Candela Obscura, E1: “The Cold Embrace”

Combat:

  1. None

Recurring Themes:

  • Horror: Candela Obscura is a horror series. This includes narration, descriptions and visuals.
  • Secret societies: Characters belong to secret organization influencing broader events.
  • Death: The episode plot deals with the sudden death of a character's close friend.

Candela Obscura Opening

Time: 1:55

Visual appearances:

  • Blood and gore: Autopsy on an obscured monster.
  • Bones; A skeletal hand used as a prop.
  • Flashing lights: Green flash edit. Fast moving shadows on white paper. Out of focus lights moving across the screen.

Part 1:

Occurrences:

  • Explosion: The feeling of being caught in a magical explosion is described. With vocal sound effect.
  • Alcohol: Characters mention getting drinks together. Another scene happens in a bar.
  • Law enforcement: Character is questioned by a police-like government organization.
  • Fire: A small, contained fire is started by a character.

Detailed descriptions:

  • Undead: Characters encounter a ghost.

Sound effects:

  • Explosion: Vocal sound effects of an explosion.
    Twitch: 0:25:35 to 0:25:53, YouTube: 0:10:39 to 0:10:57

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How to Play: Candela Obscura

Time: 6:10

Visual appearances:

  • Flashing lights: Green flash edit. Fast moving shadows on white paper. Out of focus lights moving across the screen.

Candela Obscura Art Reel

Visual appearances:

  • Horror imagery: Photos of an occult workshop, includes bones, and prop body parts.

Part 2:

Occurrences:

  • Extreme cold: Bodies frozen to death.
  • Dead bodies: Multiple bodies are found and briefly described.
  • Traumatic injury: Characters encounter someone who has been recently burned by chemicals or steam.
  • Guns: Characters hear gunshots.
  • Fire: Small fire is started by a character.
  • Car crash: Character crashes a car on purpose and is hurt.
  • Magical corruption: Character is briefly possessed and the feeling is described.
  • Self-harm: A character deliberately cuts their hand.

Detailed descriptions:

  • Body horror: A character injurers their hand and sees the supernatural effects of an old injury.