History Characters / AmnesiaAMachineForPigs

* CreepyChild:[[spoiler: Both sons haunt Mandus in key sections of the game as the plot about then is revealed.]]

* {{Creepy Child:}} [[spoiler: Both sons haunt Mandus in key sections of the game as the plot about then is revealed.]]

* {{Creepy Child}} [[spoiler: Both sons haunt Mandus in key sections of the game as the plot about then is revealed.]]

* {{Creepy Child}}

* {{Creepy Child}}ren

* MisanthropeSupreme: Absolutely. The Machine's behaviour during the later half of the game has it ranting against humanity and how it will remake them

* MisanthropeSupreme: The Machine's behaviour during the later half of the game has it ranting against Humanity and how it will remake them.

* HauntedTechnology: After being given life by extracting part of Mandus soul into the Machine via SoulExtraction. The Machineends up becoming sentient and hostile thanks to seeing visions of the 20th century.

* MisanthropeSupreme

* EnemyWithout: He is a SoulFragment extracted from Mandus and inserted into the Machine to give it life.

* BigBad: The Machine manipulates Mandus to activate itself, before unleashing hoards of manpigs on London with plans to conquer the world all to prevent the horrors of the 20th century from occuring. ** The Machine also tries to stop Mandus from shutting it down for good to prevent the Machine from completing it's twisted goals.

* BigBad: The Machine manipulates Mandus to activate itself, before unleashing hoards of manpigs on London with plans to conquer the world. The Machine also tries to stop Mandus from shutting it down for good to prevent the Machine from completing its goals.

* HauntedTechnology: The Machine

* MadGod

* CreepyTwins

* EvilutionaryBiologist: [[spoiler: Mandus performed horrific experiments to create the various Man Pigs that he encounters throughout the game. And don't even get started on the Machine he helped to create...]]

* BigBad

* GeniusLoci
* HauntedTechnology

* EvilutionaryBiologist: [[spoiler: Mandus performed horrific experiments to create the various Man Pigs that he encounters throughout the game. All in an attempt to prevent the future of the 20th century from occuring.]]

* EvilutionaryBiologist

* ActionSurvivor

* NonActionGuy

[[folder: Oswald Mandus]]

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* EldritchAbomination[=/=]EldritchLocation: Due to the abruptly shifting, warping, and maddening nature and layout of the machine it qualifies as the latter, which coupled with its unfathomable power qualify it as the former.

* DeathOfChild: The death of [[spoiler:both children]] plays a pivotal role in the story.

* MadOracle

* MotiveRant: His [[Quotes/AmnesiaAMachineForPigs speech at the end of the game]], which describes what happens in the 20th century is ''magnificent''.

* BadassBeard: According to the Frictional Games, this [[http://amnesia.wikia.com/wiki/File:Oswald_Mandus.jpg picture]] of a Victorian gentleman is an approximation of what Mandus looks like. Combined with Mandus' extreme PapaWolf tendencies and sheer determination, he is indeed quite badass.

* WellIntentionedExtremist: [Despite his despicable crimes and plans, he genuinely wants to "save" humanity and to stop the countless wars and genocides that will come with the 20th century.

->'''Voiced by:''' Toby Longworth

->But we can save them, we can set them free, we can replace a rotten old world, with a clean new one.

-->[[spoiler:'''Oswald Mandus''': (near weeping) Oh God, oh no. What have I done? No! This is not what I meant! This is not what I meant at all!]]

[[folder: The Engineer aka [[spoiler: The Machine]]]]
->'''Voiced by:''' Mark Roper

->This is your doing, Mandus. This is what you dreamt into being.

A strange entity who claims to know the location of Mandus' missing sons. Remaining unseen, he guides Mandus around by talking to him over telephones throughout the complex. [[spoiler: It turns out The Engineer is the malevolent split personality of Oswald which has [[BrainUploading uploaded itself]] into the Machine, leaving Mandus for dead.]]

* AGodAmI: [[spoiler:Due to the Orb's power and the countless sacrificed to it, as well as his "mission" to prevent the horrors of the 20th century, it considers itself a god.]]
* AmbiguousInnocence: [[spoiler:It is quite childlike in a lot of ways, for both good and bad.]]
* AntagonistTitle: [[spoiler:It is the "Machine for Pigs".]]
* AxCrazy: [[spoiler:After finally tricking Mandus into reactivating the machine, all trace of friendliness and sanity slip away replaced by a cackling megalomaniac.]]

* DeusEstMachina: [[spoiler:The constant sacrifices are meant to turn it and the piece of Mandus' soul it contains into a bloody god.]]
* EldritchAbomination[=/=]EldritchLocation: [[spoiler:Due to the abruptly shifting, warping, and maddening nature and layout of the machine it qualifies as the latter, which coupled with its unfathomable power qualify it as the former.]]
* EnemyWithout: [[spoiler:He is a SoulFragment extracted from Mandus and inserted into the Machine to give it life.]]
* TheEngineer: [[spoiler:Though "the Engine" is probably more accurate.]]
* EvilIsHammy: [[spoiler:Fittingly for an entity that commands legions of manpigs, the Engineer is about as hammy as it gets.]]

* KnightTemplar: [[spoiler:Plans to save humanity from the nightmare of the 20th century by exterminating and enslaving them itself.]]

* MechanicalAbomination: Is [[spoiler:an artificial replacement for God created by the main character to prevent the horrors of the 20th century, sustained by human sacrifice on a literally industrial scale, but it instead creates the pig monsters and plans to destroy/consume humanity]]. It's a cross between an EternalEngine and EldritchLocation that has developed into a MadGod.

* MotiveRant: His [[Quotes/AmnesiaAMachineForPigs speech at the end of the game]], which describes what happens [[spoiler:in the 20th century]] is ''magnificent''.
* MurderIsTheBestSolution: Its decision instead of [[spoiler:the horrors of the 20th century]].
* OmnicidalManiac: [[spoiler:Has twisted countless people into the tortured manpigs and plans to use them to slaughter the entirety of humanity by feeding them to the machine.]] Also [[spoiler: his quotes about "splitting the egg and the atom" heavily hint that his plans are to annihilate the entire planet with the power gained from the slaughter of London's population. This is basically confirmed by cut dialogue in the game files]].
* PsychopathicManchild: [[spoiler:For all its crimes and follies, the Engineer is almost like a bitter child happy to wish away all the problems of the world and humanity. Right up to begging "Daddy" Mandus to not kill it at the start of the game.]]
* StrawNihilist: [[spoiler:One of the flashbacks Mandus has with the Engineer displays the cynicism the Engineer has towards humanity. He doesn’t believe there are any good people after witnessing the horrific vision of the 20th century. Mandus proves him wrong by willfully sacrificing himself to save humanity from the grisly fate they could have met.]]
* VillainousBreakdown: [[spoiler:As Mandus begins to destroy the Machine for good, he progressively becomes increasingly frantic, such as repeating "stophimstophimstophim" on the broadcast system for workers, and culminating in his MotiveRant.]]
* TheVoice: A JustifiedTrope, as [[spoiler:he's the machine itself, meaning you're inside him for much of the game]].

* WalkingSpoiler: [[spoiler:The Engineer is the titular machine and has spent the whole game leading Mandus to undoing his own tampering of the machine.]]
* WellIntentionedExtremist: [[spoiler:Despite his despicable crimes and plans, he genuinely wants to "save" humanity and to stop the countless wars and genocides that will come with the 20th century.]]

->'''Voiced by:''' Zak Craig

->''Voiced by:''' Mark Roper

* InfantImmortality: [[spoiler:Averted as their deaths play a pivotal role in the story.]]
** HarmfulToMinors: Implied throughout the game, [[spoiler:and ultimately confirmed, as well as the fact that it is Oswald's fault]].

* StrawNihilist

* WalkingSpoiler

* TheLostLenore: To Oswald.
* PosthumousCharacter

* [[WasOnceAMan Were Once Human]]

* TouchedByVorlons: [[spoiler: His interactions with the Orbs, combined with the lost of his wife, started his descent into madness and creation of The Engineer, "inspiring" him to create The Machine.]]