History Characters / TheDarkPicturesAnthology

* AmbiguouslyEvil: It's clear that he ''relishes'' in seeing people die - just listen to him laugh in ''Man of Medan'' if everyone dies. Whether he's actually evil, good, surprised that you managed to get everyone killed in the first place [[labelnote:note]]"You weren't ''trying'' to do that, were you?"[[/labelnote]], or just doesn't actually care either way as long as the story is recorded, is another matter entirely.
* CreepyMonotone: Rarely shows any distinct emotion in his voice.

* TheGrimReaper: The creators describe him as "timeless" and at the conclusion of each game he claims his reunion with the audience is "inevitable" which is the same word he used to describe Death at the game's beginning and how it comes to everyone sooner or later. This is strengthened in ''Little Hope'', where he claims [[TheLastThingYouEverSee he's met everyone "once"]] and one day, will meet you too. Strengthened further in ''House of Ashes'', where [[spoiler: at one point, he apparently turns into a Crow before flying across the screen and appearing where the Crow went out of view once the camera caught up; and at another point lightning flashes across his face, making half his head very clearly appear like a skull. He also turns into a Crow for a short time in ''The Devil in Me'' before flying from a mezzanine floor.]]

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A middle-aged man in a business suit who acts as the storyteller and judge of the player's actions and consequences throughout the game.

* TheGrimReaper: The creators describe him as "timeless" and at the conclusion of each game he claims his reunion with the audience is "inevitable" which is the same word he used to describe Death at the game's beginning and how it comes to everyone sooner or later. This is strengthened in ''Little Hope'', where he claims [[TheLastThingYouEverSee he's met everyone "once"]] and one day, will meet you too. Strengthened further in ''House of Ashes'', where [[spoiler: at one point, he apparently turns into a Crow before flying across the screen and appearing where the Crow went out of view once the camera caught up; and at another point lightning flashes across his face, making half his head very clearly appear like a skull.]]

* HorrorHost: Of ''The Dark Pictures Anthology''.

* HumansAreMorons: Expresses this in ''Little Hope'' if you've made only logical choices.
--> '''Curator:''' Lord, how foolish these mortals are.

* MysteriousStranger: Nothing much is known about him, not even his real name or age, aside from the fact that he manages a repository of storybooks. In ''The Devil In Me'', he says he can barely remember a time when he wasn't in his repository, which may imply that he wasn't always The Curator.
* PlayerNudge: He will offer two optional ones over the course of the game if the player asks.

-->"The Curator is timeless, recording stories of life and death in his own small section of a vast repository containing every story ever told. He’s been doing it for thousands of years, he supposes, but he can’t remember when he started, or whether there was ever a beginning to what he does. But now, for reasons that he can’t quite understand, he’s been given the opportunity to talk to somebody."
* WaistcoatOfStyle: Wears a two-toned waistcoat.
* WickedCultured: He quite enjoys seeing any deaths that occur over the course of the game and is incredibly cultured, knowing much of literature.

* ''Characters/ManOfMedan''
* ''Characters/LittleHope''
* ''Characters/HouseOfAshes''
* ''Characters/TheDevilInMe''

* TheGrimReaper: The creators describe him as "timeless" and at the conclusion of each game he claims his reunion with the audience is "inevitable" which is the same word he used to describe Death at the game's beginning and how it comes to everyone sooner or later. This is strengthened in ''Little Hope'', where he claims [[TheLastThingYouEverSee he's met everyone "once"]] and one day, will meet you too.
** Strengthened further in ''House of Ashes'', where [[spoiler: at one point, he apparently turns into a Crow before flying across the screen and appearing where the Crow went out of view once the camera caught up; and at another point lightning flashes across his face, making half his head very clearly appear like a skull.]]

* MysteriousStranger: Nothing much is known about him, not even his real name or age, aside from the fact that he manages a repository of storybooks.

[[caption-width-right:350:"I am The Curator. The Curator of Stories. Stories of love and hate... greed and beauty... life... and death. Stories such as this one."]]
!!!'''Played by:''' Creator/PipTorrens

!!!'''Played by:''' Pip Torrens

* AmbiguouslyEvil: It's clear that he ''relishes'' in seeing people die - just listen to him laugh in ''Man of Medan'' if everyone dies. Whether he's actually evil, good, or just doesn't actually care either way as long as the story is recorded, is another matter entirely.

Characters who appear throughout the ''Dark Pictures Anthology''.

* {{Expy}}: He plays the same role as Dr. Hill from ''VideoGame/UntilDawn'', only contrary to him he interacts directly with the player instead of doing [[DoubleEntendre double entendres]] to [[spoiler:a character in-story as well as]] the player]].

This page has a listing of the various characters that appear throughout the different games

* AmbiguouslyEvil: It's clear that he ''relishes'' in seeing people die - just listen to him laugh in ''Man of Medan'' if everyone dies - but whether he's actually ''evil'' or ''good'' or just ''doesn't actually care either way'' as long as the story is recorded, is another matter entirely.
* CreepyMonotone: Rarely shows any distinct emotion nor changes in his voice.
* ExpositionFairy: Pay attention to some of the things he says in your first meeting, as he explains the HintSystem of painting premonitions for example.
* {{Expy}}: He plays the same role as Dr. Hill from ''VideoGame/UntilDawn'', only contrary to him he interacts directly with the player instead of [[spoiler: doing [[DoubleEntendre double entendres]] to a character in-story as well as the player]].

* MysteriousStranger: Nothing much is known about him, not even his real name nor age, aside from the fact that he manages a repository of storybooks.
* PlayerNudge: He will offer two of them over the course of the game if the player asks. They are optional, however.
* TimeAbyss: Bandai Namco themselves stated that the Curator is "timeless", that he's been doing his own thing for thousands of years, without knowing for how long he's been doing it, or when he started.

* WickedCultured: He quite enjoys seeing all of deaths over the course of the game. And he is incredibly cultured, knowing much of literature.