(This post contains major spoilers to the key plot to Until Dawn. If you don't want to have the story ruined, don't read this post!)
So, Until Dawn has been out for a while now and many people, like myself, have done their best to collect all the clues and try to unravel the mystery.
For those who have played the story, we all are aware that at the beginning, Beth and Hannah go missing in Blackwood Pines, never to be seen again. The main story takes place a year after they go missing. So, we know that much, however, despite the majority of people completing the game and trying to keep everyone alive, some people are still confused as to what happened to Hannah and Beth. This post will explain what happened and why.
To begin with, Hannah has a massive crush on Mike, Jess and Emily find out and decide to play a mean prank on Hannah to teach her a lesson. Matt and Ashley also joined in on the prank. Jess left a fake note for Hannah to find which read, "Hannah, you looked so hot in that top. But I bet you look even hotter out of it. ;) Meet me in the guest room at 2:00AM, Mike xxx"
Hannah believed the note and proceeded to go to Mike's room, only to be surprised by all her friends in the room with a camera, just as she was about to get unchanged. Sam bursts into the room too late and tries to explain that it was just a mean prank. Hannah was so embarrassed that she ran out of the lodge. Once Hannah left, Beth saw her and proceeded to chase after her through the woods.
Once Beth found Hannah, they got chased themselves by something, which caused them to be driven to the cliff. Hannah loses her footing and falls over the edge, dragging Beth with her. Beth manages to grab hold of a branch but this doesn't last long. No matter what choice you make, the twins still fall of the cliff and into the mines.
In the game, that is where we last see the twins. But here is what happened while they were down there...
Beth was killed when she landed on a rock that was below the cliff, she then fell down the mine shaft that was open. Hannah wasn't killed by the fall but got knocked out and she broke her leg. Hannah realised her sister was dead and decided to bury her, right after she took Beth's jumper to keep her warm. By this point she had been down the mine nearly 5 days. Hannah by this point stated in her diary she made, that she had never been this hungry and that she was still hoping help would come.
By the 30th day down the mine, Hannah had no choice but to dig Beth up and eat her. She states in her diary that she is "So sorry" and that she had "No choice". She also says it is the only way she can survive anymore. By day 33, the Windego curse had begun to consume Hannah. She talks about how her nails had been pushed out and that she couldn't feel the pain of her broken leg anymore and that she was getting stronger.
The last page of her diary says it all. It is just etched writing saying "HUNGER" or "HUNGRY" over and over. By this point, Hannah was at the final stages of becoming a Windego.
So, we are all up to speed so far. Because Hannah resulted to cannibalism, she then turned into a Windego. A year later, she then had no control on whether she wanted to hunt her friends down, one by one. However, if you collect all the twins clues while in the game. When Sam and Mike find Josh in the mines, Sam tells Josh what happened to his sisters. Through this, when Josh was confronted by Windego Hannah, Josh yells "Hannah!?" as he notices her butterfly tattoo on her shoulder. By doing this, Hannah recognises Josh and keeps him alive. Only for him to later on, be left down the mines to starve and then also result to cannibalism and become a Windego.
There you have it. The true story as to what happened to the Washington Twins. It is a tragic story of how desperation can bring out the worst in some people. When I realised that was what happened, I was so shocked that I convinced myself that it wasn't that and that it must be something else. But, unfortunately, that happened to them and Hannah had to live through it.
Hope you enjoyed and Happy Gaming!
