![]() ![]() Later on, Edward find Anna's diary entries showing concern for Ruth, who had apparently been making secret visits somewhere on the island and hoarding seemingly ancient Viking artifacts. Edward and Alice come upon a unnamed villager near the church who hung himself. Ultimately, the death of Fredrik's daughter Ruth, for which Fredrik accuses his nephew Simon, breaks any remaining family bonds completely and sparks open conflict. An unknown quarrel drew the brothers apart and their hostility to each other was reflected among the rest of the community. They learn that Graavik used to be a mining town, ran by twin brothers Johan and Fredrik Fretland. The pair explore the village the next day, primarily for news of Elizabeth, but also to uncover the eerie events preceding the disappearance of the villagers. After a frantic pursuit through the hillside, he is found by Alice, who notes that their boat, tethered at the coast, has now disappeared, stranding them in the village. During their first night, Edward catches a glimpse of a shadow at his window and gives chase, believing the figure to his sister. Searching the house, Edward finds a tailor's dummy, wearing his sister's characteristic scarf, convincing him that Elizabeth had been or perhaps still is in the vicinity. With the owners missing, the pair settle in and wait for the arrival of the natives. ![]() Edward and Alice find the village completely deserted and seek out the Fretland farmhouse. Harden is in pursuit of his missing sister Elizabeth, whose last known location appears to be the household of the Fretland family of Graavik. The game emphasizes the more sinister aspects of Norwegian folklore.Įdward Harden arrives in the remote village of Graavik with his young companion, Alice. The player must explore the town, discover its fate and survive the night. Set in the 1920s, the plot entails an American naturalist visiting a Norwegian fishing village to find that the town's population has vanished. Draugen was thought to be the ghost of a man who drowned at sea, huge and monster like, covered in sea weed and rowing half a boat! He would appear at stormy nights and screaming and roaring try to sink ships and kill sailors and fishermen.Draugen is a 2019 first-person mystery adventure video game developed by Red Thread Games for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One. ![]() Sometimes the Kraken could have the shape of a giant crab, so that unlucky fishermen would get stranded on an island that wasn’t there a moment ago, and only too late find out that their ship had hit Kraken.Īnother ghastly sea creature is Draugen who, just like Kraken was likely to be the last thing you ever saw, had you the bad luck of running into him at sea. The beast was often seen as a huge eight armed octopus that lived deep down in the ocean, and at times came up to drag down ships into the deep darkness. Several of the scary creatures have to do with the sea, and were said to kill fishermen, which is easily explained by Norway’s proximity to the sea and the fact that Norway made a living during many years almost solely on the trade of fish and also transport was mainly done seaways.Īmongst the horrors awaiting those at sea was the Kraken, now famous from movies and books, but long before that a creature who roamed the Norwegian Sea. The Nordic countries are all full of mysterious creatures and Norway has some of their own apart from the ordinary trolls, gnomes and elves that you will get to know now! While we get to the next spot you might want to hear about the creatures that used to be as real as humans to generations before us. ![]()
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