Talk:The Outsider/@comment-16533050-20180409102238/@comment-36867455-20181230195628

There are some conversations in Mission 5, towards the end between some of the cultists that the Abbey has no idea whatsoever on the depths or true reasons behind the outsider. It's one of the conversations in the area prior to reaching the Eye. They Abbey only knows on the surface, Outsider is the cause of witchcrafts, occult rituals etc.

If I remember correctly, in one of the books in the library areas of Mission 5, the reason the Outsider was created seems to allude that the Void had been expanding and had engulfed stars (based on observations that some constelations seems to be missing) so they had to create an entity to keep the Void in "control" in some ways. Without the Outsider, the Void would have consumed the world as it was "hungry" for it. So in a way the Cultists were trying to 'save the world' by creating the Outsider.


 * When I have the time I'll try to play these areas again so that I can be more precise with the information whether they're from conversations or from some of the Journals.