Diana disaster

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“*She drowned. In a lake. And my wife, Emily, lost her life trying to save the girl. And since then the girl's spirit relentlessly struggles to find peace.*”
― Jacob about the event

## Diana disaster

Frame 6, showing Jacob trying to save Emily

### Location

Blindhill Place

**Diana disaster**[coined term] was a disaster event that took place in the Blindhill Place mansion on September 20, 1999 on the shore of Lake Taelnor and led to the **death of Agatha Baker and Emily Carlyle**.

On that day, Jacob threw the doll Diana, Agatha's last toy her parents gave her before their death, into the aforementioned lake. Agatha tried to save her doll, but drowned due to her paroxysm. In turn, Emily tried to save Agatha, but also drowned due to her hydrophobia. When Jacob pulled them out of water, it was too late.

The event had major lasting consequenses. Agatha's soul turned into the ghost and began haunting the mansion, leading Jacob to adopt magical defense against her. The prolonged conflict ends with its eventual resolution by the player, who has two variants of resolving it.

## Background

When Bakers moved to the Blindhill Place, Christopher Baker decided to hire a pair of servants. These servants were Jacob and Emily Carlyle, a butcher and a governess. However, young Agatha didn't like the servants, especially Jacob, who hated the girl as well. Agatha completely ignored Jacob and Emily, and always evaded them when possible. The girl also had some behaviour problems, which were noticed even by her school teacher. When her parents died in a car crash in November 1997, Agatha completely isolated herself from the servants. Her behaviour worsed even more: the broken window in her room suggests she often escaped the house through it. She only talked to and played with her doll, Diana, which was the last thing the girl got from her parents before their death.

“*It was their gift for my birthday. My mom said I had to play with it until they return. But there was a car accident, and they never returned. Diana ― that's all I have to remember them.*”
― Agatha about Diana
Jacob tried to (or pretended to try) help Agatha, visiting psychologist with her. The Carlyles were given the instructions to participate in her affairs and be intrested in her problems, but that didn't work at all, either due to Agatha's attitude to the Carlyles or Jacob's lack of willingness to help the girl (or both of them). According to the girl, Jacob openly hated Agatha and even privately damned her in his diary. Emily overall had better attitude towards Agatha, and the girl never said anything bad about her. Still, Agatha ignored Emily as well and hated her, which caused Emily to start drinking anti-depressants. The situation proved to be hopeless. However, Jacob and Emily had clinged on their only positive outcome: the Bakers' will, which stated that Agatha will recieve 100,000$ when she would turn 18 years old. Jacob was in two minds: wait patiently until Agatha is 18 while and tolerate her behavior or get rid of her doll, which was the girl's only "talk partner".

## Event

The old man decided to choose the second option. On September 20, 1999, Jacob took Diana from Agatha and angrily threw it into the lake. When Agatha became ancknowleged about this (it's unknown whether Jacob took Diana before Agatha's eyes), she quickly ran to the lakeshore and jumped into the water in order to find the doll, but, due to her paroxysm and very cold water, she started drowning, despite being good in swimming. The girl (as a ghost) later said that she had convulsions and screamed for help, but no one helped her.

“*He knew for sure I would try to get it from the lake. The water was icy, I wasn't able to swim and breath, I had convulsions, I screamed for help... but no one helped.*”
― Agatha explaining how she died
The only person who tried to save the drowned girl was Emily, who always was hydrophobic (afraid of being in the water). Despite her strong fear of water, she recklessly jumped into the lake to safe her. However, due to their paroxysm and hydrophobia, as well as icy water, both Agatha and Emily didn't manage to get out of water and eventually drowned. Jacob, realizing what a disaster his actions had caused, tried to save his wife and the girl by activating the Dam mechanism in order to lower the water level and get the bodies out of water. However, the resulting water flow sucked in both victims, eliminating their last chances to be saved and leading to their death. When the water level dropped, Jacob pulled Emily's body out of water only to find out it was too late: the woman was already dead.

The whole event was taped on the survelliance camera that was installed on a nearby streetlamp. The recording, as seen in the game files, is located to the right of this paragraph.

## Consequences

After Jacob became confident that both victims are dead, he decided to quickly hide all the evidence in order to conceal his guilt of murder: old man broke the survelliance camera (leaving its debris on the ground) and buried the video tape in a sand pile in an alley nearby. He then called the police, who arrived at the stage the same day. Medicolegial investigation, as the old man predicted, did not discover any presence of Jacob's guilt, since he did not tell to the police the whole story and hid all the evidence. The report shows that Jacob is simply a bystander who administered first aid, and all suspicions are cleared. The funeral of Agatha and Emily then followed: the girl was buried in the Bakers' family crypt near her parents and the old lady was buried in front of the crypt. Later, someone put the rope onto the grave and bent down the fence around it. Diana was left somewhere in the dam grate.

Agatha's soul, however, never left the mansion. Since it never found peace, the girl became a ghost, who began haunting on Jacob as a revenge for murdering her. This led Jacob to make a partially successful defense against her, as he began reading magic books in order to make the ghost leave the mansion and leave the old man alone in peace. However, it didn't help much, since the ghost could still haunt the mansion and interact with the objects from our world. The house even got severe damage from haunting, including broken phone, destroyed passage to the girl's room and broken stairs at the entrance. Jacob's magic also began making troubles in the house, including "alive" animals in the Sitting Room and self-moving objects in Servant's House. Jacob also made a spell that could stop all mechanisms, including engines and electronics. This led to the Player's car failure, forcing them to stop at the mansion, beginning the game.

Emily Carlyle's graveAgatha's crypt (after the photo is put back)Diana in the Dam GrateOne of Jacob's magic spells that can stop any mechanisms nearby, including car engines
## In game

### Anknowledgement

The first little detail that points to the event is found when the Player, after escaping the basement, enters the Sitting Room. The parents' telegram is found on the window, where Agatha's mom tells her to play with the new doll until they come back. The player quickly understands that the parents never came back and there are no signs of the girl's presense in the mansion as well. The protagonist learns more details about the tragic event when they encounter Jacob in the Library shortly afterwards. The old man says that Agatha lived here with her parents, then they died, and sometime later Agatha died as well when she drowned in the Lake, and with her drowned Emily, Jacob's wife. Jacob gives no information about the doll Diana or that he threw it into the lake, probably in order to conceal his guilt. When the protagonist meets Agatha for the first time in her room, the girl sadly and angrily says that the Player "helps a murderer" and that Jacob was the one who killed her on purpose. At first, the Player does not believe the girl and still tries to get rid of her via the Spell, but when that doesn't work twice, they agree to visit the Servant's House in order to find more information about the event.

During the search in Servant's house, the Player finds even more information about the event. First, they see police report on the table. After reading it and finding information that Jacob is purported to be a bystander, the protagonist understands that the old man probably lied to the police and hid some information from them. Since Agatha told the Player to read Jacob's diary, they open the safe with a desired book inside. When the Player reads the book, they find many insults from Jacob targeted on Agatha, like "Damn her!", and suqsequently lose any trust in the old man. Jacob, however, tells in the Library that he did not want to murder her, because he had known about the Bakers' will and the 100,000$ money they will get, should Agatha turn 18. He later reveals that Agatha always ignored them, tried to run away if possible and only talked with Diana, forcing Emily to drink anti-depressants. After exploring the Nursery, the protagonist gets Agatha's diary and sees a drawing with Agatha and the Carlyles, the latter crossed out. Agatha tells the Player that Jacob purposely threw her favourite doll named Diana in the Lake, and that the girl tried to get it back but drowned in the icy water. The Player sets out to explore the Lake.

### Resolution

The Player in their final choice have to decide whether the lost doll should be returned to Agatha or be given to Jacob. If they choose the Agatha's ending, the doll will be returned to the girl, who will finally find peace and joy and then happily dissapear. The Player will call the police, an action which will end up with Jacob being arrested and given several years in jail, since the police now will have an access to the new evidence: a videotape and the diary. Te old man will have a heart attack 6 months later and will be released early for house imprisonment. Nothing more is known about him after that, but the Player assumes that Jacob is still living in his Servant's House. If the player chooses Jacob's ending, Agatha will cry, turn red, and dissapear in woe. The old man will burn the video tape and his diary in order to destroy the last available evidence for his guilt of murder. He also will nail Diana to the library wall (with the doll opening it's eyes shortly afterward) and often make some strange ritual on it. Nothing is known about Agatha afterwards.