Characters / Pentiment

Describe the characters of Pentiment here.

Main Characters

Andreas Maler

Andreas Maler

^{Act II}

^{Act III}

Andreas Maler is an illuminator from the city of Nuremberg, working on his masterpiece in the town of Tassing.

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• Amateur Sleuth: Becomes a murder investigator - twice - because he's certain the initial suspect is innocent.
• Artsy Beret: Wears a red beret during Act I which can be stolen by Anna Albanyn. In Act II he replaces it with an even fancier leather-trimmed red cap.
• Badass Bookworm: Downplayed with the Rapscallion background, where Andreas is a well-educated artist that can handle himself in a fight. Averted with the actual Bookworm background, where Lenhardt Müller even remarks that you look scrawny and sallow.
• Beard of Sorrow: Grows one in Act II, to reflect his discontentment with life and his grief for the death of his son.
• Bunny-Ears Lawyer: Can be played as an Eccentric Artist, but even without deliberately playing it up, Andreas's vivid lucid dreams and the fact that his inner thoughts are all portrayed by famous theological, literary and historical characters means he's not entirely normal. Despite this, he is still a smart, artistically talented man who is capable of solving the murders in Tassing.
• Card Sharp: With the Rapscallion background, Andreas can cheat at Lansquenet by slipping a winning card to the bottom of the deck while dealing.
• Cunning Linguist: In addition to German is has knowledge of local languages of other countries he's staying in an can even be given fluency of Latin.
  • Can be taken to an extreme — depending on your choices, Andreas can be fluent in German and Latin, and have working knowledge of five other languages.
• Eccentric Mentor: To Caspar in Act II.
• Friend to All Children: Very good with kids in basically all his possible incarnations.
• Good with Numbers: If you pick the Logician background. Among other things, he can determine the location of the secret entrance to the library purely based on the distance between the library and the crypt and, during a card game, he can calculate his odds of winning on the fly based on the cards that have been dealt.
• Go Mad from the Isolation: By Act III, 18 years of living alone in the ruins of the Abbey has knocked a few of his screws loose. He's visibly more timid, struggles to speak with Claus and Magdelene, and experiences vivid hallucinations of those who died in Act I and II. He gets better once he manages to overcome his trauma.
• The Hedonist: The Hedonist background, naturally, whose special options include flirting with nuns and indulging in food and drink.
• His Own Worst Enemy: Continually busies himself in Act II to avoid going home and confronting his grief and depression, which results in his near-death. Afterwards, he becomes so mired in those same feelings that he completely isolates himself for almost two decades, when it's clear the people of Tassing would be happy to help him.
• Important Haircut: When he reappears in Act III, after spending 18 years of self-imposed isolation depressed and full of guilt, his hair and beard have grown long and unkempt. Months later, during the ending, both have been trimmed and cleaned up considerably, representing his return to society and a happier life.
• Insufferable Genius: Choosing the Law background and selecting the relevant dialogue options in most conversations can make him come off this way. Andreas will be quite knowledgeable about legal technicalities, but that doesn't mean anyone else wants to hear about them.
• Lantern Jaw of Justice: Can be played as a very nice person, and has an impressive jawline.
• Legally Dead: Act II ends with the legal documents of Andreas's death, denying a refund due to force majeur to those who paid him for commissions that wouldn't be fulfilled after he is trapped in the burning Abbey.
• Non-Action Guy: Andreas is ultimately an artist and a scholar, not a trained soldier or fighter. Downplayed with the Rapscallion background, which gives him some skill in a fight, but not enough to be too terribly effective in truly dire situations. It mostly serves as a means for Andreas to effectively intimidate others or have an understanding of more criminal elements.
• No Historical Figures Were Harmed: Based off of Albrecht Dürer, a 16th Century artist from the Holy Roman Empire whose journals are a historically important primary source.
• No One Could Survive That!: In the end of Act II he runs into the Abbey to save as many books as he can from the burning building. The last shot is of a painting◊ of the Abbey on fire and a single figure trapped in the flames.
• Plagued by Nightmares: By Act II he is constantly tormented in his sleep by his dead son August, who simply gazes at him silently regardless of what Andreas tries to say to him.
• Renaissance Man: A very literal example — no matter what other traits you pick for Andreas, he is always a skilled illustrator, as well as knowing three languages and a working knowledge of three scholarly fields ranging from law, to theology, to medicine and astronomy.
• Smart People Know Latin: Knows some Latin, but it's absolutely played to the hilt with the Latinist education, which not only gives you a fluent grasp of Latin but allows you to bust out famous Latin quotes.
• Too Upset to Create: Spends Act II in this mindset, despite other characters trying to encourage him out of it.

The Act III Protagonist (unmarked spoilers)

Magdalene Druckeryn

Act II

^{Act III}

The printer's daughter and player character in the third act

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• Adventurer Archaeologist: Research for her mural leads to her to explore ruins in search of lost artifacts.
• Chekhov's Gunman: In the second act she is a minor and seemingly inconsequential character, however she later becomes a co protagonist with Andreas.
• Cunning Linguist: If you select the Polyglot trait, otherwise she is only fluent in German and has some knowledge of Latin and Italian.
• Deadpan Snarker: Her often biting sarcasm is frequently lost on people.
• For Want Of A Nail: The book Andreas picks out to buy as a gift for her as child will determine her main interests and field of knowledge as an adult.
• The Gadfly: Picking Barbs as a background makes her become this, and she demonstrates it with an utterly merciless roast of the three boys who are mocking her.
• Jack of All Trades: Much like Andreas, she has a broad skillset that can include mechanical knowledge, finance, current theological trends and multiple languages.
• Plucky Girl: As a woman in a male dominated field she has the cards stacked against her but this doesn't dissuade her, this can be played straight or subverted based on the dialogue choices.
• Walking Spoiler: It's hard to talk about Magdalene without spoiling that she becomes the main protagonist in Act III.

Kiersau Abbey

Abbot Gernot

Father Gernot of Munich

The priest in charge of the abbey. Gernot is cold and heavily taxes the peasants of Tassing.

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• Fatal Flaw: Two — Greed and Pride. Greed in that he refuses to cut back on his own expenses as the abbey's income falls, including the lavish meals he has the kitchen staff make for him, and goes through increasing lengths to extort the townsfolk to make up for the shortfall. Pride in that he often sees himself as the feudal lord of Tassing more than a monk, and as a result, he pushes the commoners to the breaking point and ultimately contributes to the uprising that ultimately forces the monks out of the abbey.
• Feudal Overlord: As a Prince-Abbot of both Kiersau Abbey and Tassing, Gernot used his authority to heavily tax the town and restrict their privileges for his own benefit.
• Jerkass Has a Point: Him being quick to throw Brother Piero under the bus is understandable — the Archdeacon is going to want blood for the death of Baron Rothvogel, and at the time, Brother Piero really is the best and only suspect.
  • Father Gernot keeping Tassing on a tight leash and going through increasing lengths to generate revenue for the abbey is justified in-story: the abbey's expenses continue to climb as its Roman-era walls and foundations decay; the scriptorium — one of their main sources of income — is lost by Act II; and the populist sentiments spread by the Twelve Articles lead directly to a fire that ravages the library which they had been reduced to selling off to keep afloat.
• It Will Never Catch On:
  • He rebukes Baron Lorenz's suggestion on the validity of Martin Luther's Theses, which didn't help that the Baron just interrupted their dinner. This proved his negative opin as Matthieu—one of the monks at the Abbey and an Archdeacon of Sion—complained about being surrounded by Lutherans and Huegenots in his city.
  • Also entire Act II was partly his own fault as he failed to create contingency plans in case scriptorium was closed due to the proliferation of the printing press.
• Tyrant Takes the Helm: Many see him as a stark change—especially in regards to his imposition of heavy taxes and restrictions upon Tassing's populace—from the more gentle Father Matthias.
• Villainous Glutton: A downplayed example. In chapter 2, most of the people in Tassing Andreas can eat with have only simple food to offer, in many cases worse than what they ate in chapter 1 because of the taxes and restrictions from the Abbey. When the Abbot invites Andreas to a meal to try and get him to side with him over the town, the table is set with delicious, rare and sophisticated food more fit for a noble. One of the brothers who works in the kitchen even notes as early as chapter 1 that Gernot was asking for more lavish meals. All this while the abbey is going through hard times financially, the abbot was unwilling to tighten his own belt and instead raised taxes on the town.

Prior Ferenc

Prior Ferenc of Pécs

The abbey's prior, who is in charge of the scribes of the Scriptorum.

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• Ain't Too Proud to Beg: Begs for God's mercy if Andreas accuses him of the murder.
• Irony: Ferenc, whom Lorenz Rothvogel threatened to turn in to the Inquisition, later become an inquisitor himself. And he can allow Vácslav and Ursula to recant their heretical beliefs, thus sparing them from the pyre.
• Jerkass: Runs the scriptorium like a sweat shop, constantly pushing Andreas and the monks to work harder even to the detriment of their health, and lashing out at the slightest delay or mistake.
• Nun Too Holy: Callous behaviors towards the monks aside, he also dabbles in dark magic, including necromancy.
• Took a Level in Kindness: If he lives to Act II, he apologizes to Andreas for his callous behavior, explaining that the stress of trying to keep up the abbey's finances in the wake of increasingly unreasonable demands and deadlines was what pushed him to be so cruel. He spends the rest of the game treating the monks and Andreas well, and he remarks that stepping down as prior and closing the scriptorium was one of the best things that ever happened to him.
  • In Act III, it's noted that he's become an inquisitor, albeit one who is noted for being kinder than normal for the profession. If he's alive, Ursula Gertneryn (if encouraged to learn the old ways) and Vácslav (If encouraged in his heresy) avoid being burned and are instead shown repenting under his guidance.

Brother Piero

Brother Piero of Verona

An elderly scribe who is both a friend of mentor to Andreas. He is accused of murder and Andreas must prove his innocence.

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• Nice Guy: Doesn't even get mad when Baron Rothvogel, Brother Guy and Prior Ferenc all dogpile on him for being slow with his manuscript. This is part of the reason why Andreas is convinced he didn't murder the Baron.
• Mentor Archetype: Served as both a friend and mentor to Andreas during his time in Kiersau Abbey.
• Token Wholesome: He is the only monk who doesn't have any vices, hidden scandals, or a checkered past.

Brother Mathieu

Brother Mathieu of Neuchâtel

^{Act III}

A brother of the Abbey who is responsible for the care of the Shrine.

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• Blackmail: Potentially both to and from Andreas In Act I if he gets caught in the library.
• Blue Blood: Implied Trope. Unlike many lower class characters who have surnames based on professions, he had the surname of Faucigny-Saux—which had a naming conventions common among nobilities and was able to use it in his title as an Archdeacon.
• Rank Up: He can become the Prior of the Abbey in Act II and the Archdeacon in Act III.
• Reasonable Authority Figure: He was able to provide help or let the issue slide if provided with good reasons (such as telling the Gertner family's financial burdens when asking for early payment on commissions).
• Secretly Gay Activity: Andreas may find him making love to Brother Rüdeger in Act I inside the library of the Abbey.

Brother Rüdeger

Brother Rüdeger of Bad Tölz

Brother Rüdeger is the cantor of the Kiersau Abbey.

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• Beautiful Singing Voice: He had two scenes displaying his excellent singing talent. Andreas can convince him to sing for the clergy hiding in the library to soothe them.
• It Will Never Catch On: If Andreas visited England and discuss it with Brother Rüdeger, he will praise Henry VIII and hope for his continual support of the Catholic Church in Act II, which was set 9 years before he broke off to form his own Church of England.
• Left the Background Music On: The somber song that plays in church, at first seemingly consistent with the original soundtrack, is actually coming from him.
• Rank Up: He would be seen working with Brother Matthieu when he became the Archdeacon in Act III.
• Secretly Gay Activity: Andreas may find him in a tryst with Brother Matthieu in Act I.

Brother Guy

Brother Guy of Dijon

Brother Guy is one of the senior monks of Tassing's abbey, and part of the abbey's scriptorium.

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• French Jerk: He came from Burgundy (part of France), and he is the least friendly monk.
• Hidden Depths: In Act II, he is well-informed about the plight of Jewish people to the point of showing relief for refugees in more tolerant countries, like Poland, and sorrow for those who were expelled from countries with anti-semitic policies, like Spain, England and even his own home country of France, when Andreas is asked about countries he traveled after he became a Master Artist.
• Jerk with a Heart of Gold: His embezzlement scheme is revealed to be done to donate money to help Jews.
• Nun Too Holy:
  • In addition to his caustic behavior, Guy is also embezzling from the abbey in Act II even if said the money was to support expelled Jews across the Holy Roman Empire.
  • Furthermore, he also read the heretical book about Christian Mysticism, which Andreas can gain a new trait by keeping it, in Act I and dabble in Necromancy in Act II.
• Pet the Dog: In spite of his arrogant nature, he showed sympathy for Jews—especially those that have been pushed out by anti-semitic policies even skimming off funds from monastery to support the displaced Jewish families.
• Poke the Poodle: If he was interrogated about his role on Otto's death, his method of dealing with him was performing a (sham) magic ritual to leave him brain dead.
• Professional Butt-Kisser: Sucks up to Prior Ferenc when he lashes out at Brother Piero for being too slow to draw. He is all too happy to work in the scriptorium for attention despite believing it is obsolete.
• Suddenly Ethnicity: It's possible to learn that the reason Brother Guy cares so much about the treatment of Jews across Europe, and why he's embezzling money to aid persecuted Jews in the Holy Roman Empire, is because he himself is descended from a Jewish family that was forced to convert in order to continue living in France.

Brother Aedoc

Brother Aedoc of St. Ives

An elderly Cornish scribe who often bickers with Guy.

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• Grumpy Old Man: Whether it's having to deal with Brother Guy, being yelled at by Prior Ferenc or the general stress of working in the scriptorium, he has no end of things to complain about, and does so freely. This changes in Act II — he's lost his eyesight and use of his hands, but he's happy he gets to rest. Not having to deal with Ferenc or Guy every day might also have something to do with it, he notes.
• Secret-Keeper: Examining a book in the library with the handwriting of the notes the unknown letter-writer has been leaving, then asking him about it, will lead him to warn you away from looking into it any further. His wording is cryptic, but implies he knows what Father Thomas has been doing.

Brother Florian

Brother Florian of Poznań

Brother Florian was a monk of Polish origin, who served as a mercenary before turning to clergy at Tassing.

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• Badass Bookworm: By Act II, he studied newly printed medical books that his dialogue font would change to printing press speech (like Klaus and other printers). Even Andreas can bring up his mercenary past to invoke this trope during the conversation with him.
• Expy: Florian is the Renaissance Polish version of Cadfael, both of whom were former soldiers who retired to monkhood and used their extensive medical knowledge to conduct forensics.
• Eye Patch Of Power: He is seen wearing an eye patch, which would probably be an injury from his military service in Poland.
• Retired Badass: He served as a mercenary in Poland; as a result, he was able to assess wounds on Baron Lorenz along with various unsavory aspects (such as syphilis symptoms that he likely knew from soldiers visiting brothels).
• Shell-Shocked Veteran: He will share his first-hand account of the misery of war in a somber tone if Andreas brought up the subject (more so if it was given in a romanticized tone).

Brother Wojslav

Brother Wojslav of Plzeň

^{Act III}

Brother Wojslav is a Bohemian monk who served as the cellarer for Kiersau Abbey.

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• Big Fun: His portly figure complemented his jovial attitude.
• Happily Married: He was married to Matilda in Act III if she wasn’t executed.
• Nun Too Holy: He had secret romantic affairs with Sister Matilda, who later become his wife in Act III as a result.
• Supreme Chef: He was known to make lavish meals for higher-ranking monks as a cook for the abbey. He even help prepare a Christmas feast for Tassing inside the tavern after he left the Abbey in Act III.

Brother Sebhat

Brother Sebhat of Sadai

Brother Sebhat is an Ethiopian who was stationed in Rome, but currently in the village of Tassing.

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• Friend to All Children: Sebhat was open to sharing stories from the Ethiopian bible with children of Tassing if the player accepted his wish to spend time with Grett's family.
• Token Minority: He is the only non-European (or even non-Catholic due to being part of the Ethiopian Orthodox church) character and even emphasized by his character's art being drawn in Ethiopian Icon art.

Mother Cecilia

Mother Cecilia of Augsburg

Abbess of Kiersau.

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• Benevolent Boss: In contrast to Gerdot, Mother Cecilia had good standing among the sisters due to her concerns for their welfare even sending Matilda to Hermitage for recovery after she was brutally beaten by the Baron and tried to get the nuns away from him whenever he visits the Abbey. Furthermore, she will plead Andreas not to press charges on Matilda.

Sister Illuminata

Sister Illuminata of Perugia

^{Act III}

The librarian of Kiersau.

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• Bookworm: Her most prominent trait is how well-read she is, and how much she cares about books.
• Rank Up: In Act II, she succeeds Mother Cecilia as abbess of Kiersau.

Sister Matilda

Sister Matilda of Kempten

^{Act III}

A nun at Kiersau.

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• Dark and Troubled Past: Lorenz physically assaulted her and left her for dead after she refused his advances. She was put in a hermitage for recovery.
• Defiant to the End: If found guilty of the murder in act 1, her death scene shows her go from denial, then commending her soul to the Lord— and when the executioner starts strangling her, she alone of the four attempts to fight back, striking his stomach a few times to no effect.
• Good is Not Nice: In act1, out of all the sisters she's the only one with the stomach to kill a clutch of baby rabbits in their garden. While horrible to modern sensibilities, they'd have threatened the sister's garden in a time the abbey was in bad financial straits.
• Happily Married: If she was not executed, she and Wojslav would be married after leaving the abbey in Act III.
• Nun Too Holy: She was intimate with Wojslav that Smokey shared about their tryst in the woods if player conversed with him. Their love became the main reason for her to leave the Abbey after Act II.

Sister Gertrude

Sister Gertrude of Hof

The herbalist at Kiersau.

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• Big Fun: She's the fattest character and usually has a very cheerful demeanor.
• Healing Herb: Her area of expertise, she runs the convent garden which grows these.

Sister Sophie

Sister Sophie of Birgitz

A nun at Kiersau.

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• Big Fun: Like Sister Gertrude, Sister Sophie is one of the fattest characters in the game and very kind.

Sister Zdena

Sister Zdena of Tábor

Assistant librarian of Kiersau. She is unhappy being a nun.

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• Law of Inverse Fertility: If Andreas sleeps with her, she becomes pregnant and has to get Sister Gertrude to help her terminate the pregnancy. She notes that if her pregnancy had continued it would have led her to become defrocked and her family to disown her.
• Optional Sexual Encounter: The only person Andreas can choose to be intimate with.
• Nun Too Holy: Frequently flirts with men, including Andreas, and chafes at the responsibilities of being a nun.
• Screw the Rules, I Have Money!: The reason why she wasn’t reprimanded harshly was that her family was a major donor to the abbey.
• Sensual Slavs: She is Bohemian and very flirty.

Tassing Townsfolk

Father Thomas

Father Thomas Sprecher

^{Act III}

The priest of Tassing's church.

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• All for Nothing: He views his past actions as such once Magdalene and Andreas confront him in the climax of Act III, as they had managed to uncover the truth of Tassing's origins despite his best efforts, rendering all the murders he had committed or instigated as pointless. His last act is to collapse the temple with him inside in a final, desperate bid to bury the evidence.
• All Hail the Great God Mickey!: The reason behind his murder schemes was that Saint Moritz and Saint Tessia were actually Mars and Diana, and both of their relics were misinterpreted by early Christian settlers as saints. Had this been found out, it would cause disillusion among Tassing townfolks along with the shrine's patronage.
• Dark and Troubled Past: Father Thomas and Sister Amalie are survivors of a violent mob that was whipped up by a local who had read the Maleus Maleficarum and burned Sister Amalie's convent with all the other sisters inside. It has colored his views such that he very personally understand the dangers of a mob, and believes that some censorship is necessary to preserve the peace given not everyone can handle the ideas in books.
• Good Shepherd: He is committed, above everything else, to the salvation and well-being of every single one of Tassing's townsfolk and peasants. In Act II, he reveals that one of his reasons to not help the peaseants is how he feels guilty for not preventing a Witch Hunt which burned Sister Amelie's convent and fears what a mad mob could do. He is willing to lie, manipulate and murder to that end. Thomas is in fact the Thread-Puller, using the knowledge of the townsfolk gained through their confessions to goad them into murdering those he believes might reveal the true secret history of the town — namely, that the legends of the saints who are the town's central claim to fame are actually Christianized versions of Roman gods, specifically Mars and Diana.
• Horrible Judge of Character: Lampshaded by Magdalene. After orchestrating the death of Baron Rothvogel to keep the Historia Tassiae from being gifted to Gernot, he comments that his fear that Gernot would be like Matthias and want to reveal the truth of Saint Moritz and Saint Tassia was misplaced. Gernot was far more money focused and protecting the abbey to value risking the losing the revenue from pilgrims, making it All for Nothing. Similarly, in Act 2 he didn't think the town or peasants were all that angry with the Gernot and the abbey over the taxes and restrictions (despite the people going sick and hungry). He didn't expect orchestrating the death of Otto would worsen the town's unrest against the abbey, or that Peter was so seethingly angry. Otto's death spurred on said unrest into open rebellion.
• Ironic Name: Named after Saint Thomas the Apostle, the disciple of Christ who doubted that Jesus had ressurected and asked for evidence that he was alive. Father Thomas instead wants to hide the evidence about the truth about the saints of Tassing.
• Moral Guardian: A generally kind version. He teaches the entire town how to read between Acts 1 and 2, and though he doesn't like Claus printing "The 12 Articles" he doesn't forbid it. When talking with Magdalene he reveals he doesn't believe all truths need to be revealed, and believes in preserving untrue stories or lying if it helps preserve the Faith of others. Later it's shown to be a front. He murdered the prior Abbot rather than let him reveal the truth of Tassing, Saint Moritz and Saint Tassia, then orchestrated the deaths of Rothvogel and later Otto for the same reason.
• The Unfought: He doesn't resist Magdalene or Andreas once they confront him in the climax of Act III. He points out that even if he were physically capable of overpowering them both, he's lost the will to continue murdering others to keep the origin of Tassing a secret.
• Walking Spoiler: It's hard to discuss his character without bringing up the revelation that he is the Thread-Puller.

Sister Amalie

Sister Amalie of Völklingen

^{Act III}

A nun kept in solitude within Tassing's Church due to being a mystic anchoress. She suffers from physical aliments due to a spinal disorder.

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• Dark and Troubled Past: She was the only survivor of an abbey that was burned down by the mob who were influenced by books on witchcraft. As she was a scribe, she ran away with a book and bolt of cloth before living in seclusion in the cell.
• Foreshadowing: The game color codes certain characters to make it easy to tell what family they are, Sister Amalie wears mostly white, but with a notable bit of purple under her robes. She is the only character to have purple in their wardrobe at all, and in Act 3's ending we see her in mostly purple robes when she's revealed as the person who wrote the purple notes.
• Hidden Depths: She was rather open to "different" interpretations and theology, when Andreas kept the heretical book about mysticism from the library and embraced its teachings. This foreshadowed her previous role as a scribe at an Abbey before it was burned down by paranoid peasants.
• Never Learned to Read: As she was illiterate, she had to get someone—especially Father Thomas—who needs to write down her vision. Subverted as she was a former scribe and was the one who wrote down notes with an elaborate font for Father Thomas.
• Tragic Keepsake: Act II had a moment where her cell included a tome and a bolt of purple cloth, both of which were taken as she fled from the nunnery as it was burnt down by angry mob influenced by witch hysteria.
• Walking Spoiler: While she initially was shown as a non-important figure who secluded herself and provide divine vision, which was most likely targets that Father Thomas plan to eliminate.

Claus Drucker

Claus Drucker

^{Act III}

The town printer and a friend of Andreas.

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• Determinator: Absolutely determined to properly detail Tassing's history in the Rathaus mural, despite the difficulty of piecing together the town's history and the council's misgivings. It's this that causes the Thread Puller to assault him.
• Dying Declaration of Love: Pretty much the last thing he's able to do is tell Magdalene how much he loves her.
• Family Man: A loving husband and father in Act I. Refuses to join the revolt in Act II because of the risk to his daughter, his last remaining family member.
• Jack of All Trades: Is an able businessman and artist, knows the mechanics behind his printing press and has read nearly every book he has printed.
• Took a Level in Cynic: He is Andreas's best friend in Act I, and tells him he looks forward to his letters when the artist takes he leave. Andreas never actually writes, and when he comes back in Act II he finds Klaus was deeply hurt by this, particularly as he lost his wife and son in the meantime, and finds it difficult to like or trust him anymore.

Ulrich Alban

Ulrich Alban

^{Act II}

One half of the town's bakery.

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• Chubby Mama, Skinny Papa: Ulrich is a thin and somber man whilst Grett is plump and pleasant.
• Nice Guy: Ulrich is one of the most generous and morally upright men in Tassing. In Act II he is extending lines of credit to the peasants to keep them fed to his own fiscal detriment.
• No Good Deed Goes Unpunished: Ulrich is the only townsperson who stands with the peasants when they rise in revolt against Lenhardt. His reward is to get accidentally blown away by Lenhardt as he tries to defend himself.

Grett Albanyn

Grett Albanyn

^{Act III}

The other half of the town's bakery.

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• Chubby Mama, Skinny Papa: Grett had a portly and joyful personality in contrast to Ulrich's dour and slender physique.
• Dating What Mommy Hates: Downplayed. She was not happy with his daughter Anna's marriage to Paul Müller in Act III initially as Lenhardt shot her husband (albeit in accident), but warmed up to them once Paul proved himself to be a kinder person unlike his father. In addition, she also help take care of her grandchildren as well.
• Happily Married: She and Ulrich get along, which she is still traumatized over his death at the end of Act II left her as a widow.

Baltas Isenkopf

Baltas Isenkopf

Act II

^{Act III}

An inventor who settles in Tassing after getting stranded there.

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• Bungling Inventor: He's not stupid or lacking in engineering know-how, but his actual ideas seem to be universally dreadful, something he's all too aware of.
  • This gets subverted to an extent in Act III, where he created a successful business from his engineering endeavors that he was commissioned to design a clock tower for Tassing's Rathaus.
• Hidden Depths: By Act III he's become a talented brewer and entrepreneur who obtained financial support for his inventions.
• It Will Never Catch On: Generally at the receiving end of such comments about his concepts, even one that would be adopted centuries later (mechanical plow as one of many examples).
• Sensitive Guy and Manly Man: The bookish, disheveled inventor's assistant is the colorful, exuberantly Italian Gnaziu.

Lenhardt Müller

Lenhardt Müller

Tassing's miller and a friend of Father Gernot.

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• Beauty Is Bad: Is very good looking, aided by the fine life he has lived on the back of the local peasantry. Undoubtedly helped in his seduction of Hana and many of the other wives around Tassing.
• Chekhov's Gun: His wheellock musket, hanging above the dinner table in his house. Specifically, his lack of marksmanship. He first shows it off while hunting with Andreas and almost kills him by accident. While fending off the lynch mob, Lenhardt tries to use it to kill Peter but misses and kills Ulrich instead. Being a single shot weapon that takes a while to reload he doesn't get the chance for a follow-up.
• Even Evil Has Standards: As cruel as he is, Lenhardt still despises lynch mobs and wants whoever murdered Otto to be handed over to the authorities for the chance at a fair trial. He will defend whoever Andreas accuses of the murder on principle, even if it's Martin Bauer, whom Lenhardt especially hates and tried to encourage Andreas to go after.
• Foreign Culture Fetish: Lenhardt—a Bavarian—has a penchant for Dutch Culture with his house's windows and windmill being based on Dutch design.
• Hate Sink: One of the few characters with essentially no redeeming qualities.
• Man of Wealth and Taste: One of the wealthiest men in the entire town, with the dress sense to match, and he is also incredibly morally bankrupt.
• The Mountains of Illinois: If Andreas spent his Wanderjahr in Low Countries (modern-day Netherlands and Belgium), Lenhardt will comment about "Hills of Leie" that Andreas can either sarcastically accept it or correct him that Leie is a flat river plain.
• Self-Made Man: Claims to be this, but Andreas can point out how his wealth comes from his father, who built the town's original mill.
• Serial Homewrecker: Has slept with most of the wives of both the peasants and townfolk, and in many cases, did so as part of extorting them by offering lower grain prices.
• Smug Snake: Almost always has a smirk on his face and constantly belittles the peasantry, as well as his wife, son, mistress, and everyone who disagrees with him.

Else Mülleryn

Else Mülleryn

^{Act III}

Lenhardt's wife.

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• Doting Grandparent: Her children and grandchildren are her biggest purpose in life. If Andreas did not encourage her independence in Act II, during the ending she will remark that they are her ONLY purpose.
• Impoverished Patrician: Her maiden name is Caveizel, who were influential Romansh (Gallo-Romans from Switzerland) family in Tassing until it was reduced to her as the only surviving direct descendent.
• Proper Lady: Although always a kind and well-rounded person, it's only after Lenhardt dies and she has to take charge of the mill that she's able to express it more publically. In Act III, she's spending time with the local peasant women, enacting fair grain prices, and allowing her children to do as they wish creatively.
• Shrinking Violet: What she is in Act I and II, as a result of the Domestic Abuse she suffers at the hands of Lenhardt.

Paul Müller

Paul Müller

^{Act II}

^{Act III}

Son of Lenhardt and Else

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• Happily Married: He became a loving husband to Anna and had two children—Ulrike and Andreas
• Like Father, Unlike Son: Paul was shown to be interested in art, which his father—Lenhardt—despised to the point of discouraging his son from pursuing it. In further contrast to his father, Paul negotiated favorable milling fees for the farmers and provided funds for rebuilding the town's livelihood in Act III.

Endris Schmidt

Endris Schmidt

^{Act III}

The town blacksmith.

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• Babies Ever After: If you did convince him to proposition Resi, in the ending splash you will see that they started a *very* large family together.
• Grew a Spine: There's this girl in the nearby market town, but he's too shy... who would want to come live in a remote mountain village with an ageing blacksmith anyway? If Andreas encourages him to go for it, he succeeds in wooing Resi and lives happily ever after.
• Satellite Character: Although present throughout the game regardless of what happens, Endris stays separate entirely from events.
• The Stoic: To a fault. He's poor at communicating his true feelings, and prefers to keep himself to himself.

Werner Stolz

Doctor Werner Stolz

^{Act II}

^{Act III}

The town doctor.

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• The Alcoholic: Is hitting the bottle so hard by Act III that he can be found passed out outside Endris's.
• Born in the Wrong Century: He is a proponent of Pliny's Natural History as a credible source of medical knowledge...in a time when it was being widely being debunked and replaced by more credible literature.
• I Coulda Been a Contender!: By Act III he's deeply disillusioned with life in Tassing and convinced he could have been more than a small town doctor.
• Dr. Jerk: An arrogant, drunken asshole who hates everyone in town, and also happens to be its only qualified physician.
• Spot the Thread: If Andreas doesn't embarrass him in front of the visiting doctors in Act II, then he will share a secret about Martin Bauer. Werner once treated Martin for a bad injury he suffered as a child, and the treatment left a permanent scar. That scar is no longer there after Martin's return, hinting that Martin is not who he claims to be.
• Took a Level in Kindness: If Andreas is kind to him in Act II, then he will soften significantly in time for Act III, avoiding becoming a drunkard and accepting his position in Tassing with much more grace. He is kinder to Magdalene as a result.
  • Similarly, he is willing to sponsor Brigita's son Krafft in university to become a doctor. Should Magdalene manage to convince him to take up the offer.
• Vitriolic Best Buds: Particularly and vocally doesn't like Baltas. But for some reason they always seem to be around one another, sharing meals, and always sit at the same table at the inn. This is not the case if Andreas is kind to him in Act 2 and he doesn't become a drunkard. Their friendship becomes far more uncomplicated.

Otto Zimmerman

Otto Zimmerman

^{Act II}

The town lumberjack and a friend of Andreas.

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• He Knows Too Much: The Thread-Puller targeted Otto for discovering evidence that the statue of St. Moritz is actually a statue of Mars. "Martin" and Brother Guy's motives for killing Otto was that he discovered the former's identity theft and the latter's embezzlement.
• Never Learned to Read: Many of the other townspeople have at least a basic level of literacy, but Otto never found the time. This becomes a plot point: Otto found the head of the statue of Mars, but being unable to read the name written on it continued to assume it was Saint Moritz and that his discovery of it was a sign God favored his cause. The Thread-Puller orchestrates his death before he can show the statue head to anyone who can read.
• Rebellious Spirit: Exhibits this early on, when he openly talks about his disdain for how the abbey treats the villagers. Andreas can even earn his respect by asking him to dig up a grave in the abbey without Father Gernot's permission.
• Rebel Leader: Becomes the main voice of discontent against Father Gernot and Kiersau Abbey in Act II.

Linhart "Lucky" Steinauer

Linhart Steinauer

Husband of Agnes Steinaueryn, father of Brigita Baueryn, and Tassing's stone mason.

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• Book Dumb: One evidence against his involvement in the Baron's death is his inability to decipher the note left by the Thread-Puller, at least according to his account.
• Face Death with Dignity: In contrast to Ferenc, he simply accepted his fate in calm manner when he was executed.
• Ignored Expert: As Lucky is a stone mason, he keeps talking to Father Thomas about the instability of the Church's foundation but either rejected or insisted on making surface-level repairs. This relates to the fact that Father Thomas not wanting Lucky to discover the secret underneath the Church.
• Made of Iron: His nickname, "Lucky", came from a stone falling on top of him and brushing it off thanks to his immense strength. He is also strong enough to carry heavy rocks and smash a fish to death on a rock with his bare hands.
• Papa Wolf: He deeply cares for his daughter Brigita. He also has a motive against Lorenz because his fling with his eldest daughter, Beates, led to her dying from an attempt to terminate her pregnancy after she was abandoned.

Johanna "Hanna" Bergeryn and Nikolas "Niko" Berger

Johanna Bergeryn and Nikolas Berger

^{Act III}

A married couple and co-proprietors of Tassing's inn.

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• A Deadly Affair: Hanna is cheating with Lenhardt and they egg on each other's dislike of Otto, whose death they both have vested interests in. It's plausible that this led to her actually killing him.
• Henpecked Husband: Niko is this to the extreme.

Tassing Peasants

"Ill" Peter Gertner

Peter Gertner

^{Act II}

^{Act III}

The oldest man in Tassing and father of Peter Gertner.

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• Born in the Wrong Century: He held on to elements of Alpine Paganism—especially Perchta and pre-Roman practices—put him at odds with the pious villagers and the clergy during the Renaissance era.
• Fiery Redhead: In Act I his graying hair is still quite red, and he's very opinionated and cantankerous.
• Good Old Ways: Unfortunately, his ways happened to be Alpine pagan culture that didn't help with Abbey and Tassing's more pious citizens.
• Grumpy Old Man: Is constantly complaining about the abbey, his neighbors, his family, Andreas, and, significantly, the younger generation's disrespect for the Good Old Ways of Tassing's past.
• Incurable Cough of Death: His nickname comes from how he is constantly coughing. Amazingly, he lives through all 25 years the game covers and seems no more ill than he was at the start.
• Ironic Nickname: Despite his cough, the guy might be the healthiest person in the village. Old to begin with, he sees out the entire 25 years of the game's length, outliving many, many younger people in the process.
• Long-Lived: Even before the start of Act I, he is one of the oldest men in town, visibly wizened, nowhere near as strapping as other older men like Lucky or "Old" Otto Zimmermann, though not quite as white-haired as the elderly brothers Aedoc and Piero at the abbey. By Act III, he's positively ancient and has outlived them all, as well as his son.
• Scatterbrained Senior: His family occasionally mentions he's not as sharp as he once was. He's frequently distracted, irritable, and noticeably hard of hearing. He's still holding it together 25 years later in Act III.

Peter Gertner

Peter Gertner

^{Act II}

Head of the Gertner farm, husband of Clara, father of Big Jorg, Eva, and Ursula.

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• Berserk Button: He became furious when Lenhardt called out his temper and his late wife Christine, whom he had an affair before her death.
• Despair Event Horizon: He crosses it at the end of Act II: Otto's dead, Ulrich's dead, he just killed Lenhardt and whoever Andreas designated as Otto's murderer, soldiers are marching on the town and everyone's telling him that things are going to get back to how they used to be, something that he doesn't want. So he sets fire to the abbey, probably as a last ditch effort to have something change.
• Fiery Redhead: Inherited both his hot temper and his red hair from his father.
• Pride: Clara has to go behind his back to ask Andreas for early rent, knowing he wouldn't accept the financial help.
• Rabble Rouser: Whips the villagers of Tassing into a frenzy after Otto's murder.
• Madness Mantra: In despair he repeats his belief that nothing will change and everything will go back to the way it was, leading him to starting the fire that burns down the Abbey in the end of Act II.
• Spanner in the Works: His anger and rash actions lead to a peasant revolt against the abbey which ends up being brutally put down by the duke's soldiers — one of the exact outcomes the Thread-Puller was trying to avoid by arranging Otto's death.

Clara Gertneryn

Clara Gertneryn

^{Act III}

Second wife of Peter, mother of Ursula, stepmother of Big Jorg and Eva. She rents the upper floor of her house to Andreas.

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• Empty Nest: While she's not lonely, since the entire family still lives in one house due to medieval living conditions, with the death of Peter in Act 2, and her children growing up, she starts feeling unneeded by Act 3.
• Second Love: She married Peter after his previous wife, Christine, passed away.

"Big Jorg" Gertner

Jorg Gertner

^{Act II}

^{Act III}

Son of Peter and his late first wife, Christine.

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• Gentle Giant: One of the largest members of the cast, and far more level-headed and friendly than his father and grandfather.
• Happily Married: He got married to Veronica in Act II and had twins—Apollo and Artemis—in Act III.
• Large and in Charge: Jorg is the biggest person in Tassing and winds up as the spokesperson of the town council.
• Promoted to Parent: Downplayed, but Eva's profile mentions that she was raised by both Peter and Jorg, and he even helped his mother when she was still alive. His experience with Eva was apparently a godsend for Clara when Ursula was an infant.
• Strong Family Resemblance: His son, Apollo, looked like him—even starting to match him in strength in Act III—except for a beard.

Ursula Gertneryn

Ursula Gertneryn

^{Act II}

^{Act III}

The daughter of Peter and Clara.

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• Cheerful Child: A playful and friendly toddler in Act I.
• Burn the Witch!: The Rathaus in the epilogue depicts a family tree. if Ursula was encouraged to learn Tassing's pagan history, and if Ferenc was executed, she is shown burning on a pyre.
• Incurable Cough of Death: Averted. She has a bad cough in Act II, which given the general mortality rate of poor peasants in the 16th century comes across as a death sentence. But she gets to Act III just fine.
• Happily Married: She married Fabian and had a child, Walpurga.
• She Is All Grown Up: Ursula is a major point of the game in relation to this trope, even developer's previews showing her appearances across all 3 Acts.
• Took a Level in Cynic: In Act III, she became more bitter and caustic as a result of her miserable life along with losing her father during the revolt in Act II.

Johannes "Johan" Bauer

Johannes Bauer

Husband of Hedwig "Heddy" Baueryn, brother of Frantz and father of Hans and Veronica.

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• A Family Affair: Is sleeping with Kat, his dead brother's wife in Act II.
• Green-Eyed Monster: Is delighted if Ottilia loses her land, as he gets to share with his brother. When Martin takes over from Frantz and suggests parceling some of it out instead, Johan tells Andreas he has suspicions about his nephew, knowing full well Andreas' investigations could get Martin killed.
• Pants-Pulling Prank: Lost two teeth after pulling one of these on Lucky.

Veronica Baueryn

Veronica Baueryn

^{Act III}

Daughter of Johannes "Johan" Bauer and Hedwig "Heddy" Baueryn, and sister to Johannes "Hans" Bauer.

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• Happily Married: She and Big Jorg got married in Act II and have grown-up twins in Act III. Partially subverted in that she isn't in love with him, but they have nevertheless had good lives together.
• No Nudity Taboo: Isn't bothered by Andreas seeing her and Brigita skinny-dipping, as long as he doesn't hit on them.
• Red Oni, Blue Oni: The red to Brigita's blue, despite their color schemes.
• Secretly Gay Activity: Her relationship with Brigita seems to be deeper than being best friends, especially when they spend time swimming together at midnight from conversations in Act II. However, it was a bit of an open secret in Tassing that they spent an "inordinate" amount of time with each other, and Big Jorg never seems to mind.

Hans Bauer

Hans Bauer

Son of Johannes "Johan" Bauer and Hedwig "Heddy" Baueryn, and brother to Veronica Baueryn.

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• Annoying Younger Sibling: Always goes along with whatever his father says, much to Veronica's chagrin.
• Adoptive Name Change: Sepp Hübner's son, Simon, takes Hans' surname when adopted by him.
• The Ditz: Doesn't show much independent thought in the first two acts, but is amiable and hardworking. By Act III he is aware that he has this reputation.

Martin Bauer

Martin Bauer

^{Act II}

^{Act III}

Son of Frantz Bauer, Martin Bauer is considered a burden and a delinquent by most of Tassing, including his own family.

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• Absurdly Youthful Father: He and his wife Brigita were in their teens when they wed, and have a child.
• Based on a True Story: Essentially Martin Guerre, the subject of a real 16th century impersonation case.
• Hidden Depths: If Andreas treated him nicely earlier, he will greet him nicely during Act I. During Act II, you can actually talk with him, and he will express regret for his earlier behavior. Subverted in the latter case; the real Martin Bauer is dead, and his friend/partner in crime Jobst took his place.
• The Highwayman: During the timeskip between Act I and II, he was one of these until he made the mistake of targeting a bank carriage with heavy security.
• Lower-Class Lout: Acts very rude towards everyone in town, intentionally tries to get out of helping his family, and even ends up stealing gold, jewels and a rare book from Baron Rothvogel. He appears to have grown out of this behavior in Act II, until it is revealed that this isn't actually Martin, with his partner Jobst having stolen his identity after the real Martin was killed in a botched robbery six years prior.

Brigita Baueryn

Brigita Baueryn

^{Act III}

Daughter of "Lucky" Steinauer and Agnes Steinaueryn, she is married to Martin Bauer.

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• Absurdly Youthful Mother: She was in her teens when she married to Martin.
• Secretly Gay Activity: She and Veronica were known to swim together around the evening in Act I and later midnight in Act II with implications of their time together being more deeper than being friends. However, Martin in Act II allows her to "spend time" with her it is an open secret among Tassing residents.
• Secret-Keeper: She knew Martin's true identity.

Ottilia "Widow" Kemperyn

Ottilia Kemperyn

The widow of Ranning Kemper, who lives in a dilapidated cottage next to the Bauer family farm.

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• Born in the Wrong Century: Her pagan practices and belief in Perchta would have been acceptable if it weren't for the fact that she lived in heavily Christian Renaissance Bavaria.
• Dark and Troubled Past: Her husband was brutally beaten by Lorenz to the point of dying from mortal wounds, but his connections to judicial circle meant that he could get away with such crimes.
• Good Old Ways: Like Ill-Peter, she held Pagan beliefs dating back even before the Romans and often clashed with Kiersau Abbey as a result.
• The Scapegoat: Of all the suspects, Ottilia has the least means to kill the Baron, as she struggles with physical tasks and has no excuse to be at the abbey without raising suspicion. However, she is disliked by most of the townsfolk, holds no position of responsibility, and is already near the end of her life, making her convenient to point the finger at. If she is executed, her "ghost" accuses Andreas of making her one of these.

Outsiders

Lorenz Rothvogel

Baron Lorenz Rothvogel

Lorenz is a baron, who provided a large part of Abbey's income due to being a regular patron on their scriptorium.

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• Affably Evil: No matter what dialogue choices you pick, he's at least initially nice to Andreas and seems to see him as a kindred spirit. You can either push against this or choose to lean into it and try to curry more of his favor. However, after he's killed, you find out about lots of horrible things he did, including cruelly beating and sexually assaulting anyone he felt like.
• Aristocrats Are Evil: Baron Rothvogel was a powerful man of noble blood, and he used his privilege to abuse the people of Tassing with impunity. Reactions to his proclivities and demise often serve as a lens into the peasants' dim view of the aristocracy in general.
• Asshole Victim: He's ultimately revealed to have been a serial adulterer and rapist, and had a history of committing violent acts against anyone who angered him. Andreas can get a sizable list of suspects for his murder in a matter of days simply because so many people despised him. Even his wife, though in mourning for him, emphasizes that she loved him as her wifely duties dictated and has few kind things to say about him as a person.
• Blackmail: Was blackmailing Prior Ferenc with exposure to the Inquisition if he didn't try an occult ritual to cure him of a STD.
• Blue Blood: A baron in Holy Roman Empire, who is also a friend to Prince Bishop.
• The Casanova: Is very infamous around Tassing and Kiersau Abbey for being a womanizer. This takes a very dark turn when you find out that he attempted to rape, and subsequently beat, Sister Mathilda when she rejected his advances. In another instance, this led to the death of Lucky's first daughter, who died from an attempt to terminate her own pregnancy as a result of their tryst.
• He Knows Too Much: Since he had the book about Tassing's history, he would most likely know that Saint Moritz and Saint Tessia were Christianized versions of Mars and Diana by the inhabitants who were ignorant of the Roman ruins. As he was enamored with Martin Luther's ninety-five theses, he would most likely reveal the truth to spite the abbey. Hence why one of the possible suspects was manipulated to kill him.
• Hypocrite: Was blackmailing Prior Ferenc with revealing his occult studies to the inquisition— unless he used same knowledge in a ritual to try and cure him of a STD.
• Screw the Rules, I Have Connections!: His ties with the Prince Bishop likely allow him to remain obnoxious in the abbey, even attempting to discuss Martin Luther's Theses during the dinner at an abbey. His death causing panic among the abbey as Prince Bishop would come there to seek out justice.
• Odd Friendship: Andreas can bond with him over their mutual love for art and books.
• Wicked Cultured: He's a very cruel man with several intellectual interests.
• Would Hit a Girl: Beat Sister Mathilda so mercilessly that she had to be sent to a hermitage for her own safety.

Jacob Estler

Archdeacon Jacob Estler of Friesing

^{Act III}

The archdeacon of Friesing. He is sent to adjudicate in the matter of Lorenz's death.

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• Irony: Despite being a powerful Archdeacon with judicial power and a stern personality, he converted to Lutheranism and enjoyed his new life in Act III.
• Judge, Jury, and Executioner: Certainly the judge and jury part. He weighs up the testimony he gets from Andreas and issues a death sentence based on it to someone.
• Scary Shiny Glasses: Has this going on in the court he calls.
• Reasonable Authority Figure: He's about as fair as it's possible to be in his situation. Somebody has to die for the crime of killing someone as rich and influential as the baron, and he can only act on the evidence he's shown. He responds cordially to the letter Magdalene sends him in Act III.

Vácslav

Vácslav

^{Act III}

Roma tinker and friend of Smokey.

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• The Heretic: Specifically, a Gnostic, the kind of heretic who would be burned at the stake by Catholics and Protestants.
• Magical Romani: He's very interested in the occult and magic.
• Roguish Romani: Not a thief himself but does want you to steal occult and heretical books from the abbey library.

Caspar Ziegler

Caspar Ziegler of Salzburg

Andreas's apprentice during Act II, a young boy from Salzburg.

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• Anger Born of Worry: When he stays out late for the festival Andreas can react this way.
• Broken Pedestal: If Andreas treated him harshly and told pessimistic expectations as an artist, Caspar would show a sense of disillusionment to Andreas before leaving.
• Heroic Sacrifice: Saves Andreas from the abbey fire and perishes there instead.
• Kid Sidekick: He follows Andreas around for almost the entirety of Act II, assisting Andreas with his various quests.
• Like a Son to Me: Andreas can say this about him.
• Only in It for the Money: Played with. Andreas can ask Caspar to leave him at the end of Act II. If Andreas lost his money gambling then the check is more likely to succeed.
• Replacement Goldfish: If Andreas treats him like a son, it can be easily interpreted as him treating him as a replacement for August, the son he lost to the plague during the Time Skip.
• Undying Loyalty: To Andreas, if treated with kindness and respect. He will return to save Andreas, and try to save his books, but never comes out again.

Benjamin and Rachel Sommerfeld

Benjamin Sommerfeld and Rachel Sommerfeld

Jewish printer from Prague.

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• All Jews Are Ashkenazi: Zig-Zagged Trope. Sommerfeld family is making Yiddish typesets (a dialect associated with Ashkenazi) due to Hebrew typesets being commonly available for Jewish printers at the time. This also justified that their hometown is Prague where its Jewish demographics are Ashkenazim who adopted Yiddish as their second language.
• Happily Married: Both Benjamin and Rachel are a loving couple.
• Imperiled in Pregnancy: As Rachel was pregnant in Act II during the German Peasant Wars, she had to stay with Claus in Tassing.
• Jewish and Nerdy: The Sommerfelds—Benjamin, Rachel, and grown-up Esther in Act III—are printers who are well-read and skilled craftsmen. In fact, they were returning from their work with Johann Froben to create Hebrew-type sets and experimenting with Yiddish typesets before ending up in Tassing due to peasant revolts across Holy Roman Empire.
• Yiddish as a Second Language: Justified as Sommerfelds were of Ashkenazi descent and developing Yiddish typesets to distribute published sets to their demographics.

Jobst (Spoilers)

Martin's partner in crime during his brief stint as a highwayman after fleeing Tassing during Act I. After several weeks of success, their luck finally ran out when one of their marks turned out to be a heavily guarded bank shipment. Jobst was killed and Martin barely escaped with his life, with the incident motivating Martin in to returning to Tassing and straightening himself out.

In reality, Martin was the one that was killed during the robbery. Jobst, having a striking resemblance to Martin, took his identity and returned to Tassing to live an honest life.

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• Bitch in Sheep's Clothing: One interpretation of his character. While he is kind on the surface, he is ultimately wanted for murdering another man in a drunken brawl. Act II reveals he is still quick to anger while drunk, and should he live to Act III, his behavior has worsened and his reputation in town has suffered due to his violent temper.
• Good Parents: Despite his violent temper, he is supportive of his son.
• Preferable Impersonator: Brigita knows his true identity, but has done nothing about it because Jobst is a far more caring and responsible husband than Martin ever was. That, and he keeps her relationship with Veronica a secret.
• Took a Level in Jerkass: Becomes a far more unpleasant man should he survive to Act III, his drunkenness having worsened and his resentments mounted as the town's opinions of him have soured.