The Dark Presence Set Back

The Dark Presence Set Back is one of the Collectibles found in Alan Wake. It is one of the pages of the Departure manuscript.

Manuscript text[]

The darkness that wore Barbara Jagger's face was furious. The story in the manuscript had been making it stronger all the time, but now the light had set the writer free and hurt it, weakened it.

It was only a matter of days before the Dark Presence would be strong again, but meanwhile, it would be difficult to recapture the writer.

Location[]

The page can be found on the debriefing room of the Bright Falls Town Hall.

Manuscript Pages (Alan Wake)
Note: The pages marked with a "" can only be found in Nightmare Difficulty*
Episode 1: Nightmare	The Title Page of the Manuscript • Wake Attacked by a Shadowy Murderer • Wake Fights a Taken with Light • The Dark Presence Wakes Up* • Wake Attacked by Birds • Wake Finds Pages • TV in the Gas Station • Wake Lies to the Sheriff • Stucky Taken • Rose Daydreams About Wake • Barry's Arrival • Toby the Dog* • Rose is a Fan*
Episode 2: Taken	The Sudden Stop 1 • The Sudden Stop 2 • The Dark Presence in the Diner • Wake at Lovers' Peak • Alice Sees a Shadow • Barry Doubts Wake's Sanity • Rusty Dying • Rusty Attacked by the Dark Presence • Wake Reaches a Safe Haven of Light • Rusty's Final Thoughts • Wake Sees the Torch Symbol • Nightingale's Arrival • Alice's Fear of the Dark • Wake Hears a Chainsaw • Barry in Elderwood • Nightingale Fires at Wake • Wake at the Dark Presence's Mercy* • Rose and Rusty • Barry Meets Rose • Sarah Thinks About Wake • Deputies at the Logging Site • Wake Feels the Dark Presence • Wake's Despair
Episode 3: Ransom	Randolph Calls the Police • The Dark Presence Sleeps • Nightingale in the Radio Station • Sarah Distrusts Nightingale • Wake Attacked by a Possessed Object • Wake and the Dark Presence in the Lodge • Wake Attacked by the Dark Presence • Rose Visited by the Dark Presence • Rose Touched by the Dark Presence • Walter Fights Danny • Wake Attacked by a Bulldozer • Wake and Night Springs* • Sarah in the Radio Station • Thomas Zane in Love with Barbara Jagger • Wake Touched by the Dark Presence • Wake and Barry in the Cell • Wake and Casey • Nightingale in the Majestic • Mott at Cauldron Lake • Wake Wakes Up in the Lodge • Mott on the Ferry • Hunters Taken • Doc Examines Barry and Rose* • Wake Reads a Page* • Tor Hits Nurse Sinclair
Episode 4: The Truth	Thomas Zane's Writing and Assistant • Barry in the Lodge • Hartman Watches Wake Fall • Hartman's Mission • Wake Sees the Old Gods Stage • Barry Attacked by a Taken • Mott in Charge • Mott Fails Hartman • Hartman and the Power Failure • Hartman Sedates Wake • Nightingale Arrests Wake • The Patients Escape the Lodge • The Dark Presence at Large • The Anderson Brothers in the 70s • The Mystery of the Missing Week • Walter at the Anderson Farm • Hartman During the Missing Week* • Hartman Considers Mott and Wake • Mulligan Questions Nightingale's Orders • Nightingale Finds the Manuscript
Episode 5: The Clicker	Nightingale Reads the Manuscript • Nightingale Attacked by the Dark Presence • The Dark Presence Set Back • Cynthia's Work • The Dark Presence Hunts Wake • Alice Trapped in the Dark • Barry in the Sheriff's Station • Barry in the General Store • Wake's Plan • The Falling Helicopter • Zane's Shoebox • Cynthia on Her Way to the Dam • The Poet and the Muse Lyrics 4* • Children of the Elder God Lyrics 1* • Children of the Elder God Lyrics 2*
Episode 6: Departure	The Dark Presence Wants to Stop Wake • The Trail of the Dark Presence • Thomas Zane's Last Dive • The Dark Place • The Way through the Dark Place • The Poet and the Muse Lyrics 1* • The Poet and the Muse Lyrics 2* • The Poet and the Muse Lyrics 3* • Sarah and Barry in the Well-Lit Room • Zane's Poem*