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The Mother is an enemy that appears in FAITH: Chapter III.
She serves as the first part of the Unholy Trinity, and as Chapter III's first secret boss.
She and her children appear to be possessed humans, or demons taking on the forms of such.
Behavior[]
Phase 1[]
Throughout all phases of the boss fight, the Mother doesn't move, and isn't a danger by herself. Instead, possessed/demon babies will begin appearing from the vents in the walls of the arena, which will slowly crawl their way towards John. The babies are not able to kill John, instead slowing him down more and more as they continue to pile up on him. Exorcising the babies for a couple of seconds will defeat them.
Because the babies do not hurt John, he is free to exorcise the Mother without worry until phase 2.
Phase 2[]
When this phase begins, all babies on screen will immediately begin crawling towards the Mother. The babies will climb onto the Mother, shielding her from John's cross and rendering her invincible for the time being.
Every few seconds, a special demon baby with yellow eyes will spawn from the Mother and begin crawling towards one corner of the arena. Once it reaches a corner, it will begin to transform into a much taller and lankier baby. These transformed babies will be heard laughing manically and will run towards John at a great speed, and are the only entity capable of killing John during this fight. The transformed babies can still be exorcised to defeat them, but this can be difficult given their speed. It is best to prioritize defeating these babies as soon as they appear so they cannot transform.
During this phase, whenever a special baby is defeated, the shield of babies protecting the Mother is weakened. Once John has defeated three, phase 3 will begin.
Phase 3[]
At this phase, the Mother's baby shield is depleted, and John is able to exorcise her again. The Mother is still capable of spawning special babies that can kill John however, so he must still watch out for them.
After doing enough damage to the Mother, she will be defeated. When this happens, the babies on screen will crawl back onto her, and they will disappear shortly after. Any babies left in the arena when the Mother is gone will retreat back into the vents.
Biography[]
The Mother is (presumably) a possessed human woman with long hair, and is colored orange in the game's art style. Her face has a skeletal appearance, with sunken cheeks, hollow eye sockets and a lack of lips. Her facial features are magenta-colored. She appears not to be wearing any clothes.
The babies she summons are pink, and usually have red eyes. The special babies that are able to transform and kill John have yellow eyes.
October 28th, 1987[]
John Ward is sent by Father Garcia to investigate the clinic that Amy used to work at in the hopes of finding Nate and Jason Martin, and the summoning site of Malphas. While in the clinic, John is ambushed by Jeffrey, but eventually manages to defeat it and escape the clinic with the help of a police officer.
After this, John goes back to the clinic's basement to finish his inspection. He notices blood writing on the floor that wasn't there before, reading "JOIN US". John decides to strap himself back into the gurney and lie still among the pile of bloodied corpses once again. After staying still for a while, a nearby door opens up for him. He enters the door and discovers a secret passage in the clinic. John follow the sound of a crying baby through the hallway and finds a woman standing at the end of a dimly-lit room.
Approaching her, she is cradling a baby in her arms. She whispers to John not to wake the baby up. John asks if she's seen Nate and Jason, but she responds that they belong to Gary now. When John asks who Gary is, she turns her head to look at him directly and says that Gary is a normal Human being just like him and her. Being unsettled by her inhuman skeletal appearance, John tries to leave politely. The Mother insists that he meet the little ones, stating that they have not eaten for days. The battle ensues.
John is able to defeat the Mother and all of the demon babies. He is then able to leave the room and return to his car. Unbeknownst to him at this point, her defeat was crucial to removing one of the seals blocking the entrance to the Crucible.
October 30th, 1987[]
When John is assigned to investigate a daycare center, he finds four colorful symbols on the floor surrounding a sealed trapdoor. Pointing his cross at each symbol, they cycle between different colors. A note left nearby cryptically explains how to proceed, mentioning "Mother Moon" watching her little ones behind a door of sleep, as well as "Daughter Chalice", "Spirit Bird", and "The Fallen Star", as well as to look to the children if you are lost. John can find the correct colors for the symbols hidden in four of the children's drawings around the daycare. The correct color for the moon symbol is orange, just like the Mother.
Opening the trapdoor and entering Garyland, John can find a notice for Tier 1 acolytes of the Eternal Order of the Second Death. One of the rules in this notice states not to ask what is behind the door in the basement of the clinic. It is not known why Gary wants to keep the Mother and Child (or whatever he is doing with them) secretive.
Deep in the catacombs, John finds a strange door and enters into a long, dark hallway with thralls surrounding him from either side. A loud voice makes itself known to John, giving him a riddle: "How do you make a portal to Hell?" The first clue given to him is: "Sometimes it waits for the one who has already walked through it," just like how John had to go back into the clinic's basement to find the Mother.
October 31st, 1987[]
During John's fight with Gary, he has a chance of summoning apparitions of past foes, including a transformed demon baby.
After warding off Gary with the help of Father Garcia, he and John find the entrance to the Crucible. If John had defeated all three parts of the Unholy Trinity, including the Mother and Child, the seal is broken and John must enter the Crucible to defeat Gary once and for all. Otherwise, John must exorcise a large slab floating above the entrance to block it up and delay the Profane Sabbath.
Quotes[]
| Context | Quote | Audio |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-battle dialogue | "Shh... Please don't wake the baby." | |
| John: "I'm looking for twin boys. Nate and Jason Martin. Have you seen them?" | ||
| "The children belong to Gary now." | ||
| John: "Who's Gary?" | ||
| "Gary is a normal Human being just like you and me." | ||
| John: "..I'm leaving now." | ||
| "Oh. Going so soon?" | ||
| "The little ones haven't eaten for days." | ||
| "Don't you want to meet them?" | ||
| Fight | *babies wailing* |
Trivia[]
- The filename for the transformed Demon babies is called "BigBoi".
- The Mother's hair almost looks like a hood of some sort.
- The Mother and her children are among the very few enemies that do not immediately kill John on contact.
- The sound effects for the demon babies are audio recordings of Airdorf's daughter[1].
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