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Yharnamites are characters in Bloodborne.

Description[]

Yharnamites are citizens who are native to Yharnam.

The Moon Cycles will greatly affect the interaction with them during gameplay.

Lore[]

Yharnamites are citizens, native to Yharnam. They worship the Great Ones and their miraculous blood. Their chant, "bless us with blood", can still be heard here and there in the foggy alleys. Yharnamites prefer blood to alcohol, as the former is more intoxicating.

The miraculous blood of the Healing Church attracted all sort of sickly travelers to Yharnam to seek treatment. Many outsiders, like Father Gascoigne and Eileen the Crow, became citizens of Yharnam and joined the hunt themselves, sometimes as a form of payment for the treatment they received.

The Healing Church supplies the citizens with blood, treat the sick with Blood Ministration, and hold the highest position in the society. Unbeknownst to them, the very same blood was the source of the scourge of beasts.

At first, the Church would cover-up the incidents and deploy hunters to discretely dispose of the afflicted. This was the era of the first generation of hunters under Gehrman, the First Hunter of the Hunter's Workshop.

But then, the Paleblood Moon first appeared. This greatly accelerated the beast transformation. The beasts became more numerous and prowled the streets. The Hunters were no longer capable of quietly containing the threat. The Healing Church could not hide the scourge any longer.

Mob

In response, the Church formed their own official workshop to replace the former and appointed Ludwig as the first official hunter of the Church. Ludwig decided to arm and train the citizenry to fight the beasts as his Church Hunters. Following his call, many Yharnamites that lacked his training also joined the hunts, which soon became a regular event. This mob, led by the Church's black-garbed doctors and church servants, roamed the streets where they cut down the beasts and the infected. Anybody who showed symptoms of the plague would be purged indiscriminately. The Church now operated without care for how they looked to the public. Those who had lost family and friends started to show resentment towards the hunters and the hunt.

Beast BBQ

The mob that had arisen to join the hunt were poorly armed. Equipped with pitchforks, axes and wooden shields, all of which are ineffective against a single beast, let alone the hordes of beasts that run rampant. They often brought torches and Molotov Cocktail, for they believed fire can cleanse impurity. The only advantage the mob held against the beasts were their sheer numbers, an advantage they soon lost as the hunt progressed and the plague transformed more people.

After the incident that struck Old Yharnam, the Church closed the Great Bridge leading to Cathedral Ward abandoning the citizens outside to their fate. Free of the Church's direction, the mob now hunted beasts and outsiders alike, believing that outsiders were the source of the scourge. These huntsmen, however, were afflicted themselves and slowly turned into the creatures they hunted. Their beastly transformation is apparent to the Hunter even as their night begins.

The few sane Yharnamites locked themselves inside and use incense to ward off the beasts. Some of them can be interacted with from their candlelit window or through their doors. Some of them might even ask for shelter while providing information to the Hunter, provided the Hunter knows of such places.

Because of their xenophobia towards outsiders, their fear of beasts and general resentment towards the hunters, many Yharnamites believe that the Hunter wants to trick them to open their door in order to rob or slaughter them. Due to this, many of them remain in their so called "safe houses". They generally don't last for long, as either the beasts break in, or they become beasts themselves. And from their dialogue, you can tell how they're coping with this "night of curses." Some throw parties (you can hear their laughter from multiple feet back), whisper at you to stay away from them, or even call you a "friend." The scourge not only brought sickness to these Yharnamites. It brought intense skepticism, coldness, paranoia, and most prominent, insanity.

Notable Yharnamites[]

These Yharnamites can be interacted with and serve as side quest givers in the game.

Notable Yharnamites in comic adaption:

Dialogue of Yharnamite Dwellers During Evening Phase[]

Red lantern npc

Only the Yharnamite dwellers that still retain their sanity can be interacted with. A red lantern located on their wall or at doorstep will indicate that the owner of the house can be interacted with. The only ones that you can interact with throughout the phases though, are the ones that have already lost their mind from the start.

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Dweller Location Dialogue
Male (1)
Central Yharnam 2
Central Yharnam up stairs on the right further down the Main Street "Are you that outsider? Well, sorry, but I don't want to do anything with ya. Trot along, willya."
Male(2)
Central Yharnam 3
Central Yharnam left side of the Main Street "Lousy offcomer. Who'd open their door on a night of the hunt! Away with you. Now!"
Female (3)
Central Yharnam 5
Central Yharnam next to The Plaza after the lamp. "I don't reckon you're from 'round here! Well, pffft, stuck outside on a night of the hunt! Ahh, you poor, poor thing...Hah hah hah!"
Female(4)
Central Yharnam 6
Central Yharnam on path to Canal Residence after Aqueduct "Wretched outsider! Tryin' to fool me to open this door? Heavens, the depths of depravity..."
Male(5)
Cathedral Ward 3
Cathedral Ward Foggy Alley (Left) next to Grand Cathedral Plaza "Heh heh... Praise! Praise the whole damn church! And best of luck hunting! Best luck of all... Heh heh heh..."
Female (6)
Cathedral Ward 4
Cathedral Ward Foggy Alley (Right) next to Grand Cathedral Plaza "Ohh, we've the deepest gratitude. For the church, and all they do for us. The deepest, widest gratitude, yes... Heh heh, yes..."
Male (7)
Cathedral Ward 5
Cathedral Ward Worshiper's Lodgings on path to Yahar'gul "Bless us with blood... Bless us with blood..."
Female(8)
Cathedral Ward 6
Cathedral Ward Worshiper's Lodgings on path to Yahar'gul "Bless us with blood... Bless us with blood..."
Male(9)
Healing Church Workshop
Healing Church Workshop Village Alleyways - Grounds Level "Hah hah hah... A night of curses, a night to remember! Wouldn't you say, friend?"
Female(10)
Hemwick Charnel Lane
Hemwick Charnel Lane The Morque after first Village Square "Do you hear the graveyard murmurs? Then it's almost time... Oh, I can't wait, I just can't wait!"

There is a survivor in the Forbidden Woods, but she cannot be interacted with at this phase because the player needs the password from Laurence's skull to enter Forbidden Woods.

Dialogue during night phase[]

After the death of Vicar Amelia, either a message "no response" will pop up or some maniacally inhuman screeches and screams will be heard upon interacting with many dwellers, suggesting they have either been slain by the beast or transformed into something inhuman themselves.

Some dwellers can still be interactable

Click to see dialogue
Dweller Location Dialogue
Female (11)
Forbidden Woods
Forbidden Woods Village Outskirts on path to Subterranean Cave Entrance "Oh, heavens, would you stop that? Every peep you make brings us bad luck. I have it bad enough already. Please... just leave a poor old woman be..."
Male(2)
Central Yharnam 3
Central Yharnam left side of the Main Street "Ahhhh! Stop! You stop right there! Not an inch closer!"
Male(5)
Cathedral Ward 3
Cathedral Ward Foggy Alley (Left) next to Grand Cathedral Plaza "Help me... Please help..."
Female (6)
Cathedral Ward 4
Cathedral Ward Foggy Alley (Right) next to Grand Cathedral Plaza "Oh! Ah! My baby! my precious, little baby! Stay away, stay away from us! Ahhhhhh! Ahhhhhhhh!"
Male(9)
Healing Church Workshop
Healing Church Workshop Village Alleyways - Grounds Level "Hah hah hah... A night of curses, a night to remember! Wouldn't you say, friend?"

Dialogue during Blood Moon phase:[]

After the death of Rom, the Vacuous Spider, the blood moon rise and the beast roam the street of Yharnam. Most of the Yharnamite dweller are either dead or transformed due to their incense shortage. The only survivor is the dweller in the Healing Church Workshop Village.

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Dweller Location Dialogue
Male(9)
Healing Church Workshop
Healing Church Workshop Village Alleyways - Grounds Level "A Celebration! A great night of celebration!"

Unused Dialogue[]

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Dialogue "Not from around here, are ya? An outsider, on the night of the hunt? You must be sick, mate. Black Death upon you. I hope they have your head before morning, now be gone. Get away from me now, go."
"Mate, not you again. We'are not like you. Don't you understand that, we're still normal, you see."
"But, I'll tell you what though, if you want to insist on asking me questions. Bring us blood. That's right, blood. Then, I'll tell you what I know. It hardly pays to be choosy these days."
"As it's written in a good book, mate. 'No blood is bad blood.' Hee, hee hee."
"Oh, you. Did you bring us blood? Oh, ah, very good. Yeah, nice one, mate. Yeah, very good. So, what do you want to know?"
"The blood of a sage? Hmm, I don't know nothing. Not a thing. It's some made-up nonsense or... you know what... wait a minute, wait a minute... The minister at the cathedral might know something. Father Norbert's his name, quite an highbrow, you see, but...Well, the only trouble is... On the nights of the hunt, the Western Quarter is broaded up, blocking passage to the cathedral in the Eastern Quarter. And once the hunt is done, well...well, you'll be dead, along with all the sickos, you see. Hah, ha ha ha."
"The minds of the infected are frail. Perhaps you deserve mercy. I know nothing. But Father Norberth, head of the cathedral in the Western Quarter, might know something. Pay him a visit, if you dare. Hee, hee hee. Be gone."
"Laurence? Ah yes, Laurence, another outsider, like yourself? Yeah, I know him. He left for the cathedral in the Western Quarter. On my advice even. Unlucky for him. You see? Just after he left, the bell tolled, kicking off the hunt. And no offcomer ever lives through the hunt, trust me mate. Hah, ha ha ha."
"My God, the minds of the infected are frail. Perhaps you deserve mercy. The outsider Laurence? Yeah, he set off for the cathedral in the Eastern Quarter, on my advice. Although I don't expect he ever made it. Hah, ha ha ha."
"The minds of the infected are frail. You can't be blamed. Off with you, now. Please go away. You're not normal. Not normal no matter how hard you try to pretend. You're not normal."
"Give your blessing, and wash from us the blood of the beasts... Umbasa, umbasa."

Trivia[]

  • Arianna and the Oedon Chapel Dweller both state that Yharnamites use incense to ward off the beasts. "Oh, thank goodness. You're a hunter, right? Might you know of a safe place? The night is long and I've very little of the incense left... Please, there must be some nice place to run off to?" Arianna ran out of incense so she pleads The Hunter to find her a safe haven. This might suggest some Yharnamites are dead after nightfall due to incense shortage.
  • "Umbasa" is a term used in Demon Souls by clerics and other religious people, it would be akin to "Amen" in Christian religions. An example of this is in the alpha build when after killing The Hunter, Father Gascoigne murmurs "sick creature... may you rest in peace... Umbasa." Also seen in other cut dialogues, "Umbasa" would've acted as a tie, of some sort, to Demon Souls adding to the rich lore, but was sadly cut in the final release.
  • There are patterns in how the inhabitants act throughout Central Yharnam, Cathedral Ward (foggy alley), and Cathedral Ward (path to Yahar'gul, Unseen Village). This alludes to them being raised differently and surrounded by others alike. The Yharnamites are the more suspicious and informed on how the scourge affects people, mainly outsiders, sending them away harshly. Also seeming to have little respect for the Healing Church. People from the foggy alley are more passive when talking, and are gracious towards the Church but seem a bit doubtful in their faith towards it. And lastly, the people living near Yahar'gul (on the path) are blood worship fanatics, which really fits the part of Yahar'gul.
  • Many Yharnamites, mostly women and children, are petrified at Yahar'gul, Unseen Village. They can be mistaken for statues but the expression on their faces and their behavior reveal their true nature.
  • The woman in Forbidden Woods is, in fact, infected with the plague of blood and beast and already transformed. She, along with Vicar Amelia, is one of the few women who are transformed.
  • Many people believe that the red lantern outside these NPCs' doors are filled with incense. In fact, incense is stored in pots, which are visibly abundant in Oedon Chapel.
  • There is a woman who was tied to her bed and left to die in Hemwick Charnel Lane.
  • There are many body bags in Hemwick Charnel Lane. They appeared to be people who were kidnapped and put into bags to transport easier to the Hemwick for organs harvesting.

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