As the experiments continued, however, Daniel's faith in Alexander was shaken, and finally shattered when he murdered a little girl in cold blood following her escape from a prison cell.Īlexander saw that the event had taken a toll on Daniel's mind. In order to produce enough vitae, Alexander and Daniel fed the prisoners they tortured with an Amnesia potion, which made them forget the method of their torture, and ensured that they will be just as terrified the second time around, without becoming accustomed or resigned to the pain ( Damascus rose is alluded to as either one of the ingredients of the Amnesia potion, or as a flavoring that Daniel perhaps added to the mixture to disguise its taste).
Daniel initially embraced this role, particularly when Alexander told him that the humans he was seizing are vile criminals. As such, Daniel was a boon to his efforts: Alexander employed him as his personal torturer, replacing his former servants who became the monsters Daniel flees from, and claiming that the vitae would fuel a ritual to banish the Shadow from Daniel's presence forever. To do this, he needed a substance called "vitae", which can only be harvested from the blood of agonized humans. It was revealed then that he is actually an otherworldly life-form who has spent centuries in Brennenburg, attempting to open a "gate" back to his own world.
However, Alexander's promise of salvation was a lie. They must quickly start the Warding Ritual before it would be too late. He told Daniel that they had very little time to banish the Shadow. Alexander quickly covered the Orb and the Shadow disappeared. During their visit in the Inner Sanctum, Alexander began to tamper with the Orb, thus enraging the Guardian, whose fleshy residue appeared in the Sanctum.