| “ | Now he’s gone and you’ve forgotten him. Moved on. It’s for the best honestly. It was getting embarrassing. You’re too old for imaginary friends… And a dead pet at that… How morbid, how childish. | „ |
| ~ The Guest in Hello Neighbor: The Raven Brooks Disaster. |
The Guest, also known as the Raven Man, is the secondary antagonist of the Hello Neighbor franchise. It is a mysterious nearly faceless creature, possibly a demon.
The Guest is a mysterious urban legend of Raven Brooks, who has been around for ages. And is a beaked supernatural entity.
Appearance[]
The Guest wears a dark, striped purple sweater with a red pouch on the front, in the pouch is a tissue. There is also yellow stitching on the sweater. Oddly, the sleeves of the sweater are red with black lines on them. The Guest also wears long black gloves, brown orange striped pants and black shoes with yellow soles. It also has the hood of the sweater pulled past the face, and a yellow crow or raven beak. The Guest lastly has a satchel or bag on it's back, held by string.
It can morph into different people based on who it's communicating with.
Biography[]
Hello Neighbor: The Raven Brooks Disaster[]
The Guest's first appearance in the chronic novel occurs in a dream world, Regina finds herself in a giant nest. Not long after, The Guest manifests and reveals to her that the imaginary dog, Flan was fake. It eventually takes the form of Pris, Regina's step sibling and to torment Regina. The Guest creates another imaginary version of Flan, Later, Mr. Peterson attempts to use the meteorological weather station to cause a flood so the town of Raven Brooks knows what it is like to lose something they love, Regina convinces Mr. Peterson to stop the machine creating the flood, however The Guest possesses him once more, and takes control by metaphorically drowning Mr. Peterson, the flood ends however and The Guest roams the town.
Reset Day[]
In Hello Neighbor: Reset Day, The Guest texts Piper Tillman numerous times, kidnaps Enzo Esposito and Piper Tillman's mother,
The Guest is well-known in the town, as The Raven Man. A figure rumored to haunt the town and cause time looping events.
At the end of the story, The Guest messages Piper on her phone, calling her Little Rabbit, and telling her she has nowhere to run, and sends her an image of the one and only Theodore Peterson, ready to find her.
Hello Neighbor 2[]
The Guest is first shown burning children's toys, perhaps attempting to burn the evidence that it's kidnapped them. Once it hears a doorbell ring from outside, it notices 3 children dressed up for trick or treating, The Guest crawls to the top of the house and quickly kidnaps them before locking all three of them in the attic. In the full game of Hello Neighbor 2, The Guest could be seen while Quentin is fleeing from Mr. Peterson. Upon seeing the Guest so suddenly, Quentin ended up swerving his van into a barn. He also appears in the forest, cloaked, and hunting Quentin
Hello Neighbor VR: Search and Rescue:[]
The Guest first appears, as a shadow above Mr. Peterson, whilst he is napping a chair. Before both disappear. Implying The Guest possibly has teleportation or hallucination powers. Then we also see Aaron, running from The Guest, who flies towards him in the form of a crow, before turning back into his main form. The Guest offers him a deal of some kind with strange puppet-like dolls, but Aaron runs off, so The Guest left. Later. When trapped in the basement, Aaron gets a visit from him. The Guest offers him the same deal. This time, Aaron accepts it and becomes possessed by The Guest, who escapes his prison. Eventually, Mr. Peterson encounters The Guest himself, not knowing that it was his son who had morphed. Horrified at the sight of the creature. Mr. Peterson ran for his life as the Guest chases him down. After a brief chase, the latter arrives at a room filled with missing children posters and finds Mr. Peterson crying in fear as he succumbs to his fate. Once the Guest reaches him, Aaron finds himself at the last door. The Guest then appears before him and gives him the key to free Nicky before disappearing.
Hello Neighbor: Welcome to Raven Brooks[]
| “ | Mr. Peterson is done, now so are you. Lose this coin, lose your life. | „ |
| ~ A note possibly written by the Guest. |
The Guest makes a cameo in Episode 6 of the Hello Neighbor: Welcome to Raven Brooks series, near the very end. When Trinity, while in bed, receives a threatening note from an enigmatic writer, possibly the Guest himself. The letter says that "Mr. Peterson is done, now so is she". It further warns her that if she lose the coin that was included in the letter, then she'll die in turn." There is one of the Forest Protector coins attached to the letter. After checking outside her window, the Guest's beak was seen outside her door, before he closed the door. After rushing out to find the Guest, who had disappeared, she soon realized that Mr. Peterson is not the only threat in Raven Brooks.
Trivia[]
- It was originally assumed that The Guest was Mr. Peterson in a bird costume, this proved half-right and wrong, in a way.As in Reset Day and the Raven Brooks Disaster. The Guest possesses Peterson.
- Other speculations of it's identity included Aaron, however it was proven that The Guest isn't human, and Aaron wouldn't be old enough.
- Originally it was believed that Mr. Peterson is The Guest, however with the graphic novel Hello Neighbor: The Raven Brooks Disaster, and the book Reset Day, along with the game Hello Neighbor VR: Search and Rescue later revealed that the Guest isn't human, and is a entity of sorts. Possibly a demon, or the living embodiment of Theodore's emotions.
- Other theories and speculations of it's identity included an older Aaron, however
- The Guest is not a forest protector, but still wears a raven-like suit, but it could be that he had some connection with them. Or he is their God or the demon they worshipping, etc.
- It's implied that The Guest is a demon, or demonic entity. Or supernatural entity because of the ability to possess people. The supernatural powers such as shapeshifting, dealmaking and body-swapping.
- It's also possible The Guest is a manifestation of Theodore's emotions. Which wouldn't be impossible when The Thing is a representation of fears.
- The VR game heavily implies that the way Aaron was able to free Nicky from his prison, inside Mr. Peterson's house was because The Guest made a deal with him.
- It's possible The Guest is the enigmatic writer of the threatening Forest Protector letter that Trinity received. As he was seen outside her door.
- However, it is unknown on who wrote the threat, but it is possibly The Guest, due to the teasers of Welcome to Raven Brooks Season 2.
- It could be possible that The Guest is the main antagonist of Hello Neighbor 2, and possibly he was the planned antagonist of the whole series altogether. Thus demoting the Shadow Man to a smaller role. And making the Guest the true antagonist.
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