Townsfolk

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"We have to portray the townsfolk as a Greek chorus: that is to say, depersonalized in the utmost, a many-headed hivemind. Not a collection of individuals but a mass, devoid of color and personality. Soulless."

- [from the game’s design documents]

In addition to the central healers and Bound, the Town is populated with an array of background characters. These figures provide the player with information regarding events and town history, and also offer services such as barter and repair. When delivering messages to the player, townsfolk may sometimes have nicknames such as "Onlooker", "Whisperer", or "Busybody", rather than their model's usual avian-themed name.

Townsfolk can usually be found wandering the streets or inside of houses. Should the player's district reputation drop low enough, adult townsfolk will deny their services, and Militia will attack on sight. However children's trading services will always remain available to the player, and adults will still be willing to speak with the player.

Men
Crows, Nightjars, and Pigeons are functionally identical, as they trade for the same items and offer the same repair services. Nightjars and Pigeons share the same model with the exception of their facial hair.

Women
Dove, Kayura, and Oriole can repair certain Clothes - specifically headwear, gloves, and torso clothing. If approached outdoors, any of the three women can repair any of the three aforementioned clothing categories. However indoors, their services are restricted: Dove repairs gloves, Kayura repairs cloaks, and Oriole repairs headwear. It is not clear whether this distinction is intended.

Footwear must be repaired by Pochard.

Children
Unlike adults, children will trade with the player character regardless of district reputation.

Young Teens
Young teens tend to value sharp objects and can offer food, medicine, or ammo.

Kids
Kids value snack items very highly and can offer food, medicine, and ammo. Notably, Teensies will sometimes have Shmowders (10% chance).

Infected Townsfolk
Regular infected townsfolk that are bandaged cannot be interacted with aside from combat. If they touch the player, they will decrease immunity and can potentially cause infection. They have 52 health and 80% fist resistance.

Infected versions of townsfolk can be traded with for valuables and food in exchange for drugs. They will always trade with the player regardless of district reputation. Infected Crow & Ouzel are functionally identical, as are infected Dove & Oriole.

Because Goose and Starling are associated with the upper class of the Stone Yard Quarter, they do not accept home-brewed drugs, which are emblematic of the Kin. Conversely, Pochard and Kayura are aligned with the Earth Quarter's working class, and do not accept manufactured drugs such as Morphine and Immunity Boosters. The remaining infected townsfolk can be seen as a middle class of sorts, in that they accept all of the aforementioned drug categories, and can also be found across the entire town. Whereas the "upper class" townsfolk do not typically appear in the Earth Quarter, and the "working class" do not appear in the Stone Yard Quarter.

Women

 * * Painkiller and Home-Brewed Antibiotic values are determined by which organ was brewed to make them, with blood being the least valuable and brain being the most valuable based on the following order: Blood < Kidney < Liver < Heart < Brain

Hostile
These townsfolk are immediately hostile to the player and killing them will increase reputation, with the exception of Arsonists.

Arsonists will not attack the player unless the player is infected with the Plague or if the player attacks them. Attacking or killing arsonists does not cause reputation to change, however any other nearby arsonists will also become aggroed. Plague can be cured by fire, so standing in the ground fires made by Arsonists' molotovs is an alternative, albeit dangerous, means to cure the player character of Sand Pest.

Other
Militia are found wandering around the districts and will attack the player if their district reputation is at its lowest tier ("You're Hated Here"). They will also be stationed at the entrances to infected districts and can be found in houses in burned districts. They are variants of the Crow, Nightjar, Ouzel, and Pigeon NPCs wearing guard caps.

Army Soldiers and Flamethrowers replace Militia once the Army arrives, although Militia can still be found in houses in burned districts. Army Flamethrowers are only found in infected districts. Similar to the ground fires made by Arsonists, Flamethrowers' attacks can serve as an alternative, albeit dangerous, means to cure the player character of Plague. Because Flamethrowers' attacks are dynamic, it is generally safer to seek out static ground fires for this purpose. Army Flamethrowers can be killed, however they do not have a death animation, so this is probably unintended. Because their health is so large, the most realistic way to kill them is one-shot kills via damaged lockpicks.

All listed weapon values are based off 100% durability. Similarly to selling in shops, the value of these items decrease as their durability decreases.

Information
These characters tell you information about the Town or current events, but offer no other services.

Repair
These characters repair items at the cost of money, but cannot be traded with otherwise.

Reputation
Grants an increase in reputation. Healing infected for reputation is exclusive to The Changeling's Route.

Trade
Characters that can be traded with for items or resources. Every item has a value that varies with each townsfolk.

Army
These characters attack plague victims, rats, and criminals. They cannot be interacted with or spoken to. If the player has a high level of infection, they will be attacked by flamethrowers.

Enemies
Hostile townsfolk that attack the player and other townsfolk on sight. Arsonists will not attack the player unless they are infected, regardless of infection level. Killing enemy townsfolk will grant an increase in Reputation, with the exception of killing infected townsfolk which decrease it. However, the Changeling can heal infected individuals from up close using her melee attack which raises her reputation.