How did you know that the two men talking is meant to be the prologue? I didn't catch that -- thought it was the ending of the ending, so to speak.

If you accept the supernatural/religious view of what has been happening, then the two men are angels. The one who impersonated Andre is the angel of death. The reason the little girl at the apartment complex (the guard's daughter) could see him was that she was dying.

The other angel seems to be someone who takes care of the living -- perhaps the archangel Michael, or maybe Lara's guardian angel. I think the other "little girl" is Lara. The crazy/homeless man outside the apartment building is also, IMHO, an angel.

If you don't accept the supernatural/religious view of what has been happening, the last scene is a bit harder to explain. The scene could be Max dreaming, a way of assuaging his guilt for having forced the little girl's father to confess, with the father's imprisonment perhaps leading to the little girl's death. Since Max now no longer believes in the false dream of saving Andre as a child, perhaps Max is dreaming that the little girl from the apartment is safe -- a similar kind of compensatory dream.

I am almost sure about Andre being the Angel of Death, what is not so clear to me is the other guy. As far as I remember one doesn't see the guard's daughter dead, it is only the old man's word.
I don't see it being just Max mind, even when it could be because he certainly has hallucinations, I would be disappointed if this were the case. We have seen a similar trauma in Outcry

The monk who steals the painting and then gets caught trying to sell it and has his tongue removed -- do you remember any time that he and Andre are actually together? Since the Angel of Death can change his appearance, is it possible that the monk who stole the painting and Andre are the same person?

I am wondering if the Angel of Death has decided to rid himself of this tiresome cult that keeps murdering innocents in order to keep his "identity" hidden -- when all the secrecy is useless -- he can hide himself by changing appearance any time he wants.

Or am I really off the wall here?

On my second playthrough I spent as much time as I could with the old fellow in the museum garden. He clearly knows a lot about Lara -- he's almost omniscient -- but he never actually identifies himself. That I remember.

I have to replay the part in the monastery but I don't remember having seen Andre with the monk.The Angel of Death could take any shape, however I don't think this is the case with that monk.

Since the conversation between the two men appears to be had taken place before the events it seems that what you say about the Angel of Death - having this planned, has all the sense.

What about the conversations in the dining room at the monastery? The monk could hear him making the annoying questions or he couldn't?

conversation between Andre/Charon and the old guy takes takes place.


If I am not mistaken Andre, in the conversation he has with Max in the cell, calls himself Charon - who is the ferryman of souls in Greek mythology, who ferries souls across the river Styx, to Hades, the land of the dead. I like the idea the the other fellow is an angel for the living. I couldn't quite puzzle out who he was supposed to be, and who the other little girl was.

Virtually everyone at the monastery was about to die, so that would explain why they could see Andre.

That doesn't explain why the head of the order could see him, though, because the head of the order seems to have survived.

I didn't catch the bit about Charon. Another part to replay.

Another question -- the assassin monk who took the phone call at the very beginning of the game -- was that anyone in the game, or just an assassin we don't meet again?