Treze Trilhas

> No amount of wealth can compensate for even one death. What happened here must never be forgotten, and will never be repeated. I am definintely closing the mine and will give all necessary assistance to the families of those who were lost. The citizens of Treze Trilhas are my people, and I do not wish to cause them any suffering whatsoever.
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> Christopher, Founder and Prophet of the Sacred Trail

**Treze Trilhas** (*Portugese*: "Thirteen Trails") is a former Brazilian mining town or city run by an enigmatic cult calling themselves the Sacred Trail. The city is the setting from which Fobia: St. Delfna Hotel takes place.

## History

Treze Trilhas was founded in 1918 as a small village by Prophet Christopher, a rich landowner returning to coordinate his family's mining works. When local immigrants were brought in to work the mines, the village of Treze Trilhas was founded to house the workers and their family.

According to the historical records, in 1920, there was an unfortunate accident at the mining site where more than twenty men were buried alive -- their bodies were never found. After many weeks and many unsuccessful excavations, Christopher decided to erect the St. Dinfna Hotel over the site, totally ceasing all further mining activities on the land.

In his words, "*No amount of wealth can compensate for even one death. What happened here must never be forgotten, and will never be repeated. I am definitely closing the mine and will give all necessary assistance to the families of those who were lost. The citizens of Treze Trilhas are my people, and I do not wish to cause them any suffering whatsoever*"

### Modern Era

After the closing of the mines, the construction of St. Dinfna Hotel has sheltered the families affected by the accident for years. Over the decades, a city grew around the old Hotel where the original village was located. By the modern era, construction of the Hotel has greatly strengthen the city's tourism, offering high-quality lodging to any and all visitors to this very day.

## The Truth

Spoilers Ahead!

Nobody knows what truly happened at the Treze Trilhas mine because there actually were no survivors from the entire village, except Christopher himself. Both the miners as well as their families were murdered by a half-mad Christopher. When the miners of the village dug out a mysterious Sphere out of the tunnels, Christopher orchestrated their deaths to cover up the artifacts existence. When the villagers of the mining town began to question Christopher's story, he had all the villagers gather together in their chapel to discuss the matter.

In that chapel, he gave all the villagers glasses of liquor in celebrations for what he believed to be the dawn of a new age. Needless to say, Christopher poisoned all the drinks except his. He then began to bury the bodies in graves near an old well. Christopher, in his delusion, didn't realized what he'd done and began to suffer from amnesia. It is only when he came upon the chapel and remembered the poison did his memories finally returned to him. Afterwards, Christopher ran to the mines hoping to find some answers of why he did what he did. It is there where he met a strange girl and a strange letter with the signatures of an individual named "R.L".

With nothing left, Christopher resolved to spend the rest of his life finding this individual, thereby giving meaning to all the deaths and unlocking the full potential of the sphere in the hopes of furthering humanity. In an effort to cover up the location of their bodies, he built Hotel Santa Dinfna on top of the village graves, ensuring that their bodies were never found and built a false narrative of their deaths. With the power of the sphere, he built a cult around his beliefs of a new world with him in the lead.

## Source

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Treze Trilhas Gazette - May 17, 1950 (Lobby Historical Poster)
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Fobia: St. Dinfna Hotel - The Forest (Level)