ETERNAL DARKNESS (GCN)
STORYLINE SUMMARY/FAQ version 1.5 (first created July 2, 2002; first updated
July 19,2002; last updated July 22, 2002)

Unpublished Work Copyright 2002 Albert M. Herrera

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NOTE: This Summary/FAQ is also meant to promote individual thought. This is a
guide in order for the reader to create their own theories and come to their
own conclusions about the Eternal Darkness Storyline. If you have problems
with my guide and find it biased please feel free to e-mail me. Or if you
would like to discuss the story, again, feel free to e-mail me. I will credit
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Outline

I.      Introduction to the Eternal Darkness
II.     Pious Augustus
III.    Ellia
IV.     Anthony
V.      Karim
VI.     Maximillian Rovias
VII.    Edwin Lindsey
VIII.   Paul Luther
IX.     Roberto Bianchi
X.      Peter Jacob
XI.     Edward Rovias
XII.    Michael Edwards
XIII.   Edward Rovias Epilogue/Alexandra Rovias
XIV.    Epilogue/Uber ending
XV.     FAQ of minor characters and other "hidden" stuff
XVI.    Credit and acknowledgements


I. Introduction to the Eternal Darkness

I'm not even going to begin to attempt to explain whom the Ancients are and
where they came from. One may say that they are the angels that fell with
Lucifer when Michael expelled them from heaven. One may say that they are
distant space travelers whose essence confuses and transcends us. One may say
that they are the common networks of the human psyche all rolled into one.
One may say that they are the gods of old personified. Your interpretation of
the Ancients lies on your background. Whatever they are they aren't good.
The Chatturgha's realm lies in the world of blood and flesh. This means this
Ancient loves death, destruction, and blood sacrifice more than all. The
Ulyaoth's realm lies in the world of magic. This means this Ancient loves
ritual sacrifice and otherworldly means and spells. Xelotath's realm lies in
the psychotic world. This means this Ancient loves to drive people mad and
lives in an insane realm and wants to spread its insanity to all. The Purple
Ancient's realm is chaos. The Hindi god, Kali, personifies Mantorok. Kali
represents chaos.
The circle of powers lies on this. The flesh can be overcome by
supernatural/magickal powers. Magick cannot be accessed by one prone to
psychotic episodes. Magick requires a peace of mind to access and control.
Psychosis cannot exist outside of the flesh. Psychosis outside of the
containment of flesh is oblivion. This explains the circle of power. Mantorok
does not lie within the circle since he is pure chaos. Mantorok lies outside
of this circle. Meaning he can keep the powers of the circle from escaping
their spheres of influence. Ironic that chaos binds the powers in order to
keep an order of things, no?
Now here's where "our" storyline starts. The Ancients were bound by
Mantorok's power, for Mantorok found if they ever should join or if ever one
prevailed the universe would be put in order by one specific power. Meaning
chaos would never exist again. Mantorok's power could not be bound because
chaos cannot be put in order... I know this is all contradictory but most
things supernatural are. So in theory Mantorok is more powerful when the
Ancients are not in unity or one is not dominant.
Mantorok was using all of his life energy to bind the Ancients. While the
Ancients were bound humans rose up and took control of the world. The
Ancients despised and hated humans but could do nothing about it. And
Mantorok could not assert control until the Ancients were all dead. All of
his power was used to merely bind. If Mantorok killed one, then the balance
of power would tilt to one specific Ancient. It was a pure stalemate.
The Ancients were toiling away for centuries to find a way to escape. They
knew Mantorok's power was failing but they wanted to speed the process. Now
the story diverges from here... when I say THE Ancient I mean to focus on one
but not name names... so here goes the game story...
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II. Pious Augustus (26 B.C. Persia)


The Ancient was waiting for a loyal servant, strong of mind, body, and sanity
yet easily broken and tamed. The Ancient was waiting for Pious Augustus to
come. A loyal Roman centurion full of ambition yet still unsure of what life
had ahead of him. Any sense of adventure would give Pious a new reason to
live. The Ancient used his last ounce of power to bring Pious to him. Yet the
keeper of the Ancients called Mantorok wanted to ensure his hold over the
bound Ancients and sent his zombies to stop Pious. Pious overcame all of
Mantorok's agents and puzzles and took the essence of the Ancient and became
the Ancient's herald.
Mantorok was himself imprisoned and bound in his own temple in Cambodia at
the hands of Pious. But death would not come soon but slowly as Mantorok was
crushed and bound by the temple pillars. As long as his heart was safe from
Pious, Mantorok would die slowly, stalling the Ancient's plan of domination.
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III. Ellia (1150 A.D. Angkor Thom Region, Cambodia)


Over 1000 years later, a young servant dancer girl was unlike any other girl
at the time in Cambodia. This girl was Ellia. Ellia was born into the
servitude and raised as a dancer in the court of Suryavarman II, the king who
reunited the Khmer empire after years of unrest. Ellia had a passion for life
and felt there was more to her being than being a servant/dancer. Ellia loved
to escape her world by reading. Ellia had to find out her part in life and
decided to search the temple of Kali.
Ellia soon becomes lost in the temple of maze and traps. Ellia encounters
many enemies but overcomes them with her fighting skill. Ellia comes upon the
fallen Ancient, Mantorok, while searching the temple. The dancer girl
received the essence of Mantorok to keep from Pious from an unknown servant
of Mantorok. She was told that if the essence were found by anyone it would
spell grave danger on the world. The servant of Mantorok magickally put the
essence into Ellia's body.
At the time, Pious was searching for the essence of Mantorok. Pious stumbled
upon the dancer girl and assumed she must know where the essence was. Pious
struck down the child slave after her reluctance to help Pious find the
essence. The essence was not on her person. Little did Pious know was that
the essence was IN the girl. As Pious left the dancer girl to rot, she was
not dead. Nor was she living. She was the herald of Mantorok.
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IV. Anthony (814 A.D. Amiens, France)


A few hundred years earlier in France, Charlemagne was the Holy Roman Empire.
The Holy Roman Empire was scouring the world of "pagan religions" and uniting
many nations under one flag. If the Ancients could not hold on to at least
one cult, they would fade off into non-existence. The Ancient believed that
if it could corrupt the Church and Roman Empire to its own will, then it
could hold on and reinforce its own religions with the Holy Roman Empire as a
smokescreen. The Ancient dispatched its cults to kill Charlemagne so that the
Empire wouldn't be led by such a noble man and would soon fall upon itself.
Anthony, a loyal paige of Charlemagne, came upon the method of demise. A
cursed scroll that would slowly rot away at Charlemagne's existence. Anthony
accidentally took the curse instead. Anthony hurried to warn Charlemagne of
the attack on his life. Anthony found that the bishop, Charlemagne was
visiting, was in fact a member of the Ancient's cult. Anthony defeated the
bishop and finally found Charlemagne in the cathedral of mazes and unholy
beasts. Anthony found Charlemagne dead. Anthony cursed the cult of the
Ancient and was left a shell of the man he once was, forever rotting and
becoming less human, thanks to the cursed scroll.
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V. Karim (565 A.D. Persia)


Almost 300 years before, a young Persian bachelor was trying to woo the hand
of a beautiful woman of prestige. The young Karim was madly in love with the
beautiful Chandra. The young Karim was also a swordsman and adventurer of
reputable stories. Yet the young maiden Chandra only loved wealth and power.
Chandra felt that she could control the young adventurer by using his
emotions against him. Chandra manipulated Karim to find this lost relic.
Chandra said that she had seen a relic in her dreams that would grant its
keeper unimaginable power. Chandra told Karim that once he found the object
of her desire she would be his. Karim immediately set out to find the relic
for his love. Karim was lost in the desert for almost a year. Karim found a
temple where many dangers awaited him. Karim finally found the treasure after
a maze of puzzles and demons of the desert. Yet the ghost of Chandra forbade
him to take the relic. Chandra had obtained cosmic awareness in death.
Chandra reveals that she had been having an affair while Karim was away. Her
body was mutilated and she left to die by her lover's mistress. Karim was
hurt that his one true love had manipulated him. Chandra reveals that the
artifact is in fact the essence of an Ancient bent on engulfing the world in
Eternal Darkness. Somehow the words of Chandra did ring true and feel right.
Karim promised Chandra that he would protect the relic, lest Eternal Darkness
engulf the earth. The reason why Karim was put in protection of the essence
was so that only the Chosen Ones, destined to destroy all the Ancients, would
come about its power and not some evil power bent on summoning the Ancient to
use for his own will.
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VI. Maximillian Rovias (1760 A.D. American colonies Rhode Island)


Before the rise of mankind, there were similar creatures on earth that built
monuments of wonder and science. For some reason the Ancients sent their
guardians to destroy the race of creatures before man and bury their wonders
under a pile of ash so that no creatures would speak of them again. All that
is remembered of the ancient civilization is its name... Enggha. Upon this ash
hundreds of thousands of years later rests America. Ironically the leading
country of technology and wonder. The cults of the Ancient came into this new
country. Within the city was left the remaining members of the Ancient's
original army. The cults of the Ancient found that if they could find the
city, the armies would rise again and take control of the world. The Roivas
family found out the secret and became the protectors. Their home was in fact
the only way to enter the lost city of ruin. The Rovias family are a group of
individuals sealed with the gift (or curse) of guarding the only means of
resurrecting the Ancient's armies. While their stories are numerous and many
are unknown and the origin of the Roivas line is still unknown. Some stories
do stand out. One member of the Roivas family found out of the ancient city
and his duty and was driven mad and hanged himself. Another Roivas found the
Tome, which records all of mankind's struggles against the Ancients. This
Roivas delved into the magickal arts. Only to be accused of witchcraft by one
of her servants and burnt at the stake. Yet the most famous or should I say
infamous of the Roivas line was the good doctor Maximillian.
Max came upon his house like many of his ancestors. A mysterious death in the
family enthralled Max unto this horror. Max felt a beckoning to find the
mystery of the house and why so many of his family had died mysterious deaths
there. One day an assassination attempt was made on his life from his own
servants. Max killed the servant only to find a demon escape from her body.
Max felt compelled to find out the horrors of his mansion. While searching,
Max comes across the Tome of Eternal Darkness, which records mankind's
struggles against the Ancients. Max continues searching the entire house
while facing the unspeakable horrors and monsters that wish to kill him and
he accidentally comes upon a passage to the lost city of Enggha. Max learned
of its secrets. Max learns that his father knew about Enggha and hoped to
ensure its safety from the Ancient.
Max also learns that most of the servants in the Roivas household were
actually spies of the Ancient sent to find the secret city. Max, learning
this, killed his entire servant staff. Max did not fear if the servants were
innocent or not. Casualties of war were a must if the secret city must be
safe. But Max knew that he must destroy the armies of the ancient city. Max
tried to seek assistance from friends and colleagues. Max gathered a group of
men. Max's friends and colleagues thought his ravings mad and they soon found
all of the servants dead and torn apart as if inspected and given quick
autopsies. They quickly passed notion that Max was mad with his raving about
other worldly creatures and that it was his duty to kill those servants. Max
was locked up in an insane asylum for the end of his days.
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VII. Edwin Lindsey (1983 A.D. Cambodia)


1983, a famous archaeologist is given a mission from a Paul Augustine who
appears to be an eccentric collector or ancient artifacts. Edwin Lindsey,
world famous archaeologist, makes use of modern technology using one of the
first satellite imaging systems ever. Lindsey's task is to find the Lost
Temple of Kali in Cambodia. Lindsey eventually finds the temple and is
betrayed by Augustine. Augustine reveals himself to be Pious Augustus.
Mantorok evidently shifted reality and manipulated space and magick to make
the temple hidden from magick and hidden in forests and dangers. Augustus
must have finally realized that the only place the essence of Mantorok must
be in is in the girl he killed so long ago.
Augustus leaves Lindsey to die in the temple. Lindsey continues his way into
the temple to find its secrets. Lindsey overcomes all obstacles and traps and
the agents of the Ancient. Lindsey and Augustus find the body of Mantorok at
the same time. Augustus deems that Lindsey knows too much and goes to kill
him. Mantorok uses the remaining essence of his powers to protect Lindsey and
give Augustus a thrashing that he deserves. Augustus teleports away licking
his wounds. Lindsey finds the millennia old herald of Mantorok. She reveals
to him that he must take the essence of Mantorok to the Keepers of the
Gathering of Light (the Roivas family). Lindsey realizes what is at stake and
realizes this is not his fight. Lindsey returns to the United States and
gives the essence to the Protector of the Light, Edward Roivas.
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VIII. Paul Luther (1485 A.D. Amiens, France)


During the Inquisition in France, a traveling Franciscan wanted to seek
refuge in the Cathedral that claimed to hold the hand of St. Jude. The leader
of the local order of brothers bids him welcome. But all isn't what it
appears to be in the Cathedral. The bright and bold Franciscan, Paul Luther,
finds that there was been a murder. Yet the monsignor of the order accuses
Luther. Luther escapes thanks to a fellow monk that has been hiding from the
horrors of the cathedral. The monk and Luther find that the hand of St. Jude
is in fact the essence of a long captive Ancient (apparently Pious put this
essence under great protection because it was the mortal and far superior
enemy of his Ancient and if that Ancient was liberated, then Pious' Ancient
would surely fall). The "Hand of St. Jude" has been merely a guise to lure in
pilgrims to feed to the protector of the essence of the Ancient. Luther
decides to warn the Inquisition of this sick and sacrilegious act of demonic
ways. Yet Luther believes that the cult disguised as an order of Catholic
brothers would surely hunt him down before Luther could come close to the
leaders of the Inquisition. Luther decides to stop this demon cult on his
own.
During Luther's mission, he finds the decayed body of Anthony. Anthony is the
guardian of the key to the underground lair of the beast. Anthony is still
raving of his failure to protect Charlemagne. Luther is forced to battle with
Anthony, who he defeats. Luther also finds his fellow brother, the custodian
of the chapel, has been sacrificed to the guardian of the essence. Luther
finally finds his way beneath the chapel of the cathedral to find the hidden
chapel of the beast. Luther is surprised at the size of the beast. The
monsignor reveals himself as Pious Augustus. Pious tells the beast that
Luther is his responsibility. The beast merely destroys Luther in the blink
of an eye to assert his role as protector of the essence.
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IX. Roberto Bianchi (1460 A.D. Persia)


1460. At the time a warlord was beginning his campaign of horror in Persia. A
captive Venetian architect known as Roberto Bianchi is granted his life as
long as he builds a temple and watchtower for him. The warlord in fact is
Pious Augustus magickally disguised. The watchtower is to show that the time
of the Ancients will be coming again and to strike fear in all their enemies,
it is also a sacrifice of souls and flesh Pious has made to his Ancient.
Bianchi one day is told to make sure that the temple is structurally sound.
Bianchi enters and stumbles upon monsters and creatures protecting the
Ancients' Temple. Bianchi faces Karim and Karim strikes Bianchi. Both are in
disbelief as to why Bianchi is unaffected by Karim. Bianchi realizes he is
the Chosen one destined to take the essence to the Protector of Light.
Bianchi exits and tells the warlord of the terrors of the temple. The warlord
thanks the architect and makes him a part of the watchtower that is made of
flesh and bone. Pious would never have believed a fat spoiled aristocrat was
worthy of the essence and therefore did not think anything of it.
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X. Peter Jacob. (1916 A.D. Amiens, France)


World War I. 1916. An old cathedral in France was given the status of being a
hospice for the Allies. A young reporter by the name of Peter Jacob has been
assigned to the region to report on the war effort. Peter finds that not many
soldiers have survived from the hospice. Peter finds notes of soldiers
ranting and raving of being sacrificed to an unspeakable horror. Peter
believes it is all just shell shock. But for some reason Peter is compelled
to find answers for himself. Peter spies at night and finds nurses dragging
away healthy recuperated young man screaming at night. Peter investigates the
entire cathedral and finds a cult at work. Peter works his way to the
basement of the cathedral after brushes with many evil creatures to find a
giant temple used for unholy worship. Peter encounters a giant beast. Peter
uses the magick he has learned from the Tome of Eternal Darkness he has found
in his journey in the temple to destroy the beast.
Peter recovers the essence. Peter hears word of a collector of artifacts in
Rhode Island almost 60 years later. A psychiatrist by the name of Dr. Edward
Rovias. Peter visits Rovias. Rovias knows of the artifact and Peter gladly
bestows it to him. Peter more troubled by the artifact than his troubles of
war, finally finds rest in his sleep at night with the artifact in good
hands.
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XI. Edward Rovias (1952 A.D. Rhode Island, USA)


1952. Psychiatrist, Dr. Edward Rovias comes into possession of his family
manor in Rhode Island. Knowing of his family's history, Edward decides to
find what went wrong. Edward knows that there is a history of dementia in his
family from suicides, to committed to asylums, to being found accused of
witchcraft. Edward quickly becomes enthralled with the history of the
mansion. Edward has vision of Maximillian Rovias who was committed almost two
hundred years ago. Maximillian tells Edward of the Forbidden City and the
Ancients. Max shows Edward the Tome of Eternal Darkness and tells him to use
it to destroy Enggha.
One night Edward finds his servants being attacked by some unknown beast.
Equipped with his revolver and a flask full of whiskey, Edward runs to his
servant's aid. Edward finds a demon attacking the servant. Edward fends it
off and chases it to the basement. Edward discovers the passageway of the
forbidden city. Edward uses the magick given to him by Maximillian and the
Tome to destroy the city's source of power and all the creatures within it.
Edward goes home and lives his life believing he stalled the Ancient's plans
for another day.
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XII. Michael Edwards (1991 A.D. Middle Eastern Persia)


1991. War in the Middle East has driven the world at the edge of their seats.
The United Nations has sent in its armies to quell the fires that the Mid
East leaders have started on American oil reserves. Michael Edwards, a
Canadian firefighter has been sent in with others to stop the oil fires. On a
mission Michael is caught in a disaster leaving all his men dead and him
trapped in some underground temple. Michael is visited by the ghost of
Roberto Bianchi, who gives him the essence of the Ancient in order to give to
the Protector of Life. Edwards finds a way to blast his way out of the temple
and destroy another guardian city (influenced by a strange whisper) and
eventually gives Rovias the Tome of Eternal Darkness. Edwards held onto the
other essence and enchanted gladius of Pious for safekeeping. 9 years later
he returns the two to their rightful owner, the Keeper of Light. (This is the
general belief of what happened and the easiest way to avoid huge plot
holes.)
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XIII. Edward Rovias Epilogue/Alexandra Rovias (1999/2000 A.D. Rhode Island,
USA)


1999/2000. Edward Rovias has felt the presence of the Ancient, building
energy and waiting to be resurrected. Edward finds that the planetary
alignment pushes magick ability to its fullest and that Pious has been
waiting this entire time to use his power to resurrect the Ancient. Edward
believes that Pious is planning on resurrecting the Ancient in the forbidden
city of Enggha as well as his armies. Edwards creates a device to only allow
the forbidden city doors to be opened at the turn of the millennia. As Edward
prepares to go to war one last time, a guardian of the Ancient kills him off
guard.
Alexandra, Edward's granddaughter is told of the horror of the mansion.
Alexandra finds Edward's death too odd. Edward had no enemies in life. And
the clues that the police picked up don't make sense. Alex decides to find
out what could have possibly done this. Alex uncovers the Tome of Eternal
Darkness, which has mysteriously and magickly recorded all of the Chosen's
paths and destinies. Alex uses this to learn what she must, to stop the
Ancient and Pious Augustus. With the essence of Mantorok, two Ancients, and
Pious' original weapon in hand, Alex decides to stop the Eternal Darkness.
Alex given the gift of knowledge from all the Chosen goes to the forbidden
city. Pious is resurrecting the Ancient. Alex appears to be too late. Alex
finds that the only way to counter an Ancient is to resurrect the Ancient
that overpowers the first. Alex does it before Pious' Ancient can make it
into the world. The Ancients fight it out. Frustrated, Pious attacks Alex.
Alex realizes that Pious still has an essence on him. Using the knowledge of
the Chosen and being given their spirit force Alex and Pious fight to the
death. While the epic battle between Alex and Pious rages on, the two
Ancients fight to the death in space. Alex wins and the Ancient is defeated.
Alex sees a vision where her Ancient will enslave and destroy mankind. In a
last effort Dr. Edward Rovias's ghost creates a binding spell and binds
Alex's Ancient. Pious' Ancient is defeated. Eternal Darkness is stalled for
another day... As for Alex? Well that's another story...
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XIV. EPILOGUE


Mantorok is in his lair. Still bound. His plan to destroy the Ancients had
succeeded. When Rovias bound the Ancient, Mantorok had reset history and
beckoned Pious to take servitude of a different Ancient. The horror began
again... and again. Mantorok allowed for time to continue at the exact same
deathblow for all three Ancients. The foolish Rovias line thought they
stopped the Eternal Darkness. They didn't know that Mantorok IS the Eternal
Darkness.

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XV. FAQs


Q. Is Detective Legrasse (the guy that tells Alex of her grandfather's death)
Pious?
A. I've thought of that too when I first played the game. He seems callous
and so indifferent at Alex's loss. While that may show he is a jerk, it is
far from years of evil sacrifice. I believe Pious would have just massacred
her on the spot.

Q. How can a dancer/slave girl in old Cambodia read and know how to fight?
A. Apparently Ellia is special and predestined to serve as Mantorok's herald.
True, history records slaves as one of the last people to expect to be
literate and true history records women as the absolute last to expect to be
literate. Obviously Ellia is special and there were many exceptions in
history. Perhaps Mantorok saw this and chose her to be his herald.

Q. Who was the guy that gave Ellia the essence of Mantorok?
A. Apparently SK played around with different characters to be able to play.
For those of you that don't know this game was originally a Nintendo 64 game
with at least two different characters. Apparently rumor and speculation have
assumed that in the original storyline Mantorok had a herald and arch nemesis
of Pious. This character was an exiled Egyptian guard/pharaoh that stumbled
all the way to Cambodia because he felt a calling there. Apparently SK
dropped this character model but kept him as a cameo in Ellia's chapter, a
way of explaining who was in charge of protecting the world before the main
story.

Q. How did Charlemagne really die?
A. I'm not a history buff but I believe that he died of flu or cold or
something that was a common killer back then. However, history does record
major happenings of oddities happening around the time of his death. There
were eclipses of the planets and comets marking the sky daily. If you do your
own research you will find that Charlemagne knew he was going to die when
these events were almost common and happening daily. It's quite freaky when
you research it.

Q. Why was Karim given the task of protecting the "weaker essence"?
A. If anyone messed around with any of the essences it would throw off the
power in some odd direction and one Ancient would become powerful. While
Karim was guarding the weaker essence of Pious' Ancient, it was the stronger
essence of Pious' enemy Ancient. I know it's confusing but when you think
about it, it all goes back to the circle of power explanation.

Q. What's the deal with Enggha?
A. Apparently Enggha was the civilization of the West before the rise of man.
The Ancients probably lived in the East. These beings built cities that
reached the skies and had technologies that rivaled our own. These people
were proud of themselves and the Ancients sensed it and were jealous. They
sent their agents to destroy the people of Enggha and leave nothing but the
ruins of the city. (Insert Tower of Babel reference here) Apparently the city
itself is a powerhouse of magick and from there it can rival the magick and
power of the planetary alignments.

Q. Who's that first guy in Roberto's prologue, The one that Pious calls
special and puts as the base of the pillar?
A. Another character that has a history with Eternal Darkness. Once again,
this is a character that SK played around with. There's a lot of speculation
and theory on him. This is Joseph DeMoley, a devout knights templar. This
character's chapter supposedly had a run in with Pious (the warlord Pious)
during the Crusades and was defeated by him. His chapter was supposed to end
exactly when Roberto's starts.

Q. What does Michael give Dr. Rovias at the end of his chapter?
A. There's too much theory on that. Decide for yourself. There is not one
correct answer. The only answer that avoids plot holes (or at least most plot
holes) is that Michael gives Dr. Rovias the Tome of Eternal Darkness back and
keeps the essence and gladius safe until Alex learns of her true mission.

Q. Why don't the bad guys just kill every member of the Rovias line?
A. It seems like it would be that easy no? Fanboy response would be, "Then we
wouldn't have a video game". But I think that there's an answer behind that.
Perhaps the Rovias line and the Tome are somehow protected from the Ancient
above the Gathering of Light. Now you may ask how did a guardian kill Dr.
Rovias and how does Pious' spirit enter the mansion? I don't know. Perhaps
there's exceptions or magick that allows them to do some things but not just
go out and kill everyone. Who knows? Mystery to me!

If you have any questions/comments feel free to e-mail me.
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XVI. Credits and acknowledgments


I would like to thank and acknowledge all the people that have given me words
of encouragement since this guide was first published. You guys rock!!!
I would even like to express my thanks to the fanboys and extremists of
gamefaqs.com message boards so then I know when I thrive to be better, I know
who I am spiting by rising above their flames and negative attitudes.
I would especially like to thank xxfunkytoadxx for telling me the epilogue
before I saw it and convinced me to beat the game two other times to see it
myself.
I would also like to thank KingNothing for defending me on the message boards
and enlightening me on the Hindi religion.

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If anyone has any connections to a publishing company or Nintendo it would be
much appreciated to set up anything. I love to write and I love this game. It
would be a dream come true to write a book for this game's sage. Thank you.

Albert M. Herrera
[email protected]

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