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The player chooses which of the three essences Pious attempts to claim at the start of the game.

This determines which of the three Ancients he is aligned with, and subsequently which enemies dominate.

These subtle differences can influence the players experience and in some cases the difficulty of the game.

If Pious chooses Chattur ' gha ( the red one ), whose enemies are tougher to represent Chattur ' gha's affinity for matter and physical power, most of his monsters deal more damage and have more health, making the Chattur ' gha alignment an unofficial hard mode.

While Ulyaoth's ( the blue one ) monsters focus on their magick, they sometimes have unique abilities.

For example: Ulyoath's zombies, when attacked, will chain themselves to other Ulyaoth zombies in the room and self destruct simultaneously with devastating force.

This can be taken advantage of by the player to clear the room of the zombies quickly, or attempt to use them to damage other enemies.

Xel ' lotath's ( the green one ) monsters tend to sap more sanity from the player than the monsters from other alignments ' and therefore if Pious picks Xel ' lotath the game tends to get creepier faster as the player loses more sanity than they gain.