Seeing their meeting as divine intervention, he appoints Miles as his "apostle" and tells him that he has a greater purpose. Miles first encounters Father Martin in the atrium after being thrown through a window by Chris Walker, another inmate at the asylum. Several collectible documents throughout the game are also written by him. His past experiences with fingerpainting may have led him to mark the path for Miles in blood in the form of writing, arrows, smears, etc. His religion worships The Walrider, as it's the only explanation he could suffice in his current mental state. This origin is hinted at by the cross on his chest, which appears to be fashioned from straps, and at times a buckle is visible.
The quotation marks around the word "father" in the note imply that his status as a priest is questionable. His patient document also states that he likes fingerpainting, and that he used to fingerpaint regularly until the asylum's art therapy program was halted.Ī note found by the player describes a patient called "Father" Martin Archimbaud who has begun suffering from delusions of a "higher calling" after the asylum's art therapy program is done away with. This indicates that he may be more dangerous than he first appears, although it is possible that his followers may have committed the murder/s for Martin. For example, he can be seen during the "Whistleblower" DLC fingerpainting on a wall using a bucket filled with blood, with a large trail of blood leading to the nearby corpse of a security guard. His devotion is both suicidal and murderous, willing to crucify and burn himself alive for the sake of The Walrider, and has seemingly killed at least one or possibly multiple people in order to use their blood to paint his messages around the asylum. This mindset warps him into viewing almost every occurrence around him as related to his religion, such as viewing Miles crashing down next to him as The Walrider sending him an apostle. Martin is completely delusional and blindly religious to The Walrider, viewing the entity as a God & acting as a priest & prophet who focuses solely on these beliefs.
Additionally, Trager seems to despise the priest & his religion entirely, as evidenced by his rants before he cuts off Miles' fingers. However, many inmates like Chris Walker & Eddie Gluskin are not under his leadership. His influence was enough that he was able to grant Miles safe passage through certain sections of the asylum, having commanded his followers not to harm Miles.
His faith is so strong that he eventually has himself burned alive on a cross as a ritual offering to the Walrider, believing that he & his followers will then be resurrected and free.įather Martin & his message apparently had a rather powerful influence among many of his fellow patients, and by the time of Miles' arrival, the preacher had gained control of a number of them as followers of his religion, such as The Twins. He presents himself as a calm and good man only doing his duty, even apologizing to Miles for sedating him. He also has black pants, matching black slippers and beige straps around his torso and wrists, with the torso straps fashioned into the shape of a cross.įather Martin sees himself as a prophet of his god, The Walrider, and believes that it is his duty to spread it's gospel. Father Martin appears as a bald, slightly chubby old man in his sixties, who wears a garb of a black unbuttoned straitjacket fashioned into a robe-like garment, with the back draping down to his ankles.