Al-Mamaru Fort

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Al-Mamaru Fort
General information
Location	Somewhere in Algerian Desert
Builder	Tarkan Reis
Constructed	mid-17th Century
Affiliations	French Foreign Legion
Game information
Appearance(s)	Amnesia: Rebirth

This article is about the fortress found in Amnesia: Rebirth. For the similarly named levels taking place in the fortress, see The Fortress and The Fortress Courtyard. For the similarly named place in The Other World, see Enkindled Fortress.

The Fortress, or Al-Mamaru Fort, is the second major location visited by Tasi in Amnesia: Rebirth, after the cave complex (including the Caves and the Deeper Caves).

Information

Al-Mamaru Fort is located somewhere in the Algerian desert. It is a large and fortified structure nestled in mountains. The style and the construction are of an Arabic or North-African style, built by an Ottoman commander named Tarkan Reis (Chief Tarkan) in mid-17th century.

Sublocations

The Fortress contains three (3) main areas, differentiated by loading zones, as well as broadly two (2) other exterior areas through which Tasi passes before and after visiting the Fort, respectively. Tasi must eventually visit each of these interior areas to proceed in the game.

• The Desert Path – (S)
• The Fortress Courtyard – (S) (H)
  • The Fortress – (HR)
  • The Arsenal – (S)
• The Cistern – (HR)

(S) denotes the area is mostly Safe. No encounters with any kind of monsters will occur in these areas.
(LR) denotes the area is of Low Risk. Non-hallucinatory encounters with monsters may occur in these areas.
(HR) denotes the area is of High Risk. Encounters with different kinds of monsters will occur in these areas.
(H) denotes the area is a Hub. A hub is a large, safe area with doors leading to several other rooms you will have to traverse to to reach your goal.

History before Amnesia: Rebirth

Ottoman era

In the mid 1600s, an Ottoman military captain known as Tarkan Reis seized the oasis by the mountain pass and made himself a fortune charging for access to its water. He built a fortress to guard his investment, and created a giant cistern in the tunnels that honeycombed the rock beneath the fortress, not only capturing the oasis water, but gathering more water from open sky-windows. Controlling the pass and the water at the end of it meant that Tarkan Reis controlled the major trade in that region. He gathered wealth and flaunted it by building an impressive garden in the southwest corner of the fortress. In the middle of the garden he placed an Arabic pump, giving access to the water in the cistern below.

Professor Herbert's expedition

Prof. Herbert's expedition, including Daniel, arrived in Algeria in May 1839. On the 16th of May, the expedition had to take shelter in this fort until the sun was lowered. They had communications with the outside world at this time (an unfinished letter to Hazel can be found in the inner Fortress). They continued either searching or excavating Tomb of Tin Hinan.

French era

The French occupation of the Outpost began in 1911, was scaled back in 1917, and then thoroughly reinforced again in 1923 by the Foreign Legion. Even as other similar outposts were scaled back, this one held on far longer than sensible. The main reason they were posted at the fort was to ensure that the locals were not acting as bandits, due to the fact the area was notorious for the disappearance of large caravans.

The French refurbished the old Arabic fortress, and installed a wind turbine, allowing for electricity in a few select areas. In 1929, the fort’s Captain ordered the excavation of some of the collapsed areas under the fort. The activity attracted a pair of ghouls from the nearby Tomb of Tin Hinan. The ghouls stalked the French, drove them to terror, and hunted them down one by one before torturing them to death. One Frenchman (the corpse in tank) managed to escape and locked himself in the tank. But he was badly wounded, and soon bled to death. Years later, raiders came along and bent open the tank turret hatch, and stole the ammunition inside.

Events of Amnesia: Rebirth

In March 1937, Tasi visited the fortress on her journey. Although seemingly abandoned, it was littered with human corpses and riddled with traps. In the living quarters, Tasi found the radio and communicated with the Dr. Metzier and Yasmin Chabani, who informed her that help was found in the village. They advised Tasi that she should go to the village and unite with them. She spotted the village on the map during the conversation and then, headed to exit. When she was about to proceed to courtyard, she was chased by a Ghoul and barely escaped.

In order to leave the Fort, Tasi needed to blast open the Fortress gates with the tank, as the gates were either blocked from the other side or simply too heavy for her to move. She found the notes about preparing a gunpowder in the Arsenal and prepared the tank round accordingly. However, when she fired the tank, the sheer force of the blast shook the ground underneath and collapsed, causing Tasi to fall underground with the tank into tunnels connected to the Cistern.

Gallery

A room inside the fortress.

Kitchen.

Crossbow trap.

Staircase.

What appears to be a telegraph room.

A distant view of the fortress.

Map from the Courtyard Design Document, designating sections of Al-Mamaru Fort: 1) Courtyard; 2) Shooting Range; 3) Arabic Garden; 4) Front Entrance Killing Field; 5) Toilet Area; 6) Back Entrance Killing Field; 7) Vantage Point; 8) Leisure Balcony

An unfinished letter to Hazel, from Daniel

A map in the fortress showing its relative position to the mountains and nearby villages.

Trivia

• The Fortress is the place where first serious/hostile encounter with a Ghoul takes place. At the previous levels and beginning of this level, encounters were purely visual (ghouls run away each time when they were spotted by the player).