Daniel Curien

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Daniel Curien (born 1991) is the tritagonist in The House of the Dead III. He is the son of the infamous Dr. Roy Curien. In the games, his illness motivated Curien to find a cure, which resulted in the scientist taking part in Goldman's biological science project that soon became responsible for the creation of the undead plaguing the world.

Biography[]

Early life[]

Daniel was born to an unnamed mother and Dr. Roy Curien. The family lived in a mansion in Europe a normal and happy life. At some point, Daniel's mother died and Roy raised him.

Illness and the 1998 Curien case[]

An unspecified later, Daniel became terminally-ill, with doctors stating that he had no hope of recovery. To save his son's life, Curien researched breaking the barriers between life and death. The research attracted the attention of a business tycoon, Caleb Goldman, who funded the project. Over time however, he became obsessed with his research, as his experiments began taking gruesome and unethical turns. He planned to use it to change the future; this saw the first steps of the great doctor's descent into madness.

Eventually, Roy unleashed creatures in his mansion and the AMS sent two agent, Rogan and G, to stop the scheme. However, the scientist died at the hands of his "masterpiece", Magician, as an unknown usurper changed the entity's programming.

Daniel, however, was cured and managed to recover.

EFI Research Facility residency[]

With Roy dead, Daniel, along with the scientist's body, as well as research, were flown to the EFI Research Facility in the United States. Here, Roy's body underwent a transformative process, becoming a powerful entity called Wheel of Fate; for nineteen years, Daniel witnessed this development.

Adult life[]

By 2019, civilization had collapsed following a pair of outbreaks caused by Goldman in 2000 and 2003, and Thornheart in 2006. To find the source of humanity's downfall, AMS agent Thomas Rogan led a group of military commandos into the facility. Eventually, the only survivors, Rogan, and captain Dan Taylor discovered where Wheel of Fate was held, but Death, one of Curien's creations, killed Dan and injured Rogan. Daniel appeared and rescued the latter.

When Rogan's daughter Lisa Rogan and former partner G investigated two weeks later, they eventually met Daniel while reuniting with Rogan. Willing to bear the burden of his father's crimes, Daniel teamed with Lisa against Wheel of Fate. Although the humanoid pleaded for mercy, Daniel angrily refused to recognize it as his father and mercilessly killed him.

Feeling that he has finally moved on with his life, Daniel bid farewell to his father, but vowed to return to the EFI Research Facility if humanity was ever threatened again.