Board Thread:Lords of Shadow 2/@comment-216.170.54.18-20140301115207/@comment-216.170.54.18-20140313064404

I'm not certain he was real, but assuming he is it could be argued that Agreus, being an Old God with nearly unlimited power, he could certainly have been real and not a fabrication of Gabriel's memories. Tracking Gabriel into this Inner Castle would probably be within his skill-set.

Of course, he may also have simply been another manifestation, someone who represents Gabriel's 'guilt' over Pan's sacrifice from the first game. Remember that prior to the Agreus battle, Gabe actually tries avoiding the Old God and does not want to harm him.

According to Alvarez, the castle simply represents Gabe's current state-of-mind. He's torn emotionally as there is a fierce battle being waged inside him between the parts of him that are good and the evil vampire blood that has a sentience, personified as Inner Dracula.

Inner Dracula is throwing everything it can at Gabriel to prevent him from regaining his memories that are locked up in a visual representation of the diary. The blood is using his memories against him. The castle is basically Inner Dracula's defense mechanism it uses to prevent Gabe from embracing the good that is still inside him.