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11 Pieter is the father of Coen and the husband of Esme. The family lives in the hills of Laslea, and Pieter is the source of two of the things Coen carries into the story: a working knowledge of the sword, and a quiet ambition to leave the life he was born into.
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33 Background
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55 Pieter is a former mercenary with a troubled past he rarely speaks of. Nothing further about that past has been published: who he fought for, where, or what ended it are all unstated. What the developers do describe is the man he became afterwards, a strict and emotionally distant father who is nonetheless protective of his family.
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77 Influence on Coen
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99 Pieter taught Coen the basics of swordsmanship, which is the grounding Coen's daytime fighting rests on before any vampiric ability enters the picture. See Combat and the Swordmastery tree for how that foundation develops.
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1111 His influence also runs in a less obvious direction. Under it, Coen quietly nurtures a different ambition and studies Latin in secret, hoping that one day he might leave his current life behind. That study is separate from the reading Coen learned from Anca, who taught him to read and to see beyond what is plainly written.
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1313 The Silver Mines
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1515 As a child, Coen worked alongside Pieter in the Silver Mines, a harsh experience that left lasting marks on both his body and his spirit. Vale Sangora is rich in silver, and that silver is why people settled the valley and why Svartrau grew wealthy, so mine work was ordinary labour for a family in Pieter's position rather than anything unusual.
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1717 Coverage of the game has linked that childhood exposure to silver with Coen's failed transformation into a vrakhiri, the accident that left him a Dawnwalker instead. The developers have not confirmed the mechanism themselves, so the connection between Pieter's trade and his son's condition is best treated as a reported explanation rather than a stated one.
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1919 The Family
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2121 Pieter and Esme have four children. Coen is the eldest, followed by Yanna, then Mirto, with Lunka the youngest. Yanna takes over the care of the two younger children whenever Coen and Pieter are away, which suggests the two men were regularly absent for work.
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2323 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.
2424 Role in the Story
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2626 The vrakhiri capture Coen's family, and freeing them is what drives the whole game. The player has 30 days and 30 nights to do it, tracked by the 30-Day Cycle. Hands-on coverage describes the family as held at Brencis's castle to be sacrificed at the ceremony marking his investiture as Prince, which is where the month-long deadline comes from.
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2828 Unrevealed Details
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3030 Pieter's voice actor has not been announced, and the developers have not said whether he fights alongside Coen, whether his mercenary past becomes a plot thread, or what state he is in when Coen reaches the castle. None of that should be assumed.