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In ''[=HoTD=] 3'', there are two unused tracks in the soundtrack titled [[https://youtu.be/s6ZRHYtUQqs "The First Impression"]] and [[https://youtu.be/8hrN8XkklYQ "At The End of The Fight"]]. While the former was used as the menu theme in the [=PS3=] release, the latter track remains unused. My theory is that it was originally going to be for an extended bonus ending that was unlocked if you did really well, and achieved the standard or mystery man ending (since the bad or zombie-in-car endings wouldn't tie in well). and the cutscene would be of Rogan reuniting with Sofie and possibly a few more post-final boss stuff to fit the two-minute song in. They probably either scrapped it due to time constraints or it being too long compared to other cutscenes in the game. The way the aforementioned song sounds really made me think what they could have done with it.

In ''[=HoTD=] 3'', there are two unused tracks in the soundtrack titled [[https://youtu.be/s6ZRHYtUQqs "The First Impression"]] and [[https://youtu.be/8hrN8XkklYQ "At The End of The Fight"]]. While the former was used as the menu theme in the [=PS3=] release, the latter track remains unused. My theory is that it was originally going to be for an extended ending that was unlocked if you got at least a B or A rank on all the chapters, and achieved the standard or mystery man ending (since the bad or zombie-in-car endings wouldn't tie in well), and the cutscene would be of Rogan reuniting with Sofie and possibly a few more post-final boss stuff to fit the two-minute song in. They probably either scrapped it due to time constraints or it being too long compared to other cutscenes in the game. The way the aforementioned song sounds really made me think what they could have done with it.

In ''[=HoTD=] 3'', there are two unused tracks in the soundtrack titled "The First Impression" and "At The End of The Fight" (you can listen to them [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=opgHecbOE14 here]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQCH-kKht4k here]].) While the former was used as the menu theme in the [=PS3=] release, the latter track remains unused. My theory is that it was originally going to be for an extended ending that was unlocked if you got at least a B or A rank on all the chapters, and achieved the standard or mystery man ending (since the bad or zombie-in-car endings wouldn't tie in well), and the cutscene would be of Rogan reuniting with Sofie and possibly a few more post-final boss stuff to fit the two-minute song in. They probably either scrapped it due to time constraints or it being too long compared to other cutscenes in the game. The way the aforementioned song sounds really made me think what they could have done with it.

In Hebrew legend, when God’s faith in pre-Flood humanity first faltered, Azazel and Shemhazai note that they warned him that this would happen because of humans not being as durable as cherubim. When God responds that evil/yetzer ha-ra is a risk for ''anything'' living on Earth, even cherubim, they decide to head there to prove him wrong. They immediately proceed to fall into lust and entitlement over human women. While Shemhazai ultimately repents and departs, Azazel not only doesn’t, but proceeds to make more Nephilim ([[HalfHumanHybrid human-cherub hybrids]]), which in turn produce Elyo. Both sets [[ExtremeOmnivore eat everything in reach]], and would have devoured the Earth itself (and presumably [[UpToEleven Heaven next]]) if God hadn’t sent the Flood to drown them out and imprisoned Azazel.

* In Hebrew legend, when God’s faith in pre-Flood humanity first faltered, Azazel and Shemhazai note that they warned him that this would happen because of humans not being as durable as cherubim. When God responds that evil/yetzer ha-ra is a risk for ''anything'' living on Earth, even cherubim, they decide to head there to prove him wrong. They immediately proceed to fall into lust and entitlement over human women. While Shemhazai ultimately repents and departs, Azazel not only doesn’t, but proceeds to make more Nephilim ([[HalfHumanHybrid human-cherub hybrids]]), which in turn produce Elyo. Both sets [[ExtremeOmnivore eat everything in reach]], and would have devoured the Earth itself (and presumably [[UpToEleven Heaven next]]) if God hadn’t sent the Flood to drown them out and imprisoned Azazel.

* Series director Takashi Oda [[http://www.thewebsiteofthedead.com/?p=1622 has confirmed]] that they are indeed "copied and created". This, along with their scientific origins, is why he prefers calling them "creatures" and [[NotUsingTheZWord doesn't use the Z word]].

*** Jossed. Scarlet Dawn takes place at "Scarecrow Mansion".

*** All theories are Jossed. It's actually a dude named [[https://houseofthedead.fandom.com/wiki/Thornheart Thornheart]].

* This type of thing has happened before in the series, when Curien was resurrected as The Wheel of Fate in HOTD III. so this wouldn't be something completely outside the range of plausibility in this franchise. If you listen closely, both The World and HOTD 4 Goldman have a very similar-sounding voice, and most likely the same exact voice actor(though the VAs for this game cannot be found so this isn't confirmed).

* This is additionally compounded by several visual hints in all of the games besides those mentioned, particularly in the environments; The general vastness of the laboratories you visit (who would need several levels of basements, bunkers and caves just to create a zombie virus?), and the many instances of human-sized test tubes, some occupied (and even visibly exited by) the enemies you fight in the game. Equally noteworthy is the idea that its sort of a half-and-half mixture of the infected and the vat-grown. Those found wearing human clothes and general day-to-day gear can be considered bitten, infected or otherwise turned into a zombie by force, while other "weirder" types (like the ever-present skinny, naked types and shapeless, moss-covered "water" zombies) could be considered specifically grown, since enemies in those subtypes all look identical to one another, with possibly minor differences.

* And if you recall, in HOTD 2 Goldman fell into the same exact area where The World emerged from in HOTD 4. So you never know...