The Devil

**The Devil**, known in-game only as **???**, is the hidden main antagonist in *The Enigma of Salazar House*.

## Description

### Appearance

The Devil appears as a shadowy entity with red outlines, resembling a bald human male. It is unknown whether this is his corporeal form or simply a disguise when appearing to human beings.

### History

In 1986, the Devil appeared to Isabel Salazar in her dreams, shortly after losing her infant son Javier. He approached the grieving mother with the promise of returning Javier to her, telling her to search the library of her house for a black book. Isabel asked her husband Jaime about one and after claiming that it will help them bring their son back, he unsuccessfully attempts to convince her to let go of such superstitions and move on from his death. Ignoring his advice, she finds the book, which, having been planted by the Devil, and sees that a revival ritual is described inside. In order to conduct it, however, she had to provide five human sacrifices, meaning her remaining family and herself. In mad desperation, she did as the book asked and killed them all in a murder-suicide, alongside the family dog Cázan when he tried to protect his master Gabriel. However, by killing herself, in spite of having made the neccessary sacrifices, Isabel could not fully complete the ritual, leaving the spirits of the whole Salazar family stuck between life and death and trapped in their house.

Having seen opportunity in the revival of a human infant, the Devil sought out to see to the completion of the revivial ritual, eventually finding a viable and unwitting pawn in journalist Elisa Muñoz.

## *The Engima of Salazar House*

### Elisa's Dream

The Devil calls Elisa while she is working from home on a story on paranormal activity in Chiloé, imitating the voice of her boss and told Elisa to immediately depart for Chiloé to investigate the Salazar House. To put further pressure on her, the Devil also sends a false letter to her doorstep, in which she threatens to remove Elisa from her position if she doesn't comply.

After going to sleep, the Devil infiltrates Elisa's mind, making her have a nightmare about the Salazar House, in which she is chased by a restless ghost as a challenge of will. If she manages to avoid it and finds the key to unlock the locked door, the Devil will greet her inside, congratulating on passing the test and gives her a clue on how to find him again.

### The Horror of Salazar House

According to the "Possessed" ending, the Devil masqueraded as the mutilated dead body inside the library, having written the accompanying note to further lure Elisa into completing the tasks necessary to finish the revival ritual.

### Endings

* 4 of 8 - "You Got What You Wanted": Elisa inadvertantly invokes a body transfer ritual with Isabel, due to which Isabel regains an earthly form as well as her sanity. After returning to the initial ritual site, Isabel sees Javier in the arms of the Devil, who has kept his side of the pact by reviving her son, but since Isabel only wished for his revival, he takes his share of the deal by taking Javier away, thus making the deaths of the Salazars and Elisa for nothing.

* 7 of 8 - "Possessed": Elisa follows the instructions on the note in Blood hole room and sticks her hand in the smaller hole on the control board three times, allowing her to enter the Blood hole. She meets the Devil on the other side, who congratulates her for remembering their first conversation and reveals that by doing so, she has surrendered her soul to him, making Elisa one of Hell's mortal servants. Elisa is allowed to return to her realm, under the condition that she safeguard the now revived Javier with her life, with plans to use the baby for nefarious purposes.