The Casting of Frank Stone - Story Explained

Hello everyone, and welcome to the next installment of Lore and Order, where I unpack game lore and stories from games. In this one, we look at the new Supermassive Games' title, The Casting of Frank Stone!

CHAPTERS

Intro - 0:00
1963 - 1:10
The Aftermath - 4:02
2024 Part One - 7:22
1980 Part One - 12:11
2024 Part Two - 18:38
1980 Part Two - 23:35
Finale - 25:17
The Timelines - 28:10
The Baby - 30:08
Frank Stone - 32:40
The Black Vale - 36:39
Sam Green - 38:35
The Movies - 41:11
Chris - 44:12
The Entity - 45:40

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[kimberlyterasaki]

For people who don't know:
The film being used by the CIA as an interrogation tool is a reference to DBD killers like The Doctor (who was part of MK Ultra) and The Dredge (who was created by Dr. Otto Stamper in a way very reminiscent of Augustine Lieber's manipulations of Frank Stone and the Cedar Hills population).
The Black Vale is a cult that worships the Entity and often works to "create" the best killers and survivors to help feed it. The cult has had a hand in many killers and survivors ending up in the Fog, including the Doctor, The Dredge, The Blight, The Twins, and Nicolas Cage (yes, the actor was set to play the Blight in a film produced by Otto Stamper's descendant, which ironically makes his lore very reminiscent of this game).
The Imperiatti is not as thoroughly explored, but Felix Richter and Elodie Rakoto were the children of Imperiatti members who were taken by the Entity into the Entity's realm (often referred to as the Fog).
Dead by Daylight does not have much time travel involved, but the Entity is able to crossover between universes and timelines, allowing multiple versions of the same people to end up trapped in the Fog. This has allowed the Entity to take survivors and killers from both the original Resident Evil timeline and the Remake timeline. One character in particular, Haddie Kaur, is basically the protagonist of Dead by Daylight as much of the lore explores her and her variants exploring overlaps (sites of murder where the barrier between the Entity and the world is weaker) and fighting monsters of the Fog. Augustine, with her many variants, feels like a dark version of Haddie combined with Otto Stamper, another character who worshipped the Entity only to ultimately be killed by one of the killers he mentored, Herman Carter aka The Doctor.

Based on what I've seen from other people's playthroughs, these are the DBD characters that the Casting of Frank Stone characters most closely resemble:
Bonnie Rivera = Thalita Lyra/Carmina Mora (cool older sister who tries to save her younger brother); also Jeff for being a counterculture musician with a troubled home life
Jaime Rivera = Julian (a side character whose death / disappearance is the inciting incident before another character gets taken); also shades of Renato Lyra for being a younger brother to another character.
Robert Green = Feng Min (a survivor of tragedy who is implied to have survivor's guilt / be making bad decisions because of said guilt)
Sam Green = Elodie Rakoto/Haddie Kaur (crusader against the Entity, trying to save more lives, a member of the Imperiatti)
Linda Castle = Mikaela Reid/Kate Denson (an artist who channeled their visions of the Entity into their work; also had previous run-ins with the Entity before being taken by it)
Madi Rivera-Platt = Haddie Kaur/Zarina Kassir/Mikaela Reid (death of a parent leads them down a path headed for the Entity, also she dreams of the Entity's realm)
Bruno Stanford III = Ace Visconti (sleazy scammer/gambler who bit off more than he could chew)
Chris Gordon = Nea Karlsson/Meg Thomas (rebellious teen who breaks into abandoned buildings and inevitably finds out why that's a bad idea when they get taken by the Entity)
Frank Stone = The Doctor (mentally unstable and violent person whose worst aspects were used by The Black Vale / The Entity); monster form resembles the Unknown/the Dredge for how he absorbs aspects of his victims
Augustine Lieber = Otto Stamper (rich, powerful, manipulative person who thought their worship of the Entity made them invincible/untouchable)

[BlackdragonTheShadow]

In this case MASSIVE air quotes around “save everyone” as the implication of the save everyone ending is that they end up in the “Dead by Daylight” games which is an endless cycle of death and suffering

[michaelharmon]

The the premise of the game DBD is that this dark entity is collecting monsters and serial killers from across the multiverse to play one big game of murder tag

[fussanchez]

The Casting of Frank Stone is a fire title for a number of reasons. 1) Frank Stone worked at a steel mill 2) he became a “character” in the Murder Mill film

[fattiger]

They definitely got one thing right about their 80s horror inspiration. All the "teenage" characters look at least 10 years too old.

[femkev.]

Another hint that Jaime is the baby at the start is that he plays the killer’s victim in Murder Mill, thematically connecting real events to the movie.

[fallenwarlock]

I had no idea this game was related to Dead by Daylight, so when you started to talk about an Entity, hooks and trials I was so confused and wondered how the devs managed to get away with such similarities

[RottingRavenZ]

the theory of Chris being Augustine is very possible. Indeed why is she sucked up in the portal? Also, while introducing Augustine says: "you name is what you are, that is important to remember." and "I CALL myself Augustine Lieber.' and not "I am Augustine". i find that a weird thing to say if it is someone's name.

[simonwoods]

To be honest I wasn't expecting such a complex plot, great job Supermassive Games, and good job to you Harry.

[TheAvgCrusader]

Something I theorized was that Augustine Lieber is actually the second Chris that is created if she stays in 2024 and goes back in time later. Being after being pulled through time, seeing everything in the present, and going back in time to find that she's essentially been duplicated is a very easy backstory for Augustine's pursuit of knowledge.

It also explains why the archive Linda finds includes not just information about Frank, but also the other "survivors" and places of interest to Chris and her friends.

[theoneandonly]

Omg i only now understand the name of the game "the casting of frank stone" it was his tryouts to see wether he would be accepted as killer or not

[christopheraustin]

The multiverse is overused, but it can be used to great effect by having characters confront the consequences of the actions they didn’t take

[Miragefire]

Just when I’m obsessively searching about this game, he delivers us this masterpiece ❤️🔥

[Arkhamv]

Murder Mill seems to be Augustine's plan B after her original plan was foiled by Sam. However that would question on how much she was involved on everything that happens in the game. Even though there are multiverse shenanigans, it is still a huge coincidence that Chris happens to come from out of town and would have a big interest in making a film at the steel mill which would help Augustine bring the entity into her world. Either Augustine has some crazy luck or she has planned for Chris to move out to Cedar Hills.

[RemWinchester]

I don’t play or know much about DBD but I think this is a great way to introduce new characters to it and I hope Supermassive Games does more stuff like this!

[zoeledwards]

I been wanting story explained about this game because honestly confused about it. Glad it’s one of the best who can explain video games

[deepster]

Always look forward to your videos after completing these supermassive games. You do a really good job explaining the plot and very much appreciate you talking about the outcome of other choices.

[AnaxErikever]

Epic of Gilgamesh could be a nod to House of Ashes, since it is the oldest epic story on record, originating from Mesopotamia like Naram-Sin, Pazuzu and Lamashtu, and the bat-alien creatures/resulting vampire stories.

[NoraNoita]

I really liked this as a tie-in game and sort of a prequel lore story to Dead by Daylight. The ending certainly was a "I know that thing" moment.

[Listening_Books]

My personal take on the Christine theory: yes, she is definitely Augustine! But she originates in the timeline we see in 1980. She moves to Cedar Hills, all the stuff we see happens and they split up the film, but after that, what we don't see, is Christine being fundamentally changed by what she experienced in the mill, the portal, and her chance encounter with her future self. Perhaps she manages to find the Black Vale through her own occult research, or maybe they contact her similar to how Sam was contacted. But either way, that version of Chris joins the Black Vale and gains training and knowledge about the entity and how Frank fits in, but they need her to help assemble the necessary pieces. Since they have the technology to travel through the different timelines, Chris is able to obtain several lifetimes worth of knowledge, and I think some of those timelines involve Chris NOT moving to Cedar Hill and therefore never meeting that version's Linda, Jaime or Bonnie; hence the versions of the movie (presumably the one Maddie has) featuring Bonnie in the role we saw Chris playing in the"flashback." Instead she goes to university to be a psychologist, deliberately putting herself in the position to mentally groom Frank into a murderer. And then just repeat the cycle over and over, collecting all the occult stuff, the different versions of the movie, as well as orchestrating the entire 1963 scenario with the mill murders culminating in Jaime's kidnapping and the shootout with Sam.