Minor characters (The Bunker)

There are a great many minor characters mentioned and/or present in some form in the game Amnesia: The Bunker. As too little evidence exists to conclude much about their life or person, they are more conveniently collected here.

Dog tags

Main article: Dog tag

These are names of those characters whose names can appear on dog tags, whether minor or otherwise. The names in bold and italics indicate those who have a locker code or are otherwise important to gameplay progression.

A. Fortin A. Giraud A. Lambert C. Brillant D. Alphonse D. Bardin E. Dosier F. Auclair F. Conard F. De Hay F. Stafford G. Chopin G. Travers

H. Boucher H. Clément H. Granat J. Delisle L. Noury N. Laval P. Courcy Q. Friloux R. Breon S. Millard T. Garrard V. Batiste

French Army

Main article: French Army

These are all the minor characters who served with the French Army in the First World War, some of whom are known to have served alongside Henri Clement in the French bunker.

Father De Rais

Father De Rais (or "DeRais") was the Catholic chaplain for the soldiery in the bunker. He provided consecrations for dead troops; in May 1916, after consultation with Dr. Josinski, De Rais confirmed that he would be prepared to consecrate the incinerated bodies of dead soldiers, in accordance with the new anti-rodent cremation policy.

His corpse is found pinned to the wall of the confessional, inside the chapel. Due to the nature of his wounds, it is most likely that he was killed by the Beast. He possessed a key which granted access to the pillbox, along with Foreman Stafford, and which was left not far away from his corpse.

Q. Friloux

Head Clerk Q. Friloux was the chief administrative underling of the bunker's central functions. He was responsible for implementing an official policy of checking the obverse sides of dog tags recovered from dead soldiers, in the case that the soldiers had written thereupon anything of interest. His corpse may be discovered by Henri in the Central Bunker, in the room containing the generator. His death was relatively recent adjacent to Henri awaking from his coma, as the body had yet to show signs of rigor mortis, and his blood was still (somewhat) fresh. Friloux's dog tag gives access to exiting the administration room.

Doctor Josinski

Doctor Josinski was a French Army physician tending to the sick and wounded in the bunker. He diagnosed Sdt. Henri Clément with amnesia and presumably tended to his wounds. He also conducted autopsies of the first dead who were brutally killed by the Beast—initially concluding them to be the result of multiple assailants—and he also recommended the incineration of bodies to stem the infestation of carrion-eating, unusually large rats. His corpse was not discovered, and he is never seen or heard from during the events of Amnesia: The Bunker, but it is as likely as not that Dr. Josinski either did not survive the Beast or else fled with the officers.

Soldat Chanard

Sdt. Chanard was a French soldier, stationed in the bunker. He was broadly fearful and suspicious, especially after witnessing the brutal killing of Sergeant Reynard on July 14th, 1916, and seeing the bestial sadism from the unknown killer's evisceration of the officer. He then directly witnessed as the Beast took and killed fellow soldier Tremblay. At the time, Chanard thought that the creature recognized him, but he did not realize its true identity. By July 19th, Chanard became so frightened by previous massacre of soldiers that, thinking to escape the Beast's notice, he hid himself in a hole in the bunker walls, where he likely perished.

However, even before the incident with the Beast, he wrote to Foreman Stafford (possibly his direct superior) in May 1916, asking for Stafford's confirmation either that the rats had actually grown noticeably "ugly" and "aggressive," or that it was simply his overwrought imagination.

Soldat Marceau

Sdt. Marceau was a soldier stationed in the bunker. He was the bunkmate of Sdt. Goff. He was presumably one of the last soldiers alive in the bunker, writing his sole note on July 20th soon after the officers fled, mere hours before Henri wakes up.

Soldat Millard

Sdt. S. Millard was a soldier stationed in the bunker. He holds the fuel storage code in Shell Shock mode. He becomes a victim to the Beast.

Soldat Tremblay

Sdt. Tremblay was a soldier stationed at the bunker, he was the bunkmate of Sdt. Augustin Lambert. On July 18th, he became the third known soldier to die to the Beast. He has no dog tag or recognizable corpse.

Mentioned characters

Some characters are merely mentioned once or twice, and some with almost no information about them. These names are collected here.

Akerman Sdt. Autie Sdt. Cazal Dax Francois Gavin

Sdt. Goff Houllebecq Laurent Sdt. Picart Sdt. Quint Sdt. Tirel

Gameplay hint characters

These are all characters whose only appearance Amnesia: The Bunker is in the Death hints.

Charles Lavoie

Sdt. Charles Lavoie was a French soldier, known only through quotes. He is quoted four times, as follows:

• “A tool's no good to you unless you have it in hand ready to use. That's just common sense.”
• “I shot him three times before he backed off. I wonder what they're feeding those soldiers.”
• “The gas attacks. Insanity. Being out there in one, it's like being in hell. But with a mask? With a mask you can see your way out of the inferno.”
• “They don't tell you this in training but never shave. The battlefield rats, they love blood. Any amount of it. One nicked and you'll wake to them gnawing on your face.”

Francois Allard

Soldat Francois Allard was a French soldier, known only through quotes, who apparently lost his leg to German traps in an offensive trench raid. He is quoted four times, as follows:

• “These new flashlights are loud as hell. Useless in the field, the Germans would hear us cranking them miles away.”^{(monster-related)}
• “They say war forges boys into men. Maybe that's true. But it's done the reverse to me. I fear the dark and what it hides more now than ever. The light of the generator, it keeps the darkness and its monsters away. I wish they'd keep it on all night.”^{(monster-related)}
• “I think I'm losing it, really losing it. The shells were so loud yesterday I found myself just staring at a group of rats. They were gnawing at a fresh corpse. I didn't shoo them off. Just watched. Wondering... why the fresh corpse... why not the cooked one right next to it?”^{(rat-related)}
• “Last raid, up and over, 70 meters straight into machine guns. But we made it, by God! Then I jumped into the German trench and found it lousy with traps. Traps everywhere! That's where I lost my leg.”^{(trap-related)}

Henri Bruno

Soldat Henri Bruno was a French soldier, who fought in the Battle of Frezenberg, in early May of 1915, part of the greater 2nd Battle of Ypres. He has had interactions with some friction with a soldier named "Laurent." He is quoted three times, as follows:

• “My new favorite past time: scaring the rats with fire. Laurent says I'm sadistic but I saw him laughing.”
• “That Laurent, he's like one of the rats! So protective of his food, I even look his way while eating and he threatens to stab me. Then again, should I want one of his biscuits, he's also quite easy to distract.”
• “Frezenberg. May. Days of hell. I tripped a wire and thought for sure I was dead. But it was only a sound trap. I was lucky... but then the Germans came running...”

Johannes Melius

Sergeant Major Johannes Melius was a French non-commissioned officer, known only through quotes. He is quoted five times, as follows:

• “You need supplies, you best learn to make them yourself. Scrap, scrape, save and make do. That's the trick. Only a fool waits for an official re-supply.”
• “My father used to tell me that the world was made of sturdy stuff. He said reality was firm, tangible. Like planks of pine. I'm glad he died before this hell started or else he'd have seen the truth: anything can be destroyed. Even the hardest wood. And underneath it all is chaos.”
• “All predators hunt by sound. If you want to kill then listen. If you want to survive, then for God's sake be silent.”
• “Some of the men have taken to playing games in the trenches. Can you imagine? Death surrounds us and they are playing hide and seek. Scurrying underneath tables. Flattening themselves under their bunks.”
• “They say that every enemy has a tell. Take the artillery fire for example. When it gets louder, you know the Germans are coming soon after. Know your enemy well enough and they will tell you all you need to know.”

Jules Corbin

Sdt. Jules Corbin was a French soldier, known only through quotes, who fought in the city of Mulhouse, in Alsace-Lorraine, during the Battle of Alsace in August of 1914—right at the beginning of the Great War. He is quoted three times, as follows:

• “Our rodent bunkmates, they really aren't so bad. Just don't interrupt their meals and don't bleed. They'll leave you alone.”
• “The enemy is always listening. Never run, your feet will betray you. Instead, move like a cat. Careful. Slow. Fearful but predatory.”
• “Mulhouse. 1914. Days before the retreat. I was surrounded by wire and mud. A German right there. Right in front of me! I knew I needed a sound that could distract him. So I grabbed an old wine bottle and tossed it. The clatter it made! The German jumped at it and I had him.”

Romain Delpy

General Romain Delpy was a French officer, known only through quotes. He is a brigadier general in the French Third Army. He is quoted twice, as follows:

• “Soldiers are smart. They take what we give them and they improve it. And they talk to each other. Knowledge spreads among the men via letter and note and gossip. Trust the men.”
• “The amateur soldier thinks once they reach the German line, once they infiltrate, the raid is over. No. That is where the raid begins. Come prepared with tools to disarm traps. Come prepared for close quarters combat. Come prepared for blood.”

German Army

These are all the minor characters who served with the Imperial German Army.

German sniper

Main article: German soldiers

The German sniper was an unseen foe that threatened Henri Clement if he ever climbed to the pillbox. The sniper (or possibly snipers) was perched far out of reach and out of sight, with a vantage into the pillbox; when Henri enters the pillbox, at some point (though not immediately), the sniper begins taking shots at him, forcing Henri to take cover for as long as he's there.

German soldiers

Main article: German soldiers

The German soldiers were the enemy combatants belonging to the Imperial German Army, fighting the French across the battlefield upon which Amnesia: The Bunker is set. They are encountered as nominal gameplay enemies in the trenches during the first level of the game, and thereafter only as incidental and theatrical threats, excepting the German Sniper watching the Pillbox in Maintenance.

Miscellaneous characters

Madame Lambert

The Lambert family, in Paris.

Madame Lambert was the wife of Augustin Lambert and has a son with him.

Lambert, Jr.

Master Lambert was the son of Augustin Lambert and his wife. He was a young child by July 1916. Augustin had promised before leaving last to bring him "something home from the front," and to that end had purchased a rabbit toy for the boy from a nearby shop (the rabbit representing something like the boy's agility or intellect).

Amanda Nicolay

Amanda Nicolay was a close relative of the French soldier and eventual tunnel saboteur Sdt. FC Johannes Nicolay. Johannes wrote her a letter on May 5th that he didn't end up sending, where he thanks her fur sending chocolate and describes hearing strange sounds in the Roman tunnels and investigating it with Toussaint Beaufoy.

Removed characters

Main article: Cut characters (The Bunker)

The following characters can be found in the game files, but no reference exists to them in-game:

• S. Milliard
• L. Monet
• F. Vercher