Jeremy Hartwood

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Jeremy Hartwood
Biographical information
Date of Birth	1879-1880 (50 years old)
Fate
Status	Alive
Home	Derceto Manor
Occupation	Painter Sculptor Patient at Derceto
Affiliations	Frédérick Raynal The Dark Man (Unwilling) Dr. Gray (Formerly) Grace Saunders Edward Carnby
Family	Algernon Lyle Hartwood (Great-uncle) Unnamed father † Philip Hartwood (Brother) Unnamed sister-in-law Emily Hartwood (Niece)
Physical description
Gender	Male
Species	Human
Hair color	Brown
Eye color	Green
Behind the scenes
Appears in	Alone in the Dark Prologue Alone in the Dark (2024)
Voiced by	Paul Mercier

For the character from the first Alone in the Dark, see Jeremy Hartwood.

Jeremy Hartwood is a central character in the Alone in the Dark Prologue and Alone in the Dark (2024).

He is voiced by Paul Mercier.

History

Background

Jeremy is a painter and sculptor who found himself attached to the Dark Man, a powerful being gradually driving him into madness. Jeremy was perceived by society and his family as a madman, getting him committed in Derceto, a home for the mentally fatigued. While under care in the facility, Jeremy sends a letter to her niece Emily Hartwood in an attempt to keep her away, saying the staff and patients are part of a cult with a plan to unleash evil upon the world. However, this attempt backfires and Emily hires Private Investigator Edward Carnby to help her bring him home.

Alone in the Dark Prologue

Grace Saunders is making a paper mache mask with what seems to be a manuscript when she hears a noise in another room, she finds Jeremy deeply disturbed and paranoid, saying he needs to send a letter to his niece, Emily Hartwood. Jeremy seems to be too scared to send the letter, fearing the Dark Man might be watching him, so Grace offers to help him make it look like it's not his own. While filling the envelope with Emily's address, Grace notices the lack of a number and turns to ask Jeremy, to see that he has suddenly vanished. Grace then proceeds to post the letter herself.

Alone in the Dark

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Character

Personality

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Appearance

Jeremy is a slender man, looking to be in his mid-40s, with a combed brown hair and a rough beard, he has a few wrinkles from aging and bloodshot eyes, possibly due sleeplessness and stress. He wears a white cashmere shirt under a beige vest and a green jacket, with brown pants and shoes. His overall look is reminiscent to Edward Carnby's look from the original Alone in the Dark.

See also

• Jeremy Hartwood

Gallery

Promotional screenshots

Trivia

• Jeremy Hartwood's incarnation in Alone in the Dark (2024) is the first in the series to make a physical appearance, while the one in the first game only appeared as a voice reading his letters and journals.
• Jeremy makes constant meta comments on Alone in the Dark and the vision of Pieces Interactive on creating a reimagination of the story. To see them, click here.
• Paul Mercier, Jeremy's voice actor, also gave the voice to Leon Scott Kennedy from Resident Evil 4.
  • Resident Evil is one of the series most popularly associated with having taken influences from Alone in the Dark's design by adopting the fixed camera system with pre-rendered backgrounds, tank controls and item management.
  • At the same time, Resident Evil 4 popularized the over-the-shoulder third person perspective that persisted throughout the series and would later be used for the remakes of Resident Evil 2 and 3, which would later inspire the 2024 reimagining of Alone in the Dark.