
From that point on, Alan was no longer afraid of the dark and kept the Clicker in his possession. She told Alan that the light switch had the power to banish the darkness, and that it was a gift from Alan's father.
When he was 7 years of age, he was deeply afraid of the dark, to the point that his mother eventually gave him an old light switch she called "the Clicker". Since he was born, he suffered from a rare condition that made him overly sensitive to light.
1.5 Events of Alan Wake's American NightmareĪlan Wake was born in 1978 by his mother, Linda Wake, however his father, who he never knew, is unknown. 1.3 Events of Bright Falls (Mini-series). Events took a dark turn when Alice was kidnapped by an unseen force and Wake was forced to fight his way through possessed townsfolk all while experiencing the events of a story he didn't even remember writing. He is set to return as the main protagonist of the upcoming sequel, Alan Wake II.Īlan Wake is a bestselling American novelist, after suffering from a two-year strain of writer's block, Alan was brought on vacation by his wife Alice to the idyllic Pacific Northwest town of Bright Falls. He also briefly appears as a minor character in the mini-series Bright Falls and Control, and as a key character in the latter's DLC, AWE. Serving as the main protagonist of Alan Wake, and Alan Wake's American Nightmare, and it's two DLCs. ― Alan Wake, Episode 1: NightmareĪlan Wake is the titular main protagonist of the Alan Wake franchise. The unanswered mystery is what stays with us the longest, and it's what we'll remember in the end. In a horror story, the victim keeps asking "Why?", but there can be no explanation, and there shouldn't be one.