The Captive

The Captive is one of the Voices in. The Voice was confirmed to be Colm Ryan by the Isolated Watcher.

Description
The Captive contacted players around the time of 's 1.0 Launch. He took players to Saturation Control. The Captive has not been seen since August 2019.

Before the Game
Very little is known about the Captive before the events of. THEE-I-DARE suspects the Captive may have been Colm Ryan, or at least "what is left of him." THEE-I-DARE also theorized that Colm may have been found by HUNT-THE-STRONG rather than SPEAK-AS-ONE as SPEAK-AS-ONE would have surely removed his Name Fragment while HUNT-THE-STRONG may have been too weak to do so at the time.

In-Game
The Captive once hosted a dying part of THEE-I-DARE. The Captive was imprisoned in Saturation Control and called out to players from his cell. THEE-I-DARE believes that he spoke through the Captive but does not remember. THEE-I-DARE says that part of the Captive is lost, and right now he is just a collection of imperfect memories gathered by The Club.

The Captive's ability to bring people into Saturation Control was considered highly unusual, unprecedented, and dangerous by SPEAK-AS-ONE. SPEAK-AS-ONE was unaware that such a power could even exist and made it a priority to get word to The Voice through rituals; it was believed that The Captive was somehow "Empowered," and still alive at that time.

The Voice fears that whatever The Captive is could somehow spread to the rest of SPEAK-AS-ONE if he were to join The Song, citing that "truth is infectious."

The Captive's body and mind may be "on separate journeys." THEE-I-DARE believes that SPEAK-AS-ONE knows where The Captive's body resides, but The Captive's mind continues to resist.

When a voice that claimed to be Isabela Madi-Shaw made an appearance, she said that there was "a man in here with her", and that he has been helping her and taught her how to speak. It is hypothesized that she is referring to the Captive.

Dreams
The Captive has not responded to any rituals.

Trivia

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