This contempt seems to be replaced near the end for some horrid form of sympathy, as The Machine sees fit to process and use humans to work and operate it as mercy compared to the coming wars and slaughters. It also displays utter contempt for humans, at first.

The Machine is both intelligent and cunning as evidenced by tricking and manipulating Mandus to repair it. It also refers to itself as the jaguar-faced man and a feathered serpent, attributes of the Aztec God, Quetzalcoatl, who in Aztec myth fled across the Atlantic after his removal from the sun throne, causing an apocalypse. Thus, the true antagonist is Mandus' own conscience, operating The Machine. When Mandus's soul is fragmented into two as well (seemingly by the fractured Orb when it 'sucked out the fever' that he had contracted in Mexico), The Machine gains sentience as another form of Mandus himself (aka, The Engineer). Interestingly, The Machine seems to be integrated with the hearts of Mandus' sons. It also communicates with Mandus via a set of telephones and loudspeakers all throughout the system, further driving the realization of its intelligence and cleverness. It also produces large amounts of waste that needs to be discharged by a vast system of pumps.Īlthough designed with offices, catwalks, operation consoles, and panels, The Machine seems to be able to run mostly on its own, requiring manpigs for manual labour or small repairs. The Machine is powered by Compound X, which in turn provides steam for the various machinery. The physical part of the Machine is enormous, stretching far and wide beneath London. It was envisioned by Mandus after the disastrous trip to the sacrificial steps of an Aztec temple in Mexico when he came into contact with the Orb. The Machine was created to harvest people and automate human sacrifice on an industrial scale in the hope that it might prevent the horrific events of the 20th century. 3 Events of Amnesia: A Machine For Pigs.

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