Noir

*This article contains spoilers*

**Noir** acts as the main antagonist of *Welcome to the Game II* and also appear in *Dead Signal.*

Noir is an extremely mysterious Shadow Web-based cult that uses The Prey as a front. In WTTG II they're represented by two of their followers, a male/female couple, who break into Clint Edwards's Apartment for pressing too hard in his investigation of Amelea's kidnapping. In Dead Signal they are sent after Ronald after Adam gets fed up with The Shade and his business.

## Description

The two Noir followers are a Caucasian man and woman, the female has been revealed to be named "Myra" and the male has been revealed to be named "Patrick" by Adam in Dead Signal, both are dressed in the same attire of a black t-shirt, black pants, white sneakers, and a plastic white mask. The man has a buzzcut while the woman's hair is done up in a ponytail, and they're both brunettes. The woman's mask comes with red lipstick and she's a lot shorter and lithe compared to her bulky, towering lover. The woman is also armed with a hammer.

## Gameplay

Despite being the main antagonists narrative-wise, gameplay-wise, the Noir couple are quite possibly the least active threats out of the Police, the Breather, and Lucas Kumiega.

The man will stalk the player from a variety of random locations: The balcony, the bed, one of the many hallways, the stairwell, and the alleyway. He'll stand dead still and simply stare Clint down. The only way to get rid of him is by turning your back to him and counting to 10. This will ward him off and make him vanish. If Clint were to approach him, his lover will come up behind him and bludgeon him to death with a hammer, yielding a "Killed" Game Over. He also appears at the window, however, their behavior is much different when it comes to the window. While you spend time searching the Deep Web, you will need to keep an eye on your window because it will eventually open. Keep checking it until you see someone there, then do the "turn your back and count to 10" strategy. If you were to completely ignore and neglect this, they'll kill you at your desk. They also become more aggressive as you progress into the game and when you turn your lights off.

**The Noir commonly kill players by spawning behind the apartment door or stairwell door, try to avoid rushing through doors for this reason.**

An additional mechanic is an obscure instant death the Noir can perform on the player if some conditions are met. It can occur if the player has a small number of lights off and after the player has progressed through a sufficient portion of the game.

## Spawn mechanic

Noir will appear more frequently if more keys are found:

* **1 Key found** - Noir have 20% chance to spawn
* **2 Keys found** - Noir have 20% chance to spawn
* **3 Keys found** - Noir have 20% chance to spawn
* **4 Keys found** - Noir have 40% chance to spawn
* **5 Keys found** - Noir have 50% chance to spawn
* **6 Keys found** - Noir have 50% chance to spawn
* **7 Keys found** - Noir have 70% chance to spawn
* **8 Keys found** - Noir have 80% chance to spawn

## Ending

***Welcome To The Game II:***

They have heavy involvement in the game's ending, as after Clint succeeds in tunneling to the Shadow Web, he's invited to the lobby by Adam. On the way there, he's jumped by Noir and taken to Adam's skyline office, where he reveals he's the leader of Noir. Depending on the player's choice, the man either escorts Clint out or the woman slits his throat.

***Dead Signal:***

In the end the Noir has big significance in the ending, as after completing his work, Ronald is messaged by Adam and told to go to the roof for a surprise, he is met with the Noir couple unmasked and speaking, he is given a phone call with Adam, during the phone call he is hired to join the Noir and is given his mask by Myra (female Noir), it is a black mask with a broken heart on the left cheek and a hack skull on the forehead, it is implied that Ronald has joined the Noir.

## Quotes

* *"Boo."* - The woman upon taking Clint by surprise.
* *\*giggling\** - The woman during and after her murder of Clint.

## Trivia

* The masks of the Noir members are pale, blank and non-expressing. Possibly a reference to infamous horror movie serial killer Michael Myers from *Halloween*.
* Noir are also extremely similar to the titular antagonists of *The Strangers*. They're both a group of white-masked home invaders who almost never speak, are multi-gendered, closely related (Noir are significant others or possibly even spouses while The Strangers are a whole family), and are sadistically playful rather than murderous, acting like ghosts with unpredictable but still intimidating behavior as opposed to regularly trying to kill their victims.
* It's possible for Lucas and Noir to appear together by sheer chance (see the Gallery).
* On the lobby computer, there's a resident dossier that most certainly belongs to the female half of Noir. Her name is **Ayana Armstrong**, she's 29, and is noted to *"Always wears black, very mysterious. Guy named Adam  visits her often."*
* The couple have returned as antagonists in Dead Signal.