Fear

**Fear** also known as **Adaru** is an overarching villain of *Halloween Horror Nights*, and was the icon of *Halloween Horror Nights: Twenty Years of Fear* in 2010.

## History

### Background

#### Origins

Adaru (Sumerian: "Fear") is the Sumerian God of Fear, trapped within a lantern with a realm of horror inside. It claimed that every 5,000 Years, five demons will appear to harvest souls in preparation for Fear's arrival, allowing him to bring about a Hell on Earth. Fear is however able to influence events from within his lantern prison.

Fear's five demonic heralds (the Minions of Fear) always exist physically before Fear is released and serve the roles of: The Herald of Chaos (a laughing figure with a Pandora's box like object), the Herald of Death (a calm and calculated figure dressed in black holding an hourglass), the Herald of Sacrifice (who creates things using sacrificed materials like human bones or their own blood), the Herald of Mythos/Legend (a figure with a blood-stained book or scroll), and the Herald of Vengeance (someone who uses an illuminated object to bludgeon another to death).

Fear is depicted as having been summoned by five heralds in Ancient Egypt.

By 2010, Dr. Abraham Lockheed wrote a book examining the lore of Fear titled *Demons Among Us: Uncovering Evil*.

#### Halloween Horror Nights Cycles

By 1991, Fear's lantern came into the possession of Universal Studios at the *Universal Art & Design* building. Awakened to begin twenty years (or cycles) of preparation for his next release, he began influencing events around the Universal Art & Design building to cause "Halloween Horror Nights" event cycles for the next twenty years. It is unknown what influence Fear may have had over the events for about the first decade of cycles.

Fear has also been tied to the "Festival of the Dead Parade", a Halloween Horror Nights festivity (which in real life occurred in 1997, 1998, 1999, and in 2000), that historically has been used to lure victims into the "Midway of the Bizarre".

Fear has been connected to the "Midway of the Bizarre" at Halloween Horror Nights which occurred in 1951, 1956, 1965, 1973, 1984 and 2003 before being incorporated into Jack's Carnival of Carnage in 2007. This was a mysterious midway which travelled the country and caused one person to disappear at each appearance it made.

In the year 2000, Universal Studios obtained a large haunted *Jack-in-the-Box* prop containing Fear's next *Herald of Chaos*, the undead murderous clown John "Jack the Clown" Schmidt. Jack terrorized Universal Studios the October of that year, as well as the following year 2001.

Fear's next *Herald of Death* was occultist/mad-surgeon/serial-killer Dr. Albert Caine AKA The Caretaker who in 2002 was responsible for the "Islands of Fear" incident. The Caretaker and his minions would capture different people in order for them to be tortured and executed, with him claiming them to be, "Non-believers". It is sometimes speculated that Caine's occultism and dark powers during this incident were tied to the worship of Fear.

In 2003, Universal Studios hired Fear's next *Herald of Sacrifice*, the snuff-film director Paulo "The Director" Ravinski. Ravinski was hired to shoot a new horror film in Universal's Islands of Adventure, and where Ravinski turned much of the theme-park into twisted film sets where he tortured and where he murdered guests on camera.

It is unknown what influence Fear may have had over the events of 2004, which seemed to be connected to various insane-asylum files. Photos imply that he was connected to the "Fright Yard", where violent gangs including "The Demented" fought a bloody fight in the West Side Freight Yard of a city.

The year 2005 presumably concerned Fear's next *Herald of Legend*, Elsa Strict AKA The Storyteller amidst the Terra Queen of the Storyteller's realm, *Terra Cruentus*, seemingly making contact with our world.

In 2006, all four of Fear's future heralds who had already been connected to the events of Halloween Horror Nights were summoned by the demonic *Lord of Darkness*. It is unknown what influence Fear may have had over this event.

It is unknown how Fear may have influenced the events of 2007 when Jack the Clown created his "Carnival of Carnage".

In the year 2008, the ghost of Dr. Mary Agana AKA "Bloody Mary" transformed Universal Studios into a portal to her supernatural Mirror realm. Bloody Mary has no known connections to Fear, however given how this was a *Halloween Horror Nights* incident which occurred at Universal Studios, it is likely that Fear had some influence.

By around 2009, a collection of archives related to the defunct *Universal Palace Theater* were found in Universal Studios' California based "Universal Archives and Collections" library. This theater was haunted by Fear's next *Herald of Vengeance*, the ghostly Usher, Julian Browning. Universal used "State-of-the-art technology" to restore the documents found about the theater's dark history and make 3D recreations of the building, causing the murderous Usher to become active for Halloween Horror Nights.

Fear's influence also appeared to have extended to the Caretaker's demonic fantasy disciple, Knightmare, the ancient and mysterious Body Collectors of Terra Cruentus, and to the moralistic serial-killer "Jigsaw".

#### Twenty Years of Fear

Early in the year 2010, a trusted cell director of paranormal-investigation organization *Legendary Truth: The Collective* was fired and then disappeared. While performing an, "intellectual sanitization" of the cell director's office, members of Legendary Truth: The Collective discovered a printed out email from contacts at Universal Studios' art department which included mysterious symbols burned into photographs relating to past, "Halloween Horror Nights" events as part of a puzzle. The photographs included ties to Dr. Albert Caine, the Midway of the Bizarre, the Fright Yard, and the Festival of the Dead. Member Gabriel Fell was conspiring on ousting Legendary Truth senior members Calvin Thorncastle and Kirstin Ivers, a plot which may have involved Ignatia Himmel. The symbols burnt on these images appeared to form a "Portametus" used for Fear to escape his lantern.

Legendary Truth members Ignatia Himmel and Gabriel Fell solved the puzzle and on September 16th, solved it which accidentally released Fear, who had been trapped within a supernatural lantern at *Universal Studios Art & Design Department* where he influenced many of the events of, "Halloween Horror Nights". There was a power black-out and Universal and Gabriel Fell went missing after this incident. Fear then possessed Universal Studios art team director Heather Summers and planned to terrorize Universal Studios to celebrate his, "Twentieth Cycle".

On September 24th at Universal Studios, Fear summoned his five heralds: the undead serial-killing clown Jack Schmidt AKA *Jack the Clown* (representing Chaos), mad doctor and murderous cemetery owner Dr. Albert Caine AKA *The Caretaker* (representing Death), snuff-film director Paulo Ravinski AKA *The Director* (representing Sacrifice) and supernatural *North Hollow Household* owner Elizabeth/Elsa Strict AKA *The Storyteller* (representing Legend), and cinephile phantom of the *Universal Palace Theater* Julian Browning AKA *The Usher* (representing Vengeance). Also present were Jack the Clown's murderous brother Eddie Schmidt, Jack's protégée/lover "Chance", and the Caretaker's paranormal young daughter Cindy Caine.

Fear's Lantern also summoned various other beings from the past twenty cycles of Halloween Horror Nights onto the Universal Studios property. Amongst these were: past icon the Crypt-Keeper, the supernatural serial-killers Chucky, Jigsaw and Mary Shaw, the *Terra Cruentus* inhabitants the Ore Mongers, Body Collectors and Body Collectors' assistants, the Director's fantasy creation the Ice Queen, a humanoid "Piggy" from *Fractured Fairy Tales*, a scarecrow associated with the *Rhyme of the Corn*, the Sentinel, a humanoid tree from the "American Gothic" section of the Mirror realm, Pumpkin Heads, representations of Alice Liddell and the Queen of Hearts from said Mirror realm, as well as classic monsters such as Frankenstein's Monster, Count Dracula, the Wolf Man, and a bride of Dracula.

Legendary Truth launched a mission to oppose Fear, and were ultimately able to trap him within his lantern along with his heralds and various other monstrous supernatural entities. Fear's influence may have then corrupted the leaders and members of Legendary Truth after this. It is unknown if Fear had any influence over the further cycles of Halloween Horror Nights.

#### Captured

Jack was mysteriously released from the Lantern (possibly by Bloody Mary). Jack then betrayed Fear and took over Halloween Horror Nights using his Carnival and Carnage, accompanied by his protegée, Chance. Not long after this, Jack was stopped and imprisoned within his box and on the June 27 of 2016, Chance was announced by newspapeerers to be institutionalized in the *Shadybrook Asylum* where she had a mental-breakdown and amassed a following of patients.

Both Chance and Jack would wind up getting imprisoned in the lantern again by around 2021, along with the icon "Lady Luck" and the haunted reflection presence of Bloody Mary though it is unknown if she was actually imprisoned in the Lantern or not. For what could be considered as Fear's 30th cycle, various mortals explored the "*Hell of Fame"* within Fear's lantern where they were terrorized by its monstrous inhabitants and Fear himself, sitting in his throne room accompanied by his icon servants.

## Appearances

### Halloween Horror Nights

#### Halloween Horror Nights: Twenty Years of Fear

Fear was icon of this Halloween Horror Nights event.

##### Fear Revealed

Fear was central character of this Scarezone. The Scarezone included his Minions of Fear along with Eddie Schmidt, Cindy Caine, Chance, and his Lantern Minions.

##### Horror Nights: The Hallow'd Past

While Fear did not directly appear in this haunted house, it surrounded the story of his lantern in the prop warehouse becoming a portal.

#### Halloween Horror Nights 25

The plot of this Halloween Horror Nights event involved Jack the Clown attempting to usurp Fear.

#### Halloween Horror Nights 30

##### HHN Icons: Captured

This haunted house was set in Fear's lantern. Fear appeared at the end of the haunted house, in his throne room.

## Trivia

* Fear was the first HHN icon not to have his own haunted-house.
* It is unknown if Fear's cycle beginning in 1991 it is connected to conspiracy-theorist Tim Foyle assembling the *Legions of Horror*'s totems and seemingly creating a supernatural portal in New Jersey which occurred the Halloween of 1991.
* Fear's Lantern Minions assisted Eddie Schmidt during *Lights Camera Hacktion: Eddie's Revenge*.
* What Legion of Horror Fear belongs to has yet to be officially identified.
* Fear's lantern has made cameos in: *Evil's Roots*, *Saws N' Steam: Into the Machine*, *The In-Between*, *Nightingales: Blood Prey*, and the 2021 *Halloween Horror Nights Tribute Store*.
* During the lead-up to Twenty Years of Fear, the faces of the Gentlemen, Billy the Puppet and Knightmare could be seen in Fear's Lantern.
* Excluding the unused icons, Bloody Mary was the only HHN original icon to not be one of Fear's heralds nor be present at Fear's Reveal.
* It is unknown if Fear has any ties to the event icons of the first decade of Halloween Horror Nights, who were characters from intellectual-properties rather than characters original to the parks. This including *Betelgeuse* (icon of Fright Nights/HHN 1) *the Crypt Keeper* (HHN 5), and *Imhotep* (HHN 9).
* It is sometimes theorized that post-2010 HHN icon Doctor Rich Oddfellow is connected to Fear. Possible evidence for this could be found in his dialogue frequently referencing the emotion of fear, such as in the *Dr. Oddfellow's Collection of Horror* story where he says, "I want you to feel fear. Not because you need fear me. You want be like me, but it is fear that brought me here. Why was I obsessed with discovering the power I now possess? Because of fear. It will drive you, lift you, take you where you want to be".
* It is unknown if their is any connection between Fear and the Lord of Darkness.

## External links

* *Fear on the Halloween Horror Nights wiki.*

## References

1. ↑ 2004 Festival of the Dead Parade backstory
2. ↑ 2004 Midway of the Bizarre backstory.