Thread:Grobda/@comment-30053419-20171110061144/@comment-30053419-20171110065024

Well, yes - he suffers from multiple personality disorder. That's kind of established over the course of the game: Jordan's notes mention that Blackmore is ONE of Torque's multiple personalities. So yeah, Torque's brain is pretty crowded.

But basically, it's not a manifestation of the violence of a place, nor is it a victim's pain infllicted on the rest of the world or punishment bestowed upon the executioners: it's a manifestation of the violence within a PERSON. Completely different kettle of fish. And that umbilicus - that's another representation of how it differs from Malefactors: it's not tied to the land, but quite literally bonded with Torque.

And yes, I'm confident that Copperfield and Creeper are not Malefactors: among other things, they aren't mentioned in Jordan's notes on the Malefactors of the game, nor do they demonstrate a physically consistent existence - unlike the Malefactors, they are more spectral in nature, flickering in and out of reality at will without any regard for portals or pools. Also, they are not automatically violent, and can interact peaceably with Torque if they so desire: all other Malefactors attack on sight - the exception to this being the Infernas, only when they are in their human form. With this in mind, they're more akin to the ghosts of Carnate, like Hermes and Horace (and possibly the human forms of the Infernas now that I think about it).