WARNING! This article contains SPOILERS for From season 3, episode 3!There’s a new supernatural object in From season 3, episode 1, the two trapped characters come upon an abandoned camp with cabins and edible crops to feed the town’s residents. However, they’re startled by some carved wooden statues seemingly guarding the camp, which are made out of sticks and branches with human-like faces. Since nobody lives in the camp, the statues’ purposes aren’t directly revealed.

When Jade, Kenny, Kristi, and Dale return to the abandoned camp in From’s mysterious monsters and creatures as objects that seem to have supernatural powers and usages. Considering Jade has had strong visions at the camp and even broke one of the statues, From season 3 is getting closer to revealing the true origins of the human-like wooden structures.

From's Characters Believe The Statues Are Another Group's Version Of The Talisman

The Wooden Totems May Repel Monsters & Evil Forces

When From season 3’s characters theorize about the wooden statues, they suggest that they may serve a function similar to the talisman. However, instead of a small object that can be held or hung to ward off monsters, the wooden statues may act more like a scarecrow to repel From’s supernatural creatures. While this is the characters’ working theory about the statues so far, it remains to be seen whether that’s actually their true purpose. So far, the characters haven’t been stalked by monsters at the abandoned camp, which is when they would be able to test out this theory.

The talismans that Boyd and the residents use to defend against monsters are peculiar rocks with symbols inscribed on them, which only work in fully enclosed spaces.

Furthermore, it’s unclear whether the former residents of the abandoned camp used the wooden statues to ward off the town’s nocturnal monsters or a different sinister force in the entrapped world. Since nobody remains in the camp, it’s presumed that a tragedy struck the area prior to From’s present timeline, suggesting the totems didn’t work to defend against the biggest danger to their community. Jade also has gruesome visions in From season 3, episode 3 of a dead man drinking blood from a skull at the camp, indicating the location’s history and the statues’ purpose may be far darker than believed.

Could The Statues Actually Have A More Sinister Purpose?

The Totems Might Have A Darker Function Related To From's Supernatural Forces

If From has taught viewers anything over its first three seasons, it’s to trust one’s gut instinct about suspicious things around the trapped town. The symbol that Jade was obsessed with led him to the dark history of Christopher when Victor was a child, Boyd learned to correctly assume that his visions of Abby were manipulations by the town, and Jim’s phone call from his son “Thomas” turned out to be a trick by the town’s sinister forces. Sadly for the trapped characters, only a few discoveries have yielded positive returns, such as the talisman.

Therefore, there’s a strong possibility that From season 3’s wooden statues actually have a darker purpose at the camp. This seems to be ed by Jade’s chilling visions of the man pinned up to a tree who drank blood from a human skull. It’s unclear what happened to the rest of the camp’s residents, but it could have something to do with the totems and the dead man engaging in cult-like practices at the location. Rather than serving as protective scarecrows for humans, the wooden statues might hold powerful forces that work on behalf of the town’s supernatural dangers.

What Happens After Jade Breaks The Statues In From Season 3?

Jade Is Likely To Face Dangerous Consequences For Breaking The Totem

Considering the wooden statues appear to hold supernatural energy and protective or defensive powers, breaking one of them is apt to result in some harsh consequences for Jade in From season 3's remaining episodes. While trying to free Kristi’s foot from a bear trap, Jade broke apart one of the wooden statues and used one of its sticks to pry the claw open. From lingered a bit too long for comfort on the totems afterward, suggesting that this action will lead to the object either releasing some supernatural forces against the characters or being unable to protect them against the woods’ terrors.

The statues could be keeping some evil forces stuck inside the abandoned camp instead of defending it from external influences, and Jade breaking one could let that entity loose in the woods

It’s possible that the wooden statues serve as some sort of lock box for dark supernatural forces, and breaking the structures unleashes them. Additionally, the statues could be keeping some evil forces stuck inside the abandoned camp instead of defending it from external influences, and Jade breaking one could let that entity loose in the woods. Since the dead man started drinking blood from the skull after Jade broke the wooden totem, it seems Jade’s hallucinations will only grow stronger and more disturbing at From's camp following the statue’s destruction.

New episodes of From season 3 release Sundays on MGM+.