Every character
All five circus members have their introductions finished in the current build. The rest of the cast — Columbina above all — carries more of the actual story than their screen time suggests.
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The circus
Pierrot
The Silent Obsession
The silent clown in red and black whose obsession with you starts the moment you meet, and the reason the rest of the circus notices you at all.
Read the profileHarlequin
The Seductive Rival
Pierrot's stage rival in green and black. Loud where Pierrot is silent, and the one who tells you how Columbina died.
Read the profileThe Jester
Leader of the circus
The main antagonist and the person actually in charge of the circus. He assigned everyone their role, and he controls the Fools.
Read the profileThe Doctor
The circus physician
The tallest of the troupe, in a plague doctor mask with glowing cyan lenses. He experiments on humans and keeps his specimens in his tent.
Read the profileTicket Taker
The Jester's right hand
The oldest of the five and the one who runs the gate. His blue tent is full of mirrors, and the last of them shows you how Columbina died.
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Columbina
The narrative catalyst
The circus's sixth member, dead before the game begins. Everything Pierrot and Harlequin do to each other traces back to her.
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Barista
An ordinary café worker with a name, a gender and pronouns you choose. Everything that happens is triggered by one walk to work.
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Barista, then a Fool
The protagonist's café co-worker who goes missing before Day 1 — and turns up on Day 2 wearing a mask.
Read the profileThe Boss
Café manager
The protagonist's manager, and the only person in the story who behaves like an adult looking out for them.
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The Fools
Mind-controlled humans
The masked figures in pink who hand out flyers in the street. They are people, and the Jester is holding the strings.
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