LORE - AMNESIA Lore in a Minute! (SPOILERS!) 

Daniel took the amnesia potion to forget about all the torture and killings he committed. He didn't want to remember the horrible things he did, but knew he wanted to kill Alexander, So he wrote it down in a note at the beginning of the game.

''an unknown force, known as the shadow"... Though it was unknown, ah whatever.

Amnesia is one of those games that once you complete them you get that feeling of just wow

The monsters were Alexanders servants. During the game, it mentions that Alexander was followed by servants in cloaks that smelled strange. Alexander was slowly mutilating the servants into monsters before Daniel used the potion.

In amnesia I'm the asshole who has twenty sanity potions and no sanity

So, I saw Harry Mason, James Sunderland, and Henry Townsend all appear as "prisoners" in this one. Nice.

I know everyone kinda already replied to you but xD They all seemed to forget the most important thing: Daniel was being chased by something called 'The Shadow', which fed on his negative emotions and made it easier to find him. He used the Amnesia Potion to forget all the wrong he's done so that the Shadow would delay finding him, as it would be unable to detect him. That's why by the end of the game when Daniel remembers everything, the Shadow is usually not far behind you.

"an unknown force, known as the shadow"...

I figure it was getting trapped in the tomb that caused his fear of the dark.

Puddleboatprouctions Doesn't seem like anyone got back to you. ANYWAY. When he was killing people originally; not only were they adults, but he also trusted what Alexander had told him about them. (He and Alexander had become fast friends) And then, as the Shadow got closer and closer... and closer... he started to become desperate. He'd already shown signs of not caring about the people he was killing "Being around these degenerates makes me ill. None of them even tries to face their punishment with any kind of dignity. They taunt me with their lies of innocence and their cowardly pleas of mercy. What can make a man fall so far from the grace of a civilized existence. They are all wicked men and I remind myself of it constantly. Still, I am thankful for God sending these monsters our way, as they will serve as the instruments of my salvation." But as you go further into his past, and reach the 'paint the man, cut the lines' moment, and what he says afterwards, you realize JUST how desperate he was getting. "The blood wards are failing. The shadow beckons and its cry disarms my actions. Hurry, no time to spare. You have to kill another. Alexander produces a knife. He wants me to cut the flesh. Do it, save yourself. He is a murderer, Daniel. He is evil - a cold blooded killer. Hurry. “Alexander, you must let me be. I have to concentrate.” Paint the man, cut the lines, cut the flesh, watch the blood spill - let it come. “Please, I didn’t do anything.” Paint the man, cut the lines. Paint the man, cut the lines! “Please!” the man cries. Hush, hush - now you sleep. I did well! One life for another. You hear me, Guardian of the Orb? I did all this for you! Now, once more, withdraw your shadow from my domain! Alexander, there isn’t much time. I can feel it. We must act swiftly. I will do whatever it takes." And then he goes with Alexander, as pointed out in the video, and basically picks up a family to use in the ritual. Zimmerman a Dairy Farmer, and his family. "Tonight, we will unlock the power of the Orb and ultimately banish the shadow hunting me. I feel it closing in on me and I fear for my life more than ever. Just outside Altsdadt lies a small settlement where Zimmerman, a dairy farmer, lives with his wife and three children. We took the coach and went there. Our visit was unexpected and Alexander was able to strike Herr Zimmerman down without alerting the others. As he went to take care of the farm hands, I began to look for the children. We should have more than enough prisoners to finish the ritual now." Anyway, the mother and the girl end up digging a hole through the floor of their prison cell, but it's only big enough for the girl to climb through. Daniel beats the mother to death while asking where the girl went off to, and then proceeds to chase the girl down throughout the castle. (when you play the game, you can hear her yelling to get away from her, that she's going to get Gabriel the rider, etcetc) Daniel finally catches up to her, I believe, in the storage area (near the guest room and the elevator and machine room). And he stabs her to death. But then he realizes just what he's done. And what he's been doing in his desperation. "I cannot believe what I have become. One of the girls escaped and I chased after her all the way upstairs. I hunted her down and... What is a life worth? How many lives can I take before I surrender my own? Sure, I would kill a murderer to save an innocent. But to kill an innocent to save myself - a cold blooded murderer!" So, you see, he perceived himself as 'doing the right thing' up to this point. And thus killing stopped bothering him over much. It wasn't such a trauma or shock to his system. And thus why he didn't drink the amnesia potion himself until after he killed the girl. As for why he'd so easily fall into something like that, desperation aside. Through loading screen text, it's pretty much implied that Daniel was abused by his father, and a bully at school. And abuse can lead to people becoming... unhealthily violent later in life, if they don't have a healthy outlet, or what have you. BUT, also, it is also implied that this isn't the first time he's been coaxed into doing something violent. As one of the loading screen texts talk about him hitting a boy (likely the bully) with a rock, as a group of students urged him on to do it. He mentally questioned it at first, but still carried through. 8U And this is too long. So I'm certain you will get bored much further up there. lol I apologize.

The amnesia potion was intended to keep the shadow away. The shadow was tracking down people with connections to the orb, but by playing the game you realise Daniel's plan to lose connections to the orb by having amnesia didn't work very well.

soooo what are those monster things......dead torturees?

The monsters Have a fairly complicated lore difficult to fit into this short video. Grunts: the soldiers Alexander trapped in the wine celler and who drank the poisened wine which mutated them. Brutes: Victims of the shadow brought back by Alexander (heads split down the middle is a slight give away). Kaernk: A creature from the world Alexander is trying to get back to. Given to Alexander by Weyer and trapped in wells before the shadow releaces them. Hope this helps the people wondering. :)

This is an even shorter version of Amnesia lore. You don't remember much, you're in a dark mansion, alone and there's monsters everywhere. Have fun!

Watch this in 0.5 speed H...a...v...e f...uuuuuuuuu..n

Regarding the monsters: There is a note in the game that tells of their origin. Basically they are soldiers who abandoned their posts and got lost in the woods and cursed in some way, it's really vague and cryptic. There is also a scene in the wine cellar where you can hear people who have drunk some poisoned wine "transforming" due to the wine. So either if they are soldiers, been poisoned or both, they are now Alexanders' servants... for some reason.. Hope this helps.

I love how these lore episodes ACTUALLY help me understand the backstory of these games

Still dosen't explain the monsters wich is all i needed to know

all i know about this game is this: barrels stalk you

stalker lore!

If you play the game, you'll notice that as you go along the notes and memories scattered display Daniel as if he's completely losing it. He did this as an act of desperation, finaly being crushed by his own feelings of guilt he could not bear to remember the screams and horrors that haunt him. Taking the potion would stop his insanity from consuming him.

Those were the days. Just finished the dark descent again. What a great game.

0:59 is that Cysero from AQW?

Alexander stole Daniel's orb and the only way to enter the Inner Sanctum is with an orb. Only after reading the pages of his diary and meeting Agrippa, Daniel found out there was another orb, broken in six pieces, scattered across the torture chambers. That's how he gets in, he fixes Agrippa's orb and uses that to enter the Inner Sanctum :)

What are the Silent Hill protagonists doing here ? O_o

Wow i'm actually impressed by this lore, it was pretty spot onto the actual story unlike some other lore episodes

now this with rebirth

Fear can drive men to do things they would never otherwise consider. In Daniel's case, he was pushed to the brink of his sanity and in fear of his life; while certainly not an excuse, it would explain why he was so blindly complicit to Alexander's methods. When he murdered the girl, the cries of a child likely dredged up memories of his own sister, Hazel, and it absolutely made him realize what he did. His hope with drinking the elixir was to erase his fear. But his body remembered.

Have fun! :D

DO AMNESIA A MACHINE FOR PIGS AND PENUMBRA SERIES LORE PLEASE!!

It seems like there's a lot of confusion about why he drank the amnesia drink before he went after Alexander. In Amnesia, the shadow that follows the hero Daniel is largely drawn to him because of his experiences with the paranormal and his deteriorating mental state. When Daniel drank the potion, his sanity returned, and he also momentarily severed his connection to the darkness. If he hadn't consumed the draught then and there, the shadow would have consumed him instead.

Alexander had an original group of hunters he'd use to gather people for the torturings. Alexander realized he didn't need them anymore so he used a gas on them that horribly altered them turning them into monsters.

Can you do Amnesia Justine next please

On every other intro I was expecting some kind of jump scare. literally as SOON as I decide there wont be one..... UGH

Poor Harry, he didn't deserve that, James on the other hand

The Shadow is considered the embodiment of the Universe, and it is trying to retrieve the orb to balance itself. In some of the endings, Daniel can get trapped inside the Shadow; eternal darkness.

Penumbra Lore, please ! ;-)

wait can't he kill the human torturing psychopath without drinking he amnesia potion

The Orb's shadow turned Alexander's servants into monsters, to hunt Daniel.

Daniel didn't want to feel the guilt after finding out about how he killed tons of innocent people for Alexander's own gain instead of his. He also wanted a new, clean, start because of it. Besides, it made putting pieces of the story more fun.

*face pops up* AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGH FUCK LORE!!!

Whats with the forks and sporks?

He wants to forget, because he is so ridden with guilt. So when he comes to again, he doesn't remember Alexander, but over time pieces things together again as he ventures deeper and then goes to kill Alex.

Very poetic. And I have to admit that I didn't know about her sister, the loading screens were too brief. And you're right. It wasn't killing the little girl that got him to snap, as he was actually calling her a "little bitch" as he was tracking her down. And it would've been just another drop of blood on his already blood-soaked hands. Nah, it had to be like you said, how her cries were just the right kind of impulse to set him on a crash-course with Alexander, who he regarded responsible.

umm... whats the giant mouthed murder thing of death the lore says nothing about that

do scp containment breach lore

Basically: The Grunts (the main baddies) are soldiers from a war that defected and took refuge in the woods around Brennenburg whom Alexander enticed into his castle and poisoned with wine. They somehow later transformed into grunts, possibly by alchemical means. The Brute's origin is uncertain, but it is speculated that it is another defected soldier whom Alexander poisoned and transformed, but the monster rebelled, killing Grunts. The Kaernk (water monster) is from Alexander's homeworld.

Well where to start... -Alexander is from another world, he came here from banishment or escape. Regardless, didn't want to come here -The specific reason why Alexander wanted the Orbs power was so that he could go home -It was mentioned in his Diary entries that he had a love back in his home, he would often write about how he dreamed of going home. -Another thing about Alexander is he ages much slower, because he would outlive most humans he had to change his name every so often to hide this

Speed 0.75 = normal voice

This like really takes away the interest in why Daniel wanted to lose his memories. Knowing it beforehand kills the atmosphere.

Honestly I don't recall Daniel murdering the daughter. In the prison area (before the kitchen), I thought he chased her to the tunnel that was locked and sealed it behind her, the girl saying she'd tell some huntsman about what they're doing and he muttering "I very much doubt that.", probably thinking the shadow would get her.

Timesplitter lore in a minute!!! PLEASE I BEG OF YOU!

ye olde google :'D

wow, so much was glossed over, or just outright skipped... so much for spoilers. You really only covered the story and not the lore.

Those are Alexander's guardians, they patrol the hallways of Brennenburg in search of Daniel. Though the creation of the monsters is never fully explained, it is hinted at slightly in the wine cellar where Alexander poisons the wine and one of the man exclaims that his chest was about to burst, which explains the grotesque appearance of the monsters.

Come to think of it, it is entirely plausible that Daniel is running around the castle naked. I mean, you never see anyone else in that castle with clothes on. That really changes the tone of the game.

The jovial way in which she describes the sinister nature is the plot sends a shiver down dez nutz

He wanted to redeem the horrible acts by stopping Alexander and he was in shock from murdering a child to think straight. He figured (impaired as he was) forgetting his crimes would make it easier to get the job done.

they are supposedly the servants of alexander. which is why the grunts' full names are servant grunts, how he acquired them is unknown to most fans etc.

in a matter of fact, he does once alexander finally gathered enough vitae, he just left daniel alone to fight the shadow himself, he was so mad, he yelled at alexander saying he would kill him either that, or alexander read the diary entry that said daniel would kill him

If there was such a potion, I'd use it to repeatedly rediscover the joys of cheesecake.

so Daniel is not seeing these things and hes running and hiding and doing puzzles like a madman

If you pay attention, Daniel can't come to terms with what he has done. He says hes "As broken as the men I've tortured". So, he drinks the amnesia drink so that he could have a better chance at defeating Baron Alexander.

Alexander realised Daniel was going mad, and locked him out of the Inner Sanctum.

It says something about amnesia that even just this video giving a quick overview of the lore carries emotional weight and gravitas.

When the grunt popped up in the beginning it scared the living shit outta me

Get wood, make a crafting bench, make a wooden pick, make a stone pick, make a furnace, find coal, find iron, make an iron pick, find diamonds, make a diamond pick, make/find obsidian and mine it, craft flint and steel, make and light nether portal, kill blazemen for blazerods, make blaze powder, kill endermen for enderpearls, craft eye of ender, find stronghold, complete ender portal, kill ender dragon, go home. Plenty of stuff to do as the "story" :P

Because.... Okay seriously, that is a good question. I have no idea, and I know everything about Amnesia. If he was filled with hate, he should have done it BEFORE he forgot how to get through the castle. Good argument indeed. Maybe he couldn't take the guilt anymore, drank the potion, then realized "Oops, I forgot to kill Alexander", and then wrote the letter.

Daniel was dealing with a ton of guilt. The potion was like alcohol, but 100x more effective

Although the other guy did have a point, Amnesia was what really made Pewdiepie big on youtube. ChuggaConroy, who voiced the mother lore, was made big by his lets play of mother. It'd make sense to have him voice it but I think this is better.

It's scary when you know it's made out of dead pieces of flesh, brought to life, can kill you in three hits (if you're lucky) and you can't defend yourself in any way other than running and hiding.

Finally an explanation without nothing scary within it. - a person who refuse to watch or play horror games because traumatizing childhood

Aaaaahh! I was not prepared for a monster to pop up after the title!

He didn't want to live with the realization of the things he had done which weren't REALLY helping him. He had been duped and crossed moral boundries which he realized made him lower than human. Knowing he could never live with himself he made an effort to erase the memories for good while attempting to finish one last job, Kill the man who took advantage of your susceptibility.

Now would be a good time to have lore for Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs

I believe Alexander acquired the servant grunts by inviting a group of soldiers into the castle and tricking them to drink poisonous wine causing deformities.

Amnesia would have been a lot shorter if Daniel could have waited to forget one day longer.

shall i'll bring up the fact you summoned invisible monsters and those things made from the humans that drank you spiked wine?

The monsters are the castle's residents and workers that were killed and made it monsters to keep Daniel away from Alexander.

No because Daniel couldn't even bare the thought of what he had become, killing that innocent girl. He was mentally and physically torn apart and the only way for him to get back to his old self would be to forget about everything he had done, thus he drank the amnesia mixture.

It's hinted in the game that they were his former henchmen and staff that he poisoned. What made them into the monsters they are is never explained.

Lets not forget that near the end of the game, he in fact does remember what he did to all those people. Logic ?

Not much are revealed about the grunts(Mr.face), gatherers(guy with the knife arm), or the karnek(water monster) specifically to keep them scary. If monsters are explained, they lose the mystery and surprise factor. This was a smart move of the game developers if you ask me, because monsters are scarier the less you see or know about them.

*spoilers* 1. killing a bunch of innocent people you thought at least were criminals (well at the start) then finding out aleksander betrayed you, while you are slowly loosing your mind. 2. he drank the potion to relive him of these memories, and have a chance at revenge. 3.Sometimes not knowing everything makes thing easier.

I was expecting a discussion of the Shadow and Alexander and the Orb, not just an overview of the plot.

Amnesia: Rebirth out soon! The trailer just dropped today 👀 Coming out Autumn 2020. I hope it’s as good as The Dark Descent and is scarier and has better gameplay than A Machine for Pigs and SOMA.

He felt too much guilt and probably didn't even think of doing that. Or, he simply made a mistake but did not realize it until much later. Everyone makes mistakes.

The first 10 seconds is title. And the last 16 seconds is something else

Something about Alexander poisoning some desperate/heinous people with some unknown substance he'd invented which caused their horrible and excruciating mutations.

In 5 seconds: "CREEPY GUY, GET PAGES, NOAW GO!"

The advert that popped up at 0:10 had the words "Jaw Dropping Deals".

There's multiple Slender lores that were started later. The best of them is Marble Hornets, there's also EverymanHybrid and a few more obscure ones.

It IS Memento, but with murder, magic, and (invisible!) monsters! It is messed-up, but in the best way! (I recommend OMFGcata's playthrough, if don't intend playing it yourself)

- Also before Daniel came, Alexander had his own Orb, but it shattered when he tried to use it to get home. It broke because Alexander had not prepared the whole ritual, because he was so anxious to get home. -The only enemies that were controlled by Alexander were the Grunts. He could also telepathically speak to them, as it was shown that he told them to find, (and possibly kill) Daniel.

FINALLY THE AMNESIA LORE!

he had no more mental will left to try. It made him too weak to kill him. So he wiped his memory so he would have all his strength back and fight him.

its kinda hard to explain but before he drank the potion he probably thought himself not worth living after all that he had done which would have made it hard to bring himself to do the things to get to Alexander and kill him. I don't think he thought that the pages would have been spread out like that.

a few things to be said about amnesia. 1. its not scary, its fun. 2. alexander is my favorite villian for bieng the most well developed that i know. 3.im mad at the game because i cant figure out how making custom stories works... 4. i thought the gatherers were the shadow...guess not ._.

the "I found a bag of milky-ways" guy should of narrated this

It's probably because he needs to narrate as well, I've found that if people talk when they play they get easily distracted. A lot of the videos where you see people talk they have the same issues, though a few manage it quite well. Most just go around aimlessly.