"Good kid, you did what your teacher told you to. You'll see why it's not Ms Siska in the far far below right before extras section.
The new keepers of the darkness are Linda, Ira and the 3rd sister (who possessed Ira).
the shadow" at the end is the ressurection of the Serpent - the one who brings the darkness. Maybe what the Lady in Red meant by "It's coming.
In the end, Ms Siska escaped with the reincarnated/resurrected Serpent.
You know, all that talk about unleashing Linda's power, Linda shall play her part etc and her cheering in Limbo.
Growing weaker (said by the 3rd sister and evidenced by her pale eyes throughout the game then finally became white along with her hair at the end) and knowing Linda has potential, the Lady in Red/1st Sister guides and tests her, then finally passes her job to Linda.
The reason Ms Siska locked him is just for the lulz hahaha - just kidding. Used them as shields against ghosts or sacrifices for the resurrection of the Serpent or something? If Yayan suffers the same fate as in the bad ending, he'd be killed after escaping the toilet locked by Ms Siska.
Ms Siska killed Donny, Shelly and Yayan either directly or indirectly.
The 3rd sister/Ira got in her way, so she "sent" Linda to confront her.
She knew about Linda's power and led the group there to distract the 3 sisters while she's doing whatever her plan is.
Looking young forever/immortality? There's a painting of a girl with her reflection being an old woman in the mirror at the mansion (3 mirrors-3 chairs room) btw.
Ms Siska knows something about the Serpent and the 3 sisters and she wants something.
Just FYI, this creature (complete with the naming) is in a magazine contained clues related to the game given to the backers. There's a painting of them being worshipped in that room btw.
It's believed the 3 sisters imprisoned/sealed a Serpent Mistress there (notice a carving of 3 women holding chains to a snake woman at the school? There's also a painting of them with a snake at the mansion - Lady in Red's room) and she cursed the whole city because of it (or is it the other way around?).
Linda's eyes flashed red for a second foreshadowing the ending when she can fully controls her true power.
The Lady in Red appeared in Linda's dream (Act 1) giving her a premonition (Act 0) as a warning the moment Linda's group getting close to the village.
Btw, in the comic there's a shopkeeper who looks like her giving direction to the protagonist's family to go to the same village in the game - said it's a shortcut and seemed to know that place "very well" at the end.
Ms Siska planned the whole thing from the beginning.
The common theory from a few clues we have here and there is basically like this: From the comic we know Linda's group is not the first one stumbled into the city and paid the price (interestingly, the place always looks inhabited from afar). The story is about Ouroborous (notice the styled O in the tittle?). Third, spoiler from the game and manga is imminent of course. Otherwise this would sound too BS and too much for human brain to process. Second, the foundation for theories is weak so I will try to not stretches too far as the main story where this theory is build upon is barely holding up. So people jump into the bottomless abyss creating endless theories, including me.įirst, technically there're three endings but let's talk about the true ending kind of thing because it's more interesting than the other two - continuity wise. Asking the developer themselves won't do any good, they'd just tell you to discuss it in the Steam community hub. Intriguing isn't it? The whole idea of DreadOut and the story is so fascinating that people are craving for the answer - including you, evidenced by the fact that you even read this.
3.2.8.2 Suzie, the New Keeper of the Darkness TheoryĭreadOut tells us the story is there but doesn't explain it to us, so you'll not understand the story even after you defeated the game - no matter how many times, you'll just scratch your head more and more.
3.2.8.1 The Lady in Red Possessed Linda Theory.
3.2.5 Linda Break the Serpent Mistress's Seal.
3.2.3 The Three Sisters Sealed The Serpent Mistress.