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Obed Morton is the secondary antagonist of Alone in the Dark: The New Nightmare, as well as the owner of Shadow Island.

Background[]

Obed Morton comes from a long family line of Mortons that occupied Shadow Island. He has a twin brother, Alan Morton, and he is the son of Howard Morton and Lucy Morton. He is a worldwide famous anthropologist on the subject of the Abkanis Native American tribe that lived on the island. He has written books on the subject and been featured in anthropology magazines. He also translated the Abkanis Tablets with the help of Edenshaw.

Obed Morton was born January 13, 1953, on Shadow Island. He was an overly sensitive child. To protect him, his mother, Lucy Morton sent him on frequent trips to stay with his grandparents in Providence. During his time on the mainland, he developed a deep aversion to the island and for the family home. After his mother became blind and paralyzed after a horseback-riding accident on January 13, 1970, Obed became even more distraught. His maternal grandfather died of a heart attack shortly after learning of Lucy's acci­dent. Scarcely one month later, his grandmother, crushed by the double blow, followed.

Obed and his twin brother Alan were sent to a private boarding school in Boston. Alan continually rebelled against all authority and was expelled from the school before the end of his first year. Obed took refuge in his own imaginary world. He dreaded and feared his trips home. The vacation periods on the island were difficult and painful. He tried to run away several times, but he was not strong-willed enough to complete his flight. Despite this highly unfavorable environment, he was a model student. His grades, always excellent, made him one of the best students in a school whose standards were already high. Yet he could not avoid his family's destiny. He chose to study ancient languages, and without realizing it started out on a path that would lead him straight back to Shadow Island.

Even though Obed was a hard-working and gifted student, his twin brother Alan was always a more capable student. With the support of his grandfather Jeremy, Alan devoured most of the books in the family library. Impressed by his brother's progress, Obed almost subconsciously began inserting the results of Alan's research into his own work. Soon, his pla­giarism became automatic. Obed was regarded as a genius among his colleagues. His "illuminating insights" gave rise to lively discussions within the field. As Obed's media exposure increased, he revealed his fraud to Alan, so that Alan wouldn't discover it for himself. But Alan didn't care. He simply asked Obed to never betray their family's secrets under any circumstances. He also wanted to receive a portion of the money that Obed's work brought.

For Obed it was the beginning of a whirlwind social life. He was the guest of honor at important seminars. His speaking tal­ent and his convictions brought him success upon success. That's when he met Lamb, who offered him practically unlimited financing as long as Obed gave Lamb exclusive rights to his research. This agreement turned out to be a fatal trap for Obed. During an evening's drinking he admitted to Lamb, inventing yet another lie, that he owed his success to his grandfather Jeremy. He even boasted that he knew where to find the mysterious gateway to the shadows and how to open it. From then on, Lamb would not leave him alone. Obed succumbed to the pressure, returning to Shadow Island, and promising to deliver the transla­tion of the tablets that describes the ritual used to open the gateways.

At one point in his life, he supposedly married Mary Cedrac and had a child named Aline, but was forced to return to Shadow Island by Lamb, leaving his wife to become bitter and strain her relationship with her own daughter. Ultimately, this story is revealed to be a lie conceived by Bureau 713 agent Johnson to manipulate Aline to go investigate Shadow Island with Carnby.

Personality[]

Obed is a coward at heart. His twin brother dominates him, as does Lamb, and he gives into both of them. He is psychologi­cally unstable. He has spent his whole life running away: from his family, from Shadow Island, from his responsibilities, and, now, from Lamb and his powerful organization. He knows, however, that he can never escape the one person he wants to most- himself.

In contrast to Alan, Obed still seemingly cares for his family, mainly his mother, and it's implied he also had a good relationship with Edenshaw. However he strongly dislikes his twin and the Darkness Creatures, and fears them.

Obed remains an intelligent and sensitive man, but he teeters on the verge of insanity. He always realizes the consequences of his actions a little too late.

After he is transformed into a monster by Alan's experiments he develops a split personality, with the monster's side being smug and sadistic while his human side begs Aline to kill him proving that despite his monsterous form he retains his human intelligence unlike Alan when he befalls a similar fate. Though he has still lost most of his sanity he ultimately fullfills a heroic sacrifice against the Darkness Creatures to give Aline enough time to escape, affirming desperately he belongs to light, and not to the Darkness.

Involvement[]

Obed Morton is funded by Christopher Lamb, the director of Bureau 713. Alan Morton imprisoned him and experimented on him which turned him into a creature of darkness. Obed Morton appears in this form as the final boss in Aline's storyline where they confront each other on a chasm with Obed on the other side, whom attempt to approach her through a fallen platform that connect between the said chasms. He first appeared when Edward and Aline finally cornered Alan by interfering their confrontation and taking Alan away, mutating him into a monster like Obed himself somewhere in World of Darkness.

When Aline confronted Obed again, she was horrified to see the monstrous Obed, and unable to accept it both out of their horrible deeds and his deformation at the hands of Alan. This prompts her to fight the former professor, only for the said fight to attract a swarm of Luxrats, Ophtalmicid that began to swarm her from the other side.

When the earthquake occurs due to them approaching, Aline nearly fell but Obed grab her hand in the nick of time to save her life. As he did so however, the pack of the Creatures of Darkness swarm toward Obed, forcing the latter to prompt Aline to escape. As Obed is swarmed by them, he crushes the platform where they stood, causing all of them to fall into the chasm below. Had he survived the fall, he would die immediately after due to the falling platform crushing down on his already crippled body. 

Strategy[]

The strategy to defeat Obed relatively simple compared when fighting his brother, as Aline only had to shoot Obed with the Grenade Launcher  to keep Obed from approaching her with about 12-14 rounds when he is vulnerable and not flashing. Given that her weapons automatically lock on to Obed, the player must shoot Obed right when he is locked on so the shots hit.


Obed transformed faceview

face view of Obed's transformed state

Quotes

"Look! Look what you did to your brother!" - The transformed Obed to Alan at the end of the game.

Trivia[]

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  • Despite Obed being viewed as a antagonist, he actually had no intention of doing any harm to Aline or Carnby throughout the game. Several scenes in Aline campaign suggested Obed tried to stop Alan. Furthermore, after his transformation, Obed sacrifices himself to save Aline, further proving he had no intent of having her dead.
  • It is not known as to how much control obed had after his transformation. A theroy can be made that Obed had little to no control over his transformation and after Aline inflicted enough damage onto him might have allowed him to take full control of his transformation.

See also[]

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External links[]

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Alone in the Dark: The New Nightmare
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