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    Mr Belleville

    Part 1 · St Jeoire

    Belleville comes to the shop to congratulate Louis personally on the file for “our little deal”. He says they have known each other for years, and asks a favour: a task that will take the whole weekend and that isn’t quite acceptable for a man of his status. Louis agrees to hear the story from the beginning, and wakes up in Paris.

    Part 5 · Anne’s trail

    Belleville comes to Anne’s funeral, sad but distant, and tells Louis at the graveside that the living need to stay with the living. At the gathering he advises him not to run away, and offers him work once he feels better.

    In Belleville’s garage Louis finds the painting he bought last year, stolen, and reports on a long surveillance of Anne, with Belleville’s notes: “The Anne project is no longer of any relevance.”

    He appears in the cave beneath the EXIT with Félicienne, tells Louis that he owns him, that Louis gave him life and he gave Louis innocence, and sets the cult on fire. Later he leads the armed squad that storms Louis’ mother’s apartment, with orders to take Louis alive.

    Beneath the Isle of the Dead he welcomes Louis to the well of souls. He says he is part of Louis, his fear, the barrier Louis built between himself and the world, and that Louis is owed a life but not a memory. He means to give Louis a new “accident” and start again. When Anne throws herself at him, a shot goes off, and he falls into the lava.

    The doctors explain that Belleville was the avatar of Xiontac, the program Louis wrote to keep himself asleep, which slowly took control of the simulation.

    Description

    Fade has no character list, so this description is the archive’s own, written from the game’s scripts.

    Mr Belleville · Age unknown

    An important customer of Louis’ antiques business, white-haired and charming, with a twinkle in his eye. He has a deal that could solve Louis’ money troubles, an urgent appointment with his taxidermist, and an errand he can’t be seen doing himself.

    Trivia

    • Louis ends the game by placing a talisman stone in the hand of Belleville’s statue on the isle, and completing it with Anne’s pendant.
    • One of the two doctors on the Damocles is white-haired like him, and the game’s close-up of that doctor is named after him.

    Artwork

    Every scene of the game that shows Mr Belleville, as shipped, with the game’s own name for each picture.

    Part 1 · St Jeoire

    Mr Belleville, Antiques shop
    Antiques shop PART1 Felicienne et Belleville Antiquaire
    Mr Belleville, Office
    Office PART1 Belleville bureau

    Part 5 · Anne’s trail

    Mr Belleville, Belleville praying
    Belleville praying PART5 Eglise Belleville
    Mr Belleville, Lounge conversation
    Lounge conversation PART5 salon People
    Mr Belleville, Belleville’s house
    Belleville’s house PART5 Maison Belleville
    Mr Belleville, B et F
    B et F PART5 belleville et felicienne
    Mr Belleville, Belleville and Félicienne
    Belleville and Félicienne PART5 BELLEVILLEFELICIENNE
    Mr Belleville, Belleville
    Belleville PART5 dialogue avec belleville
    Mr Belleville, Gesture
    Gesture PART5 bellevilleGeste
    Mr Belleville, Bullet
    Bullet PART5 Feliciennent bastos
    Mr Belleville, Invasion
    Invasion PART5 Invasion Rue
    Mr Belleville, Belleville orders
    Belleville orders PART5 belleville donne des ordes

    Part 6 · The Isle of the Dead

    Mr Belleville, The mount
    The mount PART6 final_anne_et_belleville
    Mr Belleville, Belleville
    Belleville PART6 final belleville parle
    Mr Belleville, Altercation
    Altercation PART6 Belleville Tire1
    Mr Belleville, The shot
    The shot PART6 Belleville Tire2
    Mr Belleville, The fall
    The fall PART6 final belleville tombe

    Part 7 · Waking up

    Mr Belleville, Belleville’s statue
    Belleville’s statue PART7 Astrolab Belleville statue oeil zoom
    Mr Belleville, Photograph of Anne and Belleville
    Photograph of Anne and Belleville PART7 conversation Anne-Belleville 1

    End credits

    Mr Belleville, End credits
    End credits END3