- For the character in Alone in the Dark (2024), see Gabriella Saunders (THQ).
Gabriella Saunders, a.k.a. The Engineer, is a playable character in Alone in the Dark: Illumination.
Background[]
When Gabriella was born, she was given her name by her father, as it stemmed from Gabriel, the Angel, that also translated "devoted to God".
Being the daughter of the Chief Engineer of the world’s leading computer hardware manufacturer, the Engineer was born to work with electronics. While other children played with plastic blocks, she was making remote-controlled robots from parts she found in her father’s work shed. Making gadgets filled up the Engineer’s free time. Her goal is to create mechanical items which could rival her father’s groundbreaking work.
Alone in the Dark: Illumination[]
Gabriella's father was once a promising engineer. However, when he went down into the Lorwich mines, he had returned home feeling shaken. He began to experience nightmares and ended up separating from his wife whilst Gabriella was a kid. Her father vanished on the eve of her wedding, and the only clue left behind was a map of Virginia and a hand written note with the words "Fear, Death, Dark, Lorwich, Suffering, Old, Ancient and ZZ".
Given her father's history of depression and worried she was somehow responsible, she took the only clue that fit and headed East.
Primary Weapons and Abilities[]
- PM9- automatic pistol, Beretta
- Sawn-off Shotgun
- Tesla coil (formerly Tesla Wall)
- Explosive Mine (replaced the Spinner ability)
Abilities - Pre-patch[]
Before the Patch Summer 2016 Update , Gabriella's weapons were a PM9 automatic pistol , a sawed-off shotgun, Tesla coils and Spinners.
Common Abilities:[]
Class Abilities:[]
Post-patch:[]
After the Patch Summer 2016 Update, the Spinners are removed and replaced by proximity mines.
Personality[]
- Gabriella has aquaphobia (the irrational fear of water).
- She didn't want to bear children, knowing that there were creatures, like the ones in Lorwich, in existence.
Appearance[]
Default appearance[]
- Camo cargo pants
- Grey combat sweater
- Knee guards and ammo satchels
- Combat harness
Trivia[]
- She bears the same surname as Grace and Greg Saunders, though it is unclear if she is related to any of these characters.
- Like all the Saunders characters, Gabriella's name also begins with the letter "G".
- Among the game files there is that of a shotgun, one of Gabriella's secondary weapons removed from the final product.
Gallery[]
Alone in the Dark: Illumination | ||
Characters | The Hunter · The Witch · The Engineer · The Priest | |
Story-related characters | Mitch Preston · Peter ZZ Zilch | |
Creatures/Enemies | Ghouls · Exploding Shape · Hell Hounds · Wraiths · Goblins · Goblin Brutes · Demons · Obelisks · Cthulhu | |
Episodes | The Mines of Lorwich (The Ghost Town · Perilous Descent · The Hollow Catacombs · The Infernal Furnace) · Beneath the Graves (The Coffinmaker · Dark Crypt · Reflective Pond · Sonorous Sewers) · Factory of Fear (Silent Quarry · Spectral Railway · Train Graveyard · Final Facility) · Escape (Moonlight Trailer Park) | |
Locations | Lorwich · Moonlight Trailer Park | |
Items | Weapons · Consumable Items · Misc. Items (Seal of Morton · Seal of de Certo · Seal of Pregzt) · Bomb Ingredients | |
Misc | Deluge Multinational Company · Atlach-Nacha · Buopoth · Ezechiel Pregzt · Martense Order · Edward Carnby · Emily Hartwood · Black Brotherhood | |
Non-game content | Steam Achievements · Steam cards · | |