Shortly after starting, he finds a note written to himself, stating that somehow, he has erased his own memory on purpose and is now being hunted by a “shadow.” More importantly, the note says that he must venture forth into the Inner Sanctum of the castle to find baron Alexander, and kill him. If this is your first time playing through Amnesia, dear reader, you are in for a treat. The story takes place in August of 1839, where a young man from London named Daniel wakes up in the dark halls of the Prussian Brennenburg Castle with no memory of himself or his past.