History Characters / Pathologic

* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Downplayed, especially when not controlled by the player. He's inclined to be dismissive, especially of things that don't fit his worldview, but many dialogue options suggest that he cares about people and is just too socially inept to express it in a reasonable way. Daniil also tends to call small children "pumpkin" and dislikes the idea of turning Clara over to be tortured. He also has numerous quests that allow help others to his own detriment

* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Downplayed, especially when not controlled by the player. He's inclined to be dismissive, especially of things that don't fit his worldview, but many dialogue options suggest that he cares about people and is just too socially inept to express it in a reasonable way. Daniil also tends to call small children "pumpkin" and dislikes the idea of turning Clara over to be tortured.

* FourthWallObserver: [[spoiler:A limited example. Since playing as Clara requires having played one of the other players, she is a lot more aware of the weird meta narrative then the other two protagonists. She even investigates the other [[FourthWallObserver Fourth Wall Observers]] at the theatre]]. In fact, [[spoiler:if you enter the DeveloperRoom during one of the other two stories, and talk to her, you get a dialogue option that shows she knew all along that life was literally a game]].

* FourthWallObserver: [[spoiler:A limited example. Since playing as Clara requires having played one of the other players, she is a lot more aware of the weird meta narrative then the other two protagonists. She even investigates the other [[FourthWallObserver Fourth Wall Observers]] at the theatre.]]

* [[MagicalNativeAmerican Magical Steppe Dweller]]: Downplayed. While he comes from a steppe tribe, is a shaman, and follows mystic traditional beliefs, he's still more or less integrated with the more modern society of the town and does make use of technology and science as well. His abilities also are more a function of his position in tribal society and teachings than actual magic, but he fits this role in the story regardless.

* [[spoiler:BigBad: For the Haruspex's scenario. Oyun murdered Isidor when he found out that the doctor was planning on challenging his position as Elder, robbing the town of its' doctor right at the start of the Sand Plague. He then attempts to [[MakeItLookLikeAnAccident kill the Haruspex through a series of trials]], allegedly to prove his worth. His [[StealthPun bullheadedness]] causes the Sand Plague outbreak to turn into a full blown epidemic. In the Haruspex's scenario, he can be fought and killed, making Artemy the new Elder. In the Changeling's scenario, the Changeling instead has him become one of her adherents, laying down his life to become a source of panacea.]]

* WillNotTellALie: ... but that doesn't stop him from telling [[HalfTruth Half-Truths]] to the Haruspex. [[spoiler:His fight with Artemy comes after he is flat out asked if he murdered Isidor, a question he cannot sidestep.]]

!!Georgia Kain

* YoungerThanTheyLook: Katerina is the only living fully-realized Mistress. Her counterparts that she stood beside are lauded as legends that transcend the ages, her voice sounds raspy and weathered, her face is creased with lines, her manner of dress resembles that of a widow's... and then you do the math and realize she's ''only 30''.

* RightForTheWrongReasons: In truth, [[InvertedTrope Wrong for the Right Reasons]]. Almost every single assumption he makes about the nature of the plague are correct, such as identifying that it needs a living host to propagate and that[[spoiler:there's an individual carrier spreading the disease. Being both an outsider and an educated man of science meant that the answer -- that the town itself was the sick carrier -- was so far beyond his line of thinking that he never stood a chance at finding a solution.]]

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!Daniil Dankovsky, The Bachelor

!Artemy Burakh, The Haruspex

!Clara, The Changeling

!Georgia Kain

!Maria Kaina

!Victor Kain

!Khan / Kaspar Kain

!Vlad Olgimsky / Big Vlad

!Capella / Victoria Olgimskaya Jr.

!Vlad the Younger

!Alexander Saburov

!Katerina Saburova

!Simon Kain

!Nina Kaina

!Victoria Olgimskaya

!Isidor Burakh

!Eva Yan

!Andrey Stamatin

!Peter Stamatin

!Mark Immortell

!Notkin

!Murky

!Sticky

!Mother Superior[=/=]Taya Tycheek

!Grace

!Aspity

!Lara Ravel

!Yulia Lyuricheva

!Anna Angel

!Stanislav Rubin

!Bad Grief

!Oyun

!The Inquisitor / Aglaya Lilich

!The Commander / Alexander Block

!The Powers That Be

!The Executor and the Tragedian

!The Hunchback

* RightForTheWrongReasons: In truth, Wrong for the Right Reasons. Almost every single assumption he makes about the nature of the plague are correct, such as identifying that it needs a living host to propagate and that[[spoiler:there's an individual carrier spreading the disease. Being both an outsider and an educated man of science meant that the answer -- that the town itself was the sick carrier -- was so far beyond his line of thinking that he never stood a chance at finding a solution.]]

!!Katerina Saburova

!!Simon Kain

!!Artemy Burakh, The Haruspex

!!Clara, The Changeling

!!Georgiy Kain

!!Maria Kaina

!!Victor Kain

!!Khan / Kaspar Kain

!!Vlad Olgimsky / Big Vlad

!!Capella / Victoria Olgimskaya Jr.

!!Vlad the Younger

!!Alexander Saburov

!!Nina Kaina

! Victoria Olgimskaya

!!Isidor Burakh

!!Eva Yan

!!Andrey Stamatin

!!Peter Stamatin

!!Mark Immortell

!!Notkin

!!Murky

!!Sticky

!!Mother Superior[=/=]Taya Tycheek

!!Grace

!!Aspity

!!Lara Ravel

!!Yulia Lyuricheva

!!Anna Angel

!!Stanislav Rubin

!!Bad Grief

!!Oyun

!!The Inquisitor / Aglaya Lilich

!!The Commander / Alexander Block

!!The Powers That Be

!!The Executor and the Tragedian

!!The Hunchback

!!Daniil Dankovsky, The Bachelor

[[folder:Heroes]]

! Daniil Dankovsky, The Bachelor

* ProtagonistJourneyToVillain: Downplayed. [[spoiler:His route can easily be viewed as this - In his default ending, he destroys the town at the whim of the dark and morally ambiguous Kain family in order to preserve the Polyhedron, knowing full well that the Plague sprang from it's construction. The Powers-That-Be note that Daniil's 'doll' usually played the villain in their stories.]]

! Artemy Burakh, The Haruspex

! Clara, The Changeling

! Georgiy Kain

! Maria Kaina

! Victor Kain

! Khan[=/=]Kaspar Kain

! Vlad Olgimsky[=/=]Big Vlad

! Capella[=/=]Victoria Olgimskaya Jr.

! Vlad the Younger

! Alexander Saburov

! Katerina Saburova

! Simon Kain

! Nina Kaina

! Isidor Burakh

! Eva Yan

! Andrey Stamatin

! Peter Stamatin

! Mark Immortell

! Notkin

! Murky

! Sticky

! Mother Superior[=/=]Taya Tycheek

! Grace

! Aspity

! Lara Ravel

! Yulia Lyuricheva

! Anna Angel

! Stanislav Rubin

! Bad Grief

! Oyun

! The Inquisitor[=/=]Aglaya Lilich

! The Commander[=/=]Alexander Block

! The Powers That Be

! The Executor and the Tragedian

! The Hunchback

* [[MagicalNativeAmerican Magical Steppe Dweller]]: Downplayed. While he comes from a steppe tribe, is a shaman, and follows mystic traditional beliefs, he's still more or less integrated with the more modern society of the town and does make use of technology and science as well.

[[folder: Heroes]]

* RightForTheWrongReasons: In truth, Wrong for the Right Reasons. Almost every single assumption he makes about the nature of the plague are correct, such as identifying that it needs a living host to propagate and that[[spoiler: there's an individual carrier spreading the disease. Being both an outsider and an educated man of science meant that the answer -- that the town itself was the sick carrier -- was so far beyond his line of thinking that he never stood a chance at finding a solution.]]
* SabotageToDiscredit: [[spoiler: The Powers-That-Be send him a letter cheerily handing over control of the Sand Plague outbreak to Daniil. Simultaneously, he receives another letter from a colleague at Thanatica, this one informing him that the Powers-That-Be have doubled down their efforts to destroy the lab. It's implied by the opening text scrawl that they may have had knowledge of the approaching second outbreak beforehand, and somehow engineered his arrival there in the first place.]]

* AnimalMotifs: Fittingly for the Steppe native, he's represented by a bull, and he's as imposing and powerful as one. [[spoiler: Further symbolized by the town itself being a literal wounded bull, Artemy serves as the eyes through which we view the Town from an insider's perspective.]]

* LikeFatherLikeSon: His father was a Menkhu who managed to snuff out the First Outbreak, and Artemy is bound by tradition to take on his inheritance and follow in his footsteps. [[spoiler: He's also the one who manages to develop the cure.]]

* DubNameChange: Clara's title is, fittingly, the one with the most ambiguity as to its meaning. In Russian, it translates bluntly as 'Impostor' or 'Pretender'. The original localization interprets it as 'Devotress', possibly due to [[spoiler: her bound being so devoted to her cause that they're willing to die for her miracle]]. The HD remaster finally settles on the more neutral 'Changeling'.

[[folder: The Ruling Families]]

* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Being a military man, he's more worldly than most of the Steppe natives and holds fewer of their superstitions. [[spoiler: Subverted ''hard'' as the plague begins to get worse. His heavy-handed use of authority causes him to imprison innocent people with impunity, and those who didn't die in their cells take up knives and take to the streets.]]

[[folder: The Deceased]]

[[folder: Utopians]]

[[folder: Termites]]

[[folder: Humbles]]

* TheFatalist: Yulia self-identifies as one,[[spoiler: and does some truly foolish things during the plague, which she seems to view mostly as a way to test her personal philosophy]].

* [[spoiler: BigBad: For the Haruspex's scenario. Oyun murdered Isidor when he found out that the doctor was planning on challenging his position as Elder, robbing the town of its' doctor right at the start of the Sand Plague. He then attempts to [[MakeItLookLikeAnAccident kill the Haruspex through a series of trials]], allegedly to prove his worth. His [[StealthPun bullheadedness]] causes the Sand Plague outbreak to turn into a full blown epidemic. In the Haruspex's scenario, he can be fought and killed, making Artemy the new Elder. In the Changeling's scenario, the Changeling instead has him become one of her adherents, laying down his life to become a source of panacea.]]
* InadequateInheritor: After becoming the Elder, he saw no portents of the Earth. [[spoiler: When he learned that the Haruspex might be the true Elder, rather then give up his position, Oyun devised a series of trials to murder him.]]
* WillNotTellALie: ... but that doesn't stop him from telling [[HalfTruth Half-Truths]] to the Haruspex. [[spoiler: His fight with Artemy comes after he is flat out asked if he murdered Isidor, a question he cannot sidestep.]]

[[folder: The Powers That Be and Servants]]

* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: With every protagonist he is always willing to at least hear their arguments. In the final day, he will follow your plan if you have one... [[spoiler: but if there seems to be no other solution to the plague, he ''will'' level the entire town.]]

[[folder: Other Characters]]

* RightForTheWrongReasons: Almost every single assumption he makes about the nature of the plague are correct, such as identifying that it needs a living host to propagate and that[[spoiler: there's an individual carrier spreading the disease. Being both an outsider and an educated man of science meant that the answer -- that the town itself was the sick carrier -- was so far beyond his line of thinking that he never stood a chance at finding a solution.]]
* SabotageToDiscredit: [[spoiler: The Powers-That-Be send him a letter cheerily handing over control of the Sand Plague outbreak to Daniil. Simultaneously, he receives another letter from a colleague at Thanatica, this one informing him that the Power-That-Be have doubled down their efforts to destroy the lab. It's implied by the opening text scrawl that they may have had knowledge of the approaching second outbreak beforehand, and somehow engineered his arrival there in the first place.]]
* SharpDressedMan: His default model wears a well-fitted [[BadassLongcoat black and red longcoat made of snakeskin.]] He can also end at least one conversation by praising their suit and inquiring about their tailor. This can (and likely will) be subverted as the plot progresses, as he increasingly dons shabby but protective clothing to ward of the plague.

* TragicDream: He wants to defeat death itself. His dream leads him to the Town-On-Ghorkon, and then Death then proceeds to show him exactly what he's up against.

* LikeFatherLikeSon: His father was a Menkhu who managed to snuff out the First Outbreak, and Artemy is bound by tradition to take on his inheritance and follow in his footsteps.[[spoiler: He's also the one who manages to develop the cure.]]

* DubNameChange: Clara's title is, fittingly, the one with the most ambiguity as to it's meaning. In Russian, it translates bluntly as 'Impostor' or 'Pretender'. The original localization interprets it as 'Devotress', possibly due to [[spoiler: her bound being so devoted to her cause that they're willing to die for her miracle.]] The HD remaster finally settles on the more neutral 'Changeling'.

* JeanneDArchetype: The messianic individual who simply popped into existence, with healing hands and [[spoiler:a direct line to the Powers-That-Be.]]

* ShadowArchetype: With Aspity, another MysticalWaif whose mysterious origins complicate the story.

* MeaningfulName: "Khan" is the leader of the Dogheads, the biggest gang in town. He also fancies himself as a future General.

* TheGoodOldWays: Of the ruling families, Big Vlad has the biggest connection to the Steppe and the Earth. This also puts him on immediate bad footing with the Bachelor, who he sees as an interfering outsider.

* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Being a military man, he's more worldly than most of the Steppe natives and holds fewer of their superstitions.[[spoiler: Subverted ''hard'' as the plague begins to get worse. His heavy-handed use of authority causes him to imprison innocent people with impunity, and those who didn't die in their cells take up knives and take to the streets.]]

* AbusiveParents: Her father was one, as he forced his wife and daughter to drink twyrewine.

* NatureSpirit: She claims to be a spirit of theEarth sent to uphold the Law. Exactly how true this is in actuality is never made clear.

* TheFatalist: Yulia self-identifies as one,[[spoiler: and does some truly foolish things during the plague, which she seems to view mostly as a way to test her personal philosophy.]]

* LiquidAssets: [[spoiler:Anna was a deformed mute who was taken in by the Ace of Diamonds Caravan. She learned their magics, and when the Caravan was captured by the authorities, Anna hid in the Town; where she used her abilities to steal the hair, voice, and clothes of Willow Mellows.]]

* HeroicBSOD: After deriving the first vaccine from the body of Simon Kain, he turns himself in to the authorities for breaking the town's taboo for non-menkhu on dissecting bodies.
* ToBeLawfulOrBeGood: Allow the plague to spread: or dissect Simon's body and try to find a cure. He chooses to flee with Simon's body, but the guilt of breaking his culture's taboos causes him to fall into a deep depression that Clara is forced to help him out of.

* EvenEvilHasStandards: He's not responsible for the brigands in town, and in fact, Grief kicked them out after they started breaking the traditional taboo into cutting bodies (i.e., stabbing random people) with knives.
* MeaningfulName: His nickname is a contraction of his given name (''Gri''gory ''F''illin) and means "vulture".

* BigBad: For the Haruspex's scenario. Oyun murdered Isidor when he found out that the doctor was planning on challenging his position as Elder, robbing the town of its' doctor right at the start of the Sand Plague. He then attempts to [[MakeItLookLikeAnAccident kill the Haruspex through a series of trials]], allegedly to prove his worth. His bullheadedness causes the Sand Plague outbreak to turn into a full blown epidemic. In the Haruspex's scenario, he can be fought and killed, making Artemy the new Elder. In the Changeling's scenario, the Changeling instead has him become one of her adherents, laying down his life to become a source of panacea.
* InadequateInheritor: After becoming the Elder, he saw no portents of the Earth. When he learned that the Haruspex might be the true Elder, rather then give up his position, Oyun devised a series of trials to murder him.
* WillNotTellALie: ... but that doesn't stop him from telling HalfTruths to the Haruspex. His fight with Artemy comes after he is flat out asked if he murdered Isidor, a question he cannot sidestep.

* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: With every protagonist he is always willing to at least hear their arguments. In the final day, he will follow your plan if you have one... but if there seems to be no other solution to the plague, he ''will'' level the entire town.

* KidsAreCruel: He gives the Haruspex a mission to murder a former member of his gang who stole a box of "shmowders", one of the few ways to cure the plague. It's up to you on how this is handled.

* {{Psychopomp}}: In the main game, Executors appear at the doors of the Bound that are sick, telling you who is in danger of dying. In ''The Marble Nest'', an Executor appears as the avatar of the plague itself, taunting the Bachelor of his failure to save the Stone Yard.