I missed the clue 7 in the twins (tennis photo at the Cabin) - can I go back? However, despite his desperate need to see his "friends" suffer, he had no overwhelming desire to actually kill them, and carefully designed the prank to ensure that nobody would actually be hurt over the course of the evening. Hannah hadn't been a Wendigo that long and she'd only eaten maybe the Flamethrower guy at most outside of Beth. After continuing through the basement and into the ruined hotel, the two are lured into a trap, either by Sam's unconscious body or by a dummy in Sam's stolen clothes (depending on whether Josh was able to capture her or not). He also admits to his deepest fears, ultimately incorporating them into his prank in order to torment his friends with his own neuroses. Don't worry dude, better to just accept the likely outcome and see what happens. Anyone else? In the aftermath of the prank, he blames Josh for every death on the mountain, taunting him for being abandoned by his friends to isolation (one of Josh's fears) even blaming him for the disappearance of Hannah and Beth. Take your favorite fandoms with you and never miss a beat. As an adult, he still recalls their summer retreats to Blackwood Pines and the baseball games he played with his family on the lawn of their mountain lodge. The term "Wendigo" or "Windigo" is used to describe both the evil spirit as well as the creature that humans can become when possessed by the spirit. Paul Cartier. Throughout the game, he finds himself in imaginary therapy sessions with a hallucination of Dr Hill, during which Josh decides the course of the lesser pranks and who among the group he likes or dislikes the most. the game never really showed josh facing an injury, however there could be other reasons he didn't leave the mines and turned into a wendigo. The Cree deeply respected the mountain and its nature. Josh turned into a wendigo!! Wendigos were once humans, but after being forced to eat human flesh to survive, they become monsters that retain little of the human features they once possessed. Full Name Capable of incredible bursts of speed, they are able to keep pace and even outpace their opponents seemingly without tiring, their motion-sensitive vision allowing them to home in on fleeing prey. Getting turned into a Wendigo isn't exactly "surviving" in my book. Shapeshifting:Once the transformation is initiated, Joe's body will change and turn into that of a wendigo. 2 years ago. Hunger that changes you…consumes you…turning you into a nightmare version of what you once were. With neither of them willing to investigate the scene further and both Matt and Emily soon aware of his "death," Josh is free to continue his prank without anyone suspecting him. Wendigo (Plural: Wendigowak; dt. The Wendigo is a demonic spirit believed by Algonquin-based Native American tribes to possess humans and turn them into cannibals. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Judd tells him that to the Miq'mak who used to live there, it wasn't a fairy tale; they were deathly afraid of it. Soon after, the Stranger arrives to explain the true nature of the threat on the mountain, introducing the group to the concept of the Wendigo. Meanwhile, Sam finds herself in Josh's lair - either as a result of evading Josh or being captured by him. Refusing to wait until dawn to escape and knowing that the cable car won't work without Josh's keys, Mike resolves to find him, prompting the action over the next few hours of the game. A Butterfly Effect choice will appear and determine Emily’s fate. In the latter case, she is strapped to a chair and has to be rescued by Mike. In either case, Sam must let Mike into the hotel, allowing the two of them to continue through the underground together. 1.1. If Josh finds any of his friends dead he can only respond with great sadness admitting he didn't want them to die. Josh twitch a bit,once he laid, [Y/N] didn't mind. At first thinking this to be a joke, Sam wanders around the lodge in a towel, wondering why no one is answering her as she follows the trail downstairs. Make the group suffer for indirectly causing the deaths of his twin sisters and humiliate them by sending his "prank" to the internet (failed) I just wanted to know for there really isn't any stuff to look up on. See below the various individual to have taken the curse and/or the name of Wendigo. The point of view could be a person becoming the Wendigo, from a Wendigo, pursued by a Wendigo, or a witness to a Wendigo-esque situation unfolding.… College Student (or rather, college dropout) Fancying himself an actor as well as a budding director, he is more than capable of assuming whatever role is necessary over the course of the prank's story, from victim to villain - even faking his death to drive the threat of the evening home. At the end of the trail, Chris arrives at one of the lodge's outbuildings, where he finds Josh and Ashley tied to a wall, a giant saw blade arranged on a track between them. During Josh's capture, the office gradually gives way to the environment he's been imprisoned in, first sprouting the trees of the forest surrounding the lodge, then presenting the harsh rock walls of the Wendigo's underground lair. Added bonus, the group comes back to save Josh. When finally unmasked, he can only gloat over having fooled everyone so perfectly, once again indulging his flair for the grandiose in revealing the full extent of his plan. No sooner has Chris decided, Sam and Mike burst in, just in time to see the Psycho entering the room and unmasking himself - revealing himself as Josh. Once he has consumed human organs, he will revert to his hum… Prue and Phoebe must save her by vanquishingthe beast. Though his primary goal is to achieve closure and recover from the loss of his sisters, he also intends the prank as a warped attempt to get Chris and Ashley to acknowledge their feelings for one another, and seems to genuinely believe that everyone in the group will achieve internet stardom when the film of the prank goes viral. The son of film director Bob Washington, Joshua enjoyed a luxurious childhood thanks to his father's wealth. Confronted by his friends, Josh reveals the details of his prank, gloating how well he fooled them and boasting of how the uploaded footage will make them Internet sensations. WealthIntelligenceEngineering skillsManipulative charmStrength Usually a post-sleep panic grips my stomach and doesn’t let go for two or three hours. Due to the destruction of the lodge however, his body was presumably found by the rescue team, and not finished off the wendigos. For good measure, Josh remotely locks the gates, trapping Matt and Emily by the cable car station - unwittingly endangering their lives when their escape attempt leads them directly into the path of the roaming Wendigo. However, it's later revealed that Josh is bluffing and never intended for either trap to be lethal: if Chris tries to shoot himself or Ashley, it is revealed that the gun is loaded with blanks. How could her ever resist his little sister? Explore. Constantly crashing during tutorial (CE-34878-0). Groundskeeper Willie (Treehouse of Horror VI), https://villains.fandom.com/wiki/Joshua_Washington?oldid=4178859. This last descriptive may very well be the most appropriate, as of all the characters in the game, Josh's personality is arguably the hardest to pin down, especially considering his efforts to disguise it: having grown accustomed to hiding his depression from his friends, he adopts a jovial, good-humored persona throughout the early chapters of the game, masking his insecurities with crude humor and innuendo. However, his happiness didn't last: his parent… Sparing her brother's life, she nonetheless drags the screaming Josh back to her lair. Under his outwardly benign exterior, Josh is desperate for revenge against his friends, seeing it as the only way to recover from the disappearance of Hannah and Beth. As a product of Josh's imagination, Dr. Hill's office corresponds to Josh's deteriorating state of mind: at first immaculate, well-decorated and brightly-lit, it slowly declines over the course of the game, first being plunged into darkness, then acquiring ragged curtains, boarded-up windows, hooks and chains, even bleeding walls. It just made his death Chris's fault since it means Chris alerted the Wendigo. Upon her arrival in the cinema, the "Psycho" once again taunts her over the loudspeaker, showing her video footage of her own bath and then footage of Josh's faked death - once again in order to avoid suspicion of his true identity. She kept thinking it was a normal reaction of turning into a Wendigo. The continued consumption of human flesh over years will eventually make a person less and less human, until they become an emaciated husk of what they were, driven by a never-ending hunger. She simply drags Josh into a "trapped" area and leaves him a dead body. They believed harming the mountain in any way would bring a terrible curse with it.European explorers and mining concerns arrived in the area, eager to make their fortune. Female Wendigos hav… However, the results are believable enough to convince Ashley and Chris that Joshua really is dead. Josh is the only characters that will end up killing someone if everyone survives. Wendigo (/ ˈ w ɛ n d ɪ ɡ oʊ /) is a mythological creature or evil spirit which originates from the folklore of Algonquin First Nations tribes based in and around the East Coast forests of Canada, the Great Plains region of the United States, and the Great Lakes region of the United States and Canada. It was during one of these lulls in the action that he observes Matt and Emily attempting to escape the mountain via the cable car, unaware that Josh has already locked the controls and pushed the car well out of reach. I thought I saw her tattoo on her right shoulder. Log in. Wendigo physiology: After Joe was hexed by Henry Parrish, he was cursed to turn into a Wendigo whenever he smells human blood. Josh is later discovered by two rangers while feasting on the Stranger's decapitated head - before turning around and attacking them, killing both. Now is she tryin to protect the others I have no idea I think so, Question about collectibles being carried over, Until Dawn tested on PS5 via Backwards Comp, How do I get jessica in her underwear? Josh had planned for almost anything, arranging everything from animatronic ghosts to fake bodies, even creating evidence of a slasher villain - the disgruntled janitor "Victor Milgram" - in fake newspapers and wanted posters to help cover his tracks. Until Dawn Josh Josh Washington Creepy Novels Climbing Videogames Night Food Meal. In post-apocalyptic West Virginia, the term is used to refer to a particularly terrifying humanoid monster lurking in the backwoods of the region. Mike, enraged and believing that Josh is responsible for Jessica's death, knocks him unconscious; after tying his hands, Mike and Chris drag him to the shack where he faked his death, intending to keep him there until they can call the police, all the while ignoring Josh's protestations of innocence (although Chris may attempt to defend Josh Mike won;t listen regardless). Later, while investigating the basement, Ashley and Chris find themselves embroiled in another stage of the prank, this one involving animatronic ghosts designed to resemble the missing twins, a dollhouse re-enactment of the prank played on Hannah, and even a video recording of the prank itself - complete with a ghostly jumpscare. Josh hallucinates himself back into Hill's therapy sessions. To me, that would be a fate worse than death. Even if they turn their head and look, it appears there is no one there, but in actuality a wendigo is present... Like last time's mindflayer, they also have a peculiar mode of life, and it seems much about these monster girls remains a mystery, including their origins. New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast. Too late, Mike realizes that Josh has been left alone in the Wendigo's hunting ground, prompting Chris - accompanied by the Stranger - to attempt a rescue: however, on reaching the shack, they find it deserted and covered in blood; presuming Josh dead, the two of them leave - only to be ambushed by the Wendigo. Concept art also depicts different masks. The most common interpretation of the Wendigo is that it's a spirit that possesses a person after they resort to cannibalism—whether that be under dire circumstances or not—and turns them into a Wendigo. Alias After either knocking Josh unconscious or disarming Mike to prevent him from shooting Josh, Chris departs, leaving Mike on guard. As the confrontation goes on, Josh's behavior begins to degenerate: already high-strung and prone to grandiose bragging at the start of the chapter, he slowly declines, first into increasingly crazed denials, then vicious insults aimed at his captors, before finally dissolving into deranged, barely-coherent attempts at humor. Upon realizing that his friends are with him, he willingly hands over the cable car key. Someone can turn into a Wendigo after experiencing a devastating personal betrayal or by looking into the eyes of one in Maneater. Until Dawn Josh. Wendigo. Insatiable hunger. Saved by Pierce The Sleeping Horizon♡ 8. Hannah begged him to get the tattoo with her. In between each stage of the prank, Josh remains carefully hidden in his workshop under the lodge, keeping a close eye on the other participants through the surveillance cameras that he would set up throughout the grounds. Crimes Otherwise, you should close this page and view another page. level 1. When a hideous supernatural creature attacks Piper, she begins to make a strange transformation with similar traits to her attacker. If he was spared by Hannah, Josh is captured by her, and remains on the mountain following the destruction of the lodge and the end of the game. DrinkingPlaying baseballPartying (prior to his sisters death) The stronger wendigo killing the other ones in the cabin is indeed hannah. The "Psycho" (really just a pre-recorded audio track prepared by Josh) then introduces himself by loudspeaker, and orders Chris to choose whether Josh or Ashley will die: however, the machine is designed to spare Ashley regardless of the player's decision, leaving Chris to watch helplessly as the revolving blades slice Josh in half. Advertisements . The Stranger is instantly decapitated, and Chris is forced to retreat to the lodge (his survival once again dependent on the player's decision). Unfortunately, Josh hadn't anticipated the arrival of the Wendigo. Though it's also said that the Wendigo wanders through the forest, possessing people and turning them into a Wendigo—or just giving them cannibalistic tendencies. Dropping Josh off of her shoulder, onto the floor was the easiest job to do. Wendigo is a mythical cannibal monster native to the northern forests between the Atlantic Coast and the Great Lakes region of North America. Meanwhile, Josh is dragged into the abandoned mines and deposited in the Wendigo's lair. Drawing upon his family's wealth and his father's contacts among practical effects artists, he spent most of the year planning, designing and commissioning the props necessary for his grand prank. Until Dawn Josh is the only playable main character that can be kept alive but cannot be saved in the game. Though Josh was discharged two weeks later with a new prescription of Phenelzine, he had changed for the worst: though outwardly good-humored and sociable as ever, he had become obsessed with taking revenge on his friends for causing his sisters' disappearance, ideally by pranking them in a similar way. He was able to trap the evil soul in Dr. Hill's office within his head. Once the guests had arrived at the lodge, Joshua began readying the various elements of the prank. I honestly thought that was a "new" Wendigo since it is said the biggest Wendigo are those that have eaten lots. However, his happiness didn't last: his parents became more and more preoccupied in their work, gradually leaving Josh neglected. 16 comments. Es soll sich um einen bösartigen und rachsüchtigen Geist handeln, der von Menschen Besitz ergreift, sie in den Wahnsinn treibt und zu Kannibalen macht. hide. Also, the reason Josh became a Wendigo. As always, for details, please check the erotic monster girl profile. Josh took the disappearance very badly: medical records from around this time suggest he came dangerously close to committing suicide, and his ongoing state of delirium quickly resulted in him being committed to Oceanview Hospital for observation while his current doctor, Alan Hill, considered possible treatments. Josh twitch a bit,once he laid, [Y/N] didn't mind. If so, Mike has a breakdown and thinks that Emily will turn into a Wendigo from the bite. Sort by. Josh has short chocolate-brown hair, much like his sisters Hannah and Beth. Goals JoshThe KillerThe PsychoThe ManiacThe Puppet Master The year after that, Josh Washington, and Hannah and Beth's seven other friends returned to Blackwood Mountain on the anniversary of their deaths. In a desperate attempt to avoid starvation, he feeds on human flesh from the Wendigo's stockpile, ultimately being transformed into a Wendigo himself. Joshua Washington Even though the Wendigos were the true villains, the first half of the game revolved around Josh's prank. Wendigos also have a distinctive brow ridge that curves downward in a half-U shape at the outer ends of their brows, before smoothly transitioning with the rest of their heads. © 2021 GAMESPOT, A RED VENTURES COMPANY. Apr 3, 2016 - This Pin was discovered by Stacia Honey. Anyone tried this too? There, abandoned by his hallucinations of Dr Hill, Josh suffers a complete mental breakdown: taunted on all sides by the voices of his psychiatrist, his sisters, his friends and even himself, he swings wildly between fear, grief and utter despair as his mental health rapidly deteriorates. i thought about how wendigo!hannah had dragged josh away after the encounter in the water, and how josh never really tried to escape the mines when wendigo!hannah left him. He has the choice to shoot her. report. Today. At some point, against the advice of Dr Hill, he also gave up on his medication (Later claiming that, "Revenge is the best medicine!") Josh turns into a Wendigo; Sam/Josh if you squint; but really she's just a decent human being; Summary. During this time, Emily is fleeing from the Wendigo, either dying in the attempt or making it back to the lodge: in any event, her screams get carry as far as the shack, prompting Mike to investigate - leaving Josh behind in the process. Holding the controller still had nothing to do with his death. Hunger. I thought that the Wendigo with no clothes had been Hannah in the cabin at the end. More information... Pinterest. If he does not make a choice, both of them will be torn to shreds by the circular saw blades positioned above them. Fairly sure that's hannah in the house at the end. 100% Upvoted. He then turns his attention to Sam's bath, stealing her clothes and leaving a trail of balloons leading down to the lodge's cinema. Privacy PolicyCookie SettingsDo Not Sell My InformationReport Ad. Estimated reading time — 7 minutes. Hobby and resolved to live with the withdrawal symptoms. And, now, he has a few new plans ready for his friends. However, while wading through an underground lake, they are ambushed by a Wendigo: Mike is dragged under the water and flung aside while the creature attacks Josh - his fate determinant on the player's decisions. best. A sprained ankle turned into a multibillion business for Josh Kushner. Once again, Josh contacts them over a loudspeaker and orders Chris to take the gun and either shoot himself or Ashley: the survivor can leave unharmed. Recognized by their emaciated physiques, spider-like limbs and tattered pale skin, the Wendigo are rarely seen until they decide to pounce. However, that cannibalism, in turn, turned her into a Wendigo. One way or another, Ashley will be captured. He is the brother of the missing twins, Beth and Hannah; unbeknownst to the other main playable characters, he blames his closest friends for their disappearance - as a result of the prank that prompted Hannah and Beth to leave the lodge in the first place - and has arranged a prank of his own to get revenge. He then invited his friends back to the mountain for another winter getaway, and waited for his intended victims to arrive. This thread is archived. He kills two rangers (considering that they likely thought all the Wendigos were dead it's unlikely they had flamethrowers and even if they had guns considering they didn't shot and Josh was already attacking not to mention guns don't hurt Wendigo's they likely died) if one other person survived. Powers/Skills Unknown to both Chris and Ashley, Josh is actually unharmed: the corpse is really a custom-made mannequin stuffed with pig's intestines, with Josh positioning his real face over the stump of the mannequin's face. Rather tellingly, he has a habit of deflecting any concerns over his state of mind with remarks like "I'm over it" and "I just want to have a good time, like we always used to." Vengeful Mastermind, The KillerThe PsychoThe ManiacThe Puppet Master, IntelligenceEngineering skillsManipulative charmStrength, Playing baseballPartying (prior to his sisters death), AbuseTortureAssaultKidnappingPsychological abuseUnlawful imprisonmentReckless endangermentAnimal crueltyCannibalism (if alive)Stalking. The original Wendigo legends originated from First Nation tribes who were present on Mount Madahee from the 1400s until the 1850s. The Wendigo is the result of an ancient curse that transforms any person who eats the flesh of another human being in the Canadian wilderness into a massive, fur-covered humanoid beast with fangs and razor sharp claws. Make the group suffer for indirectly causing the deaths of his twin sisters and humiliate them by sending his "prank" to the internet, The Psycho revealed to be Dr. Hill's patient during the sessions. While Chris and Ashley are distracted, Josh ambushes them, chloroforming Chris into unconsciousness before making a grab for Ashley: if Ashley has collected scissors from the basement, she will stab her attacker in the shoulder; shocked and enraged, Josh will sucker-punch her unconscious, leaving her with a black eye. In the former case, she is able to investigate the workshop and discover several clues to the "Psycho's" true identity, including a phone and a medical report. Josh turned into a wendigo!! Josh's Psycho mask changed during the development of the game, as in the trailers, it was a seen knapsack. Five if I was drinking the night before. Saved by Pierce The Sleeping Horizon♡ By 2013, he was self-medicating with progressively larger doses of Amitriptyline in a desperate attempt to improve his mood. Denver Horror Collective is looking for stories inspired by the Wendigo. Few creatures, real or imagined, terrify West Virginians quite like the Wendigo. He also formed a lasting friendship with classmate Chris, eventually drawing him and his sisters into a larger circle of friends consisting of Samantha, Mike, Jessica, Emily, Ashley, and Matt. All About Josh (SPOILERS, Lots of SPOILERS). That year they learned about the Wendigo, and each and every one of them almost died themselves. As a result, Josh formed a very close bond with his sisters, Hannah and Beth, relying on them for the emotional support his parents could not provide. I’m hungry. By the first chapter of the game, Josh is regularly hallucinating - either as a side-effect of giving up Phenelzine or as a symptom of schizophrenia. In many ways, the hallucinatory psychiatrist comes to embody Josh's moral compass and his self-loathing: at first merely trying to convince his "patient" that the "game" is dangerously unhealthy for both himself and his friends, he graduates to needling him for his inadequacies if he fails to capture Sam, eventually calling Josh a psychopath following the saw blades trap. After regaining consciousness, Chris starts looking for Ashley, and is led out of the lodge and onto a mountain path booby-trapped with scarecrows and other alarming paraphernalia. Joshua "Josh" Washington, also called "The Psycho", is one of the eight main protagonists and the (former) secondary antagonist of the 2015 video game Until Dawn. I don’t usually wake up hungry. Weendigo/Wihtikow/Windago/Windiga/Windigo/Witiko Physiology But, as the spirit of the Makkapitew crept into Josh's body, a strange thing happened. Over the course of the next few years, he was referred to a number of other medical professionals and prescribed a number of antidepressant drugs; often, the effects of the drugs tapered or simply failed to help Josh at all, forcing his doctors to change prescriptions. When woged, they grow short, snow-white fur over their body, their teeth develop into needle-like fangs, their eyes turn yellow and appear to glow, their ears elongate, and their nails grow into long curved claws, which they often use in fights. Type of Villain Believing it would be bad luck to harm an animal on this sacred mountain, they would hunt elsewhere. After an "incident" at school, Josh was referred to a psychiatrist in 2006 and diagnosed with Major Depressive Disorder. Either way it would work though. After this, the Wendigo drags an unconscious Josh into the forest, and placed into the wendigo's lair. If Chris doesn't make a choice, the saw blades stop before they can do any damage. So, Josh began with Chris and Ashley: first, he plants the idea of Hannah and Beth haunting the mountain by conducting a rigged seance with the two friends, before leading them to the library, where several "clues" reveal the threat of a serial killer on the mountain. However, his flair for the grandiose is on display even in these early stages, even beginning his video address to the other members of the group with "Hello, friends and fans!".