Hewie

Hewie is the deuteragonist of Haunting Ground. He is a four-year-old who soon joins Fiona Belli on her quest to escape Belli Castle. Hewie becomes attached to Fiona after she saves him from cruel captivity by Riccardo Belli. He seems healthy and was apparently well cared for at some time. Hewie is fiercely loyal and will not hesitate to attack Fiona's pursuers when trained correctly. He is her only hope of escaping the castle alive.
==Biography==
Being an imperfect clone, Riccardo required Azoth in order to prevent his abnormal maturity and slow down his aging, so he had trapped nearby animals from around the castle area and extracted their Azoth. The animals possibly came from a nearby village or the woods. This is also hinted at by cages of various sizes covered in fur and feathers on the castle's grounds.
Hewie was captured by Debilitas from a nearby area and was brought to the castle's basement, where Debilitas was cutting meat to make some sort of stew or soup. A naked 18-year-old Fiona awoke in an unlocked cage in the basement, taking the opportunity as a chance to escape. However, just before she left, she briefly encountered Hewie. As he ran away, he dropped his collar with his name on it.
Later on, Fiona found him whimpering outside, now lying on the ground by a tree. Riccardo had planned on letting Hewie die first so that he could extract his Azoth later, and left him in a dying state tied to a tree with a thick wire. Fiona examined Hewie, finding him caught in a trap by his neck. Outraged, Fiona recognised the dog from earlier freed him, telling him not to get caught again as he left.
When Fiona returned to the guest room, she found Debilitas sat on her bed. Just as Debilitas approached her, Hewie came to Fiona's rescue and bit Debilitas' hand, causing him to flee. Now safe and sound, Fiona stroked and bonded with Hewie, remembering his collar from before. With Hewie by her side to protect her from Debilitas, Fiona began searching for a way out of the castle.
Fiona was guided by notes left by a mysterious man named Lorenzo Belli. Following Lorenzo's directions, Fiona went to the castle's chapel, where she found a key that was to unlock the path to the Old Mansion. Fiona was then trapped in the chapel with Debilitas after he followed her in there. Fiona and Hewie team up against him. Depending on the player's actions, Fiona and Hewie will either kill Debilitas or trap him underneath a chandelier.
If they cause the chandelier to fall on Debilitas and trap him, he will be alive to see Fiona standing near the altar as she looks at him. He will see her as a divine being and bow to her before leaving the chapel. Regardless, Debilitas will now leave Fiona alone for the rest of the game. Afterwards, Fiona went to the Old Mansion, but before she could use the key, Daniella appeared and urged her to attend dinner.
At the dinner table, Fiona sat before Daniella, who began telling her about how she is physically unable to experience taste, pain, or pleasure. An uncomfortable Fiona leaves the room to sleep in the guest room. A while later, Daniella went to the guest room and placed her hand on Fiona's abdomen, waking her up. Daniella then repeatedly bashed her own head against the window, causing a piece to come loose.
She then began to pursue Fiona with it throughout the castle. Daniella chased after Fiona out of jealousy that Fiona can bear children, experience physical feeling, and experience human emotion because she possesses the "Azoth", which Daniella believes will make herself human and "complete". Eventually, in the Old Mansion, Daniella's end came when Fiona and Hewie entered a domed area, facing her in a fight.
A mirror is revealed beneath her and, at the sight of her reflection, Daniella screams at such a high pitch that the glass above her shatters, bringing a huge shard down upon her, piercing her through the abdomen. Fiona found a key that Daniella was holding onto, then went to another part of the castle, where she would encounter Riccardo, who then pursued Fiona with the intent of using her Azoth to live for all eternity.
A while later, Fiona and Hewie escaped to the forest outside the castle, but Riccardo soon caught up with them. In a conversation between Fiona and Riccardo, Fiona discovered that her father was actually a clone of Riccardo, and that Riccardo was the man that had killed her father. Unable to comprehend the information, Fiona faints and Riccardo carries her for the third time to the water tower.
Of note, if the player is replaying the game, there will be a cutscene of Riccardo probing Fiona on an operating table, examining her Azoth and saying to himself that it will be ready in a few days.
In one of the cells located inside the water tower, Fiona was rescued by Hewie, but they encountered Riccardo once again, who had applied an alchemical substance to Fiona's eyes which perceives him as being invisible. At the top of the water tower, Fiona and Hewie manage to push Riccardo off the edge, killing him. Fiona then walked across a bridge connecting the water tower to the House of Truth, where she met Lorenzo Aureolus Belli, an old alchemist in a wheelchair that had been helping her throughout her journey.
Fiona then discovered that Lorenzo wanted to offer her a chance to be immortal with him so that they may pursue the "Great Truth" together, which is a philosophical revelation that Aureolus Belli, one of Fiona's and Lorenzo's ancestors, had dedicated his entire life searching for. However, Fiona refused to be with him. In a conversation with Lorenzo, he transformed himself from an older man to a younger man.
Lorenzo pursued Fiona, who eventually found the Cane of Caduceus, the key to her escape from the castle. With Hewie by her side, Fiona defeated Lorenzo and escaped to the front gate of Belli Castle. Shaking, Fiona was having some trouble getting the key into the lock, but Hewie whimpered at her to calm her. She thanked him with a grateful smile and managed to unlock the gate.
==Quotes==
* *Bark*
* *Growl*
* *Whimper*
* *Whine*
* "You saved me.... Now it's my turn to help you. I won't forget this."
* "Someone as skinny as you should have been able to do this instead."
* "You said sit, so I did. So please... Don't leave me here."
* "Every time I bite that guy, the stink is terrible. It makes my nose curl and my eyes water. Yuck!"
* "Whenever I get pollen on my nose... I can't stop sneezing... Wa-choo! Makes it hard to snag those flowers."
* "It's dark and there's not much room. It's really damp, too. Come on, Fiona! Don't make me wait here!"
* "Jumping them from behind... Biting their neck... Now that's what I call doggie-style!"
* "Arf? He seems... different. Like he's not scary anymore. How bizarre."
* "Thought this might be a snack for a second there. Boy is it hard, though."
* "Doing this together is fun! What is the name of this game?"
* "I've smelled this somewhere before. It's definitely the smell of a vegetable that needs to shut up."
* "Didn't hit me! Can't hit me!"
* "ARF!!! I feel like I am really starting to connect with Fiona."
* "Fiona, why didn't you just try crawling through the peep window?"
* "Aww! You found my hidden treasure! Oh well."
* "Thank you, Fiona. But I still hurt. I probably can't move around for a while."
* "Where did you go? I looked all over for you."
* "Fiona? Why don't you start running? He's coming! He'll get us!"
* "Yay! I love playing games with Fiona."
* "We threw him off the edge. Goodbye, bad smell. Goodbye, Riccardo."
* "Whoa! Talk about a stinky odor! Moldy rotten wood is just the absolute worst."
* "He burned... He melted... He died."
==Trivia==
*If Fiona abuses Hewie, he comments how sad he is.
*Hewie's name is the first line spoken at the beginning of the game.
*In Hard Mode, Hewie will make comments instead of Fiona. They can be read in the menu.
*Hewie makes a cameo in Joe the Condor's ending in , along with Fiona and Debilitas.
*Hewie's theme is Precious Hewie, which has a remix. A short piano part of it plays at the end of Endless Zero.
*One of the play types is called Dog Beater. Receiving it results in the comment "You are obviously not a dog person."
*Hewie cannot die when playing on Normal Mode, but he can be slain by a stalker in Hard Mode, resulting in a game over.
*There are three Hewie costumes in total: White German Shepherd (default Hewie is more loyal and obedient), Brown German Shepherd (makes Hewie more aggressive but harder to control), and Stuffed Toy (makes Hewie invincible but weaker; recommended for Hard Mode).
*The reason why Hewie was added was because the developers were concerned that having a sole female protagonist would detract from the game's popularity and sales, and that adding a dog companion would boost appeal. While many players enjoy the Fiona-Hewie dynamic.
*The dog in resembles Hewie. Leon has the option to save him; if he does, the dog later assists him during his first boss battle against El Gigante.
**Whether or not this dog is Hewie has never been officially confirmed; if it is, then the timeline co-exists with the timeline.
**Moreover, if the dog in RE4 is Hewie, then Haunting Ground would take place roughly between late-2004 and 2005, since RE4 is set in August 2004.
==Licensing==
This article contains content derived from the "Hewie" article on the Clock Tower Wiki, licensed under CC-BY-SA.
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