The Backrooms - Kane Pixels

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How the Backrooms was discovered

The Async Research Institute (also known as the Async Foundation or simply Async) is a research organization responsible for opening the Low-Proximity Magnetic Distortion System (also known as the Threshold) into the Backrooms. It is located in San Jose, California. The name of the project relating to the Backrooms is called Project KV31. The research institute was founded in 1983. Prior to Project KV31, Async specialized in developing MRI machines. However, this was discontinued once they opened a doorway to the Backrooms/Complex. Sometime around April 1988, Async began development on Project KV31, a program that promised to solve all current and future storage and residential needs and saving billions on property construction and management, as stated in The Third Test. In order to execute this, Async constructed the Low-Proximity Magnetic Distortion System, a room-sized machine that serves as the center piece of the KV31 program, featuring a doorway known as "the Threshold".

On July 2nd, 1988, the Async Research Facility tested the full version the magnetic distortion system for the third time. By the time of the sixth test on October 17, 1989, Async successfully made first contact with what they'd refer to as the Complex.

In the upcoming months, Async installed an airlock in front of the Threshold, which would shortly be removed, and sent hazmat-suited researchers to investigate the Complex dimension. However, as the continued venturing into this unknown dimension, more and more problems arose, such as the discovery of people falling into the Backrooms, time skips, and an unnatural bacterial lifeform.

Project KV31 is a dimensional and electromagnetic engineering program developed by the Async Research Institute in the 1980s for the purpose of creating limitless storage and residential space using the highly experimental Low-Proximity Magnetic Distortion System. The project was lead by Async Vice Director Ivan Beck and funded by the U.S. government, specifically the Department of Energy. It was based at the Async Research Facility in San José, California.

Async employees may have also referred to the project as "The Machine", "The Door", "The Back Rooms", "The Complex", and "Hallways."

The Low-Proximity Magnetic Distortion System, also known as The Threshold, The Machine or The Door, is a system which uses magnetic waves to create holes in reality known as Thresholds. Project KV31 was designed to create a stable portal into this so far unseen dimension to allow for rapid travel, storage, residential, and industry. So far it is not stated if Project KV31's machinery is still active or if its Threshold is stable, however Async did install a shutter to block off the Threshold by the time of Motion Detected.

History of Async before opening the Backrooms: From 1983 up till 1988, they first specialized in making MRI machines. But, in April of 1988, Async started an experiment on opening a doorway into the Backrooms based on the research by Oak Ridge National Laboratory. The experiments were directed by vice director Ivan Beck and were described as a solution for all future storage and housing needs. The experiments continued as they got funding from the government. Opening the Backrooms: On July 2, 1988, the third test to open the doorway resulted in failure. The sixth test on October 17, 1989, was successful. Two scientists argued whether to shut down the machine or not. Some form of obstruction was also detected. The experiment was not shut down and after the machine almost broke, the Backrooms were finally opened. But the opening of the Threshold is theorized to have caused an earthquake that knocked out all electricity in the building and killed 63 people. Exploring the Backrooms: On November 14th, an unnamed researcher goes in The Complex to disassemble one of the ceiling tiles and examine what is above the ceiling. on November 15th Dr. Julia Meisner talks about lamps and mentions some codes and years on the lamp bulbs. The video ends with Julia Meisner talking and her voice fading, and as the camera gets closer to the ceiling, the sound of the fluorescent lights gets louder. Soon after opening the Threshold, members of Async started exploring and documenting the Backrooms. On February 2nd, 1990, A research team found a decomposing corpse with mold growing around it, which most likely was Nicolas Bolton, which an autopsy is performed on two days later. The doctor, who didn't know about the Backrooms, was baffled by the unnatural decay. There was also a mutated strain of hay bacillus inside the corpse. On February 29th, 1990 (There was no February 29th in 1990.), a researcher of the institute, Peter Tench went to investigate sounds of people chattering coming from a corner of the Backrooms, but then got seemingly teleported a few months into the future and became lost. The threshold outpost was constructed inside the Backrooms, right behind the Threshold. The lost researcher found the outpost and threshold. But when he walked inside, the alarm went off. On March 5th, 1990, a system of video cameras was setup to detect motion and sound. The cameras detected an undetermined sound and a strange creature crawling on the ceiling, giving Async the first clue of the dangers of the Backrooms. Later, on May 6th, 1990, an expedition team consisting of Marvin E. Leigh, Mark, George and Kim found Room 14D, a room made of pits (the Pitfalls). When trying to get the camera across, Marvin fell down into a pit. Down there, he encountered a monster mimicking a human voice and managed to get out alive. The team would later present the footage to the rest of Async. The way to Room 14D got sealed away and many new safety precautions were set up. Between the 7th and 10th, scientists from the United States Department of Energy went on tour inside the Backrooms to secure Async's funding. Although the funding was secured, the meeting where Async was doing negociations with DOE president James Watkins was interrupted by Peter Tench entering the Observation Room and activating the security system after having disappeared for more than two months. On May 25th the wooden wall sealing the area of Room 14D got deconstructed and a rover was sent to the pits to check if the area was safe for further exploration, after which a team of researchers armed with a shotgun was sent to Room 14C to confirm the absence of the Lifeform. Following the reclaiming of the area, a vehicle with building materials was sent to Room 14D to construct a safe walkway across the room and into the door on the other side. Known Members: Ivan Beck: Vice Director of the institute, responsible for proposing the idea of the Backrooms and overseeing all KV31 projects. Kirk Maxwell: A higher-ranking member of Async (with full clearance). He was able to disarm Peter Tench (Although firing some rounds into the ceilling.) prior to his boarding the elevator and his subsequent death. Anthony Dawkins: Another high-ranking member of Async (with level 09 clearance). He meets Marvin|Marvin and the other researchers when they return with the footage of the Lifeform. Clyde: Shows up in Backrooms - Report watching the footage that Marvin E. Leigh recorded in Backrooms - Pitfalls Mark Blume: Member of Marvins exploration team, he is the one who crosses pitfalls and tells Marvin to bring the camera over in Backrooms - Pitfalls While checking room 14c armed with a shotgun with Marvin and Randall, he finds knocked down tiles with a map on the wall. While exiting for a better signal, he is talckled by Peter Tench and grabs his shotgun, while Mark calls for help, Peter shoots him with his own shotgun, we do not know what condition he is in after being shot. He was born on an unknown date. Marvin E. Leigh: Cameraman for Async. While exploring with a team he fell into one of the pitfalls in Room 14D, and became the first researcher to record an encounter with the Lifeform, on May 6, 1990. Peter Tench: A former researcher. On March 1st, 1990, he was separated from his exploration team and time travelled two months to May 8th, 1990. During those two months, however, Async had faked Tench's death in order to mask his disappearance and bring closure to his family, which resulted in him staying in the Async underground facility until he fled back into the Complex due to alleged development of mental illness. Tench was then found by Mark Blume. After taking the shotgun from him, he proceeded to fatally wound him and escape the facility as an armed individual. Before exiting the facility, however, he was disarmed by Kirk Maxwell. While outside, Tench failed to predict a sudden drop in the relief, in which he fell onto a rock and presumably died. Personnel of Async: Lawrence Altman (founder and director) Ivan Beck (vice director and head of Project KV31) Mark Blume Anthony Dawkins (level 09 clearance) Marvin E. Leigh George Levy Kirk Maxwell (full clearance) Ronald McCarthy Julia Meisner Randall Tachi Peter Tench (formerly) Naren Warne (formerly; level Q3 clearance) Clyde Kim Miller (presumed) Phil Cameraman (Missing Persons) Cameraman (Lighting and Tile Survey) Unidentified Pathologist Unnamed Researcher (Report) Unnamed Senior Engineer

When the researchers explore the Backrooms/Complex, they wear hazmat suits. Class A hazmat suits are the most commonly worn suits throughout Async. They are used by employees of lower clearances during expeditions into the Complex. M17 gas masks and oxygen tanks are normally worn inside the suits. As shown in Pitfalls, these suits are often difficult to run in, as they were never meant for fast-pace movement. It is also difficult to see in the masks, as noted by Marvin E. Leigh in Reunion and implied in Missing Persons when a researcher said that the Unidentified Victim may be part of the environment. The hazmat suit worn by Mark Blume in Reunion appears to be a modified Class A suit made more capable for facing dangerous threats like the Lifeform. It appears to be less baggy with its oxygen tank and gas mask being worn on the outside. It also includes a utility belt with a CB radio equipped on the shoulder strap. The hazmat suits worn by Async supervisors are almost identical to Class A suits, with the only difference being that they're mostly green.

TIMELINE July 16th, 1931: Ivan Beck is born in Karlovy Vary, Czechoslovakia to Antonin and Doris Beck.

1972 August 2nd: Ivan Beck signs a paper on the dielectric properties of samples with Tellurium. Sometime between August 2nd and 11th: The August 1972 Solar Storm causes an equipment overload and a green glow to appear.

1982 May 10th: Oak Ridge National Laboratory tests their prototype of what would later become the Low-Proximity Magnetic Distortion System, which sends a metal ball into the Backrooms.

1983: Async Research Institute is founded, specializing in making MRI machines.

1988 Sometime in April: Ivan Beck explains in a press conference the intentions of the tests, and if granted sufficient funding by the United States Government, it can solve any storage and residential needs, as well as save billions of dollars on property construction and management. Async stops the production of MRI machines. July 2nd: The Async Research Institute tests the Low-Proximity Magnetic Distortion System (Threshold) for the third time.

1989 October 17th: Async tests the Low-Proximity Magnetic Distortion System for the sixth time and successfully accesses the Backrooms. October 21st: User whatwoodjoyrando posts Bulletin #92928 to the South Bay Bulletin Board, advertising furniture refinishing and complimentary carpet deep-cleaning services. The post is signed by Randel Dewees, owner and operator of Joyran Woodworkers. November 9th: User SCREP52 posts Bulletin #17946 to the South Bay Bulletin Board, informing the community around Santa Clara of future plans for Crest Ridge Towers. A town hall meeting is scheduled to take place on December/5th/1989 at 6:00pm. Members of the community are encouraged to voice their concerns and thoughts about the project to local officials and representatives from Reverchon Ventures. November 14th: Async researchers take out a light for examination. November 15th: Julia Meisner explains the contents of the light, as well as other things in relation with it, in a meeting with the Department of Energy. December 2nd: Margaret Watson falls into the Backrooms. December 5th: Santa Clara City Hall hosts a town hall for the community to learn more about Crest Ridge Towers, a proposed high-rise condominium requesting to break ground in historic Santa Clara. Local officials and representatives from Reverchon Ventures are said to be present at this meeting to answer questions and concerns. The event begins at 6pm and takes place at 1500 Warburton Ave, City Council Chambers.

1990 January 8th: User nextdoor247 posts Bulletin #61038 to the South Bay Bulletin Board. The message is for neighborhood watch purposes and is there to inform people about recent "stolen" stop signs (it is inferred that these stop signs may be clipping into the Backrooms, and people are assuming they were just stolen). The stop sign on the corner of Whirlaway Dr. and Discovery Ave. has reportedly gone missing three times now. January 27th: User RecycledLit88 posts Bulletin #62253 to the South Bay Bulletin Board, informing friends and neighbors of the Recycled Bookstore of the upcoming events for the month of February. All events are scheduled to take place at the bookstore on 138 E. Santa Clara St. January 31st: Approximate death date of the John Doe found by Async in the Backrooms. February 1st: Recycle Bookstore displays their New Staff Picks for the month, which includes books from Seth, Rebecca, Chaz and Diana. February 3rd: Async personnel find the dead body of the John Doe. February 5th: An autopsy is performed on the corpse. February 14th: Recycle Bookstore hosts it's Couples + Couplets Open Mic night. The event goes from 7-9pm. February 25th: Recycle Bookstore hosts a reading from Dr. Mary Kline of her new book "The Window Within", followed by a reception and book signing. February 28th[1]: Peter Tench goes missing in the Backrooms when he teleports into the future. This prompts the team to respond back to Async. The organization sends out search efforts to find Tench but to no avail, leading to Async having to cover up Tench's disappearance as a car accident to bring closure to his family. March 5th: Motion detection cameras are set up in the Backrooms and a strange creature is filmed. Around this time, Async starts to build a safe room around the Threshold. March 13th: User SCUadmin posts Bulletin #27155 to the South Bay Bulletin Board, letting the public know about Santa Clara University's summer session. Some of the programs listed include English, Psychology, Decision and Information Sciences, Civil Engineering, and Pre-Law Tracks. Applications are being accepted thru April 18th, and the Summer Session begins May 29th. March 15th: User bekind_rewind posts Bulletin #54807 to the South Bay Bulletin Board, informing the community about trash being dumped in the Fremont parking lot and the attraction of seagulls to the area. April 2nd: User RogueGoblin posts Bulletin #52878 to the South Bay Bulletin Board. The user is seeking players for a DnD campaign, scheduled for 11am on Saturdays at the Comic Collector Shop. April 18th: Async discovered a new area of the Backrooms with paintings. Also, Santa Clara University accepts applications for it's 1990 Summer Session up until this date. May 6th: Marvin E. Leigh falls into a hole in Room 14D and captures footage of the hostile creature. The footage is then reported to Async. May 7th - 10th: A presentation explains Async's efforts to colonize the Backrooms. Officials from the Department of Energy tour the Backrooms. May 8th: Peter Tench, who got sent into the future, finds his way back into the Threshold, which triggers the motion alert. One of the senior engineers is sent down to assess the situation and identifies Tench as the one who went missing on February 29. Async attempts to reintegrate Peter Tench back into society, but his mental state deteriorates. May 22nd: Peter Tench is about to be transported to a lower ground residence, but he escapes with stolen credentials and runs back into the complex, hiding in there for days. May 25th: An Async team is sent back to Room 14D, while another is sent to explore Room 14C and they unexpectedly encounter Peter Tench, who leaves Mark in critical condition after firing Mark's own shotgun at him. Tench then returns to the Async building to escape to the surface, before he is presumably killed after hitting his head on a rock. May 26th: An Async employee provides all employees with the timeline of events concerning Peter Tench as they know it. May 29th: George Levy explores the door that Mark discovered in Pitfalls. Also, Santa Clara University's 1990 Summer Session begins on this date. June 19th: Async finds footage of one of their researchers being killed by an entity. June 29th: Phil sees Clark on a security camera inside the Backrooms. Clark begins mapping out the area surrounding the entrance. Early July: Clark fails to convince Dr. Mary Kline of the Backrooms' existence, so he recruits two hirees to gather proof. The group is separated and trapped. Mid-July: Mary meets Clark in the Backrooms, and they are confronted by the entity. Mary escapes, being rescued by a group of Async scientists before being interrogated by Phil.

1991 July 4th: Kane Pixels falls into the Backrooms.

1995 April 20th: Ravi falls into the Backrooms August 19th: An unnamed woman falls into the Backrooms.

1996 September 23rd: Kane Pixels' camera is found.

2007 - 2009 Unknown date: An unnamed man falls into the Backrooms (presumably).[2]

The Backrooms (also known as the Complex (more commonly) or Hallways by members of Async) is a parallel dimension consisting of distorted imitations of places from our reality, primarily appearing as enormous interconnected spaces of similar rooms, hallways, and doorways. While it also contains several unique looking areas, the largest area borrows the appearance of an empty or unfurnished office building with bright yellow wallpaper, tiled ceilings, and buzzing fluorescent light fixtures.

The Backrooms is dotted with multiple different "Null Zones", which are small areas in which the Backrooms and the “real world” are able to connect. It is possible to fall out of reality and into the Backrooms through these Null Zones within the “real world.” The Backrooms is shown to not abide by the rules of the real world in some cases. Time travel into the future or the past is sometimes shown to be possible, at least inside or near these Null Zones.

Areas of the Backrooms/Complex

Area 1 is considered the primary configuration of the Backrooms and typically has yellow, floral wallpaper with loud, buzzing lights. As nearly all people seen entering the Complex (either via the Threshold or by falling through the ground) enter this area it is presumed to be the largest.

The Common Backrooms links to most other areas listed bellow via simple paths (doorways, pits, etc.). This area has also seen the most confirmed human intervention via Async and their Threshold, including an outpost and marked paths designating areas ready to be or already explored.

Area 2 consists of plain, beige colored walls and large rooms with occasional furniture, and small circular lights, quite like the style of an empty apartment or house from the 1980s.

Area 3 is one of the first locations seen not matching the standard visual style of the Backrooms. It contains large, fairly consistent hallways and unique furniture, like chairs and office drawers. The most notable part of the Empty Gallery Area is a large courtyard which contains multiple windows, showing similarities to a hotel.

Area 4 is depicted as a void of seemingly endless halls. with a big gap separating it from the Empty Gallery Area. It's design is extremely similar to the hallway seen in the Maintenance Wing at the Async Research Facility, as the Complex has been noted to be able to mimic the architecture and layout of different places from reality.

Area 5 consists of dark green and white tiled walls, carpeting, and a soundproofed ceiling with florescent lights. It also has consistent white pillars with slightly rounded tops and bottoms. Not much else is known about this area, as it has only been seen in a picture from Mar11_90_ARCHIVE.tar.

Area 6 is one of few locations in the Backrooms to have no lights. Instead of the normal yellow wallpaper and carpet, the area has a forest wallpaper and wooden floor. While most of the Backrooms is empty, this area seems to contain an axe, three wooden wheelbarrows, one of which is vertically stretched, and what looks to be a life-size picture of a Normandy cottage facade on one of the walls. A mysterious "breathing" sound can be heard in the background.

Area 7, like the Empty Gallery Area, also resembles an art gallery gallery. It was discovered by Async on April 18, 1990 and is possibly located near the Main Chamber.

Little is known about this subarea. It is comprised of floral wallpaper, a floor is made of wood planks, and at least four paintings. At the end of the room is a passage that goes down, possibly leading to more identical hallways or rooms. On the left wall are three paintings with another one on the parallel wall.

Area 8 is comprised of beige-colored walls, black vinyl trim, and commercial carpet tiles. Interestingly, it's walls, trim, and carpet are congruent those of the Async conference room seen in Presentation. Objects, such as water jugs, printers, photos, littered papers, and furniture, can be found within the area.

Area 9 is likely the most outdoor area of the Backrooms, as it contains a fully-fledged neighborhood and city. It has a strange vibrant red light, unknown warbling sounds, tall trees, and is set during the night. Some of the houses and buildings in the area don't serve proper purposes; they usually just lead to more areas of the Complex.

Area 10 is marked by tile on the floor with matching tile on the wall, along with several railings and a pool ladder. There are also several bodies of water located within this area which are fairly small and appear sized at random.

It's noted that the hole that leads to this area seems more artificial than the other holes in the Complex, as it has more jagged edges and some sort of floor spikes.

Area 11 has solid white walls, black vinyl trim, a tiled ceiling, and an epoxy-coded concrete floor. It is completely dark, requiring those within it to carry a flashlight or any other light source. There are two deactivated lights at the entrance of the Epoxy-Floored Area. Displaced ceiling tiles can be found throughout the area, which are either on the floor or slightly moved in the ceiling due to being tampered with by Peter Tench. He also drew a map of Division 14 on one of the walls within this area.

Area 12 is made up of a series of rooms that resemble an office space. Despite having spotless desks, chairs, cabinets, and whiteboards, this area is completely devoid of items.

Several anomalies can also be found here, such as: a confined tunnel connected to one of the cabinets, a chair with a stretched out top piece, a door leading to a brick wall, and a square tunnel in the wall leading to the Household Area.

Area 13 has yellow-colored walls, both tiled and smooth ceilings, carpet, linear light bars, and black trim. In the area's biggest room, what looks to be an elevator door (which is presumably connected to the elevator shaft seen later on in Found Footage #3) is blocked by a bunch of chairs. It appears that someone or something (possibly the Lifeform) inhabited this area and either used the chairs as a barricade or for breaking into the elevator.

Deeper into the area is a moldy room that was described by Ravi as "smelling like shit". The room contains a cabinet, vent, speaker on the wall playing mysterious music, and most notably objects circling around a specific spot on the ground.

Area 14 is comprised of beige walls, large and regular-sized fluorescent lights circular lights on the ceilings, and a green-colored carpet with stripes of tiles which are meant to represent grass and sidewalks. There are many columns in this room. In the middle of them is some kind of mimic of a house, which appears hollow. Near the Red City skyway, there is an elevated platform with a light switch on the wall for the room's lights.

Area 15 is nearly identical to the Common Backrooms, as the architecture is practically the same: greenish-yellow wallpaper, loud fluorescent lights, and randomly segmented pillars and walls. However, there are still some differences. This area has a different wallpaper that has simplistic arrows as its design (as opposed to the floral yellow in the Common Backrooms), and walls that are thinner and moldier. The small amount of furniture in this zone is also quite moldy. This mold seems to come from an unknown source, although the mutated hay bacillus seen in other areas could possibly be the cause.

Area 16 appears similar to the Empty Gallery Area. However, its architecture includes raw wooden plank floors and tiled ceilings as opposed to cleaner plank flooring and smooth ceilings. It is mainly comprised of two rooms: the Speaker Room, which contains several Thomann PA speakers,[1] and the Recording Studio, which notably has a massive radio tower with musical instruments hooked up to the speakers in the initial room.

Area 17 is mostly made of concrete rooms and hallways. There are some construction items, trash bags, green and orange lights, a stop sign, and a portrait of Mao Zedong. At the end of the area, there is a large fan, and closet doors leading to the Conference Office Area.

Area 18 is made up of conference rooms, conference tables, conference chairs, whiteboards, metal shelves, desks, and filing cabinets. Papers are shown scattered around the floor.

The Conference Office Area's architecture is comprised of white-colored walls, black vinyl trim, grey carpeting, and a drop ceiling. This area also contains a handful of doors, which likely just lead to more rooms of the same architecture. A long observation window facing the Red City can be found in one of, if not, the largest room in the area.

Area 19 mostly conforms to the characteristics of the Common Backrooms, but is dotted with an assortment of furniture: chairs, sofas, tables. Some pieces of furniture are deformed into absurd shapes, and some are seen clipping into walls or other objects. This area is connected to the Cap'n Clark's Ottoman Empire furniture store via an invisible doorway-sized Null Zone. Wandering the halls of this area is Pirate Clark, a monstrous Still Life resembling the owner of said store. These facts all suggest that this area is a misremembered imitation of the Ottoman Empire furniture store, or perhaps furniture stores in general.

Not a naturally occurring property of the area, there are many Caveman Cutouts set up by Async Research Institute to bait and monitor Entities within this area, indicating that the Furniture Store Backrooms are either of particular interest to Async, or that they are physically close to Async's Threshold.

Area 20 has the same ceiling tiles, fluorescent lights, diffusers, and elevated wall trim as the Classic Backrooms. Its wallpaper, though hard to make out clearly, seems to have the same design as the Common Backrooms. The standout is the flipped orientation of the walls and ceiling: everything is turned 90 degrees. There are piles of laundry and trash on the "floor", which is actually one of the walls. These rooms seem to be quite moldy, having some black spots (possibly the Growth) on the walls and the floor.

Creatures that live in the Backrooms

The Lifeform is a species of hostile, bacterial entities native to the Backrooms. Not much is known about them, as they are elusive creatures that have only been encountered a handful of times by lost civilians or Async researchers.

The Lifeform seemingly bears no concrete form, but is very tall, thin and vaguely unhumanoid in shape, standing on two legs. Its limbs are very thin and stiff, but it can still move fast and quietly. The arms reach the floor and it has long, thin sharp fingers, while its legs are relatively short and lack feet. A cable-like substance wraps around the body and legs. Despite its appearance, the monster is proven to possess unusual strength and can easily lift and do considerable damage to a human. During the second encounter in Found Footage #1, The Lifeform hurls a chair at immense speeds before engaging into a chase with Kane.

The creature's intelligence is currently unclear, as it is has mostly been seen giving chase to humans and roaring loudly. It also uses mimicry to lure victims, as shown in Pitfalls. Along with mimicry, it is an ambush hunter, stalking victims for a long time, peeking around corners, and hiding in the shadows while waiting for the perfect time to attack. Sometimes, it gives its victims a false sense of security before sneaking up behind them.

Still Lifes are mysterious, hostile entities native to the Backrooms. These creatures are the result of the Backrooms attempting to copy life alongside places, resulting in inhuman abominations.

The causes for the Still Lifes' aggressive behaviors could be associated with the Backrooms' tendencies to warp and distort sequenced objects; in Found Footage #3, we can see that the Still Life is disfigured, one leg being much shorted than the other, and his head being misshapen badly. These disfigurements, particularly the misshapen head and presumed brain damage, likely account for the entity's lack of intelligence and reflexive aggression. This aligns with the name 'Still Life' given by Kane; the entity is essentially an artwork created by the Backrooms—a tragic attempt to depict life in its purely physical arrangement, devoid of the soul or consciousness that defines the original. In the Backrooms film, Still Lifes appear much more humanoid, with their bodies largely following human physiology with only slightly distorted features like hands and faces externally. Internally, as shown by Clark, the Still Lifes seem to be made of some kind of white, stuffing-like substance, which can be seen inside the Bearded Still Life and the Redheaded Still Life when scalped. The only known exception to this is Pirate Clark who visibly bleeds upon being bashed with a rock by Mary Kline. According to Clark, Still Lives are also unable to feel pain, though this is contradicted by Pirate Clark.

The Still Life also seems to play/taunt its victims by turning off/on the lights in a room. It also seems to not be able to open doors, since it just knocks on the door (presumably as if expecting someone to answer) before starting to destroy it, showing possible a lack of intelligence, or just lack of advanced motor skills. Intelligence also seems to wildly vary, as Still Lifes like Pirate Clark and the Redheaded Still Life respond to external stimuli and, in the Redheaded Still life's case, feel fear, while others like the Bearded Still Life and Archibald Leland Sutter Still Life appear completely paralyzed and incapable of movement. According to Clark, Still Lifes are also edible.

The Green Glow is a commonly used glow, or energy in Kane Pixels' Backrooms series. The Green Glow mostly like Holes in the ground, walls and ceilings. As of now, it is unknown what it is or what it can do, but ever since Static Dead End, there could be some conspiracies such as expanding the Backrooms. The Green Glow appears to "consume" areas of the Backrooms in the form of cracks, as shown in Found Footage #2. While the aftermath of this isn't fully confirmed, the glow seems to warp and distort textures and possibly change the layouts of areas. It's implied that the Green Glow manipulates and forms from electromagnetic waves.