believing that it was a human rather than an animal, but the authorities were unable to locate them.

September 21st, 1987 (Chapter I)

Wan's encounter was published in the local morning newspaper; possibly reading about it, Garcia realized that Michael is somewhere nearby Snake Meadow Hill Road. Come nightfall, Father Garcia parks near the road and ventures into the forest to look for Michael. Not wearing his priest collar and carrying a clown nose. he likely wanted to appear as someone friendly in order to subdue him (the priest collar would probably only enrage the demon).

At the same time, an ex-priest named John Ward comes to the secluded Martin House in his silver sedan to complete his year-long botched exorcism of Amy Martin. As John meanders through the trees, Michael spots him and, mistaking him for Father Garcia due to his priest clothes, angrily ambushes him while shouting obscenities. John fends him off with his crucifix repeatedly, causing Michael to reluctantly slink away. If John's reflexes are too slow, Michael gleefully crawls to him, jumps on him, and rips his torso in half.

The gray figure snooping as usually, I see.

While walking near Snake Meadow Hill Road, nearly getting ran-over by a speeding semi truck in the process, John sees Father Garcia standing near a tree. Due to it being late at night and not expecting anyone to be here besides Michael, Garcia is startled and retreats out of sight, accidentally dropping the clown nose. John can pick it up if he wants and continue exploring.

John eventually comes across the Martin House, but the front door is locked, so he walks back into the woodland in order to find a key. He finds it in a lone shack not far from the house. Michael, noticing John entering, glares through the broken window before ultimately attempting to ambush him inside. John fends him off and Michael runs away again.

The gray figure circled in red

Father Garcia finds the Martin House and peers through a window looking for Michael, but leaves again as John walks closer to the window..

"Father and Son" Ending

While Father Garcia rests next to the dilapidated shed, John approaches and fatally shoots him dead before he can run away. John shambles back to his silver sedan and speeds away, attempting to calm himself with a prayer. However, Michael, having snuck into the car while John was killing Garcia, mistakes him for the priest, screeching "FATHERRRR...!" he tears into John from the back seat with his claws and teeth, causing a crash that likely took them both out.

"When Faith Endures" Ending

Having refused to use the gun's single bullet to finish off the wounded Amy, John returns to his car. Before he can get in, Michael attacks one more time from the trees, but John is able to wound him with the gun. Michael bleeds and cries in pain, and as he staggers onto Snake Meadow Hill Road, a truck driver barrels past and runs over Michael, killing him instantly and devastating his corpse. John is completely speechless, glaring at the corpse in horror before quickly getting into the car and leaving, praying to calm his nerves and assure himself that he did the right thing; he may be referencing causing Michael's death as well as how he handled the incident with Amy.

The next day a newspaper article is released titled: "POLICE, ANIMAL EXPERTS INVESTIGATE 'CHUPACABRA' REMAINS FOUND NEAR STERLING". A motorist had called in the remains of an unidentified animal on Snake Meadow Hill Road which locals nickname the chupacabra after an infamous cryptid. Although the motorist mentions the remains looking human, the authorities lean more towards it being an animal, albeit seemingly an exotic or rabid one. Animal experts cannot determine the species, but describe it as hairless, anemic, and suffering from rickets: no one involved was aware they had found Michael's eviscerated body having been hit by the truck. Although Garcia possibly found out about the incident and moved on, it is not stated what happened to the boy's parents or the situation with Gifford.

October 31st, 1987 (Chapter III's Ending I and II)

The summonable "Michael"

When John confronts Gary Miller, the head of the cult hinted to be responsible for Michael's fate, the cult leader can summon a red apparitional version of Michael, using the bad memory to try and undermine John's beleaguered mental defense with trauma.

October 31st, 1987 (Ending III "A New Vessel")

If John refuses to explore the Daycare and goes home to sleep, he wakes up in a panic as enemies invade his home. Opening a door covered in crucifixes to check his psychiatric notes, he sees an illusion of Amy and finally breaks down, unable or unwilling to fight anymore. He is then seemingly pulled into the forest around the Martin House, spotting Michael slinking away. Entering the house, faced with all of his failures and defeats, he simply raises his arms in surrender. Amy and Michael then appear to hold his arms steady, and as everything around him disappears one by one into blackness, a giant red hand grabs him from below and takes him away into the void.

Michael's inclusion in this segment is unclear; it likely means that, next to how he failed Amy in his attempt to save her soul, the manner in how he saw Michael die, even as a distorted and demonic-looking creature, disturbed him to no end and weighed him down.

Quotes

Context		Quote	Audio
Chapter I	Attacking John	"I HAVE THE BODY OF A PIG!"
		"RUN! RUN! RUN!"
		"BLOOD!"	File:Blood.mp3
		"SUFFER!"
		"CORRUPTION, THOU ART MY FATHER."	File:Corruption thou art my father.mp3
		"WORSHIP ME!"
		"CARNAGE!"	File:Carnage.mp3
		"EN NOMBRE DE JESUS." ("IN THE NAME OF JESUS.")
	Repelled by John	"LA SANGRE DE PUTA MADRE!" ("BLOOD OF THE BITCH-MOTHER!")
		"POR LA CRUZ INVERTIDA!" ("BY THE INVERTED CROSS!")
		"QUE TE COJAN MIL CABRAS!" ("GET FUCKED BY A THOUSAND GOATS!")
		"AAAAAAAAAAAAA!"	File:Aaaaaaaaaaaaa.mp3
		"FATHERRRRR...!"
		"NOOOOOOOOOO...!"
		"I GO UNWILLINGLY."
		"YOU KNOW NOTHING!"
Chapter II	Prelude	Father Garcia: "How are we doing today, Michael?"
		"I want to go home."
		Garcia: "You can't go home until you get better, Michael."
		"Can I see Mommy and Daddy?"	File:Can i see mommy and daddy.mp3
		Garcia: "I need to make you better first."
		"When they see what you did to me, THEY'LL KILL YOU."
		Garcia: "Reveal thy name to me, demon."
		"YOU KNOW NOTHING, PENDEJO." (idiot/asshole)

Trivia

• Michael was not inspired by any particular horror monster (such as the Rake or SCP 096, which have been compared to him on several occasions) but was instead merely based on spiders.
• Michael's name was originally going to be Abraham and would have been much older with facial hair. This is reflected in Chapter I's files, which refer to him as "abe". His name was changed in order to have a somewhat ironic connection to Michael the Archangel.
• There is no background given on how Michael was able to speak Spanish. His usage of the verb 'coger' in one of his lines indicates that he specifically used a Mexican dialect.
  • It is possible that he was of Mexican heritage, although there's no definitive evidence for this, as Davies is not a Spanish surname.
  • Real-world possession victims are infamous of being able to speak languages they had no knowledge of before. Michael could be an example of this and had targeted his foul use of the Spanish language against Father Garcia as an intimidation tactic.
  • On the other hand, the Sterling community in-game is somewhat influenced by Spanish culture, such as the brief usage of Spanish in Note #38 in Chapter III, the "La Pietta Corrotta" statue featured in Chapter III, a police officer mentioned in Note #22 in Chapter II alluded to be of Hispanic descent, two of the thralls featured in Chapter II have Spanish surname, and so on. All of this could very well mean that Michael already knows Spanish prior to possession.
• If you pause the game while Michael is chasing John, a brief series of animation will play depicting Michael doing various things.
  • In order: Solemnly crawling while looking at the ground, standing upright and swinging his head in pain, hurriedly crawling with a cheerful smile (same animation when he catches John), running upright towards the screen.
  • This easter egg used to be unused in The Unholy Trinity version of Chapter I because the game would pause normally regardless of if Michael is on screen or not. The animation was reimplemented in an update on Steam in May of 2023.

The animation of Michael if you pause while he is onscreen.

• All rotoscoped animations of Michael are sourced from Adobe's Mixamo zombie asset library , which is notable considering that the majority of cutscenes within the series are rotoscoped from Airdorf himself (shoutout goes to Swirls from the FAITH Fan Community Discord for finding this out).

This animation inspired Michael crawling slowly.

Michael crawling joyfully.

Writhing his head in pain.

Michael sprints.

• There are three distinct versions of Chapter I back around 2017 that varied on where you downloaded the game from; Game Jolt, indie DB, and itch.io. The only significant difference between these versions is what kind of note Michael would drop when John repels him for the 10th time; a note written by Cindy Martin feeling disturbed upon learning that a "tall man wearing dark clothing" was seen during the Martin Twin's birthday party, a newspaper article detailing Cherise Wan seeing a "naked white man" crawling on all fours on Snake Meadow Hill Road, and a note written by Cardinal Gifford instructing Father Garcia to return Michael to his parents immediately. The Unholy Trinity uses the itch.io version of Chapter I since we get Cardinal Gifford's letter, meaning that Cindy's note and Cherise's newspaper article go unused. Check the Unused Content or Notes wiki page to read them in full.
  • Even though we don't see these respective notes, it still applies to the canonicity of the series. For some inexplicable reason, the narrative tends to borrow key plot points from outside sources that are barely referenced in-game, the biggest example being that Amy originally got possessed when she was lured into a clinic by her friends.
• Back when FAITH: Deluxe (a "Collector's Edition" of Chapter I) released around 2017 or 2018, Airdorf posted a picture of John grinning near the Martin House on the GameJolt website for April Fools. Michael, who's for some reason running on his legs and more buff than usual, creeps up to him from the background. Unfortunately, with The Unholy Trinity's release in October 2022, all websites; yes, all of them; where you can buy Chapter I and II were removed, so this image basically would've been lost media (unless Airdorf has a copy of it).

• The way John and Michael are posing is more than likely a reference to a 2017 meme where Jason Momoa tries to sneak up on actor Henry Cavill during the premiere of Suicide Squad (2016). Shoutouts to 'berT the almighty' from the FAITH Fan Discord Server for pointing this out.

• When John gets ran over as a Wretch in Chapter II, it is a recolor of Michael's ran-over sprite.

• Interestingly, when John smiles to himself in a mirror in Chapter II, the filename for this cinematic is called "spr_CH2_cine_mirrorMike0" and "spr_CH2_cine_mirrorMike02" respectively. When he turns into a Wretch, the cinematic is called "spr_CH2_cine_MikeInAgony".
• There's a running visual theme of characters influenced by the Eternal Order of the Second Death having spider-like characteristics, which reference what the UNSPEAKABLE, an evil deity worshipped by cult members, looks like. Here's a list:
  • Michael (Predominantly crawls like one, labeled as one by Cherise Wan)
  • Amy in 1986 (Nightmare sequences reveal that Amy crawled like a spider back in 86'. This behavior stopped in 87'/Chapter I and just floats around, likely due to the Second Death ritual being performed on her shortly before the game begins.)
  • Wretch (Crawls just like Michael)
  • Stick Dolls
  • Tiffany as a Monstrosity (Crawls like one after her demon was exorcised)
  • Gary's "Rain of Spiders" (Visually looks like Tiffany as a Monstrosity, Stick Doll, and Wretch. Also, y'know, "Spiders")
• It's difficult to tell due to the perspective, but it looks like Michael is taller than John, judging by his appearance in Chapter III. If that is/was the case, that makes him over 6"2.
• During the end credits tune that plays after getting any ending of Chapter III, muffled dialogue can be heard faintly playing within the song. If you reverse said audio, it is revealed to be Father Garcia and Michael's conversation in the prelude of Chapter II. Credit goes to Jellazticious on YouTube for reversing the audio.
• An email from Airdorf reveals the meanings as well as many pieces of trivia surrounding Michael's voice lines. Shoutout to Pierrot for sending the email and 'berT the almighty' for pointing out previously missing citations.
  • "I HAVE THE BODY OF A PIG!" is a reference to an infamous EVP recording where a demon states as such.
    • Possibly also a reference to the Bible; Mark 5:11-13 details the story of Jesus exorcising two possessed men and the demons flee to inhabit a herd of pigs in fear. The pigs then run into the sea and drown.
  • "RUN! RUN! RUN!" is a reference to the titular villain of the 1983 video game Sinistar.
  • "EN NOMBRE DE JESUS." is a mockery of a Christian prayer.
  • "CORRUPTION, THOU ART MY FATHER." is a reference to a line spoken in the 2015 film The VVitch, which in itself is a reference to a phrase from the Book of Job, 17:14 (The King James Version).
  • "BLOOD!" is a reference to the Surgeon enemies from Shadowman.
  • "FATHERRRRR...!" refers to Father Garcia, indicating that Michael has mistaken John for him.
  • "I GO UNWILLINGLY." comes from a nightmare Airdorf had where he was trapped in a cage with an insane human-rat hybrid.

Gallery

In Game

Michael’s sprite ingame.

Michael in John’s backseat. (“Father and Son” ending)

Michael killing John in his backseat.

Michael after being ran over.

Apparition Michael.

In Animation

Pause while Michael is onscreen.

Micheal before killing John.

Michael after eating a bystander in Chapter II.

Amy and Michael hold John’s arms as he gives up (“A New Vessel” ending)

Michael & Amy disappear as a hand grabs John.

Polaroid Photos of Michael

Saturday, June 20th, 1987. The day Michael was taken into the custody of Father Garcia.

Saturday, July 4th, 1987. Michael's demonic possession begins to take a toll on his body.

September of 1987. An unrecognizable Michael Davies.

Official Art

Michael “fanart” by Airdorf.

Michael as a 3D render.

An edited photo depicting Michael in real life.

An early design of Michael when Chapter I started development, back when he was Abraham.

Design plann during Chapter II development.

A sketch of Michael in a document.

Ditto, minus the Santa hat and text (“goodies” folder)

John Ward smiling while Michael creeps up at him. (FAITH Deluxe: Polaroid Edition) (April Fools 2017 or 2018)

Other

A cropped photo of Michael standing in a rotoscope for Chapter I (shoutout to Swirls)

Michael, Garcia, and John drivin' 'n jivin'; References a 96' Saturday Night Live skit and the YTMND "What is Love?" meme.

Michael getting pet by a GIF. (goodies)

Father Garcia attempting to exorcise Michael.

Michael attempting to jump John in The Forest.

Michael after being ran over.

Michael scurrying into the Martin House. ("A New Vessel" ending)

Amy and Michael hold John's hands.