This may be just a showing of my own ignorance, but I've always been confused by this one point of the Grim Fandango story. Manny is in the 8th Underworld, and he and everyone he is with (more or less) is trying to get to the 9th Underworld.
My first thought would be that prior to arriving at the 8th Underworld, people would have had to pass through the first seven. But no! Left and right, people are dying and showing up immediately in the 8th! No one ever mentions the previous levels.
So do the 1st through 7th Underworlds exist? If so, what are they for? If not, why'd they skip straight to eight?
Speculation is welcome, but if someone actually knows the history behind this mythology, I'd love to hear how it works.
Grim Fandango
Game » consists of 10 releases. Released Oct 28, 1998
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