The Wolf Among Us Remaster Revives Classic Faith Ending Theory

With the remastered release of The Wolf Among Us bringing in a fresh wave of players, the Nerissa and Faith theory is back in conversation. If you reach the ending for the first time, you may walk away with a few questions, and that is on purpose. Telltale has spoken about the mystery before and always left it open, and it sounds like The Wolf Among Us 2 will at least bring it up.

As Nerissa walks away in the final moments, she tells Bigby he is not as bad as everyone says. The game then replays earlier lines, such as "I need to tell you something," "I feel like we've met before," and the mention of Dr. Swineheart running more tests on Faith.

Bigby looks caught off guard, and you can see him sorting through everything about Faith that never added up.

That scene is the reason the Nerissa and Faith theory exists at all. The main version of the Nerissa and Faith theory says the girl leaving is Faith, glamoured as Nerissa. Online, you will find two camps: Nerissa glamoured as Faith, or Faith glamoured as Nerissa.

The position here is that the Faith you meet in Episode 1, the only time she appears alive, is the real Faith. Plenty of people disagree and say that was Nerissa disguised from the start. Cigarettes are the first piece of evidence in the Nerissa-and-Faith theory.

In Episode 1, Faith smokes Huff & Puffs, a discount brand the game keeps telling you almost nobody buys. Bigby is basically the only person who likes them. The complication arrives in Episode 4. Nerissa visits Bigby and cannot speak because of the ribbon, and when he offers her a cigarette, she says no and brings up the Huff & Puffs herself.

Then, during her speech at the end about stretching the truth to reach the Crooked Man, you can offer her one, and she takes it. If Faith smoked in Episode 1 and Faith disguised as Nerissa smoked at the end, the refusal in the middle makes no sense, because there is no reason to turn it down.

The Huff & Puffs refusal is the one spot with no clean answer, and it may be Telltale's way of keeping the door open for both sides.

For the Nerissa and Faith theory, the Magic Mirror is the strongest point. After Faith is supposed to be dead, the Magic Mirror will not show her, even though her ribbon was removed and no spell should be holding her body. A deleted scene restored in the remaster even lets you ask Nerissa about recovering the body for a proper burial, and it stays out of reach.

Without a body, nothing proves that it was Faith. If she were disguised as someone else, that would explain why the Magic Mirror comes up empty. Faith's fable background also supports the Nerissa-and-Faith theory. Her story, as told through Bufkin, centers on deception, and Nerissa's role at the end, someone who did wrong, wanted out and quietly steered things, fits that better than the Little Mermaid.

The line "they used to call me the Little Mermaid" likely just refers to a former name. The repeated line is another reason. "I need to tell you something" is said at the start and almost word for word at the end, and the Nerissa and Faith theory treats that as deliberate.

Photos shown before the Bloody Mary fight suggest the two met after Faith left in Episode 1, and neither looks happy. That was enough time to plan a swap: Nerissa disguised as Faith, Faith killed, and Faith taking Nerissa's face afterward.

Faith's fable background and a repeated line add more weight to the theory.

Glamour wears off eventually, but Lily's was a black-market kind, and the tube was messed with, while other tiers last longer. The game spans only two or three days, so the head could turn into Nerissa a week later, and The Wolf Among Us 2 could easily settle the Nerissa and Faith theory.

Some fans suggest neither woman died, but that feels like a cop-out, because a real answer needs one of them gone. Telltale deserves credit for leaving the Nerissa and Faith theory open. Yet, the Magic Mirror gap, the cigarettes, and that repeated line make it hard to dismiss.