Overview[]
The Severed Heads are grotesque, floating heads that fly by at the end of the third White Path accessible from White Desert A in an event. They appear only when the player goes inside the small building at the end of the tunnel, and they go away once the player exits, making them decorative characters.
Appearance[]
Their graphics in-game.
The Severed Heads have a monochrome appearance just like everything else in the White Desert, with bright red blood flowing from their necks. The first head is a woman's with long hair, and the other head is a man's, with hair only on the sides of his head. They both have dark eyes and distraught expressions on their faces. The heads merely float near the top of the screen, similarly to the UFOs and Falling Men.
Interpretation[]
Some fans have speculated that the Severed Heads are intended to represent Madotsuki's parents, or someone else related to her. This, along with their bloody appearance, has lead some to interpret this as evidence of some sort of accident or other disturbing event in Madotsuki's past that resulted in them dying. This appears to fit well with the speculated theme of traffic accidents present in the game. The heads only appearing when Madotsuki is inside the building could be a representation of her not wanting to confront this trauma after remaining in her room.
An image reconstruction of one of v0.04's Severed Head PK pictures.
The heads may also be included due to a scrapped minigame, snippets of which can be found in the Thumbs.db files of version 0.04. Said snippets show images of a scrapped Famicom minigame named Severed Head PK in which the player seemingly kicks severed heads into a soccer net. It's possible that the Severed Heads were intended to be imagery that resulted from Madotsuki playing the game, much like how NASU appears to affect her dreams. This minigame may also be an explanation for other aspects of the dream world which appear to associated with the severed head motif such as the Mouth Monsters, the Henkei Shita, and the background of Eyeball World, though this explanation is left blurred due to the minigame not being implemented.
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