Moved page[]
This page already existed for this character under the name the Dark presence. Becuase it was technically a form of typo, I've copied the page to this one and put a redirect on the other one.
Oraclekun 23:54, May 21, 2010 (UTC)
Reanimation[]
The Dark Presence can apparently reanimate the dead in addition to possessing the living. It possesses skeletons which have been dead for a number of years, and it possesses the deceased hunter Carl Stucky kills near the beginning of the game. --Deputy Andy 23:56, August 22, 2010 (UTC)
Cleanup, and Speculations on Origin[]
There's still a few places in this wiki that refers to it as "The Darkness" instead of Dark Presence. I think Alice Wake's wiki page is one of them.
As for the origin, and the power of the lake... Here's some speculations, slightly more sci-fi ish than supernatural. :)
DP has power over the EM spectrum. That would somewhat explain his limited effect on regular EM systems, such as house AC and/or flashlights. Regular light just completely overwhelmed his ability, like a spigot in a waterfall.
The lake itself has some sort of power that reshapes reality, but it is unknow what is the range of this. Will the altered reality sustain itself once away from the lake? Is it something at the bottom of the lake? Doesn't really matter what it was, but the range would have some serious implications. If you "imagine" someone back to life, will s/he stay alive once you leave Bright Falls?
Here's one scenario: for those who remember Star Trek: DS9, this would be that episode where Kai Opaka and Sisko went to that planet, crashed and Kai Opaka died, but was revived by the nanites on the planet, and thus is bound to that place. Are the people "created" at Bright Falls bound to Bright Falls? Do they disappear once you leave?
And here's a related quesiton, did the writer, or artists, or people with imagination actually alter the universe, or did they create a pocket universe within the universe that we all live in, and altered THAT instead?
For those with a sci-fi bent, is this like that TNG episode where Wesley Crusher created a pocket universe and trapped his mother in it? In that the artist is carrying an alternate universe bubble around him/her/them? If so (reality bound to the person), then their altered reality can leave Bright Falls. If its bound the location, then they can't.
So perhaps whatever this ability in the lake that enhances imagination (giving creative people limited control of their local universe) is only tuned to humans, and DP can't access it. But he can access the EM spectrum and use it to influence the humans into thinking up stuff for him, alter the world to suit him better.
Which suggests that they are related somehow, esp he's bound to the lake.
Perhaps whoever bound him there did the ultimate sacrifice, by distorting the power so DP can't use it to get out, and only by chance did DP discover that humans can access the power...