The Web

The Web is one of The Entities. It is the fear of being controlled or trapped without knowing it, and your will not being your own, of being manipulated. It manifests as spiders, webs, web-like patterns and puppets.

Episodes Edit

Statements Edit

• MAG 3: Across the Street (Web table)
• MAG 8: Burned Out (House on Hill Top Road)
• MAG 16: Arachnophobia (Spider)
• MAG 59: Recluse (Hill Top Road, Web table)
• MAG 69: Thought for the Day (Annabelle Cane)
• MAG 81: A Guest For Mr. Spider (Book)
• MAG 100: I Guess You Had To Be There (Partially, Brian Finlinson's statement)
• MAG 110: Creature Feature (Neil Lagorio)
• MAG 114: Cracked Foundations (Hill Top Road)
• MAG 123: Web Development (Annabelle Cane)
• MAG 136: The Puppeteer (Neil Lagorio, Annabelle Cane)
• MAG 147: Weaver (Annabelle Cane, Weaver)
• MAG 167: Curiosity (Partially, Emma Harvey)
• MAG 172: Strung Out (Domain)

Other Appearances Edit

• MAG 19: Confession (Hill Top Road)
• MAG 32: Hive^[1]
• MAG 35: Old Passages (Partially, Web lighter, Web table)
• MAG 38: Lost and Found (Partially Spider)
• MAG 51: High Pressure (Partially, Web table)
• MAG 56: Children of the Night (Partially, person filled with spiders)
• MAG 78: Distant Cousin (Partially, Web table)
• MAG 79: Hide and Seek (Web table)
• MAG 80: The Librarian (Possibly, Web lighter)
• MAG 121: Far Away ^[2]
• MAG 163: In the Trenches (Partially, Annabelle Cane)
• MAG 166: The Worms (Annabelle Cane)

Characters Edit

• Annabelle Cane: Avatar of the Web who has been observing The Magnus Institute and subtly influencing events.
• Raymond Fielding: Servant of The Web and former owner of the house on Hill Top Road.
• Neil Lagorio: Special effects artist who specialised in advanced puppetry. It is unclear if he was a victim of The Web or if he served it.
• Emma Harvey: Assistant to Gertrude Robinson who became aligned with The Web.

Artefacts Edit

• The Web Table: A table with a hypnotic pattern design with a small removable box in the middle of it. Used by Adelard Dekker to bind NotThem. Was often carried and delivered by Breekon & Hope.
• A lighter with a cobweb design. Delivered to Jonathan Sims in MAG 36 and as of MAG 136 it was still in his possession. He presumably uses it to smoke a cigarette in MAG 80.
• A Guest for Mr. Spider: A children's book that enthrals the reader and leads them to a door where they are taken by a large, spider-like creature.

Locations Edit

• Hill Top Road: A stronghold of the Web with strange features such as the tree in the backyard, the web-shaped crack in the basement, and its former owner Raymond Fielding. The house was later destroyed by Agnes Montague and seemingly 'cursed' by the Desolation.
• Domain in the post-Change world: A large theatre with many stages in which 'actors' are forced on stage to be controlled by hooks, pulleys and addictive substances, conducted by a large spider lurking above.

Ritual Edit

There is no record of a ritual for the Web. Peter Lukas speculates that it prefers the world as it is, where it can manipulate people against each other.

Connection to other Entities Edit

• The relationship between The Web and The Eye are unknown, as it may be affecting Jonathan Sims specifically rather than the Archives or Beholding itself. Due to John's encounter with The Web at a young age,^[3] he may have been targeted by the web his entire life.
  • John attempting to crush a spider on the wall of the archives leads him to break through the wall, finding Jane Prentiss and her worms planning to attack the archives.^[4]
    • This might be The Web helping to protect the archives from The Corruption.
  • A lighter with a web design was delivered to John,^[5][6] and he admits he is not sure why he still holds on to it, as he has quit smoking. After his encounter with Jurgen Leitner, John steps out for a cigarette, an action that allowed Elias to kill Leitner.^[7]
    • This may imply that The Web is assisting with Jonah Magnus' agenda.
• The Desolation and The Web seem to have an antagonistic relationship.
  • When Gertrude Robinson discovered and attempted to counter the Desolation's ritual, The Web metaphysically bound her to Agnes Montague, thus stalling their ritual.^[8]
  • This may be why a young Agnes was placed under the care of Raymond Fielding at Hill Top road.^[9] While there she thwarts Raymond's attempt to trap Ronald Sinclair, and eventually burns the house down.
    • While the house is still strongly connected to The Web, The Desolation seems to have also left its mark on the place.^[10][11]
  • In MAG 67, Agnes burns a cobweb, and another agent of The Desolation held a box filled with spiders.

References Edit

1. ↑ Jane Prentiss says there were spiders and cobwebs in her attic and each of the webs had their own song, separate from the song of the Hive.
2. ↑ Oliver mentions The Web was the one who made him visit John.
3. ↑ MAG 81: A Guest For Mr. Spider
4. ↑ MAG 38: Lost and Found
5. ↑ MAG 35: Old Passages
6. ↑ MAG 36: Taken Ill
7. ↑ MAG 80: The Librarian
8. ↑ MAG 145: Infectious Doubts
9. ↑ MAG 59: Recluse
10. ↑ MAG 8: Burned Out
11. ↑ MAG 19: Confession