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The Timekeeper

The Timekeeper is a character seen only through text when starting The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe and in the Epilogue. They help the player (not Stanley) set the time, language, brightness, and other things before the game begins.

Information

The Timekeeper is a being that somehow has control over the game. This is not The Narrator however, as they blame him during the Epilogue, where the Narrator appears to no longer be present after the events of the Skip Button Ending.

Much like The Curator and Confusion Ending Schedule, The Timekeeper appears to have the same (if not more) power than the Narrator, able to manipulate the nature of the game. Although, unlike the Narrator, The Timekeeper seems to never use this power to hinder the player and is often kind to them.

Before the Title Screen

The Timekeeper will present the player with different settings to configure before the game begins, as well as asking what time it is at present. Their responses can depend on whether the time is actually configured or what times you play the game at. However, on later resets, their "Yes or No" questions eventually dissolve into quietly saying "Help..."

Epilogue

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Stanley finds a desk with a computer, revealing The Timekeeper to be Employee 432, one of Stanley's coworkers heavily discussed in the HD Remake. Here, they talk to the player about how the Stanley Parable franchise should not be protected and should have more than just one sequel, and give the player the ability to change the Title Screen to reflect this every time the game is reopened as well as the ability to get the Test achievement please ignore achievement in The Stanley Parable 2 Expo. It will appear on all subsequent openings of the game from then on.

Dialogue

See: Timekeeper/Dialogue

Trivia

  • According to director Davey Wreden, The Timekeeper was not always intended to be Employee 432. Through most of development they were still two separate entities, and it wasn't until later they merged the two into one.[1]
  • It can be speculated that The Timekeeper was the one that removed the door in the Skip Button Ending. It is possible they did this to cause the narrator to die/go insane, and then be able to talk with the player alone. There's no concrete proof to support this conclusion though, so as of now, that's just a theory.

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