| “ | That is not so! Liar! | ” |
Mary Milton is a supporting character in The Dark Pictures Anthology's second installment, Little Hope. She was a young Puritan involved in the witch trials of Little Hope in 1692 as a key witness. She was voiced and motion captured by Holly Smith.
Appearance[]
Mary is a young girl with a white complexion. She has green eyes and dark brown hair. Although Mary's hair is covered by a bonnet and only two bangs on the sides can be seen, it can be assumes that Mary has her hair tied into French braids, like Amy and Tabitha.
Mary wears traditional clothing for Puritan women. It includes a white bonnet, a black dress with white cuffs on the arms and neck (the latter complete with a rope bow), a white apron and a pair of brown leather shoes with black laces. As the game progresses, Mary becomes stained in coal.
Personality[]
During her first appearance, Mary is shown as a friendly and innocent girl who wants to play. This is also confirmed by David, who describes his sister as a gentle and kind hearted young girl. In spite of this, to the rest of Little Hope, Mary is a troubled child with strange interests that could easily be confused with witchcraft.
With the advent of Carver, Mary's behavior changed. She becomes deceitful, contributing to Amy and Tabitha's deaths, and is even shown to be sadistic, smiling when Amy is sentenced to execution and during her sister's execution. However, this behavior is not the result of Mary's sinisterness, but of her resentment, as Amy often scolded her and Tabitha took the doll from Mary, disregarding her good intentions. This is confirmed in David's execution, where Mary, on the contrary, tries to convince Carver to spare her brother, with whom she was on good terms.
As it turns out in the finale, Mary, though implicated in most of the trial, actually turns out to be a victim herself. As she says, she meant no harm to the town and its inhabitants, but was forced by Carver's threats.
Biography[]
Mary was the second daughter of Martha Milton and the younger sister of Tabitha and David. In 1690, during the celebration of the Commencement Day, Little Hope was attacked by the French and Indian armies. In the massacre, several people were taken as slaves, among them was Martha, which led to the children living on their own.
In 1692, Mary supposedly learned of Reverend Carver's hidden fascination with the occult, causing the priest to begin threatening Mary to keep quiet. Carver also began using Mary for his own purposes, in particular forcing her to initiate witch trials. After several trials, Carver decided to get rid of Mary and blamed her for being the source of evil in Little Hope. Depending on the player's decisions, Mary may be executed or spared. If Mary was saved, she would continue living her life until her eventual death at an unknown point.
Little Hope[]
| Chapter Appearances | |||
| Diversion | Absent | Family | Absent |
| Darkest Dreaming | Absent | Lost | Appears |
| Reunion | Absent | Troubled History | Appears |
| No Escape | Absent | Pursued | Appears |
| Vince | Absent | Surrounded | Appears |
| Playing Tricks | Debut | Low Point | Mentioned |
| Confrontation | Mentioned | Reflections | Mentioned |
| Off Track | Appears | Ruined | Mentioned |
| Another Way | Appears | Heavy Burden | Appears |
| The Crossing | Mentioned | Full Circle | Appears (Possible Death) |
| The End | Absent | ||
Main Story[]
Act 1[]
Mary first appears in the first flashback when Andrew and Angela find her poppet. Mary introduces herself and, offering the two to play with her, begins jumping around the campfire when a cloaked female figure appears. She begins to berate Mary for her strange games when she notices Andrew and Angela. The woman leaves in shock and Mary, calling her Amy, follows her in an attempt to convince her to return.
Later, Mary encounters Daniel, Taylor and possibly Angela while hiding in a barrel from Reverend Carver. Mary tells the group to leave so she doesn't get caught, but Carver finds her. He begins to threaten Mary to keep quiet about their secret and Mary turns to the protagonists for help. Carver, not seeing the group, thinks Mary is asking for help from evil forces, to which she replies that Amy is actually in league with the Devil. Carver reluctantly believes her and leaves, taking Mary with him.
When Amy is arrested for suspected witchcraft, Mary, along with her siblings and other townspeople, attends the trial. Carver takes Mary away from the others and again begins to threaten her not to blab about their secret when they are interrupted by Judge Wyman, who is about to begin the trial. When Amy tries to justify herself, Mary fakes a seizure and stops when Amy touches her, causing the townspeople to believe that she is a witch. As Amy is sentenced to execution, Mary is seen smiling before the flashback ends.
Act 2[]
Shortly after Amy's execution, Mary confronts Tabitha, who has been looking for her. Noticing the poppet, Tabitha takes it to protect Mary from evil forces. She then leaves, with Mary following her sister and asking for the doll back. Later, Isaac comes to the Miltons' house and tries to arrest Tabitha, thinking that she gave the poppet to Mary. Tabitha tries to convince Mary to tell the truth, but she refuses. Even Taylor's intervention doesn't save the situation and Tabitha is arrested. Subsequently, Mary attends her sister's execution.
Sometime after Tabitha's death, David also finds himself accused, as Carver finds him talking to someone when he was alone in church. Mary tries to justify David's behavior by grieving for Tabitha and begs Carver to spare her brother, but he refuses. As David is about to be executed, Carver informs Mary that Abraham will be her new guardian before she witnesses her brother's death.
Act 3[]
Mary is mentioned in Abraham's dialogues with Joseph and Wyman, as well as in conversations with the protagonists where Abraham tries to figure out who to blame for the trials. Mary herself is then present at Joseph's execution.
Mary appears one last time in the final flashback where Wyman accuses her of witchcraft and Carver supports him, intending to get rid of Mary who wanted to confess everything to the judge. Abraham stands up for Mary and depending on what Andrew advises him, there are three outcomes:
- If Andrew says Mary is guilty, Abraham will not defend her, causing Wyman to sentence her to execution. As Isaac grabs Mary and leads her to the bonfire, she screams at the protagonists that they are guilty of this and they are just like the others. Mary is then burned to death in front of the others.
- If Andrew says the doll is to blame, Carver throws her in the torch when the fire suddenly starts. As the fire spreads through the courthouse, Mary is seen embracing Andrew.
- If Andrew says Carver is at fault, Wyman spares Mary and she watches as Carver is led away from the courthouse. Mary then hugs Andrew and thanks him for saving her, saying she will remember him all her life.
Possible Deaths[]
| Chapter | Mechanism of Kill | Caused by | Conditions |
|---|---|---|---|
| Full Circle | Burned on stake | Isaac | Andrew and the other protagonist told Abraham to accuse Mary. |
| Carver (Assisted) | |||
| Wyman (Assisted) | |||
| Abraham (Assisted) | |||
| N/A - After the events of the game | Unknown | Unknown | Andrew and the other protagonist told Abraham to accuse Carver or the poppet. |
Killed Victims[]
| Chapter | Character | Mechanism of kill | Condition |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Crossing | Amy | Assisted - Drowned | Always happens. |
| Pursued | Tabitha | Assisted - Hanged | Tanya had her neck snapped in Family. |
| Assisted - Burned on stake | Tanya had herself burned in Family. |
Relationships[]
Carver[]
Mary became afraid of Carver presumably after she learned of his hidden fascination with the occult, and was forced to do whatever he said. When Mary tried to resist or wanted to reveal Carver's secret, the Reverend would threaten her. In the finale, when Mary decided to confess everything, Carver decided to get rid of her and supported Wyman's accusations about Mary.
Amy[]
Mary disliked Amy as she often scolded her for playing games that the latter considered to be acts of witchcraft. When the opportunity presented itself, Mary accused Amy of witchcraft and faked a seizure during the trial to convince the residents that Amy was indeed a witch. Although Mary did this because of Carver, she was also pleased with Amy's execution.
Tabitha[]
Tabitha is Mary's older sister. She cared for her sister and, after Amy's execution, took the poppet from her in an attempt to protect Mary from evil forces. However, Mary might not have liked Tabitha, as she refused to tell the truth about the poppet, contributing to her sister's arrest and execution. Also, according to Abraham, Mary was smiling during Tabitha's death.
David[]
David is Mary's older brother. It was shown that Mary loved her brother, as when Carver accused David she tried to justify his behavior and begged the Reverend to spare her brother when he was about to be executed.
Joseph[]
It is unclear how Mary felt about Joseph. Joseph himself didn't take Mary seriously at first, thinking she was just a problem child, but after Amy's execution, he tried to prove that Mary was the source of evil in Little Hope.
Abraham[]
Abraham became Mary's keeper after David's execution. It is unknown how Mary felt about Abraham. Abraham himself was afraid of Mary because of her involvement in the trials, but at the same time showed some compassion for her, as he didn't t believe Mary was capable of such evil. In the finale, Abraham can either do nothing and let Mary die or stand up for her
Protagonists[]
When they first meet Mary, the protagonists are confused mainly by her appearance and accent. When the trials begin, the group begins to believe that Mary is responsible for the execution of their doppelganger (and consequently the demon attacks) and must be stopped. However, depending on the player's decision, the protagonists may doubt that stopping Mary will help them or believe that Mary is the victim herself.
Trivia[]
Secrets[]
- Mary is associated with some secrets:
- She made the poppet.
- She owns a grave.
- She had filed accusations against Amy in her testimony and witness statement.
Facts[]
- Mary, along with the unnamed girl from 2019, are the recreations of Megan Clarke made by Anthony's mind.
Deaths[]
- Mary is possibly the fifth and last person to be executed in witch trials.
- Mary and Tabitha are the only victims of the witch trials who can have the same method of execution.
- Mary's execution was inspired by Megan's death from burning.
- Since Mary is a child, her death is censored with the camera hiding her body behind Andrew.
Other[]
- Mary shares the same face model as:
- Joe's Son from Man of Medan.
- Megan R. Clarke from the same game.
- Bethany Morello and the Collins child from The Devil in Me.
- Mary appears as one of the outstanding features of Little Hope's cover art.
- Mary gradually getting dirty in coal, is a reference to Megan's death from burning.
- While Mary's lie that the poppet is made by Tabitha is justified by the fact that she took it from her, it can be assumed that Mary was afraid to tell the truth, as she could have been accused of witchcraft instead of Tabitha.
- Mary and Megan are the youngest characters in the anthology.
- Mary shares the same name with a minor character, another two minor characters, and a minor character's last name from the same game, a minor character from the anthology's third installment, House of Ashes, and a minor character from the anthology's fourth installment, The Devil in Me.
Trophies[]
- Mary is associated with the achievement "Forgiveness".
Quotes[]
| “ | I fashioned her with my own hand. | ” |
| “ | Amy is the caster of spells. She is the one in league with the devil. | ” |
| “ | You are mistaken dear sister, the doll has never been mine. | ” |
| “ | David is stricken with grief, he is confused. | ” |
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