![]() He is killed by Crisanta at the end of the prequel comic Blasphemous: The Kneeling, and it is implied that his awakening at the start of the game is from this death. Resurrective Immortality: Every time he dies, he gets brought back to life at the last Prie Dieu he visited.It's also never specified what he feels guilty for. Informed Attribute: Several NPCs mention that the Penitent One is full of guilt, but it's never really seen on display.Subverted in Blasphemous II as the Penitent One rises from his sarcophagus to remain the protagonist.Even in the new ending in the Wounds of Eventide DLC, he dies destroying the High Wills, or at least we assume he does, as Crisanta lays his apparently-lifeless body in a sarcophagus and closes the lid on it. In Ending A, he successfully climbs the mountain of ashes and stabs himself with the Mea Culpa, turning into a wooden effigy of roots. In Ending B, the Penitent One sinks into the mountain of ashes while climbing it. The Hero Dies: The Penitent One dies either way.Unfortunately for everyone, Crisanta eventually pulls Mea Culpa from his body, seemingly starting the process all over again. In doing so, he effectively takes the place of Escribar as the Last Son of the Miracle and becomes the new object of veneration for the Cvstodian religion, ending the Age of Corruption in the process. Heroic Sacrifice: In Ending A, having taken upon himself all the guilt of Cvstodia contained within the Confessor Statues, the Penitent One impales himself with the Mea Culpa and transforms into a wooden effigy.Like all those in the Brotherhood of the Silent Sorrow, the Penitent One has taken a vow of silence. Heroes Love Dogs: The Penitent One is more than willing to take a small break on his quest to give the little puppies that show up close to the Church in Albero a head pat.Whatever the incident, it very likely involved the Mea Culpa. The Heretic: He was excommunicated when the Brotherhood's mission came to oppose Escribar and the Cvstodian Church.The Faceless: The player never sees the Penitent One's face.Epic Flail: One of the Penitent One's three new weapons in the sequel is the War Censer, a large flaming censer he wields as a flail.Elective Mute: As part of their penance, all members of the Brotherhood of the Silent Sorrow have taken a vow of silence the Penitent One is no exception.In Blasphemous II the Penitent One no longer wields the Mea Culpa, instead having access to three new weapons- a paired rapier and dagger and a large curved falchion-like sword called the Praying Blade, as well as adding the War Censer to his arsenal.It's also implied that Mea Culpa draws power from the guilt of the wielder, and that being able to use the sword implies that the bearer has been chosen by the Miracle to accomplish great things. Simply wielding Mea Culpa is, in itself, a form of penance: the twisted form of the Father doesn't exactly make for an ergonomic handgrip, and references are made throughout the game to the Penitent One's "cracked" and "wounded" hands. ![]() Now the figure of the Father forms Mea Culpa's handle and the blade extends from the base of the statue, with thorny vines sculpted onto the bottom two-thirds of the blade. Cool Sword: The Penitent One's holy longsword, the Mea Culpa, was once an ordinary statue of the Father until a young woman's great faith and overwhelming guilt caused the Miracle to transform it into a weapon (impaling the woman in the process).It is based on the capirote, a pointed hat worn by flagellant brotherhoods during Holy Week in Spain. Cool Helmet: The Penitent One's helmet.After the release of the game proper, however, the Penitent One is shown to be evidently male the artbook refers to the Penitent One as such, and in the true ending, Deogracias says the Penitent One has replaced Escribar as "the Father and the Last Son of the Miracle". Adding to the ambiguity is the fact that the Brotherhood of the Silent Sorrow does have women in their ranks: in the prequel comic The Kneeling, Crisanta throws the Penitent One's body onto a stack of deceased members of the Brotherhood and says "Return to your brothers and sisters", and one of the corpses wearing the Brotherhood's helmet in the opening cutscene is female. Pre-release materials for the game used gender-neutral writing to refer to the Penitent One, and the game never shows what is underneath the helmet and armor. Ambiguous Gender: Played straight, then averted.The Penitent One is the last surviving member of the Brotherhood of the Silent Sorrow, and is on a quest to end the Age of Corruption currently afflicting Cvstodia. Sorrowful be the heart.The Player Character.
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