To do this, he needed a substance called 'vitae', which can only be harvested from the blood of agonized humans. It was revealed then that he is actually an otherworldly life-form who has spent centuries in Brennenburg, attempting to open a 'gate' back to his own world. However, Alexander's promise of salvation was a lie. They must quickly start the Warding Ritual before it would be too late.
He told Daniel that they had very little time to banish the Shadow. Alexander quickly covered the Orb and the Shadow disappeared. During their visit in the Inner Sanctum, Alexander began to tamper with the Orb, thus enraging the Guardian, whose fleshy residue appeared in the Sanctum.
