Bloodborne category

Characters

23 entries tagged Characters, 23 of them long reads. The rest of the wiki points here most often at Gehrman, the First Hunter: the Old Man Bound to the Hunter's Dream and Laurence, the First Vicar: Founder of the Healing Church and the First Cleric Beast.

Alfred, Hunter of Vilebloods: Logarius's Protégé and the Fall of AnnaliseAlfred is the friendly Executioner the hunter meets praying in the Cathedral Ward. He is cheerful, helpful and devoted to his dead master, Martyr Logarius, right up to the moment he beats a queen into pulp. Here is his story as the game tells it.
Every Bloodborne Boss and Its Lore, ExplainedEvery boss in Bloodborne, The Old Hunters and the Chalice Dungeons, with who or what each one was and why the hunter has to fight it. Each entry keeps what the game states apart from what players infer.
Eileen the Crow: Bloodborne's Hunter of HuntersEileen the Crow is the old, beak-masked hunter who kills hunters gone mad with blood. She warns you, fights beside you, and if things go right passes her badge on to you. Here is her story, what her gear says, and what the game leaves open.
Father Gascoigne: the Hunter, Viola and the Tiny Music BoxFather Gascoigne is the first required boss in Bloodborne, a hunter lost to the blood who turns into a beast mid-fight. His wife Viola, his daughter and a tiny music box tell a family story that ends badly whatever you do. Here is the whole of it, with the game's own words.
Gehrman, the First Hunter: the Old Man Bound to the Hunter's DreamGehrman is the old man in the wheelchair who greets you in the Hunter's Dream, and the first hunter of Yharnam. He built the first workshop, trained the first hunters, and at the end of the night offers to free you, or fights you. Here is what the game states and where the theories start.
Is Gehrman Evil?Nothing in Bloodborne shows Gehrman as evil. He is a worn-out old hunter trapped in the Hunter's Dream who offers the player a merciful way out. But the game also hints at a "curious mania", a bargain with the Moon Presence and a past he may want to forget. Here is the evidence on both sides.
Is Gehrman the First Hunter?Yes. Bloodborne calls him "Gehrman, the First Hunter", and his weapon and clothes are described as the models every later hunter's gear grew from. There's one wrinkle: Ludwig is called the first hunter of the Healing Church. Here's what the game says.
Lady Maria of the Astral Clocktower: Gehrman's Student and the Nightmare's GuardianLady Maria is the hunter waiting in the Astral Clocktower in The Old Hunters. She was one of Gehrman's first students, a distant relative of the Cainhurst queen, and the keeper of the Nightmare's real secret. Here is what the game states about her, and what players infer.
Laurence, the First Vicar: Founder of the Healing Church and the First Cleric BeastLaurence was a scholar of Byrgenwerth who left his master, founded the Healing Church and became its first vicar. He also became the first cleric beast. In The Old Hunters he burns in the Nightmare, looking for a skull that can never give him back his memories.
Ludwig, the Holy Blade: the First Hunter of the Healing ChurchLudwig was the first Church hunter, the man who started the Healing Church workshop and the hero Yharnam's Holy Blades descend from. In The Old Hunters he is Ludwig the Accursed, a horse-like beast in a pit of corpses, until he finds his sword again. Here is what the game states.
Martyr Logarius: Leader of the Executioners and Guardian of CainhurstMartyr Logarius led the Healing Church's Executioners in the slaughter of Cainhurst's Vilebloods, then stayed on the castle roof wearing the Crown of Illusions to hide its secret. Here is what his gear, his protégé Alfred and his crown say about him.
Master Willem: the Provost of Byrgenwerth Who Feared the Old BloodMaster Willem is the blindfolded old scholar in a rocking chair at Byrgenwerth. He led the college that found the old blood, warned against it, and went looking for eyes instead. Here is what the game states about him and what players infer.
Micolash, Host of the Nightmare: the Mensis Scholar Who Begs for EyesMicolash is the cage-headed scholar who runs from you through the Nightmare of Mensis, praying to Kos and shouting for eyes. He's the School of Mensis made flesh. Here is what he says, what his gear tells you, and what players think it all means.
Queen Annalise: the Undying Queen of the VilebloodsAnnalise is the masked queen of Cainhurst, ruler of the Vilebloods and sworn enemy of the Healing Church. She cannot die, she wants an heir, and she will make you a Vileblood if you kneel. Here is what the game says about her and what players infer.
Simon the Harrowed: the Blindfolded Hunter Who Exposed the NightmareSimon is the blindfolded Church hunter who guides the player through The Old Hunters. He wants the Hunter's Nightmare and its secrets dragged into the open, and he pays for it. Here is what he says, what his gear reveals, and how he dies.
The Doll: Who Is the Doll in Bloodborne?The Doll is the living doll in the Hunter's Dream who turns Blood Echoes into strength. She's polite, gentle and unsure whether her own love is real. Here is everything the game says about her, plus the popular reading that she was made in Lady Maria's image.
Vicar Amelia: the Healing Church Vicar Who Became a BeastVicar Amelia heads the Healing Church on the night of the hunt. The hunter finds her praying in the Grand Cathedral before a beast's skull, and she turns into a beast herself. Her pendant holds the words that open the way to Byrgenwerth.
What Happened to the Doll in Bloodborne?Bloodborne never tells the Doll's backstory outright. She is a doll made by human hands that came to life in the Hunter's Dream, most likely built by Gehrman in Lady Maria's image, and she remembers nothing of where she came from. Here is what the game shows, what it only hints, and what becomes of her in each ending.
Why Did Gehrman Make a Deal With the Moon Presence?Bloodborne never shows Gehrman making a deal, and never gives him a reason. The pact is a fan reading built from his sleep talk, an umbilical cord and one note. Here's what the game actually states, and the three main explanations players give for why he did it.
Why Did Gehrman Make the Doll?Bloodborne never says Gehrman made the Doll, or why. The leading reading is that he built her in the image of his student Lady Maria, out of a love the game calls a mania. Here is what the game states, and where the reading takes over.
Why Did Lady Maria Kill Herself?Bloodborne never says Lady Maria killed herself. It shows her slumped in a chair over a pool of her own blood, and the usual reading is guilt over the Fishing Hamlet. Here is what the game shows, what it says, and what players infer.
Why Is Gehrman in the Hunter's Dream?Gehrman is in the Hunter's Dream because he is bound to it. The Doll says staying there is his purpose, and he begs in his sleep to be unshackled. The game ties the Dream to the Moon Presence but never spells out his deal. Here is what it says and what players infer.
Why Is Gehrman Waiting for Laurence?Bloodborne never says. Gehrman asks Laurence "what's taking you so long" in his sleep, and later begs him to unshackle him from the dream, but the game never explains what Laurence was meant to do. It does show why he never comes: Laurence became a beast.