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 Village Of Shadows & Yearning For Dark Shadows

– A Closer Look

At the end of the game, it is clear that the folktale story “Village of Shadows” told in the very beginning was about Mother Miranda and the Four Lords all along. Even though the characters in the folktale are different in appearance and behaviour, the key features of the legend stay the same.

The girl in the folktale is presumed to be Rose, the four monsters she encounters represent the Four Lords and the Witch is supposed to be Mother Miranda. The mirror in which the girl has been trapped in by the Witch could represent the four flasks Rose’s body has been sealed in.

This gets confirmed by the revealing of the folktale’s ending, where the father shows up to fight the Witch and sacrifices his life to save his daughter. The concept artwork also confirms that the family in the folktale is based on the Winters family:

However, there are certain things happening in the folktale that are incompatible with the actual role Rose has in the game’s story.

Long, long ago, when the first trailer was released...

Ah, yes, Alcina of House Dimitrescu, the Last of Her Name, The Giant Born, Drinker of Blood, Lady of the Unnamed Village, Breaker of Necks and Mother of Flies.

I’ll be just assuming that Eveline is inside Rose’s head and is able to sometimes take control of her or at least maybe influence her in some way, like Eveline did to Ethan at the end. Hence the reason why random Agent 7 referred to Rose as “Eveline”.

So, maybe RE9 will be about an inner conflict between Evelyn and Rose. They both kinda seem to be made as foils to each other when we consider their backstories.