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FF2 > Fatal Frame I & II Connection Theories
All information and thoughts here are written by: Haruji Sora. And I take no claim to them as my own, but they are interesting and helpful so that is why I have included them here^^
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Well seriously there is not much to tie up the two games together. But first
let me start this section with a "sort of" timeline theories between these
two great games.
--> (Spring) 1837
Kirie met her love (the male visitor). The guy was later murdered by the priests
in Himuro Mansion not long after that. (Well Spring is at least confirmed since
when Kirie met the guy, they are Sakura flowers falling around, well Sakura is
Cherry Blossom by the way, for those who don't know)
--> 13 December 1837
The Strangling Ritual involving Kirie failed. Malice poured up. Himuro Mansion
members are all wiped out. (This is shown in one of the in-game notes of Fatal
Frame)
--> After 1874
Seijiro Makabe and Munakata arrived in All God's Village. One year prior to
their arrival, the Tachibana "Altar Twins" performed the Crimson Sacrifice.
No idea how long ago did the Kiryu Twins performed the Crimson Sacrifice.
After the arrival of the Folklorist and his Assistant, the events leading to
The Repentance in All God's Village takes place.
--> After The Repentance.
Yae, being seperated from her sister, returns to the village, but found it
missing. Ryozo Munakata (Makabe's assistant) returned to fullfil a promise
with Itsuki Tachibana, found Yae all alone crying in front of what supposed
to be the village's entrance. Yae apparently lose all her memories by that
time. He took Yae under his care, and later married her.
--> Around 10 to 20+ years after The Repentance. (May 20th, Year ????)
Ryozo Munakata family, which consist of his wife, Yae Munakata and their
daughter, Mikoto, went to Himuro Mansion. Munakata chooses to live there while
continue his research as a Folklorist, to find out more about the culture and
history behind Himuro Mansion.
--> June 13th (Year ????) *Same year as above*
Mikoto Munakata found the Camera in Himuro Mansion while playing demon tag
with her friends. The camera apparently was given by the "girl in a white
kimono" (which is the younger incarnation of Kirie when her soul split into
two during the Ceremony)
--> June 18th (Year ????) *Same year as above*
Yae started to be delirous, and started taking photos using the camera all
over the mansion. She first started using the camera on June 17th, when the
Munakata family decided to take a walk in the mountains nearby.
--> June 24th (Year ????) *Same year as above*
Mikoto and her friend, who was playing around in Himuro Mansion, disappeared.
--> June 27th (Year ????) *Same year as above*
Yae committed suicide by hanging under a Sakura tree at the Atrium in Himuro
Mansion. She was driven insane by the Camera's power and blames herself for
Mikoto's dissapearance.
--> Between June 27th and June 30th (Year ????) *Same Year as above*
Ryozo was killed by The Malice from Himuro Mansion, possibily by Kirie.
--> June 30th (Year ????) *Same year as above*
Mikoto was found, alone. She was later adopted by the Hinasaki family, a good
friend of Munakata.
OK, this wraps up some of the confirmed timeline that had be specified by the
in-games notes that is available on both of the games. I'm not going to add
timelines that involves the Novelist group, Miku and Mafuyu since those are
for Fatal Frame, not Crimson Butterfly. I'm just trying to tie up any possibly
connections between the two games. It is unknown when the Amakura twins and
the Hinasaki siblings stumbled to their respective "events". It might happen
around the same time, or maybe the Amakura is earlier, or Hinasaki is earlier,
but nothing is confirmed. OK, enough of this. I'm not here to discuss whether
which happen first, but to give any theories on how to tie up the games
together. Well, let's start eh?
The Repentance and The Calamity.
Well, both of this events are very similar with each other, and you can say
that it is actually the same thing, only with different names. The Repentace
happens when the Crimson Sacrifice (to seal the Hellish Abyss) fails, and the
Calamity will happen when then Strangling Ritual failed to seal the Hell's
Gate. When either of them happened, it involves Malice pours out, corrupting
certain people, killing others directly and mass killing done by the ones who
was corrupted. So as you can see, both The Repentance and The Calamity are
exactly the same.
The Blind Demon Ritual and The Inner/Hidden Ritual (Kusabi).
Both of this Ritual are also very similar. Both of them are done prior to the
main ritual of sealing. It is just that the theory between these two are
different.
Blind Demon Ritual:
--Happens on 26th Novemeber, 10 years before the Strangling Ritual.
--Involves a maiden with holy power, and must exceed the age of 7 years, 8
months and 25 days.
--Done by gouging out the eyes with the Blinding Mask.
Inner/Hidden Ritual (Kusabi):
--No specific time on when it happens, random at best. But normally happened
when the twins are not prepared yet (cleansing or something similar) for
the Crimson Sacrifice.
--Involves an outsider (though the first one who was subjected into this
ritual was none other than the first Ceremony Master). It wasn't mentioned
whether it must be a male or female.
--Done by submitting the subject to the Cutting Ritual (slashing the body),
and later thrown into the Hellish Abyss. Apparently, the person must
survive the Cutting Ritual, or else it would be considered a failure.
The Strangling Ritual and The Crimson Sacrifice Ritual.
Well, both of this ritual is very quite different with each other, but still
there are one that is similar. Which is that both of the Ritual needed one
person to be sacrificed to a certain gruesome death.
Strangling Ritual:
--Happens on 13th December, a holy maiden, cut off from the outside world
for 3669 days, will be submitted into the Ritual.
--The subject will be tied at five places, both hands, legs and neck. She
will then be servered off. (VERY painful death X-x;;)
--The rope which ties the maiden, soaked by her blood will then be used to
seal the Hell Gate.
Crimson Sacrifice Ritual:
--Happens on a regular interval. Normally when the Hellish Abyss grumbles and
disaster (death, earthquakes, crops) befalls the village. Involve twins
born into families of the village.
--The elder (according to the village's order of twins) of the twin will
strangle the other to death at the Sacrificial Altar.
--When successful, a Crimson Butterfly will appear, and the body of the dead
will be thrown into the Hellish Abyss, the Crimson Butterfly will follow
suit.
Both of the Rituals are performed to seal the Malice from pouring out. The
Strangling Ritual involves on the Physical torture side, since the Rope Maiden
has no attachment to the world. The Crimson Sacrifice Ritual is focused on the
emotional torture, since The Remaining normally suffered heavy emotional loss,
and had to suffer throughout his/her life until death.
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