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| “ | Erlking Heathcliff: All those who challenged me, stood in my way. All those who humiliated me. I intended to find them one by one, to give them deaths that befit their crimes. And in the end… I would kill… the one who killed my Cathy… with my own hands. Heathcliff: My Cathy? The one who— Who… no, what the bloody hell are you talking about?! Erlking Heathcliff: Obvious, is it not? It's you. And… me. Do you still fail to understand? We are her murderers. |
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| ~ Erlking Heathcliff introducing himself. |
| “ | Where are you...? Come to my embrace Catherine! Where... where are... I can hear your voice. Oh, please... | „ |
| ~ Erlking Heathcliff calling for Catherine before fighting the Sinners once more and his most famous quote |
A version of Heathcliff from the Mirror World, aptly named Erlking Heathcliff or Wild Hunt Heathcliff is a major antagonist of Project Moon universe, serving as the main antagonist of Limbus Company's Canto VI: The Heartbreaking.
Heartbroken by the loss of his world's Catherine, Erlking Heathcliff strives into the quest to eliminate all other known Heathcliffs from different Mirror Worlds, including this world's (LCB World, where main universe of the series, Limbus Company take place) Heathcliff, where he would work together with Nelly and the Ring to enact his quest for vengeance.
He was voiced by Hong Seung-hyo.
Appearance[]
Erlking Heathcliff shares the many similarities with LCB's Heathcliff; both are tall, dark-skinned man with dark brown hair and purplish eyes, albeit his hair is longer. His outfit of choice is a brown leather jacket and a dirty white scarf. He wears a grey pants and leather boots as his bottoms.
Personality[]
| “ | Please, Catherine. Appear before me and tear me asunder. Let me see your eyes as I expire. | „ |
| ~ Erlking Heathcliff in the final battle. |
When revealing himself Erlking Heathcliff absolutely despises Heathcliff, wanting him and other versions of him dead, blaming him for Catherine's suffering. He still hold his grudge against the household of Wuthering Heights due to the abuse and humiliation they have thrown against him in the past. As the Dead Rabbits Boss, Erlking Heathcliff puts on an act of being a friendly, cheery individual to put Heathcliff off-guard.
Much like the LCB's Heathcliff, Erlking Heathcliff has an undying obsession of reconciling with his lover, Catherine, going as far as killing other known Heathcliffs in different Mirror Worlds in order to enact his vengeance or take this world's Catherine's coffin.
History[]
Much like Limbus Company's Heathcliff, this version of Heathcliff was raised in Wuthering Heights before fleeing away from it, joining Dead Rabbits to the point of even learning their leader's mannerisms and personality, a feat which he would use as his disguise. However upon learning of his world's Catherine's demise, he was eventually struck by grief and blames himself for her death.
Due to Hermann's meddling with the Mirror World, Erlking Heathcliff would eventually find numerous other Heathcliffs from different worlds, killing many of them as he can until he stumbles upon LCB's Heathcliff, where he would collude with Nelly and the N Corp to plot his vengeance. He takes the identity of the Dead Rabbits' leader and revived the Dead Rabbits after it was wiped out with the help of The Ring by using the corpses of numerous T Corp citizens. He would come into contact with this world's Hindley, enlisting him later on for protection as the Dead Rabbits Boss, while later exploiting the latter's gambling addiction into wasting his fortune away, leading him to lose the manor. Erlking Heathcliff would also use Isabella Edgar as a dough for his summoning, using her body as means of control later on.
As the sinners traverse through the basement, discovering former members of the Ring by using a modified coffin with Catherine inside. As both the Dead Rabbits Boss and Hindley arrived, he fought the sinners but lost. The Dead Rabbits Boss would reveal him to be responsible for his bankruptcy, leading Hindley to distort into the Reaved Lamenter before fighting the sinners again. Despite his distortion, Hindley was ultimately defeated, he confronted the sinners himself before becoming defeated as well.
The Dead Rabbits Boss then revealed his true identity as the Erlking Heathcliff, telling that he came to this world to seek revenge against every Heathcliffs of the Mirror World, claiming their responsibility for Catherine's death. Fighting Heathcliff once again, he was still defeated by the former attacking him with a barrage of his Bodysack, leaving behind Isabella's corpse which he used for his summoning. Her brother, Linton would later sacrifice himself into a dough to be used for Erlking Heathcliff's summoning once more.
Taking Catherine's coffin, he heads to the rooftop of the manor and orders his Wild Hunt army to eliminate the sinners. Despite this, the sinners managed to intercept him thanks to Vergilius interference, allowing them to defeat Erlking Heathcliff once more, using Meursault's Chains of Others to bind him. However, Nelly went to free him, allowing him to reach the rooftop. Nelly reveals her betrayal to the sinners by telling them she was the one who was preventing them from contacting Catherine, explaining her motives in working with the Erlking Heathcliff's schemes. In a shock for her betrayal, Heathcliff fought Nelly.
The sinners then defeated Nelly, but Erlking Heathcliff has already taken the other Golden Bough, which used as a lightning conductor before enacting his vengeance so he can proceed killing the other Heathcliffs. However, Heathcliff took the Bough and stabbed himself with it in attempt to drain of its power. The sinners engage in battle with him for the fourth time and once more, their fight however was interrupted by Every Catherine, who joins the fray. Erlking Heathcliff would call for her presence, but only when Dante used the Golden Bough to wipe Catherine's existence from every world.
As the two embraced in despair for one last time, Erlking Heathcliff ceased to exist from reality he faded from existence as well, and departed while realizing his convictions had blinded himself to the possibility of a different ending to their story. Before his eventual demise, Dante witnessed an alternate reality where they have reunited.
Trivia[]
- An Erlkönig is a malicious elf originating from European folklore, stalking children who stay in the woods for too long.
- Like the heroic counterpart, Erlking Heathcliff is based on the main character of Wuthering Heights.
- It can be inferred that the Erlking Heathcliff mirrors the more villainous side of the character from the literary source:
- Erlking Heathcliff's use of Catherine's coffin references a scene in the novel in which Heathcliff reveals to have disturbed Catherine's grave, and having tampered with her coffin so that at the moment of his own death, the side could be removed, allowing their remains to rest together.
- Erlking Heathcliff manipulating Hindley Earnshaw by exploiting his gambling addiction and alcoholism is also a nod to the novel.
- The playable Identity, Wild Hunt Heathcliff has a number of differences with the Erlking Heathcliff:
- Wild Hunt Heathcliff wears an eyepatch while Erlking Heathcliff does not.
- His sword has a purplish hue compared to the Erlking Heathcliff's reddish hue.
- Wild Hunt Heathcliff's Dullahan resembles a headless canine, more specifically a wolf in contrast to Erlking Heathcliff's Dullahan, which resembles a headless horse.
- The coffin Wild Hunt Heathcliff uses is empty, which resembles more of an Iron Maiden due to the spikes inside it in contrast to Erlking Heathcliff's coffin, which houses the remains of Catherine Earnshaw.
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