Kita

Kita
Biographical information
Born	Before mid-May, 1839
Died	c. March 1937
Cause of death	Disconnection of Vitae life support system
Known for	Unintentional instigator of the collapse of the Otherworder civilization and the deaths of most of its citizens Treason against Empress Tihana
Physical description
Species	Otherworlder
Nationality	Other World Empire
Gender	Male
Eye colour	Blue
Career and family information
Affiliation(s)	Tihana's Empire (subject)
Occupation	Alchemist Rebel/Freedom Fighter
Non-familial relationships	Empress Tihana (sovereign, betrayed) Temaku (chief alchemist) Mihara (colleague) Atharu (colleague) Taina (friend, conspirator) Tasi Trianon (murderer, unintentional)
Behind the scenes
Voice actor (English)	Wilf Scolding
Appearances
Rebirth	Full (active) Audio (flashbacks) Visual (photographs, sketches) Mentioned (diary entries)

Kita, an alchemist from the Other World, was an apprentice of the chief royal alchemist, Temaku, and served the Empire and its empress, Tihana. He was part of a rebel plot to end the industrialized mass torture needed to sustain their empire, which backfired and caused the end of their civilization at the hands of the The Shadow. He is voiced by British actor Wilf Scolding.

History

Life before Amnesia: Rebirth

Kita's early life before his apprenticeship is unknown. He was an apprentice of the royal alchemist Temaku, and assisted him and their fellow alchemists in studying and experimenting with the orbs and Vitae. At some point, he tasked his colleague Mihara with repairing the subsidiary node of the new test Gate, the configuration of which was delayed due to that node's failure.

Over time, Kita grew appalled towards the brutal nature of the Vitae extraction process, and how his civilization utilized it. After learning of Temaku's studies on Shadow's residue, he set his plan in motion.

Kita secretly studied Shadow's residues under Temaku at his private lab, developing a formula from it to destroy the Vitae extraction process, and gave this formula to other a group of collaborators who also wanted to stop this process. Their plan partly succeeded, insofar in that they had caused the collapse of The Great Gate, but at immeasurable cost: the sabotage they perpetrated unexpectedly triggered a chain reaction backwards from the Orbs, causing the catastrophic destruction of their city (and possibly the entire civilization or world) and the transformation of his fellow alchemists into Wraiths. Despite their efforts, the sabotage operation failed to halt the industrial-scale extraction of Vitae, which had been its primary objective. During the attempt, one of the rebels, Taina, was trapped beneath the collapsed floor of the Lower Factory before successfully deploying Kita's formula into the system, and subsequently died from the incident.

Their sabotage affected the Earthside portal in Algeria as well. Following the sabotage, the Shadow manifested in the area, and alchemist Kharangi lost contact with the Other World. Later, during Professor Herbert's expedition, his team excavated this same portal chamber and his assistant, Khaled noted that this "gate" was not the only one constructed. Therefore, it can be inferred that it is likely not the only one affected by Kita's sabotage, but the entire Other World portal network.

Having survived the catastrophe, Kita needed to use the Vitae supply to keep himself alive - despite finding it abhorrent - and planned new ways to end the suffering and kill the Empress. He stole some of Empress Tihana's Vitae supply and managed to keep himself alive. Because of the destructive consequences of his actions, he considered himself a "traitor" and begged the forgiveness of all.

Events of Amnesia: Rebirth

Kita was found in the Alchemist's Chambers of the Other World by Tasi Trianon in a greatly weakened state, barely clinging to life. In order to supply the devices in the chambers, she took the Vitae capsules for herself, ultimately killing Kita.

Trivia

• He is the only Otherworlder citizen found alive during Amnesia: Rebirth, aside from Empress Tihana. The rest are dead, alchemists-turned Wraiths, and possibly also the victims of Vitae extraction and Harvesters. His situation is similar to Toussaint Beaufoy, Karl Springer and Henri Clément from Amnesia: The Bunker, who are the last survivors during the game.
• Kita's decrepit state and reliance on life-giving machinery with sinister origins bears a striking resemblance to the states of certain characters in another of Frictional's games, SOMA (including specifically Sarah Lindwall, as both are the last known living members of their species).
• Kita was likely the ringleader of the cabal who wanted to stop the Vitae extraction process, since he was able to work on Shadow's residues, as well as his close proximity to the imperial inner circle. being the apprentice of head alchemist Temaku.
• Kita and Sdt. Farber from Amnesia: The Bunker have similar roles in their respective games, as both of them were the ringleaders of rebellions against their respective authority, and both believed themselves the only survivors of the fallout.
• Kita's plan can be fulfilled if the player finds the appropriate injection and decides to kill the Empress Tihana in the game's final chapter.
• He is one of two named traitors in Amnesia: Rebirth, the other being Taina.
• Immediately after Tasi takes the Vitae from him, Kita will shake his head before dying.
• Kita had brought himself 8 Leyden jars of Vitae: six empty, one full, and one was being used by the time Tasi arrived to his private laboratory. Judging by the number of empty leyden jars, he had been alive for very long time when Tasi accidently kills him. Even if she didn't kill him, he likely would not have survived much longer, as there were only two jars left.
• In his private lab, the Shadow's residue can still be seen.
• Kita is a surname in Japanese and Polish languages. It means "north", "field of trees" or "many happiness's" in Japanese (depending on the Kanji used), and "crest bunch sheaf tail" in Polish.

Gallery

Kita himself, during the game when found by the player.

Kita's last memory.

Kita's voice actor - Wilf Scolding.

Kita's laboratory.

An item in Kita's laboratory, possibly containing the Shadow's residue.