Gabriel Knight (GK1HD)

Gabriel Knight is the main protagonist of Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers 20th Anniversary Edition, the remake of Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers.

He is voiced by Jason Victor.

Background

Gabriel is an unsuccessful author of the Blake Backlash novels, of which he has written at least three; Blake Backlash: The Barber's Revenge, Blake Backlash: Blood on the Mississippi, and To Hunt the Night: Blake Backlash. He had few readers, only one of which was apparently a woman from Wisconsin (Grace sarcastically believed it was his only reader).

He always had a thing for St. George (but never knew why), and had opened the bookstore St. George's Books in the hero's name. But it was having difficulties in the few years of its opening. He tried several things to advertise it, including allowing the newspaper to publish a local interest piece on the store (Hard Times for Small Bookshop). But it failed the garner the sympathy sales he was looking for. Other attempts at promos such as handing out key chains advertising the store also failed to catch on. Even the $20 gift certificate promotion didn't fair any better. During a Mardi Gras promotion someone left a mask inside of his shop.

In 1993, Grace Nakimura (GK1HD) gave her resume and applied for a temp summer job. Gabriel hired her though she was over qualified, but she was the only one who applied.

Day 1

Gabriel receives a box from his Granny with some of his father's things including his father's artbook. She also called asking him to visit, but he chooses to ignore the invite.

Gabriel visits the Police Station, Dixieland Drug Store and the Voodoo Museum after talking to Grace, and learning about them. He finds the Drug Store and Museum are closed until the following day.

He receives some information about the previous Voodoo Murders at the station, and learns that Mosely was out. He is able to learn about Lake Ponchetrain by over hearing some messages at Jackson Square. He finds Jackson Square Overlook is closed until the 21st, and the confessionals in the cathedral are occupied.

Mosely uncovers the body to let him view the body, leaving it uncovered throughout the whole time that Mosely discusses the crime with him. Malia shows up and the body is taken away. Gabriel finds a few clues that Mosely overlooked.

Day 2

Gabriel finds the Tap Dancer, Hot Dog Vender, and Artist in Jackson Square. The Artist loses his draft of the cathedral the moment Gabriel got near to him, and he offers to help Gabriel if he can can find it for him. Gabriel gives a gift certificate to the Vender who gives him a Doobie Dog.

Gabriel gives the Doobie Dog to the Tap Dancer, who follows his request to get draft through bars.

Gabriel visits the museum, and learns of Magentia Moonbeam from a flyer finds out that she is gone until the 22nd. Gabriel learns primarily about Marie Laveau and St. Louis Cemetery #1 from Dr. John.

Gabriel encounters Madame Cazaunoux in Dixieland Drug Store, and tries to learn about her from Grace. He also learns about the Lagniappe and that the mask is for sale, and given an offer of $100 (after looking at it). Willy refuses to lower his price, and raises it another $20 after Gabriel tries to haggle for it, raising it to $120. Gabriel is only able to enter the Cemetery as far as Gedde Tomb. But refuses to go visit his family tomb.

At the end of the day he sneaks into speak to Malia after stealing Mosely's badge to get past the butler by posing himself as Detective Mosely. She says she doesn't mind snakes.

Day 3

Gabriel learns from Grace that Mosely has sent him a message, saying that they have brought someone named Crash into custody, who seems to know about the Voodoo Murders and wants him to attend the interrogation.

As Gabriel makes is to the Police Station, Mosely demands his badge back, which Gabriel sheepishly gives. Mosely starts to interrogate Crash but he seems to be too afraid to talk, saying that he was not even supposed to be there. Mosely cannot take much out of him and he'd be released in 24 hours. Gabriel learns from Mosely that the victims were members of the underworld. Before leaving the police station, he sees that a drummer has set up in front of it.

Gabriel learns Madame Cazaunoux's adress and tries to pay her a visit. She does not want to speak to Gabriel about the Voodoo, saying that she's a good Catholic. Gabriel disguises himself as a priest and enters Cazaunoux's house. Gabriel learns from Cazaunoux that there was indeed a Voodoo cartel within New Orleans and they can hear you from anywhere. Gabriel also learns that Marie Laveau was actually a front to cover the real Voodoo queen. Madame Cazaunoux also gives him a snake bracelet and asks him to bless it and Gabriel takes a mold of it.

Gabriel pays a visit to the Jackson Square and recieves the reconstructed vévé from the Artist, who got chills after drawing it. Gabriel also recieves a fortune reading from Madame Lorelei, who gets scared by the forces around Gabriel an runs away, leaving Gabriel shocked.

Gabriel attends the lecture about Voodoo given at the Tulane University given by Professor Hartridge. He learns about Damballah, Ogoun Badagris and several Voodoo related artifacts, including Fwet-Kash (ritualistic whip), Khu-Bha-San (ritualistic dagger; the one which Gabriel saw in his nightmare) and Sekey Madoulé, the small coffin that Gabriel saw at the Voodoo Museum. He also learns that "cabrit sans cor" is a Haitian term which literally means "goat without horns" but really stands for "human sacrifice". Additionally, he learns that the Voodoo Murders photo shows an ancient and extremely rare form of a voudoun ritual which was thought to be abandoned centuries ago.

Day 4

At the beginning of the day, Gabriel will see a man standing outside the shop, watching him. He does not respond when Gabriel tells him to go away. In addition to that, Gabriel asks Grace to research vévés, like the one he found around the most recent body. He also learns about a jeweler named Sam Springleton, who hangs out at the Napolean House (GK1HD) and asks for Wolfgang Ritter's number, who claims that he's a relative of his.

Gabe pays a visit to his Gran and asks her about the family history. Gabriel's grandfather's name was Harrison Knight and he was killed after being hit by a car at the business district at the age of 36. He was also a poet. His father was Phillip Knight and his mother was Margaret Templeton-Knight, who were both killed during a car crash, in which Phillip was seemingly scared by something, causing him to drive off-road and crash. Phillip was a painter while his mom, Margaret was coming from a wealthy Creole family. Similar to his father, Gabe was also 8 years old when he lost his father. Gabe then heads to the attic and finds an old photograph of his grandad alongside two other men in front of a castle. He also finds a letter written to someone named Heinz Ritter in German. He notices the word Schattenjäger being repeated several times. When he questions his gran about what he found at the attic, she says that Heinz Ritter was Harrison's original name and that he changed it legally after moving to America. And according to her, Harrison had been repeating the word "Schattenjäger" during his dreams, though he'd never reveal what its meaning was. His grandad's original name makes Gabe think that Wolfgang Ritter may actually be a long lost relative after all. Rebecca then suggests Gabe to visit the family tomb at Saint Louis Cemetery #1.

Gabe listens to his Gran's advice and pays a visit to the family tomb. After greeting his grandad, his dad and his mom, a squirrel comes out of the corner of the tomb and knocks over a green vase, which was hiding a 20 dollar. Gabe takes it and walks away.

Later, Bruno (GK1HD) appears at the bookstore, asking to buy Gabe's father's painting. Gabriel is not willing to sell it but he has to. He agrees to sell the painting for a hunderd dollars, much to Grace's dismay. After acquiring 120 dollars, he pays a visit to the Dixieland Drug Store and buys the crocodile mask, which gives a Master Gamblin' Oil as a bonus.

Gabe later visits Napolean House to meet Sam Springleton, who is stuck in a chess game with Markus (GK1HD). At first, Sam dismisses Gabe since he's busy with the game but Gabe gets his attention by offering him the Master Gamblin' Oil. While reluctant at first, Gabe tells him that Markus is using it, which explains how he wins every game. Sam takes the oil and continues the game, which he wins in the end. Sam offers Gabe a favour and Gabe gives him the bracelet mold he took from Madame Cazaunoux. Sam takes the mold and tells Gabe to meet him at the Napolean House in a few hours.

After learning that the Voodoo Murders case was closed, Gabe pays a visit to Mosely and asks him to reopen the case. In order to reopen the case however, Gabe needs to prove that there's a legitimate cult in the city, that they're a threat and needs to get a lead on them.

Gabe pays a visit to the now-opened Jackson Square overlook and looks through one of the binoculars. Much to his suprise, he sees Crash talking to the drummer and then walking to the cathedral. This arouses his suspicion and he follows Crash into the cathedral. Crash is not willing to talk, believing that Gabe is not any different than the police, so Gabe has to convince Crash that he knows a lot more than it seems.

Gabe later goes back to the Napolean House and gets the new Snake Bracelet from Sam. Gabe shows Crash the bracelet, which then makes him talk. He says that the drummers act as agents of the cartel and they report anything that's going on around the quarter through the use of their drums, which they have invented. He also says that the Voodoo cult runs everything in the city and the secret Hounfour is their headquarters, although he was never in it since he was a runner. He states that he saw one meeting at the lake in which he witnessed people turning into animals, which Gabe thinks is nonsense. Finally, Crash mentions the Eyes of the Snake and Damballah, and then is choked to death by a seemingly supernatural force, leaving Gabriel watching in horror. Gabriel then takes a copy of Crash's snake tattoo and leaves the area.

Near the end of the day, Gabe calls Wolgang Ritter, who warns him about the premonitions he had that Gabe's been in danger. He tells Gabe to leave New Orleans immediately and that Heinz/Harrison was his brother.

Day 5

Gabriel has recieved an overnight package from Germany, which contains a journal. He also gets a phone call from Professor Hartridge, who's excited about the discovery he made. He informs Gabe about the Agris tribe and the slave revolt in Santo Domingo in 1791. The man outside the shop is still there and watcing Gabriel.

Gabriel goes to Hartridge's office and, much to his shock finds him dead. He was killed in a similar fashion to Crash. Gabriel decides to take his notes but someone had ripped off the top page. Gabriel uses the pencil to reveal the drawings at the second page and takes it with him. When leaving the office, he notices the campus security. Gabe later pays a visit to Magentia Moonbeam (GK1HD) and learns more about St. John's Eve. Gabriel shows Magentia the voodoo code he took from Marie Laveau's tomb but first, Gabe has to prove himself by using the "Ask the Loa" machine. Gabe solves the machine puzzle and learns from Magentia that the code says "DJ conclave tonight bring fwet kash". Only the "conclave tonight bring" part makes sense and Gabe thinks that DJ stands for Dr. John.

Gabriel then visits the voodoo museum and feels that something is not right. The lights are off but the door was strangely left unlocked. When he tries to leave, the python dangles from the ceiling and starts choking Gabriel. Gabe however manages to turn on the ventilator, which agitates the snake and drives it away. At that moment, Dr. John comes in, appearingly not really worried about Gabe being almost killed and tells him that the museum was closed today. Gabe then leaves, wondering whether Dr. John had left the door unlocked and the snake out of its cage on purpose or not.

Gabe returns to the bookshop. Grace notices the paleness on Gabe's face and sees something glittering on it. She takes it and puts it into the ashtray. Gabe looks at what Grace has collected from his face and sees that it's a snake scale, which oddly looks just like the one he found at the crime scene. He compares both scales and they make a perfect match. This means that the museum's snake was at the crime scene and Dr. John was more involved than he was letting on.

Now having all the evidence he needs, Gabe pays another visit to Mosely. Before entering the police station, he sees three nearly identical girls rope skipping in front of the drummer and thinks that something is not right about them. He then enters Mosely's office and present him the evidence he found. He shows the reconstructed vévé and Hartridge's notes to prove that there is a legitimate voodoo cult within the city, the 1810 article to show that they're a threat and the matching snake scales as a lead on them. Convinced, Mosely tells Gabriel to lay low and leaves the station.

At the end of the day, Gabriel calls Malia but cannot reach her.

Day 6

It's the St. John's Eve. Grace enters the shop and sees that someone has left a barely alive chicken and a symbol drawn in blood in the middle of the shop. Her scream awakens Gabriel. Grace tells him that they know where he's living now. Gabe tells Grace to get a coffee while he cleans the mess up. After Grace gives Gabriel the Rada code book, someone drops a letter on the mail slot. It's a letter from Mosely. In his letter, he says that he needs to go undergrond with this thing and that it runs deep through the department and the city board. He also suggests Gabe to stay out of this since it's way too hot for a rookie to handle. Additionaly, he sent Gabe the key to his office in case he might need something from there.

Gabe goes to Jackson Square to finally learn what the drummer had been saying with his drum. He opens the Rada code book Grace gave him and starts translating. The drummer says that there's going to be a meeting tonight at the Bayou St. John (GK1HD. He also notices that Madame Lorelei is back. He tries to talk to her but Lorelei, appearingly possessed, warns Gabriel to stay away from Malia Gedde or pay with his life and runs away again, leaving Gabe shocked and confused.

Gabriel then heads to the police station. He sees that the girls are still there and there's an abandoned car parked just outside the station with one tire removed. Behind the car, he sees a brutalized crow which was clearly not an accident. He thinks it's a warning and takes the iron bar with him. He enters the station and tries to proceed to Mosely's office but Frick stops him and tells him that he has no business there. When he asks about seeing Mosely, Frick tells him that there's no Detective Mosely on force. Remembering Mosely's letter, Gabe thinks that the police are not going to let him proceed, so he needs to find another way in. He heads out and moves to the alley to the left of the station. He uses the iron bar and breaks into Mosely's office, this time as a trespasser. Gabe uses the key that Mosely sent him to open the drawer on his desk and takes the tracker and two signal devices within. After taking the tracker and the signal devices, Gabe sees the police staff is looking at him from behind the one way mirror with blank eyes. This scares Gabe to no end and he realizes that he has to make a run for it. Gabe runs out through the window, jumps on his bike and pedals the metal. As he looks back, he sees that the girls are no longer skipping rope and looking at him with blank eyes with one of them doing something to the dead crow. Gabriel horrifically discovers that the police department is indeed at the cartel's control and refuses to go back there ever again.

After the incident at the police station, Gabe pays a final visit to the museum and riggs the sekey madoule with the signal device. After putting the device, Dr John tells Gabriel to leave since he has to close the museum for the preparations of St. John's Eve.

For the final task before attending the ceremony, Gabe needs to discover its exact location. He notices threre's a new message written on the tomb wall. This one reads: "DJ keep e?es on GK b?t do not har?" After putting the signal device into the sekey madoule and taking note of the new message, he leaves a message in voodoo code on Marie Laveau's tomb at the cemetery, telling "DJ" to bring sekey madoule.

Gabe then returns to the book shop and asks Grace to paint Crash's snake tattoo on his chest. Grace refuses at first but when Gabe tells him whether she's jealous or not, she relucatantly agrees.

Now to execute the plan, Gabe heads to Bayou St. John and turns on the tracker device. He gets signal, meaning that they are nearby. After navigating through the dark and gloomy swamp, Gabe finally finds the enterance to the ceremony. He takes out his coat and t-shirt, wears the crocodile mask and enters the ceremony. Gabe, under disguise is greeted by Dr John who asks him the "Great Serpent who crushes all beneath his coil" and the "Destroyer of Men", which he answers as "Damballah" and "Ogoun Badagris" respectively. After attending the ceremony, he notices a woman in leopard mask doing a snake dance. At this point, Gabriel sees his dream in form of the real life. When Gabriel removes the leopard mask, he reveals Malia's face from under it. When the other cultists chant the name "Tetelo", Tetelo (GK1HD) appears and rides over Malia. Tetelo recognizes Gunter Ritter (GK1HD)'s blood in Gabriel and calls him "witch-hunter" but not without mentioning the talisman. At the end, Gabriel loses conciousness and is taken away.

Day 7

After the horrors of the last night, Gabriel was taken by Grace, who followed him to the ceremony back to the bookstore. Gabriel finally awakes and thinks that he had another dream but Grace assures him tat it wasn't a dream. Gabriel remembers the name "Tetelo" (which was also mentioned in Gunter Ritter's journal) from the last night and that Malia became someone else. This time, he urges to call his great uncle in Germany to learn about what's really happening around him.

Gabe calls Wolfgang and they enter a long chat. Gabriel learns from Wolfgang that Schattenjäger means "shadow hunter" and his familiy, the Ritters have been Schattenjägers since the 13th century. He also learns that Tetelo is the primary Loa of the Gedde tribe and that she possesses female descendants of her and became immensly powerful with the added power of the Ritter Talisman, which she stole from Gunter back in 1693. In order to fight Tetelo, Gabriel must retrieve the talisman, which is most likely buried with her either in New Orleans or in Tetelo's original African homeland.

Gabe starts his search in New Orleans first. He heads to the Gedde tomb and before entering, he hears sound of a breaking glass. As Gabriel enters, he only sees pitch darkness. He turns on his flashlight and notices that the middle drawer has a vévé on it rather than a name. There's also an ossuary next to the drawers, which are probably the men of the tribe. Five of the skulls have green gems in their eye sockets and there's a drawing of the sign of a cross at the bottom. Gabriel pushes the gems in the right order and the drawer in the middle opens. Gabriel opens the drawer and sees Mosely inside. Shocked, Gabriel drops his flashlight and is knocked out from behind. He regains conciousness after a while and looks at the drawer again, only to see that Mosely's body is gone. But there was Mosely's wallet inside, so he takes it with him and leaves the tomb.

Realizing what he's looking for is not in New Orleans, Gabe heads back to the bookstore. Grace tells him that Wolfgang called and said that he found what he was looking for and that Schloss Ritter was his now. Having settled his mind, Gabe decides to finally travel to Germany to learn more about his family's heritage and the talisman he's been seeking.. Having no money to finance the flight, he charges Mosely's credit card, while feeling guilty doing so. Gabriel then says goodbye to Grace and heads to the airport.

Gabriel finally arrives at Schloss Ritter and is greeted by Gerde Hull (GK1HD). Wolgang however was not there. Gabe learns from Gerde that the Ritters once have been a prosperous family but something happened during the late 17th century and the family had been in a decline since then. He also learns that Wolfgang had a child once, who died during the infancy. He thought he was the last remaining member of the Ritter line until he found out about his brother's grandson Gabriel.

Personality and Traits

Gabriel had a thing for St. George and Lions without knowing why. Though both were images from his past, and even themes that appeared in his nightmarish dreams. Many of these themes also appeared in his Father's artwork and his grandfather's poetry.

Gabriel bought an old painting, Let Sleeping Lions Lie, representing his interest in lions, for cheap at a yardsale and hung it up in his room. Little did he know that lions represented human nature in several ways. For one to go on the prowl in his love life, and later his hunt against evil things.

He bought a small knickknack dragon representing St. George's dragon which he kept inside a cabinet in the store.

Novels

• Blake Backlash: The Barber's Revenge
• Blake Backlash: Blood on the Missippi
• To Hunt the Night: Blake Backlash

Behind the scenes

While Gabriel's background is largely the same as in the original game (with some expansions to his background surrounding the store and his writing), there are several changes to appearance, characterization, events and locations he visits on each day of the game. This article contains a summary of his actions in the new game.