Running List, any suggested additions? (Spoilers)
Entities
- MIY/Sofia-Eats People, can cause seizures and control via touch, sadist, shape shifter (may require clothing articles of deceased), the voice on the radio
- BIW- pushed tabitha into maine, vaguely helpful, "not really a little boy", can show up in the real world, can not age or age depending on unknown circumstances
- German Shepherds-?
- Smile Monsters- reborn via human host if killed, shred and evicerate victims, can look human when awake, only out hunting at night, were human and then sacrificed children for immortality, can be killed by dream monster worms, hanging talisman can keep out of enclosed structure if they arent let in
- Kimono Lady-immune to talisman, camera trick, selective visiblility, can directly touch/pin down but mainly used Elgin, in league with smile monsters
- Dream Monster- "they bite, they rip, they steal, no one here is free, here they come, they come for three, unless you stop the melody", tied to music box?, represented by or separate from the ballerina?, actually the worms or are the worms just part of it? can physically harm in dreams, can trap within dreams, related to dreams of deceased being added to forest?, did the worms turn into to the cicadas?
- the crows- always show up at tree also at jim and miy killed priest funeral possibly "celerbrating", crow interrupted tilly reading pregnant Fatima's cards
- the dolls-deceased fear generated, immune to talisman, vulernable to effigy pikes
- the voices
- Martin-how did he know Abby and Julie?
- Giant Spider?-hinted at with ethan's dream, boyd finding webs and lil spiders attack and drawings
-Ankoohey kids-sacrificed by town, one is daughter of jade and tabitha, bones in caves, "born in the dark & died in the dark", poured their hope into the roots of the tree
Ghosts, Imaginary, or Trickery?
- Father Khatri > Boyd
- Tom > Jade
- Jim > Ethan
- Abby > Boyd
Ghost Adjacent Unexplained
- Poltergeist at matthews house night that Jim died
- ring that looks like abby's thrown at Boyd then disappears
- hands from abby's grave trying to pull Boyd under
Who?/Where?/When?
- Where did the random mix of buildings come from?
- Where did the livestock come from?
- Who made the talisman?
- Who made the monsters?
- Who chooses/pulls people in?
- is everyone related/reincarnated to originals in some way?
- How do the trees work?
- Who dragged Sara and Boyds tent?
- Lake of Tears?
- Who is teasing the townspeople with the jukeboxes?
Why?
- Seizures?
- why did Miranda have her kids hide somewhere christopher didnt know?
Themes/Recurring
-Stories
-feeding on fear/hope
-trapped even after death
-ancient evil
-posessions of dead (miy digging up sofia outfit, biw having victor bury instead of bodies, monsters collecting, acosta's project)
People that are monster proof
Boyd:
-can monsters kill Boyd?
Sarah:
-monsters didnt kill sarah on her way home at night after leaving clinic door open
Victor:
-"if you keep coming down here one of these times we might make you stay"
Forecasted:
-norman in lighthouse [ ]
-ship's horn [ ]
-jim hanging upside down [X]
-scare crows [X]
-map from lonely dragon treasure given to cromenocle [? Maybe Tian Chen giving Jade Christopher's Journal]
-town turning on jade and tabitha [ ]
More ?
-is root symbol good or bad?
Edited: Added Ankoohey Kids to Entities list