Slender: The Arrival - 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 Blue Isle Studios' Classic Indie Horror game, Slender: The Arrival.

CHAPTERS

Intro - 0:00
Plot - 0:39
Slenderman - 3:39
What Happened to Kate & CR? - 7:17
Charlie Matheson Jr - 10:12
CR's Plan - 10:56
What Happened to Kate? - 14:31

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[damagee]

Bro, you are pumping these videos out like a machine. I have a lot of respect for that. I know how much time it takes to create a video.

[grief]

Best part is when slender man said “it’s slendin’ time” and kidnapped a bunch of kids

[starslikepeople]

I really miss the days when slender man was the focus of horror, before the controversy 😔 it’s such an amazing premise and monster. Thank you so much for keeping the memory alive!

[reur]

Ok, this was really good- To add to all of this, I don’t think CR went "insane" before he burned himself. He planned the burning ahead, he left a note for Kate that told her to bring gasoline and told her that he knows how to end this.

Slenderman in this case, works like a curse, and we can see how it works if we look at the writing at the walls: "You know about him- he knows about you". If you know about him, for example because your Grandmother told you stories about him, he‘s going to stalk you
"He wants them to warn you" and "You warn them - and doom them" further shows how this curse spreads.

Kate warns Lauren about the Slenderman through her drawings and notes, and ultimately dooms her too. CR realizes this too late, but he already found out (probably through Friedas letter he found in the homestead level) that the way of saving yourself (and others from getting 'infected') is to burn yourself.

Kate refuses to go through with that plan and escapes, while CR burns to death. It‘s possible that CR set the woods on fire too, but not sure about that one.
Kate running away from CR ultimately seals her fate as proxy.

[TheHeavenlyRestrictedCowboy]

This brings 360 vibes back man. I remember me and my friends would get into a party and tell each other where to go because we were so scared we weren't going in the right directions

[mingo]

This game along with F.E.A.R, Alien Isolation, and Visage are the only horror games to strike fear into my heart consistently.

[OnePolishMoFo]

I had an experience with this game that I never seen anyone else bring up. On my first playthrough of this game there was a moment once you get to the house and it was after dark I clicked on the missing person on the telephone pole directly in front of the house and was instantly killed. The game loads a checkpoint and it loads me into a void and I'm on fire with Slenderman looming over me. It was permanent stuck in this fail state or whatever it was. I had to exit out and start a new game. I've never heard of this happening to anyone else. I thought it was triggered by the poster but I've seen playthroughs where people definitely click on the poster and nothing like that happens. So it was this strange unique experience that only I've seen I guess. Has this happened to anybody else?

[josetomascamposrobledano]

I love it when people go back to Slender!

The Arrival is a great game to reminisce about the internet in the early 2010’s!

I’m glad the hype gave birth to a game that stood well with others of its time!

[fuzzyblueninja]

I was always way too scared as a kid to finish this game. Good to know it was actually pretty interesting. I love this video series! Keep it up!

[Eetu.R]

I was 13 when i first played this game and it still has a place in my heart as the first horror game i ever played through

[warmedhorizons]

I remember watching Marble Hornets in college & being absolutely scared out of my mind. Great series

[dewrygwyllgi]

I was under the impression that Lauren was turned into a proxie and was simply knocked out by Kate.

[alexandersokolov]

This game was so good also the story telling aspect. There is so much stories they could make with Slenderman

[Kaden]

There is only one man who can take out Slender man for good, and that man is John Constantine.

[rafaelalodio]

I only played the original 8 pages game, I had no idea this franchise had an actual plot, and a quite interesting one.

[fayeprime]

I so much agree with the Backrooms part!
They butchered the Backroom and its effect and now EVERY similar looking liminal space room (best example the liminal space pool rooms) are now considered Backroom levels????

I honestly hate the fact that every liminal space is now considered a Backroom level or "it looks like the backroom" by the mainstream media

Am I the only one?

Also I dont need a backrooms entity or monster to find it scary?? Ever heard of Autophobia??

[Cryark]

What a cool video. Really like it when people talk about the old Horror classics.

[xBrandon]

I also noted that all of the locations CR and Kate go to (hospital, mental asylums, CR telling Kate to go to the street) are all locations of the different maps made for Slender the 8 pages

My personal headcanon is that Slender Santorium or Hospice is Kate or CR hallucinating after encountering him in the woods. Or even Slender 7th Street could be Kate going to meet CR by the street like what CR mentioned in the message.

[paradinmusic]

Came across your channel while learning more about the Outlast series and now I can’t stop watching these story breakdowns. I even listen to them like audio books while I do my work. Great job my guy you deserve way more subscribers! :)

[ImBatman-dkeh]

Great timing for me to find this video of yours! There's a countdown to what looks like a Slender The Arrival remake or sequel