Gabriella Saunders

Gabriella Saunders
Biographical information
Other names	The Engineer
Occupation	Electric Engineer
Status	Alive
Family	Unnamed father Unnamed mother Unnamed husband
Weapons	PM9 Sawn-off Shotgun Tesla coil Explosive Mine
Physical description
Gender	Female
Species	Human
Hair color	Black
Eye color	Dark Brown
Behind the scenes
Appears in	Alone in the Dark: Illumination

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:

Stamina Health Gun Damage Reload Resources Cost of skills? Increases maximum stamina by 10% Increases maximum health by 10% Increases gun damage by 5% Increases charging speed by 5% Increases the amount of collectables by 10% Decreases the cost of skills by 10% Increases maximum stamina by 20% Increases maximum health by 20% Increases Gun Damage by 10% Increases recharge speed by 10% Increases the amount of collectibles by 20% Decreases the cost of skills by 15% Increases maximum stamina by 30% Increases maximum health by 30% Increases gun damage by 15% Increases recharge speed by 15% Increases the amount of collectibles by 30% Decreases the cost of skills by 20% Increases maximum stamina by 40% Increases maximum health by 40% Increases gun damage by 20% Increases recharge speed by 20% Increase the amount of collectibles by 40% Decreases the cost of skills by 25% Increases maximum stamina by 50% Increases maximum health by 50% Increases gun damage by 25% Increases recharge speed by 25% Increase the amount of collectibles by 50% Decreases the cost of skills by 30% Increases maximum stamina by 80% Increases maximum health by 80% Increases gun damage by 40% Increases recharge speed by 35% Increases the amount of collectibles by 70% Decreases the cost of skills by 40% Increases your maximum stamina by 150% Increases your maximum health by 150% Increases gun damage by 80% Increases recharge speed by 50% Increase the amount of collectibles by 100% Decreases the cost of skills by 60%

Class Abilities:

Tesla Coil - Duration : A device that, placed on the floor, electrocutes surrounding enemies for a certain period Tesla Coil - Distance : A device that, placed on the floor, electrocutes surrounding enemies in a certain area Rifle ammunition : Amount of transportable ammunition for the shotgun Spinner: A device that, when launched, creates a Spinner that damages enemies Increases the duration of the Tesla coil, once activated, by 10% Increases the range of the Tesla coil by 10% Increases the amount of transportable ammunition by 10% Increases the components recovered by a Spinner by 5% Once activated, Tesla coil life is increased by 20% Increases the range of the Tesla coil by 20% Increases the amount of transportable ammunition by 20% Increases the components recovered by a Spinner by 10% Once activated, Tesla coil life is increased by 40% Increases the range of the Tesla coil by 40% Increases the amount of transportable ammunition by 30% Increases the components recovered by a Spinner by 15% Increases the life of the Tesla coil, once activated, by 60% Increases the range of the Tesla coil by 80% Increases the amount of transportable ammunition by 40% Increases the components recovered by a Spinner by 20% Once activated, Tesla coil life is increased by 100% Increases the amount of transportable ammunition by 100% Increases the components recovered by a Spinner by 25% Once activated, Tesla coil life is increased by 200%

Post-patch:

After the Patch Summer 2016 Update, the Spinners are removed and replaced by proximity mines.

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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

Render of The Engineer

Gabriella's costumes