Cistern

The Cistern is the location of the drainage pipes. It is accessible from the Cistern Entrance.

The Cistern with the water tank in view.

The Cistern contains a huge tank from which a faint murmur can be heard. As the tank starts to fill with water, the murmuring becomes louder and after the tank has been completely filled the murmuring stops. It is never made clear whether this is real or another hallucination, i.e., the water bubbling into the tank is mentally changed by Daniel into actual human murmuring.

The Cistern has four valves, three of which are for redirecting the sewer water. The fourth one is for stopping steam from blocking a path. A doorway leading somewhere else can be found but cannot be accessed due to an earlier cave-in.

Each time a valve redirecting sewer water is turned, torches in the nearby area are blown out, the ground trembles, and the music starts to go eerie. If the player visited the Morgue before, and/or(?) wastes too much time trying to navigate back to the Cistern Entrance, the Shadow will roar and manifest. It awakens a normally quiescent Kaernk in the area as well.

Trivia

• The Shadow will block the original route of escape; however, it will create a bridge that enables Daniel to escape the Cistern and the attacking Kaernk. Walking on the bridge does not hurt him, so it is unknown whether the cosmic nightmare meant to help the young man's progress or its creation of the bridge was purely accidental.

• On occasions, fish can be seen swimming through the murky water.