orgins of the characters

[IceLemon]

i wonder how they got the idea of choosing and creating the characters in Amnesia.
exp.
how did they think of bringing Agrippa in?
why is the story set in Prussia?
how they created Alexander and Daniel?

anyone know the answers?

[Serena]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinrich_Cornelius_Agrippa
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orpheus

I take these examples as inspiration for some of the character and content of the story.


Also in Justine, there are many clear references to this:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_Sade

[gandalf91]

That Marquis de Sade was one strung out dude...

[DarkLordIggy]

I always wondered if some inspiration came from this guy: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Conrad_Dippel
It fits on a number of points: alchemy, living in Germany, rumors of experimenting on human beings.

I also think that there's a great deal of Lovecraft-inspired elements: the other world, "impossible geometry".

[pannli]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinrich_Cornelius_Agrippa
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orpheus

I take these examples as inspiration for some of the character and content of the story.

Although the connection between Orpheus and Daniel is clear, I very much like the idea of Alexander being a metaphor for Orpheus more. He has been thrown into the Underworld (Earth) and is desperately trying to reach his loved one. I think it's interesting that humankind's home, Earth, is being compared to as "negative" a place as the Underworld. :3

also lol de sade

[Serena]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinrich_Cornelius_Agrippa
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orpheus

I take these examples as inspiration for some of the character and content of the story.

Although the connection between Orpheus and Daniel is clear, I very much like the idea of Alexander being a metaphor for Orpheus more. He has been thrown into the Underworld (Earth) and is desperately trying to reach his loved one. I think it's interesting that humankind's home, Earth, is being compared to as "negative" a place as the Underworld. :3

also lol de sade

Gotta love the self-loathing humanity gives itself - Heaven is the only good place to be, Earth is sinful, and Hell is where you go if you loved the earthly...

[Serena]

I just had a weird revelation while replaying the Study area and I didn't know where else to put it but I'll see if anyone can dig this idea:

Spoiler below!

As I was walking into the room with all the anatomy posters and the preserved rabbit and dog, a severed dog's head and blood on the table, I was looking at the anatomy poster displaying 'Human Locomotion'. It occurred to me that Alexander might have been creating Grunts and Brutes in a sort of Frankenstein-esque byproduct of attempting to harvest vitae from his human prisoners.

Far-fetched or was this idea/reference too obvious? >_<


-edit- omg lol im a ditz, just found where I shoulda posted it xD yea i sux
http://www.frictionalgames.com/forum/thread-8495.html

[spukrian]

In a note Agrippa talks about finding an Orb in a Mithraism shrine. Alexander's Inner Sanctum does remind me a little of Mithraism:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mithraic_mysteries