The Covenant

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WARNING: CONTAINS SPOILERS

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**'The Covenant'** is one of Haiku games' creepy games.
The Covenant is a story about Sam and her biology class, they decided to take a trip to the Grant Forest to camp out and watch the blood moon eclipse. Everything seems to be normal until the trip takes an unexpected and supernatural turn. Now the class has to figure out how to escape the forest and survive.

## Synopsis

Sam thinks a camping trip with her biology class will be harmless fun. Everything is going well until the Blood Moon rises...

## **Characters**

* Sam Winthorp
* The Hunger
* Mark Grant
* Joanne Wu
* Seychelle Farshid
* Turner
* Kelly
* Nicky Vallejo
* Mr. Sparks
* The Hiker

## Choices (SPOILERS)

During the game, several choices have to be made, primarily on who will accompany you into the forest, and who to sacrifice.

### Companion

The choice of companion for each chapter makes very little impact on the story and dialogue. For the most part, it lets the player learn a bit more about that specific character, and sometimes about Sam herself. Though if one companion is chosen multiple times, Sam's bond with them will be strengthened.

### Sacrifice

The characters voted off will never be seen again. For the most part, the choice is up to the player, with some exceptions. Mark can never be sacrificed, as he's made secret agreements with some of the other characters. For chapter 5 everyone else will vote for the Hiker, and for chapter 7 the last two characters will both vote for Sam.

### Final Survivor

Any one of the character, aside from Sam, Mr. Sparks and the Hiker may end up as the last man standing, and will then attempt to sacrifice the other character to The Hunger. As Mark cannot be voted of, most times, he is the most frequent survivor. See underneath for what is revealed about each of them. Whether the last person is Mark or the other character might depend on how much the player has accompanied that character.

* Mark: He planned everything ahead, and made sure there was no way to contact the outside world. He wanted to take his birthright as the sole heir of the Grant family
* Joanne: She sabotaged Sam's journey across the lake by greasing the chains. She was going to use the future vision to learn the cure for cancer.
* Seychelle: Prudence Grant had already informed her of the monster. She might also reveal that she never had any real romantic intentions with Sam.
* Kelly: She knew about Mark's plan and outsmarted him. She planned to wish for eternal beauty and youth.
* Nicky: His family owned the forest before Mark's. Nicky's plan was to retake the ownership of everything his family lost to the Grants.
* Turner: He was tired of being seen as nothing but a joker.

### The Covenant

Once Sam is the only one left, The Hunger will ask if she accepts the renewal of the contract. Whether it is accepted or not, Sam will have to fight The Hunger in a fast-paced puzzle, and escape through a grate. After that, she makes her way out of the forest.

Whatever the player chooses, the game will end on a cliffhanger. Though it is uncertain if Haiku Games are planning to make a sequel.

* Reject: Sam finds police and asks them to call the government and to quarantine the forest. When they don't believe her she decides to 'take it to the people'.
* Accept: Sam chooses to see how the monster can be destroyed, which is by fire. After escaping, she burns down the forest. When police questions her she tries to explain the monster, the covenant, and how her friends disappeared. It is unclear if the police believe her, but it is improbable. This ending implies that Sam is sent to a mental hospital.

## Trivia

* If you reject the Covenant and get the bad ending, the game (which released in 2020) depicts how the authorities do not believe Sam and the government does nothing to *"quarantine the forest"* or find a solution through their *"300 years of science"*. This draws parallels to the current modern day issues affecting the world right now (COVID-19, Global Warning, etc). The game ends on this speech from Sam: **"*I'm sorry some of you may die but you see. The Hunger is real. The government can't deny it any longer. It's growing and we have to fight it. We'll fight it together. We'll win! Won't we? . . ."***
* Based on the fact that a third Professor Burns game exists, the canon ending is likely the one where Sam burns down the forest. Since Burns and Sam are in the same universe, Burns being alive means that the Hunger hasn't taken over the world. However, the good ending ends with Sam possibly being sent to a mental hospital.