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11 Esme is the mother of Coen and the wife of Pieter. She lives with the family in the hills of Laslea, the secluded village where Coen was born and raised.
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33 Character
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55 Esme has always put her family first, often at the expense of her own well-being. That habit of self-neglect is the defining thing the developers have said about her, and it frames how the household works: the burden she will not set down is one of the reasons Coen, as the eldest child, took on so much responsibility so early.
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77 Declining Health
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99 Since Brencis rose to power in Vale Sangora, Esme's condition has worsened drastically. She no longer speaks, eats, or sleeps properly, and her health continues to decline while the family struggles to hold itself together. Official material describes Coen from the outset as a young man with a sick mother and a family to take care of, so her illness is part of the starting situation rather than something that develops during the story.
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1111 The cause of her condition has not been stated. The Black Plague swept through Laslea and brought heavy losses to its inhabitants, and vrakhiri blood is known to have healing properties for humans, but the developers have not connected either of those threads to Esme specifically.
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1313 The Family
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1515 The household is Pieter and Esme with four children. Coen is the eldest, followed by Yanna, then Mirto, with Lunka the youngest.
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1717 Family MemberRelationNotePieterFatherA former mercenary; strict and emotionally distant, but protective.EsmeMotherPuts the family first at the cost of her own health, which has declined badly.CoenEldest childThe player character, and a Dawnwalker after his failed transformation.YannaSecond oldestCares for the younger children whenever Coen and Pieter are away.MirtoThird childOnce quiet, now increasingly restless.LunkaYoungest childBright and perceptive, and the most sheltered of the four.
1818 Role in the Story
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2020 The vrakhiri capture Coen's family, and recovering them is the reason he has to learn to use his new powers at all. The player has 30 days and 30 nights to save them, which is the clock that governs the whole game. See the 30-Day Cycle for how that deadline works in practice. Hands-on coverage has described the family as being held at Brencis's castle to be sacrificed at the ceremony marking his investiture as Prince, which is what sets the month-long limit.
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2222 Unrevealed Details
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2424 Very little beyond the above has been published. Esme's voice actor has not been announced, no concept art has been credited to her individually, and the developers have not said whether she can be saved, whether her health can be treated in-game, or how her condition interacts with the endings. Anything further should wait until it is confirmed.