Boris the Wolf (ink realm)
- This article refers to the dweller of the ink realm. For his original counterpart, see Boris the Wolf.
- For other uses, see Boris (disambiguation).
"Once, there was a wolf. Living in a very dangerous world. Surviving on anything he could find. And fearing the Ink Demon that stalked his every move." |
Boris is a Boris clone based on Joey Drew Studios' cartoon character of the same name.
History
Early life
Nothing much is known about Boris' origins, saving for the fact that he was originally a human being before ending up in the Cycle and transcending into a cartoon character.[1]
Exploring the Cycle
Around his time, Boris scavanges the realm for food, trinkets, bits and bobs - anything he can find. He lives in a dangerous world and is stalked by the Ink Demon, among other aggressors. Boris collects scraps from lockers and uses them to create a picture in his safehouse as an attempt to depict his own original human self.
Friends until the end
After narrowly escaping from Sammy Lawrence and the fabled Ink Demon, Henry enters the S3 vault and notices a can of Bacon Soup roll in his direction. As Henry demands the person around the corner show themselves, he is shocked to discover a living Boris walking around the corner to meet him.
Boris takes Henry to his home where they're safe from any danger. After waking up, Henry makes Boris a bowl of bacon soup in exchange for the door lever to open the main door, and the pair of them venture out into the studio.
Henry and Boris navigates their way through the darkness in dark hallway, with Henry must keep close to Boris while having a flashlight in hand, otherwise, Boris will shiver in dread if Henry walks far away from him. As they navigate the hallway, Boris became puzzled while both himself and Henry heard running steps from someone. Finally reaching the end of the dark hallway, Boris crawls to the air vent for opening the gate to the Heavenly Toys area after borrowing a flashlight from Henry. Subsequently, they are briefly separated until Henry reaches the small area where the door leading to the toy storage is found after the "demon path" or "angel path".
After a short separation, Henry reunites with Boris, with Boris giving the Gent pipe to Henry for his self-defense.
Both enter the toy storage, and Henry tells Boris to pull the lever from one hall next to the Bendy statue while Henry himself goes to attempt activating the other lever in order to open the main Level K area's door, but interrupted by the disfigured Butcher Gang enemy known as the Piper. After Piper dies, Henry pulls the other lever with ease, along with Boris activating the first one together, opening the door to the next location.
Both enter the elevator as Boris accompanies Henry to Alice Angel's lair on Level 9.
On Level 9, when the pair enters the flooded morgue-like area, Boris discovers a nearly identical copy of himself near the entrance, strapped down to a table and cut open, just like the one Henry found in the main studio. The area has many of the deceased Boris clones, along with dead members of the Butcher Gang. As Boris stares at "himself", Alice Angel reveals that she used the clones of Boris to make herself "beautiful", using their insides to try and repair her broken state. The corpses left behind were simply the remains of anything she did not need. The nature of the death of all these clones with their insides torn out also hint at the one responsible for the death of the Boris clone on the upper floors.
Throughout the quests, Boris will wait inside of the elevator as Henry travels to the various floors to do tasks for Alice Angel. Whenever the Ink Demon or any other aggravated enemies appear within a certain radius, Boris cowers in fear until they are defeated or disappear, or moving to a different floor with the elevator to flee from the enemies.
At the end, with all of Alice Angel's quests accomplished, she double-crosses Henry after promising to let him escape, causing the elevator to plummet downwards. She screams that she wants Boris' insides to make herself beautiful, claiming that he is "the most perfect" one she's come across. The elevator crashes on Level S with Henry knocked out but Boris did not. As he comes to, Boris tries desperately to wake him up as Alice Angel approaches from behind. Boris is then dragged into the darkness by Alice Angel.
Boris was captured by Alice Angel and it was up to Henry to make his way and save him. Henry makes his away from the accountant and financing all the way to Bendy Land's Haunted House, where Henry would find Boris in time. Unfortunately, towards the end within the ballroom, Henry's mission of saving Boris' life was ultimately in vain, as Boris, now appearing as a massively monstrous version of himself named "Brute Boris", comes out of the darkness and throws the roller cart Henry was using away from him. Henry is forced to confront the monstrous Boris in a battle and kills him off at the end ending the suffering for being used by the angel.
Lonely wolf
Audrey, after opening the shutter door, can see Boris walking away in a hallway. If continuing down the hallway, then a vent will shut, implying he crawled into it. Boris can also later be seen crawling through one of the vents in search for something within the Gent workshop.
Characteristics
Physical appearance
A tall, dog-like being with pie-cut eyes, Boris appears almost perfectly identical to the original cartoon character, other than having a taller and almost human-like appearance. Unlike Tom and most cartoon characters, the opening of Boris' pie eyes are always facing right, like Boris' eyes in the "Sheep Songs!" poster.
In Bendy and the Ink Machine, his texture looks cleaner while in Boris and the Dark Survival they feature more shading with sketchier and detailed lines. In Bendy and the Dark Revival, while his head looks pretty much the same, his build is different with it looking less "cartoony" and more reminiscing of human anatomy. He also maintains the sketchier look to him but now with better ink textures.
Personality
Boris is completely mute, since he never spoke or made any kind of noise. As he and Henry explore the studio together, he is shown to be timid in nature whenever an enemy lurks nearby, most often seen when the Ink Demon prowls the halls. He is also shown to have a fear of darkness (likewise known as "nyctophobia"), which is seen if Henry walks too far away from him in the dark hallways. However, Buddy Boris is far from mean-spirited, giving Henry a safe place to recover in his safehouse and helping him navigate the lower floors.
Related achievements
"Look pal, if you think I'm doing my job AND yours, I'm outta here!" - Wally Franks
Behind the scenes
Boris is one of the major characters who appeared in Bendy and the Ink Machine from the second to fourth chapter as the deuteragonist. He also briefly appeared in Bendy and the Dark Revival and as a main playable character in Bendy: Lone Wolf.
Development
Boris was created for the second chapter's DLC release for Bendy and the Ink Machine.
From the initial release of Chapter 2: The Old Song, the walking animation for Boris when he reveals himself was initially very basic in the earlier versions of Chapter 2. With the release of the Chapter 3 update, the animation was changed to be more detailed and to match the new animations used throughout Chapter 3. In addition to the pre-updated Chapter 2, Boris' eyes were originally facing in opposite directions as if cross-eyed.
Other information
From the first Q&A video, theMeatly had a final question which asked if Boris is a good guy before Chapter 3's release. theMeatly began to answer the question before getting interrupted with the ending titles.[2] On Twitter, theMeatly attempted to finish explaining the answer to the question, but couldn't because of the Twitter character limit.[3]
Matt Goles, the game programmer of Bendy and the Ink Machine, tweeted his joke claim that he wanted to add a new character to Chapter 3s update for Chapter 4s DLC release but theMeatly decline this idea because he thought it was too "radical". Furthermore, he introduces "Borkis" who turns out to be exactly Boris with his head rotated upside down, described as the "chillest dude and was afraid of nothing".[4] The name Borkis would later be used for the Boris and the Dark Survival enemy.
Gallery
"Look pal, if you think I'm doing my job AND yours, I'm outta here!" - Wally Franks
In other languages
"Look pal, if you think I'm doing my job AND yours, I'm outta here!" - Wally Franks
References
- ↑ Boris and the Dark Survival. Developed and published by Joey Drew Studios Inc on February 10, 2020.
- ↑ "QUESTIONS ANSWERED #1! | Bendy and the Ink Machine" - 5:08
- ↑ theMeatly. (July 12, 2017). "Now the important thing to know about Boris in "Chapter 3" is... Oops!! Sorry! Out of Twitter characters for this post! Maybe next time!! :P". - X/Twitter.
- ↑ "So I wanted to add a new character to #BATIM, but @themeatly thought he was too "radical". SO here he is for all of you! This is Borkis, he's the chillest dude and ain't afraid of nothin!" - Matt Goles. May 3, 2018. Twitter.