Candle Face's True Identity: La Llorona's Forgotten Daughter
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This entry marks a turning point in the investigation. After more than a year of hearing from the Lost Souls, their voices have gone silent, leaving only the fugitives to protect. While reviewing Mr. Smoe's notes, I found repeated references to "Mother" and her "Children," pointing to Isabel as Candle Face's true identity. The evidence suggests Isabel may be the forgotten third child of La Llorona. With this, the Genesis phase of Candle Face Chronicles is being renamed Isabel. The focus shifts from what Candle Face is to who Isabel was, and how she became the entity she is now.
January 27, 2025
In October 2023, I started researching who or what Candle Face really is, who she was before she became Candle Face. I thought I was beginning an intellectual investigation, something grounded in history and folklore. But just days after I started, the dreams began. At first, it was only faint screams, distant and shapeless. Then, the voices took form. Soon, the lost souls came to me, their words filled with desperation. They claimed to be victims of Candle Face and her followers, pleading with me to find their bodies and name their killers.
For over a year, I focused on their voices. I did what I could to help them, to follow their guidance, to solve their cold cases. But now, the voices have gone silent.
This should bring me peace. Instead, I'm worried I didn't help them, that I did them more harm than good. But maybe it was never about helping them. Maybe it was about distracting the Master Shadow so some of the lost souls could escape.
So I guess my mission turns to protecting the thirty-one fugitives who escaped. But that original question, the one I asked at the very beginning, still stands. Who is Candle Face?
With the lost souls gone, I've been going through Mr. Smoe's old boxes. What I've found so far is disturbing. Names, locations, sketches, and notes scribbled in handwriting that seems almost frantic. Some pages are covered in symbols I don't recognize. Others list locations pinpointed on an old map of Austin. Some of this information I shouldn't have. I may need to consult an attorney before I go any further.
But one thing is clear.
A week ago, I suspected Candle Face's true identity. Now I'm sure of it.
The name is right in front of me. It's in the notes, over and over, written in Mr. Smoe's own hand. But there's something else, something even more disturbing. He calls her Mother. And she calls her followers Children.
What does this mean? Is Isabel Mother to her followers and Candle Face, the name I coined back in the seventies, to her victims?
And the most disturbing part: Is Isabel really the forgotten third child of La Llorona? This will require a lot of research, but much of what I've found in those boxes points to it.
I don't have the full answer yet, but it's enough to change everything.
Candle Face Chronicles has always had two parts: The Lost Souls and Genesis. The Lost Souls led me to the fugitives, to those who escaped Candle Face's lair. But Genesis was always meant to be the deeper investigation, the search for what Candle Face truly is. Now, it's clear that Genesis was never the right name. That phase of the investigation was about a nameless entity. It's about her now.
I'm renaming it Isabel.
For those who have followed Candle Face Chronicles, this is a major shift in the investigation. The question is no longer what Candle Face is. It's who Isabel was and how she became what she is now: Candle Face. I'll update my website with the new name and the new focus soon.
I don't know where this investigation will lead. But I know one thing. The lost souls may be gone, but Isabel is still here.
And she knows I'm looking for her.
Arthur Mills
Arthur Mills served for more than two decades as an Army Intelligence Warrant Officer, specializing in piecing together what others missed: patterns, threats, enemy intent, and clandestine activity. He trained intelligence professionals, built threat models, and briefed commanders and world leaders on global threats and battlefield strategy. After retiring from the military, he moved into private investigation, focusing on missing persons, human trafficking, opposition research, and domestic terrorism. He holds a degree in Counter Terrorism Studies.
He has been writing books since 2006 and is an award-winning author. He publishes under his own name, though much of what he has written has appeared under pseudonyms. Readers may already know those titles without knowing they are his. The separation is intentional. His books invite readers to interpret what is hidden, and so does the way he publishes them.