The Gatekeeper

## Appearances

> ***I am the Gatekeeper!***
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**The Gatekeeper** is the main protagonist in the *Atmosfear* series. While not a playable character, he has hosted most of the series' games.

## Background

### *The Gatekeeper*

The Gatekeeper, traditionally the guardian of the graveyard, can manifest himself at any time, in any form - although he prefers his comfortable tattered old shroud. He is ugly, cranky, and mean-spirited; but with good reason. As sentinel of the Other Side, The Gatekeeper's determined duty is to keep six creatures of doom imprisoned beneath a crypt.

These creatures represent the things that we fear the most, are the stuff of our nightmares, and each has a name and a history so frightening that they have been isolated and imprisoned in their own separate terror-tories.

Barred from the corporeal world, the Vampire, Witch, Werewolf, Zombie, Mummy and Poltergeist, must wait, impatiently, for a chance to escape their bad-tempered warden, and return to this earthly dimension to once again wreak havoc on us mortals.

Meanwhile, the life of a sentry can be pretty dull - especially if you're immortal. So now The Gatekeeper invites you to face your worst nightmare: Assume the identities of these six beings and challenge him in a contest that is bound to get personal.

And as you turn the volume up and the lights down, don't say we didn't warn you.

### *Khufu the Mummy*

The Gatekeeper's duty was to play prison guard to a pack of unearthly creatures - the Vampire, Witch, Werewolf, Zombie, Gorgon, Poltergeist and also The Mummy, that shyster pharoah, Khufu - keeping them securely locked away from the real world.

But a giant ego like Khufu's couldn't be contained for long. He wagered his freedom in a card game, then beat the Gatekeeper in a game of stud poker... using real metal studs.

As part of the deal, all the creatures were free to cross over... to Khufu's Casino, where they now strive to play his Ultimate Challenge.

Meanwhile the Gatekeeper is left behind to stew in his own juices (eeuuwww!) and is quietly plotting a way to break the bank at Khufu's. .....And the tables. And the chairs, the gaming equipment, the guests and most of all Khufu himself.

## Appearance

### *Nightmare*

In the original game, the Gatekeeper starts out looking like a regular human being, while his features are mostly concealed by a black hooded cloak, some shoulder length brown hair is visible. As the clock continues to tick down, the Gatekeeper’s features turn progressively more grotesque, his skin turning progressively more wrinkled, in addition to rotting teeth, almost corpse-like in appearance with a blueish-gray and green tone. Eventually the whites of his eyes turn a burning red and in the final minute, his irises turn a bright yellowish-green.

### *The Harbingers*

In *The Harbingers* and both Booster Tapes, the Gatekeeper maintains his appearance from the endgame section of the original tape throughout rather than progressively mutating, albiet his now blank irises glow an ominous green.

### *The Gatekeeper*

    In the DVD reboot, the Gatekeeper takes on a new appearance, featuring a more zombie-like look with visible rot on his cheeks, his skin now more purple in tone and yellow eyes.

### App game

In the App version, the Gatekeeper has an appearance in-between the original and DVD versions, with wrinkled gray skin. His 100% CGI appearance allows his eyes to change colour to reflect his emotion and for black runes to appear on his face. He also appears like this towards the end of *The Lore of the Other Side*.

## Personality

The Gatekeeper a cantankerous and twisted individual, who takes pleasure in mentally torturing the Harbingers of the Other Side. He has an interest in playing games, or rather winning games; he will often try to change rules to suit his favour and throw tantrums and make excuses when he loses in the later games. He’s prone to sudden outbursts of aggression and occasional fits of demented giggling. A particular favourite tactic of the Gatekeeper is to subject the Harbingers to mockery, especially by calling them “maggots”.