Plot

The following synopsis covers each route of the three paths in Pathologic Classic. This is not a spoiler free walkthrough! This only covers the relevant plot details and should not serve as a walkthrough. With information taken from the official Pathologic Classic guide created by Halfgild Wynac, this may serve as an overview of the story's events.

Summary
The events of Pathologic take place over the course of twelve days in the remote Town-on-Gorkhon on the Steppe. When an outbreak of a unique strain of Plague grips the town, three healers—a Bachelor of medicine, a Haruspex surgeon, and a blessed Changeling—must race to discover the cause of the Plague and destroy it.

The Bachelor's Path
Daniil Dankovsky, a Bachelor of Medicine, was brought here by circumstances most unfortunate. Dankovsky's lifework, his theory challenging the existing notions of human mortality, is being harshly persecuted by the Powers That Be. Suddenly a letter arrives from a colleague, suggesting that there is previously undiscovered evidence which may support Dankovsky's claims. There is a settlement, the letter says, ruled by an extraordinary man who may well be seen as objective proof of Dankovsky's daring hypothesis. Grasping at straws of hope, Dankovsky decides to follow what he believes to be a sign of divine providence. Without further ado, he sets off for the settlement.

Day 1
Daniil Dankovsky wakes in the Stillwater, Eva Yan home. He heads downstairs and aqcuaintances himself with the owner of the house, to which she notes she heard something outside her window, which appears to be two squatters in her yard. Daniil will head to speak with Simon Kain, and heads to the Crucible, the house of the Kains.

However, when Daniil arrives, he discovers that Simon has been murdered by an "inhuman force". His twin brother, Georgiy Kain, speaks with him on what happened the night before, as does Victor Kain, the youngest of the brothers. Daniil learns that shortly before his death Simon was visited by Isidor Burakh; a healer who was respected throughout town, and the man that invited Daniil to the town.

Daniil marches across town to visit Isidor, but sees volunteer patrolmen standing outside of his house. It seems that Isidor, too, is dead, having been murdered the night before. Though none may inspect his body, it is suspected that Isidor's own son, Artemy Burakh, killed him. Saburov speaks with Daniil about how Isidor came to speak with him before his murder, suspecting that he wanted to talk about his eventual succession to leading the Kin. Therefore, he highly suspects Artemy to be responsible. After speaking with Dankovsky for some time, Saburov sends him to speak with a mathematician named Yulia Lyuricheva who may know more. Once Daniil meets with her, she tells him that Isidor has visited Simon late at night as well, and has returned to the town before dark. It is likely that he spoke with Vlad Olgimsky Sr, the industrial leader of town who worked with Isidor at times.

Daniil visits his abode, called the Lump. But it seems that he doesn’t want to talk about Isidor. Instead, he spends his time cursing about his son, who has been sympathizing with the indigenous Steppe people of town. After leaving the older Olgimsky, Daniil is brought to his son's house by a Worm, a brick building with covered windows. He speaks with Vlad the Younger, who tells about how Isidor came to their house to speak about a possible sickness that was starting. His father allegedly didn't believe him, but Vlad the Younger had the Termitary - the large housing block of workers - locked by his father to prevent any risk of infection, despite a current riot going on.

It becomes evident to Dankovsky that Simon died of the same illness that killed Isidor. He is told about how Stanislav Rubin, the protege of Isidor, wants to examine the body – who Daniil knows he must warn. He seeks out Rubin at the house of the Kains, where they speak about their next step with great urgency. They discuss the possibility of the Sand Plague returning, which was a deadly pandemic that swept through the town five years ago.

Day 2


As Daniil returns to Eva's house to rest, she speaks to him about her fears regarding the possible Sand Plague's return. She begs him to arrange for their escape, and asks him to speak with Andrey Stamatin, who may be able to get them on the shipping train leaving town. Before he begins this plan, if for their sakes, he receives a letter from Alexander Saburov, requesting he find proof regarding the epidemic so he can properly take action for the Town. Daniil searches for how he can prove this, and begins an investigation.

He speaks with Anna Angel, who tells him of "silent houses" that the children are playing in. Capella, the young Olgimsky daughter, has more information regarding it. Capella speaks about how some children told her about the houses when they were playing. Though she doesn't know where they are, she introduces Dankovsky to Sticky, who tells him about the local houses, one being Isidor Burakh's. Cautiously, Dankovsky enters the building, and realizes several infected individuals are currently squatting in the house. He flees with a key that he provides to Saburov, using it as his conclusive proof that there is an infectious pandemic on the horizon. He requests Dankovsky tell the other rulers of this proof to begin pooling resources.

In his journey to tell the leaders, he finds himself assisting Lara Ravel in establishing a 'House of the Living', where people may find refuge in her Shelter. However, as he is collecting resources for her, he finds himself baffled by the skyrocketing prices in grocery stores with the rumour of a growing plague. As he scrapes together the food Lara requested, he goes to deliver it to the house that will serve as the Shelter, and realizes it, too, is a condemned house, infested with rats and sick squatters. He returns to Lara with the supplies, which she imparts some to him, mournful that they will not be able to make a shelter out of the home.

He finally brings to the leaders' attentions that Saburov will be taking action. Now that the Town is preparing, he investigates what he can do for Eva's escape plan. Andrey understands the plight, but states he will not leave without his brother, Peter Stamatin. Peter will not leave Town, as his creation, the Polyhedron, is across the river. With the machinations of Maria Kaina, Dankovsky discovers Alexander Saburov's resentment for Peter, due to his belief that he caused the death of the former architect that lived in town before they arrived. As Alexander is bringing emergency powers into town, Peter is partially convinced to escape. However, when Dankovsky attempts to see them off that evening, there are several guards blocking the train station, forbidding even shipment trains from leaving. Horrified that they now must remain in town, Dankovsky returns to planning for the coming days.

The Haruspex's Path
Artemy Burakh is coming back to his home town after an absence of ten years. Born to a family endowed with a caste right to cut living beings open, he was preparing himself for this line of work since childhood. Artemy's father, Isidor Burakh, a wise man and philosopher well-respected by the locals, had admitted to the limits of traditional knowledge and sent his son off to study modern medicine in the academy. Artemy has been travelling from town to town learning theoretical and practical surgery for several years now. Suddenly a mysterious letter appears with his father giving him notice of his impending demise and begging Artemy to return and accept succession. Unwilling to wait for a regular freight train, Artemy follows the rails through the Steppe until he's caught up with by a small shunt locomotive. This is how young Haruspex arrives in the Town.

The Changeling's Path
Clara wakes up. Could the dream have been prophetic? She has prophetic dreams often, she's no longer surprised by them—she knows they are sent by the powers that want to warn the herald of what the future holds for her. There were a lot of clues hinting at the veracity of the message. She does indeed know how to treat those in pain with her miraculous hands. She is indeed willing to ease their suffering. She truly strives to do the right thing! She loves her fellow beings. The girl is eager to do good deeds even if that requires her to go through pain and hardships... Changeling wakes up at the edge of a pit in the ground. Sleep hasn't brought her comfort. Her back and her legs ache as though she has walked many miles. Her hands are covered in mud, there are traces of dried blood on her bare knees. It's dark. The dawn is a few hours away.