Horizon Forbidden West: What Happened to Ted Faro Explained
Horizon Forbidden West contains its fair share of mysteries, which was expected, and tells a lot of side stories through data points. Horizon Zero Dawn does both of these things, so it only makes sense that Forbidden West would as well. In Forbidden West, though, some of those mysteries and stories were kicked up a notch. At the top of the list is the truth about the man responsible for the apocalypse, Ted Faro. Read at your own discretion — late-game story beat and location spoilers ahead.
Towards the end of the main Forbidden West storyline, players will start a quest called Faro’s Tomb. In it, players finally gain the ability to travel to the far west side of the map. On the other side of the San Francisco Bay, they’ll encounter the Quen tribe… and Thebes, which houses the most disturbing story the Horizon franchise has offered so far. If you weren’t pausing to listen to every data point and taking the time to read between the lines, the sequence’s climax may have been confusing and even a little disappointing. So what exactly happened to Ted Faro?
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The horrifying Ted Faro story takes place in Thebes, his personal survival bunker where he took refuge while Project Zero Dawn was carried out. Right away, a few things are made very clear about Faro. First, he has a very weird obsession with Egypt that’s put front and center. No big deal, until you consider the killer robots he created.
Much of Thebes is inspired by Egyptian architecture and imagery, which would have felt a bit random if not for the Faro Chariot Line. The Chariot Line, consisting of the Corrupter, Deathbringer, and Metal Devil, originally had names inspired by Egyptian gods. The
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