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Esme
Esme is Coen's mother. Grief and illness have left her barely able to eat or leave her bed, and getting her through the next Blood Mass is what drives the prologue.
- Role
- Supporting
- Affiliation
- Coen's family
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Good to know
- She is married to Pieter and has five children.
- Her decline began after her son Alin died.
- She is voiced by Helen McAlpine.
- Whether she lives or dies depends on your choices.
- She lives with her family in Laslea, a small village in the north of the valley.
- Force-feeding her or not changes nothing: she won't eat either way.
- The weak and sick are often put to death at the Blood Mass, which is why her family is so afraid.
Who they are
Esme always put her family first, often at the cost of her own health. After Alin died she sank into deep depression, and the plague and the vampire takeover made it worse until she stopped responding at all.
Where you meet them
You see her at home in Laslea in the prologue. Pieter asks Coen to get her to eat, then sends him to Anca for herbs.
The brew
Back home you brew Anca's herbs for Esme. Follow the instructions carefully, because the result decides how she fares at the Blood Mass.
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If the brew is wrong, the vampires judge her blood too weak at the Mass and kill her. If it is right, she survives. Either way they remark that the village's blood is thin and a culling is needed, which kicks off the story.
Related characters
Image: Rebel Wolves / Bandai NamcoSupportingAnca
Anca is a former nun and herbalist living near Laslea. She taught Coen to read Latin, and after Laslea falls she teaches him blood magic, starting with the hex Compel Soul.
Image: Rebel Wolves / Bandai NamcoProtagonistCoen
Coen is the main character you play. A young farmer from Laslea, he becomes a Dawnwalker, human by day and vampire by night, and has 30 days to save his captive family from Brencis.
Image: Rebel Wolves / Bandai NamcoMinorMirto
Mirto is Coen's younger brother, eight years old. Once a quiet boy, he has grown restless as his parents drifted away, and he is taken with the family after Laslea's uprising.
- Image: Rebel Wolves / Bandai NamcoSupporting
Pieter
Pieter is Coen's father, a retired sellsword turned silver miner. He taught Coen to fight, and he is taken with the rest of the family after Laslea's failed uprising.