Who wins this confrontation? Hopefully Patrick, because if not, it’s game over for you in Clive Barker's Undying. Desperately, the Irishman fires his pistol. Spinning round, he finds himself facing a monstrous squat creature like a cross between a gargoyle and a hairless ape.
Patrick reaches out to it, only to be startled by an unearthly howl behind him. unaware that the carpet was not always red. With a final tremble of his body, Patrick walks into the room, unaware that the red design on the carpet squelches beneath his boots.
It's why he's standing in this blasted freezing hallway, outside the room of Aaron Covenant, the artist who turned to drugs and isolation in his twenties and disappeared under hushed circumstances. He’s here to help his friend, Jeremiah Covenant, explain the mysterious deaths of his siblings. Patrick shakes his head as if to clear it. Somewhere in the distance, eerie laughter can just be heard over the heavy sound of rainfall. His other hand clutches a stone that glows softly with un-revealed power, dimly lighting the otherwise dark hallway. His long hair sticks to his face with sweat, and he absently brushes it away with the barrel of his magnum revolver. Patrick Galloway traverses the silent corridors of an ancient manor. He’s here to help his friend, Jeremiah Covenant, explai." "Patrick Galloway traverses the silent corridors of an ancient manor.