Character Profile: Agnar

Name: Agnar

Age: Infinite

Occupation: Gatekeeper of Purgatory

Personality/Traits: Smart, Polite, generous but also cruel.

Function in Narrative: Offers Alex a chance to save his own life, renders the film a mystery as whether the experience was a drug trip or actual events

Agnar is the character the the dilemma of our film centres around. Agnar is the gatekeeper of purgatory and offers Alex a choice, either accept he's dead and await the judgement of the gods on whether he goes to heaven or hell, or save his own life but risk being trapped in limbo forever.

   

We wanted Agnar's identity to remain unknown to make the character that bit more sinister and un-nerving. His unidentifiable persona and position of power make this character seem like he would deceive every person who crosses him. However, the dialogue in the film between Agnar and Alex lets the audience see the charming side of Agnar, the audience will almost begin to trust him as he tells Alex of the consequences if he fails.

   

Aganr's character is heavily influenced by the character V from V for vendetta. In this film V represents an entity or idea, and we never get to see his face. In the film he is incredibly smart and well thought out and we wanted to show this in Agnar. Agnar is very well spoken and polite which oozes intelligence. However  Agnar has a dark side, he traps people in limbo forever if they fail to save their life which differentiates him from V as V is the protagonist in V for Vendetta whereas Agnar could be either a protagonist or antagonist depending on Alex's attempt to cheat death.