I have NO CLUE if anybody's done this but the past week has been hell trying to unlock every piece of content so I can wife up Gwylan (my newest obsession—sorry Wren 🥀) and some of the 'requirements' are kind of vague SO... after draining every drop of Gwylan content dry and getting my yearning to 100% with this bitch, here's a clothes guide to help you all get those interest points with Gwylan! It requires SCRUBBING through the game and getting every piece of content, so if you're not doing it with cheats... Good luck soldiers 🫡
As a side note: especially with Temple clothing, I am not positive on how to unlock some things so if anybody has any corrections/advice please let me know so I can fix it :)
ADDED/FINISHED the list thanks to the lovely anons in my DMs as well as Tumblr users helirubys, waxanatomy, and ambicutiebutt (not sure if y'all wanna be tagged but I sososo appreciate the help!).
What's so special about the forest shop?
Unlocking clothing is the ONE way to gain interest with Gwylan. If you want to romance them, it's a long process that involves unlocking every piece of in-game content there is. Once you unlock clothing, you can talk to Gwylan about how you obtained it. PLEASE NOTE you can NOT cheat unlock the clothing! Gwylan will know you used cheats and you will not gain any interest points! You can bypass some of this by editing the save file if you are truly that desperate, but seasonal clothing (Halloween, Christmas, Valentine's) cannot be unlocked this way.
With any of the holiday clothing, they automatically unlock, BUT you won't get special Gwylan dialogue or the interest points so I do highly recommend you unlock them before they're released for the season!
SEASONAL OUTFITS
Witch Set (includes Witch Dress, Broomstick, Witch Hat, and Witch Shoes): "In stock from the 21st of October, or get accustomed to tentacles."
Another holiday set. For this, you'll need to have multiple tentacle encounters until you get the 'prey' and 'witch' trait. The easiest way to do this (in my opinion) is to go out to see while hallucinating. You'll need tentacles enabled for this—obviously. Same with the other holiday outfits, you'll lose out on dialogue if you try to cheat this unlock in any way.
Pumpkin Set (includes Pumpkin Dress and Mini Pumpkin): "In stock from the 21st of October, or learn 15 recipes."
Very self-explanatory. You can learn recipes through housekeeping lessons at school. I did figure out if you edit the save to NOT unlock the dress but instead to add the recipes into your list (by editing "recipes": true), you can unlock the set and still get the special dialogue/interest. Alternatively, you can also learn recipes once you unlock Avery's mansion but that will happen way after Halloween I think, and it's not completely foolproof.
Skeleton Set (includes Skeleton Outfit and Skeleton Mask): "In stock from the 21st of October, or discover a crypt."
This one's pretty easy—you need to enter the catacombs. To do that, you'll enter the forest, go further about 2 or 3 clicks until you reach the Old Graveyard. You'll enter the graveyard, do a skullduggery check, and voila! You're in the catacombs. You'll want to be in the catacombs for the Mummy set too.
Mummy Set (includes Mummy Top, Mummy Skirt, and Mummy Face Wrap): "In stock from the 21st of October, or be wrapped up in spider's silk."
You'll need to enable Spiders and Swarms for this one if they aren't enabled already. Once you're in the crypts, keep traveling west and eventually you'll encounter spiders. This took me a bit to get to, but eventually you'll be completely cocooned in spider webs. I think you can ALSO get this by cleaning attics on Danube Street, but I haven't tried that route and I feel like that might take even longer.
Scarecrow Set (includes Scarecrow Shirt and Scarecrow Hat): "In stock from the 21st of October, or flawlessly defend a multitude of fields from assault."
I HATED THIS ONE SO MUCH. I love Alex, I really do, but what the fuck! To unlock this, you have to unlock all 9 fields of the farm and defend them all from Remy without losing a single one. This made me crash out.
Futuristic Set (includes Futuristic Bodysuit and Futuristic Shades): "In stock from the 21st of October, or become too invested in a strange arcade game."
So for this, I think you can only encounter the game while hallucinating. Go into the arcade, and there SHOULD be a 'lone, mysterious cabinet' you can investigate. You can only play it once a day; eventually you'll get encounters through it, although I think they're randomized because I did this on three different saves and had different encounters among them. After the second encounter, you SHOULD have unlocked the suit and the arcade game will disappear.
Vampire Set (includes Vampire Jacket and Classy Vampire Jacket): "In stock from the 21st of October, or succumb to a jealous lover's longing."
This is one of the TWO sets you unlock through Kylar (the other being the Rose Wedding set). To unlock this, you'll need to have a couple of things set up: You'll need to have gotten a stuffed owl plush from Kylar, and have their jealousy up high. Then, you get to piss him off. I did this by sleeping with Robin in the orphanage room, in which I got a "Something is watching" or something like that after the encounter, although I've heard you can sleep with Whitney as well as long as it's IN your room and the owl is already in there. After this, walk around outside a bit and eventually Kylar will kidnap you. After that, you just need to get the "Stockholm Syndrome: Kylar" trait and it'll unlock the vampire set. You can manipulate NPCs feelings with cheats if you want to speed up this process.
Christmas Set (includes Christmas Dress, Jingle Bell Dress, Christmas Shirt, Christmas Trousers, Christmas Hat, Mini Snowman, Christmas Leg Warmers, Candy Cane, Reindeer Slippers, and Christmas Boots): "In stock from the 18th of December, or leave a generous gift to a family in need."
The 'generous gift' will be left on Domas Street. When you break into people's homes to steal, you'll eventually come across a home where you are given the option to leave money for them because the home is destitute. I left 1,000 just to be certain, I'm not sure if you can get away with less. If you edit the save to unlock this, you will NOT be able to get this dialogue with Gwylan, so the only way to get this is to start thieving homes on Domas.
Gift Set (includes Gift Wrappings and Gift Bow): "In stock from the 7th of February, or face a unique punishment for stealing clothes."
So you'll need to steal from Gwylan's shop twice for this. Just walk out with clothes—the first time you come in, the shop will attack you and steal all your clothes (so don't wear anything you don't want to lose!). Walk back out and steal more clothes, come back in, the shop will once again steal your clothes and wrap you up in gift wrappings. You'll also be banned from the shop for a day as a heads up.
ADDENDUM: Gwylan HAS to be there when you steal, otherwise you'll just get assaulted by the shop over and over again.
Rose Wedding Set (includes Rose Wedding Dress, Mini Rose Wedding Dress, Rose Wedding Suit, Frilly Rose Wedding Suit, and Rose Wedding Veil): "In stock from the 7th of February, or escape a forced wedding."
The other Kylar outfit, and probably one of my FAVE unlockable clothing besides the butterfly dress. For this, you'll need Kylar to be hysterical—to get that, have high love, lust, and jealousy. Then, just have lunch with Kylar. They'll drug your food and try to force you to marry them. This is also Kylar's dismissal quest: if you let the police arrest Kylar, you won't see them again in the game unless you go to prison, in which case you can break them out if you really want to.
TEMPLE SPECIFIC
Initiate's Robe: "Prove your purity."
Join the temple. EZ-PZ. I don't like the temple, but you'll want to join to both earn feats and unlock a bunch of clothing.
Holy Pendant: "Discover the soup kitchen."
To discover the soup kitchen, you'll just need to continuously pray at the temple. Eventually you'll trigger an encounter where a nun is going around, asking for donations. After you generously donate, they'll inform you of the soup kitchen.
ADDITION: You can also discover the soup kitchen through a task of Mickey's in which they'll ask you to deliver a note to River, OR by passing a S-rank seduction check to squeeze more out of a polite client at the spa. A note about the spa, though—you'll need a high hand skill and beauty to get employed there.
Nun's Habit Set (includes Nun's Habit and Monk's Habit): "Advance in rank at the temple."
This one's self-explanatory—join the temple. Once your grace is high enough, you'll talk to Jordan about advancing in rank. This can be unlocked through a save file edit if you don't want to go through all of that and will still get you the points but it is not recommended. If you're using cheats and want to speed run this, just manipulate your grace and talk to Jordan.
Sexy Nun Set (includes Sexy Nun's Habit, Sexy Priest's Vestments, Sexy Nun's Gloves and Sexy Nun's Stockings): "Purge enough corruption."
Lower the soft world corruption by at least 30 points. You can look at the wiki here to see how to do that exactly.
Confessor's Robe: "Be introduced to the temple's most exalted."
Meet the Bishop's hands! You'll need to be a second-tier monk/nun, and this is automatically unlocked after you complete your first successful purge at the confessional booth.
Exorcist's Garments (includes Exorcist's Cassock and and Exorcist's Habit): "Interrupt a heretical ritual."
You'll need to do a couple of things to get to this. First, you'll need to have unlocked dance shows from Charlie. You do this by getting your dance skill and Charlie's respect high enough for them to offer shows to you. Then, if you haven't already joined the temple, you'll want to do so (you may need to advance in rank, I can't remember if you have to). This trigger's a quest where Jordan asks you to 'keep an eye out' for a missing initiate during a dance show. Go perform at a party on Danube, and after saving the initiate you should unlock these.
Temple Sparring Garments (includes Monk's Sparring Habit and Nun's Sparring Habit): "Become proficient with one of the temple's holy tools."
Also only available to monks/nuns. Just reach at least B-rank in either the baton or whip by sparring in the cloister daily.
Evangelist's Uniform: "Successfully solicit a donation for the temple."
When asked to solicit donations for the temple, pull up an initiate's skirt. You'll need level 3 promiscuity.
Stone Pendant: "Find beneath a loose stone at the temple."
You'll need to be in the temple (obviously) to find this. Just snoop around and be nosy and you'll eventually get it.
Holy Stole: "Requires sufficient devotion."
Max out your grace! You'll know you have it when the bar is gold and glowing.
JOB SPECIFIC
Belly Dancer Set (includes Belly Dancer's Top, Harem Vest, Harem Pants, Belly Dancer's Veil, and Belly Dancer's Shoes): "Be offered the star role in a show at the brothel."
You'll need to have the brothel unlocked for this one. To do that, you'll need to go to the night club and be denied entry for not having an I.D. This should unlock Briar's brothel, where you can get your fake I.D. and also work at the brothel. Continue working there until you max everything out basically (but be careful to NOT piss Briar off).
Swan Lake Set (includes Swan Lake Dress, Fancy Swan Lake Dress, Swan Tiara, Swan Feathers, and Ballet Shoes): "Be offered special dancing jobs."
Go to the studio and take dance lessons from Charlie! Once your dance skill and Charlie's respect is high enough, he should offer the job to you. You'll need to do this all to unlock one of the temple outfits, as well.
Chef Set (includes Chef Jacket and Chef Hat): "Become famous for your cream buns."
To get this, you'll need to work at Sam's cafe. It takes a while, but eventually you can work as a chef and get to work on the cream buns' "special" ingredient. Just keep up at it and eventually you'll unlock this.
Fedora: "Eavesdrop as a bartender and learn about a criminal undertaking."
You'll get this at Darryl's club by working as a bartender. You'll need a fake I.D. from Briar first, though, which costs about $500 as a heads up.
MISC. ITEMS
Catsuit: "Pillage a shipment."
You'll want to have high skullduggery and athletics for this one. Just go to the docks and break into shipments until you find the catsuit (and, consequently, my fave NPC, Wren). It might take a couple nights to find it depending on if the RNG likes you or not.
Flower Crown: "Make one with someone special to you."
Have Robin as a love interest and go to the garden while they're at the orphanage. They should come out and ask if you want help with the garden, in which you're given the option to make them a flower crown!
Daisy: "Find daisy seeds."
Unlock the ability to plant daisies. If you somehow haven't gotten this, it just means you have to go out to the orphanage garden and search for seeds.
Rose: "In stock from the 7th of February, or get kissed by a rose."
WOW thank you guys for the correction on this one because I was SO wrong. You'll need to have unlocked rituals with Gwylan for this one. You'll need high yearning + high lust, and during the ritual a rose will bloom from their mouth and they'll kiss you.
Dark Pendant: "Discover Bailey's fear."
Unlock the orphanage loft! This will happen eventually throughout the game, and I'm not sure if it's dependent on rebelliousness/hope. The pendant will unlock once you discover the loft, though.
ADDITION: Looks like discovering the loft is pure RNG.
Jasper Pendant: "Get an impromptu science lesson."
This will unlock through Gwylan's quests for you. Eventually, Gwylan will ask you to bring them a gold choker, gold bracelets, and gold anklets—you'll need Sirris' adult shop unlocked for this quest, though. Once you bring back the jewelry, Gwylan will give you a science lesson on the properties of gold, and that will unlock the jasper pendant.
Feather Accessories (includes Feather Necklace and Feathered Hair Clip): "Romance an avian."
You'll need to romance Great Hawk and make them a love interest. I have that content disabled and was able to unlock it through a save file edit and still get the unique dialogue/points, BUT from then on Gwylan might ask you to bring back hawk feathers.
Loincloth: "Befriend a lonely hunter, or join a pack of wolves."
Self-explanatory—go deep enough into the woods until you are hunted down by either Eden or Black Wolf. I don't know the requirements on BW's side since I have them disabled as well, but for Eden you'll need to gain the "Stockholm Syndrome: Eden" trait before unlocking the loincloth.
ADDITION: Confirmed that you'll need the "Stockholm Syndrome: Wolves" trait if you go the BW route.
Shrine Maiden Set (includes Shrine Maiden Robes and Spirit Mask): "Become sufficiently foxy."
Gain the fox transformation. Since I have all bestiality content disabled, I was only able to get this through using cheats to give myself the TF. Not only will this unlock special dialogue with Gwylan, but it also opens up the opportunity to have 'hypnosis' sessions with Gwylan to help with acceptance.
ADDITION: You can also unlock this by praying to a shrine in the moors!
Fox Mask: "Attend an exclusive party."
You'll need to be on Avery's quest line and go on dates with him. Eventually, you'll go to a game night between Avery, Quinn, Leighton, and Bailey—you want Avery to win this game night. After he wins, he'll take you to the exclusive party where you'll unlock the mask.
Vintage Set (includes Vintage Pantsuit, Vintage Skirtsuit, Bowler Hat, and Military Beret): "Help an old fossil remember."
You unlock this through Winter and the history museum. Very specifically, you'll need the Bleeding Ward painting. You get this through doing a heist with Wren—you can unlock this quest by getting Wren to approach you in the pub. You'll want a high skullduggery for this (and I recommend a high dance skill, too!).
Rag Set (includes Rag Top and Rag Skirt): "Demonstrate historical torture devices to completion."
Also earned through Winter. I want to say it's through their classes but I'm not entirely sure, unfortunately.
Butterfly Set (includes Butterfly Dress and Butterfly Bow): "Become addicted to nectar."
OUGH This set is SO cute. To unlock it, you'll need plantpeople enabled. Go DEEP into the forest or moors while hallucinating and you'll encounter plantpeople. I think you have to unlock the trait 'nectar addict' or 'dendrophile' to obtain this, I think I got it in about 3 or 4 encounters. For the forest, you won't encounter plantpeople until you're past the lake so be careful about Black Wolf and Eden who might try to start hunting you.
School Set (includes Classic Serafuku, Serafuku, Gakuran, Serafuku Dress, and Sailor Ribbon): "Discover the headteacher's secret."
Pay attention in math class! Eventually, River will ask you to deliver a letter—open the letter. You'll get detention for it, but it will give you the login information to Leighton's computer. Later on when school is closed and locked up, you'll need to break in and get into Leighton's computer. Not only do you unlock the outfit, but you're given the chance to blackmail Leighton into never giving you detention. (Alternatively, you can report Leighton to the police with the information, OR do both like I did lol.)
Chain Set (includes Chain Tunic, Chain Leggings, and Chain Boots): "Learn the many tales of a witch and her gaoler."
You'll need to deliver the Hopeless Cycle painting to Winter. You'll get this painting through accepting a job from a shifty stranger on Domus Street, let them film you, and then turn the tables on them and get the key to the Serpent's Maze in the Farmlands.
Esoteric Spectacles: "Succeed a master."
Explore the flats on Barb Street! Eventually, you'll find the hookah parlor. Once unlocked, keep progressing the tentacle parlor/town upgrades and eventually you'll inherit the hookah parlor.
Succubus Set (includes Succubus Top, Succubus Lower Back Wings, Succubus Gloves, and Succubus Heels): "Become sufficiently impure, or take 15 virginities."
Not sure what the requirements for "sufficiently impure" is because my purity was at a 1 and it STILL didn't unlock, so I had to take 15 virginities. Annoying, but manageable, especially if you adjust the settings at the beginning so you're more likely to encounter virgins. Among named NPCS, though, Robin, Kylar, Sydney, and Great Hawk are all virgins (and Eden has a handholding virginity but I'm not sure if that counted towards this set).
ADDITION: I've been told you need to get the demon transformation which is acquired by KEEPING your purity at 0 for 30 days.
Janet Dress: "Lose yourself in a classic romance tale."
Go to school and read the story of "Janet and Raul" in the library until you're given the option to imagine yourself as Janet. The dress should unlock after.
Sage Witch Hat: "Take part in an intimate concord."
I don't think this unlocks until you do a ritual with Gwylan. For the sake of spoilers, I won't head into specifics but this will probably be one of the last things you unlock.
Familiar Collar: "At last, yours to keep."
Another thing unlocked through Gwylan's storyline and probably the VERY last thing you'll unlock. You'll need to have unlocked them as a love interest to get this, which means unlocking every other piece of clothing first.
"SOFT" BAD ENDS (recommend saving these for last if you plan on unlocking without cheats)
Slut Shirt: "Survive slavery in an underground brothel."
There are a couple of ways to get to the underground brothel. Refusing to pay Bailey might get you there, but it's not a surefire way (I found he's more likely to sell me off to Eden. Sigh.). Pissing Briar off is another way, I think—start working at the brothel, and then start prostituting yourself out instead. There might be other ways, but I'm not sure. Either way, you'll need to escape the underground brothel, which will take a while, so I suggest doing this as one of the last ones.
ADDITION: The easiest way to get to the underground brothel is to do Mickey's favor in uploading a USB to Briar's computer and not bother with a distraction or escape route.
Prison Set (includes Prison Shirt, Prison Trousers, and Prison Jumpsuit): "Get sent to prison."
You'll need to basically have all of your crime stats maxed. Maybe evade arrest a few times before turning yourself in at the police station—eventually, they should send you to prison. It was such a PAIN breaking out as a heads up—apparently if you have the harpy TF it's easier, but I not only didn't have the harpy transformation but was also trying to break Kylar out. Wouldn't recommend. Easiest way to max your crime stats are through assault, thieving, and evading arrest. If you blackmail Leighton, your coercion should get pretty high in one go, as well.
Cow Set (includes Cow Bra, Cow Panties, Cow Bell, Cow Socks, and Cow Sleeves): "Become livestock."
You need to access Remy's underground farm. There are a couple ways to do this, but the easiest I've found is by passing out in the moors by Remy's estate. There is also a LOW chance that you can get kidnapped while helping somebody move boxes on the street (in where they'll throw you into the van), but the easiest for sure is to just pass out on the moors.
ADDENDUM: You do NOT need the cow transformation to unlock this! Just wind up on Remy's farm—you can escape right after and have this set unlocked still.
Unbound Straightjacket: "Escape the asylum."
Unlocking the asylum is kind of annoying in that you have to pass out multiple times on the street from stress. Eventually, Doctor Harper will take you to the asylum instead of sending you back with Bailey—then, all you have to do is escape. Out of all of the soft bad ends, I think this one is the easiest to escape from.
ADDITION: If you've unlocked weekly appointments with Harper, get your trauma up and eventually you'll get a message saying Harper will have to intervene if they see you in this state. Go see them and they'll take you to the asylum.
Islander Mask: "Build with foreign wood."
Reaching the island is probably the most annoying thing ever. I HATE the island. To do this, you need to pass out at sea and HOPE you get picked up by Zephyr the Pirate. Eventually, their crew will dump you overboard and you'll end up at the island. Getting to the island is annoying enough—being on there just sucks, especially if you're doing a save without cheats. You'll need to build shelter on the island and befriend the islanders before you're finally able to unlock the mask. And good luck getting off!!!! Island is my least favorite part of this whole game and I'm so tired of hunting for food on there only to come up with fucking walnuts every time! Make me crash out!
ADDITION: You can also go to the island directly through Jordan. With maxed grace as a nun/monk, they'll request the player to retrieve a holy spear from the island. Then, you'll ask Winter about it and explore the old sewers until you find the Smuggler's Pub, where you can directly ask Zephyr to take you there!
Spoilers for Gwylan route. Read at your own risk and this one is going to be more comparing characters on their yandere level for shit and giggles.
I feel like Kylar is your coughing baby yandere to me. Yes, his darts are deadly and he can just randomly shoot you while you're trying to get your bills paid. Yes, he can kidnapped you, trap you in a mansion, and take your virginity if you don't wear an chastity belt.
He also is easily overpowered (My PC could only kick and she still sent that man to heaven), easily defeated by anyone that isn't Robin or Sydney, and is only really a threat when he's trying to kidnap you.
You can easily get yourself out of the kidnapping situation (as long as you are prepared) as well so he doesn't really pose a threat.
The way he acts shows why. He's implusive, just going off on what he feels. if he feels threaten, if he feels abandoned, if he feels not good enough. he will fly off the handle.
Same character who stab someone because they couldn't sit next to you. A unstable yandere who idolizes you so obsessive and unstable.
Classic in a way but also really funny. In a game where someone that doesn't care about the PC, can send you to a underground brothel or just end up on a farm, the yandere character is more a boon or something to laugh at when he appears.
Gwylan is the complete opposite of this. I would argue he didn't even mean to want to have you in the first. It is a slow burn after all. He needs time for that yearning to overgrow his hesitation towards loving. Years and Years of heartbreak has killed his beating heart so it's going to take a long time.
He really doesn't really do anything at the start, expect for many really weird comments. I am thinking of the Avery one especially right now. He's actually normal at the start, even making sure you are slipping into his hypnosis carefully and safe. He knows how addicting it can be, making you feel safe, comfortable or even whole when Gwylan is nearby.
He makes sure that you don't sink in, keeping you from doing it constantly. Until he starts to yearn for you. Once he finally accept that yes, he wants to enjoy this relationship, even if it's not forever, he finally opens up and show how much he yearns for you.
And god does he yearns. His yearning for wanting you completely tramples your own will. The way he gets you a collar, something that tracks you and make his hypnosis never fail. The way you can't resist anything he asks of you anymore. The way he fully goes into his petplay with you, bringing out the dog bowl and pet beds.
Gwylan is the bigger, more scarier threat because you don't really see any huge signs. He's not stalking you like Kylar, he doesn't kill people, and he only says somewhat out of pocket comments once in a way.
There is no way the PC would know they would end up so deep until it's already too late. With Kylar, the vibes and the garlic breath are the first things you learn about him after two minutes of dialogue. Gwylan? Had me in the first half until he called my pc Canary and I was locked in.
Wow, I didn't expect a new update so soon. My thoughts, theories, and spoilers are below.
Warning: there's a lot of text and screenshots down there.
I absolutely loved the new update! I literally couldn't think of anything else until I finished it. AAAA it was so good!
I somehow accidentally lost my Chelsea save with Avery's skyscraper, so I decided to replay it while exploring the update, and I actually got lucky, as I was able to get some interesting character interactions.
I've always been interested in Gwylan, and I was very surprised and happy when I learned that this update was dedicated to her. And besides, Gwylan could become a new love interest! Honestly, I didn't think there would be any new LIs at all, but I'm glad they did, and I'll continue to wait for the plant-human LI I once heard rumors about.
At first, Gwylan was so sweet and kind, I started to like her. But then she revealed her kinky side, I fell in love with her <3 Gwylan is definitely on my list of favorite Lis.
I really liked how Gwylan was written, her doubts about her feelings for PC, her desire to get closer to PC, and at the same time her fear of getting attached to PC. What can I say, I really love angst. I especially liked the moment when she got angry at PC for breaking the rule and kissing her. Gwylan kicked PC out of the shop and became unavailable in the game for a while. I checked the shop every day, but it was still closed, so I decided to check on the brown fox in the pub (I was really lucky that the old save disappeared and I'm back with Avery's skyscraper and can interact with the fox in the pub), since I was sure the brown fox was Gwylan. And I was right.
She's so distressed by what happened that she's even abandoned her disguise. It's hard to see Gwylan in such a state T_T
We can also find her in the pub, alone and sad. Interestingly, this scene of Gwylan and PC meeting in the pub is reminiscent of the meeting between the witch and Winter in the pub from the story "Bleeding ward."
I also had a theory about this: what if witches have the ability to pass their memories down through generations? At the end of the "Hopeless cycle" story, Nona develops a Stockholm syndrome: Fayne trait. If we ask Gwylan about the chain tunic, she'll have a very strange reaction.
It seems this is the very same tunic of Fayne's, and Gwylan inherited a strong attachment to him from her ancestor, which is why she treasures it so much. Witches not only pass on their memories, but they are also all connected (I still hold on to the theory that Gwylan is Winter's grandchild).
And also this
Perhaps she's talking about losses from her "past lives," not from her current one.
And I have an even stranger theory! What if all witches are one person, constantly reincarnated? A witch is born, grows up, becomes pregnant, gives birth, dies, and her consciousness is transferred into the body of her newborn child, and this cycle constantly repeats. In the "Hopeless cycle," ending D:
It's explicitly stated here that the witch needed a new body, and that this new body is her child.
Ending B:
The witch's body was severely damaged by the curse, so she transformed into a snake (as in the ending F), and then she shed her shell and became a child. Apparently, a witch doesn't need to give birth to a child to undergo the cycle of reincarnation; she can reincarnate herself. This is precisely what is depicted in the painting "Hopeless Cycle"—a girl reincarnated from a snake.
"Bleeding ward." I posted this screenshot earlier.
If Winter is female, then the witch in his story will be male. At the end of the story, Winter becomes pregnant by the witch, they separate, and wandering alone through the winter forest, the witch feels himself with Winter, surrounded by warm walls. It sounds as if his mind has slowly begun to transfer into a new body, into his child inside Winter.
Also, we never saw two witches at the same time. The witch who saved young Winter died, after which a new witch appeared in the story, with whom Winter had a relationship. Gwylan talked about her grandmother, but we never saw her. Of course, she mentioned that her grandmother was gravely ill and might die soon, but then why did Gwylan act so casual? Perhaps it was simply a lie to avoid admitting that she was grieving so deeply for PC and that her grandmother had long since passed away.
And if this theory is true, then that's why Gwylan pushed away her feelings and feelings of PC, because one day she too will need to be reborn and leave PC behind.
Theories aside, I don't want to think about a possible sad ending to PC and Gwylan's romance just yet; I want to praise Gwylan, she is truly one of the best LIs out there. She's so sweet and caring, she spoils my PC Chelsea so much, she gave her a dog bowl embedded with jewels and engraved with her name, and then she gave her a special collar that deprives Chelsea of free will and allows her location to be tracked. I love it, hehehe :^3 I hope Chelsea gets a doghouse in Gwylan's garden in the future. I really love their "mistress" and "pet" relationship.
Gwylan's other advantages are that she protects PC from other people's hypnosis and saves them from Ivory Wraith and Eden. I want to talk more about Gwylan and Eden. When Eden tried to find PC in the store, Gwylan said some interesting things to him
Crumbs of Eden's lore! What have you done in the past, Eden? By the way, thanks to Eden I got bug lol
This bug has already been fixed, I checked.
Just like last time, I decided to replay the game and not help the brown fox, so Avery finished the skyscraper and performed the ritual successfully. This hurts me so much…
The shop is open, but Gwylan isn't there. Thankfully, after some time (about a month, I think?) she returned. But now Landry doesn't remember the brown fox. It seems she used her magic to erase Landry's memory. Perhaps Gwylan won't work as the brown fox anymore.
Now I want to talk about some other interesting details. If we unlock Gwylan as a LI, her title will change from "the shopkeeper" to "the curious." Who else is curious? A curious presence in the prayer room.
These visions in the prayer room are reminiscent of visions during one of the Gwylan rituals.
I also want to say how much new clothing has been added. So many temple outfits! Cornelia's wardrobe has been expanded, hurray! I'm also glad that there's a version of the nun's dress with a long skirt; I like this version better than the previous one.
I'd like to point out the names of the colors for the chain tunic. They all reference various elements from the "Hopeless Cycle" story; it's such an interesting detail.
But the most important thing... I never even dreamed about it... A straitjacket! I wanted a straitjacket for Strawberry so badly! I once managed to get Strawberry out of the asylum through the tentacle world without damaging the straitjacket, because I really wanted Strawberry to keep it as a reminder of Harper. But then I discovered that the straitjacket can't be removed; you can only rip it, and it disappears. I tried many ways to take it off and put it in the wardrobe, but all to no avail. For example, Strawberry went to Niki's photo shoot, which didn't help, then she went to Leighton's office, which also didn't help. But at the same time, in the game files, I saw an untied straitjacket, although I couldn't untie it in the game. But now it's in the store! I'm happy!
I’m also obsessed with yandere characters! And yes, people often have a very narrow view of yanderes. There are actually many types, and even more beyond that.
Kylar and Gwylan are different.
Kylar expresses themselves clearly and violently, and often can’t control their emotions. In other words, their emotions sometimes outweigh reason. They get extremely intense if someone else or the PC provokes them.
But this clear expression makes it noticeable to the PC, who can be more cautious or prepare themselves. It’s a straightforward, honest display, and most yanderes are like this.
Gwylan, however, is different. They are smarter and calmer than Kylar. Many of their decisions are carefully thought out. They’re also cunning and sly, and you can tell they’re a bit mischievous from their reactions.
Gwylan doesn’t need to threaten anyone or explode with emotion like Kylar. They just get close slowly and gently, becoming a support, a light of friendship for you.
Until one day, you realize you choose them every time without thinking.
You trust them more than anyone else.
You open up to them without caution, and you don’t even realize that they’ve been controlling most of the situation, that it is them.
Yes, Gwylan is as cunning as a fox. Gwylan is different from Kylar, and we have no idea that they are gradually controlling us little by little with a sincere, pure smile. Gwylan has even said that they have high persuasive skills, and most people can’t refuse them.
Ah, they are fully aware of what they are doing, and they know exactly what they need to do to get what they want.
Yes, yes, yes, they show no sign at all that they might be even more sinister than we think.
I still remember their image at the start of the game: naive, innocent, weak, harmless, and ready to help the PC. But the deeper the PC gets involved with Gwylan, the more we see their true self. Gwylan is much more than that.
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Hello!! Thank you for the four-leaf clover!! I will cherish this because I do need some lucky days. Actually how did you color the text, I am new to posting on tumblr because I spend most of my time being a lurker, I'm gonna be real.
I think even if the PC was smarter, or more locked in, and noticed Gwylan was weird.
It wouldn't matter. At the end of the day, who do you have really as a support? There is no one more powerful in that town that would protect you then Gwylan.
Kylar isn't that bad either. Explosive at times and can be unpredictable, but as long as you don't set him off, it's fine. He's like a puppy that whimpers and licks your legs, wanting attention so bad.
Even if you can't sleep at his place, it still feels like visiting a friend and hanging out at their place. Or when you're just sitting at the bench with him, holding hands (because he won't let you go at the moment) or tossing coins into the fountain.
It's all very normal, if you ignored the way his nails dig into your skin or how intense his eyes bore into yours. A lot of things in this town can be normal if you tried hard enough.
Kylar is nice for a time despite everything. But he can't do much for you. He can refill your sprays, take out anyone in the town but Avery? Remy? Eden?
People with actual power that would stomp him out instantly. There's no safety in staying with Kylar, not even if his puppy boy act made your heart skip a beat. It paints a target on your back, unable to truly control his actions if a tense situation came up. It would blow up with him going to jail or you facing the end of his blade.
Gwylan isn't a better choice. From the start, it felt too good to be true. Someone that actually want to hold you with gentle hands and to soothe your tears when you vent your worries to them.
It was slow, messy even with the way he kept dancing between wanting control and wanting to let go. Too selfish to stop letting you sink further into his grasp. And you, too sure you could pull back in time to get away from him.
His conditions are clear. Play the role of a dog at his feet and no one shall touch you again. Whimper when he acts, barks when he orders, and lick when he gives a treat. Not even sleeping at a bed was something free of charge.
You're not stupid. You haven't been truly stupid for a long time, not when you live with someone like Bailey or have someone to take care of.
You are desperate enough to let the collar sink onto your neck and be locked with a kiss. Curling your hair in his fingers, Gwylan smiles at you as if you had a choice in any of this.
"You look so cute, don't you, my dear pet?"
You can't even choose to do anything but to open your lips and bark at your master.
Even though half a month has passed… happy new year!!!!
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I drew my PC and Gwylan for the new year because I've been so obsessed with Gwylan lately. Buttttt!!!!!!! I wish everyone a peaceful and happy new year!
Dialogue you get if you've been away from Gwylan for a long time due to one of the following events:
Underground Farm
If you know the Brown Fox's identity:
"You're lucky to have gotten away from the High Elk. He's a powerful man, especially alongside his Cannibal Fox." He holds your cheeks between his palms, looking into your eyes.
Otherwise:
"You're lucky to have gotten away from Remy. He's a powerful man." He holds your cheeks between his palms, looking into your eyes.
If you're disassociating:
"They've stolen the light from your eyes." He hugs you again, tighter now.
Otherwise:
"Remember that you're still human. Nothing they do will change that." He hugs you again, tighter now.
Wolf Cave
"The wolves are usually so docile, but the black one has been growing more and more bold," he says. "I'm so sorry that it put you through that."
Eden
"The forest knows," he says. "All he does is take and destroy." His eyes darken.
Underground Dungeon
"That's absolutely horrid. People trafficked like objects to be used and discarded, it makes me sick imagining how many weren't so lucky to escape." He hugs you tighter. "I'm ever grateful you did."
Mines
"I can't believe something so sinister is going on right beneath our feet," he says. "You're very strong for making it out."
(I never knew the mines were a thing)
Asylum
"One can find herself going mad from such treatment," he says. "Remember, that if he (Harper) has made you think something that you would never normally think, please come see me at the shop. I can help."
Prison
"We all have to reap what we sow," he says, "but sometimes the punishment does not fit the crime.
If you served your time:
I'm glad you were able to withstand your sentence's length without withering."
If you escaped:
I'm glad you were resourceful enough to escape."
Pound
If he's your love interest:
"I'm the only one who can treat you like that."
Otherwise:
"It's beyond cruel to turn a human into an animal. I hope you remember who you are."
(Bloody hypocrite!! /affectionate)
Kylar Abduction
"Your friend?" He doesn't sound surprised. "Whatever drove him to such extreme means must have been hard for both of you to bear."
If you have Stockholm Syndrome:
"It was, but I understand," you say. "He's misunderstood and needs a friend. I'm just glad it's over."
"I am, too," he says. "I missed you."
Otherwise:
"It was," you say. "I can't understand him. I'm just glad it's over."
"I am, too," he says. "I missed you."
Pirate Ship
"That sounds... familiar," he says. "It sounds like quite an adventure. A heart at sea... I hope you didn't become lost in its depths."
Somehow there's no Great Hawk's Tower... devs probably forgot? There is one default/fail case that tells you to report the bug if you get anything else though.
Huh... previously I thought that Gwylan had a hidden Dominance trait because I would see a "dom" property in his character object in the save file. And I thought it was separate from his Yearning stat.
But just looking into the code, I realized that actually, Dominance is Yearning for him.
Here is my Gwylan's status in the social tab, with Yearning at 100%
I exported my file and changed the "dom" stat to be 0 and imported back into the game. This is what happened:
The Yearning stat just disappears. Further supporting this is in the "Gwylan Promenade Walk Love Interest" event (the scene where he you officially unlock him as an LI and can even see the Yearning stat), the code does this:
If he already had some Yearning when it was still showing up as +???, then it converts it to his "dom" score and removes the "yearningScore" from the game.
And whenever you see stuff like +++Yearning, it comes with an increase in the "dom" stat before it like so:
where <<npcincr Gwylan dom 5>> is (I'm assuming) increasing his "dom" stat by 5 points and then using <<gggyearning>> to show the visualization to the player in text form (aka that's what outputs the text "+++Yearning").
Now, I always knew the max score for his "dom" was 150, but I thought that was a separate trait from his yearning because "yearning only goes to 100" but now that I look at it again, it goes to 100% - the percentage sign being an important distinction. 150 out of 150 would be 100%. Which also means that if you need him to have say, lower than 140 dom to change his status, that means he needs lower than 93% Yearning.
I always thought that yearning was another way of saying love, but no, Interest is the equivalent of what Love is for every other LI. Which, in retrospect, makes sense when you consider how he's incapable of actually love the same way others are. Even if I personally don't believe what some of the other LIs feels for PC is actually love (as opposed to say, obsession) even at 100% Love, I at least believe they have the capacity for love like most people, while Gwylan kind of doesn't due to his cursed existence. Which is also why, in my mind, whenever I say Gwylan loves PC, the "love" comes with some fine print about the underlying details.
He's also the only LI you can't cheat the Love for by simply increasing it using the slider under Cheats, or simply setting a value if you save edit. Even though Gwyaln has a "love" property in his character object like every other NPC has, it's not a real love property because if you try to change it, the game will immediately reset it in the next scene when it runs the gwyalnStatusCheck() function.
I've tried. I tried to set the "love" stat of his to be 0 to be met with this when I imported the save:
And then the next moment I move (I loaded into the Orphanage bedroom and then went to the bathroom), it immediately goes back to 100%:
It's tied to unlocking his clothes and always recalculated. Like damn, I know it's probably just a way to prevent cheating but I am kind of in awe that even the "love" property of his is a fake "love" property in a way, because even in the meta sense, his love is "fake" and different than the others.
(I would be interested to know if, should they ever implement the real romance route for him, if it'll cause Interest -> Love like everyone else or not.)
Anyway back to the point about how his Yearning turned out to be Dominance underneath... maybe it was just me who didn't realize it and thought Yearning is separate from Dominance or closer to Love and didn't realize it, but oh my god, I kind of love it cause it worked really well for how you can make PC unknowingly slip into being his pet.
By thinking Yearning was some equivalent of Love and increasing it thinking that it would make him love my PC more, what was really happening was that I was making my PC give up more and more of her free will to him and letting him dominate her, body and soul, in their entirety.
Unlike a lot of other LIs who have their Dominance stat candidly on display (Whitney, Alex, Eden, Great Hawk) - thus telegraphing to the player what they're getting into and allowing them to decide if they want the LIs to dominate them or not - Gwylan has his Dominance stat disguised so you don't know what you're getting into. I mean, okay, he does tell you in a roundabout way that going further with him is dangerous because of his carnivorous nature and how he can't actually love you, and how slipping further into hypnosis will make you unable to resist and is dangerous for your psyche. But at least the way it's been presented in the game, the danger of these things was never exactly clear cause they only show up in little ways later than any immediate danger like it happens for a lot of other LIs.
Instead, it at least felt like you are quite possibly being tricked into a lesser position you didn't intend to with him. Which is why the final event and "reward" for him having high Yearning isn't him saying "I love you" like some might think but rather, with him collaring you with a special collar that makes it impossible to resist his will and consummates your position as his pet and treasure. You weren't working towards his love, you were working towards belonging to him and giving up everything to him.
This is really another reason I love Gwylan's character so much. I keep learning new things about him that surprises me even if I've already romanced him several times; it feels like solving a puzzle and I'm constantly learning new things. His character isn't as forthright nor open in its toxicity like a lot of other LIs but carried by its subtlety. It's carried by how many things about him you just accept and then when you learn more and look back on certain things, you're hit with the realization that it had much more sinister undertones or implications than its initial welcoming and gentle veneer would have lead you to believe.
i've been seeing a lot of recent posts in the dol community about how they wish gwylan was a bit more worse/morally grey and i feel like its worth mentioning that gwylan can in fact non-con pc in-game at higher yearning! i find them becoming more sexually agressive towards pc the higher their love (yearning) is rather than the other way around like most nnpcs to be pretty interesting.
(screenshot sharing and more yapping under the cut)
you can now be hunted by gwylan in the forest, the outcome depends on if gwylan is a love interest or not (you don't need to have them set as a love interest you only need to get the event where you have the option to). if gwylan is not a love interest they will just chase you for fun but if they are they will tell you that they need you. (if your pc has a animal tf they will be able to smell that they're in heat during the chase)
going along with it will lead to a consensual encounter, resisting will make it non consensual. additionally they will hypnotise you into an entranced state for a few turns.
they have some interesting lines during non consensual encounters!
gwylan victim blaming... yummy.... they have much more lines but i didn't take screenshots of all of them i fear (only the ones which especially stuck out to me).
not related to the encounter but at sublime devotion you also get similiar messages at willpower checks
there is also a chance of them using the jasper pendant.
(this will automatically bring both pc and gwylan to orgasm)
another interesting thing is that they can take your voice away if you try to scream, demand or mock them
demanding:
screaming:
mocking their insecurity (strength):
(note that mocking anything else will lead to them saying the same thing as when you demand they let you go)
regardless how you lost it, they might actually mock you for it.
... at least they called our voice lovely. they will give it back to you after the encounter even if you fought them off by the way!
if you have the angel tf you can also forgive them which gives you this.
there are multiple ways to end this encounter.
fighting them off:
bringing them to orgasm:
they fucked them up so bad that dear pc doesn't even gain stress or trauma hehe... i'd love to know if being at a lower gwylan hypnosis state or having none at all gives something different and makes pc more horrified by gwylan's actions!
gwylan will actually stop the encounter if you're in too much pain!
this is pretty hard to get though and the only reason why i found out about this is because i was attacked prior while gwylan was hunting me. i didn't screenshot it though and to trigger it again for the purpose of this post i had to activate cheats.
pc can react in multiple ways
i'm lazy so all options dump in order of the screenshot above:
that's all i really have to share! i do think gwylan is a little more tame than some other morally questionable LIs but over all they can still be pretty fucked up in their own right. they should lay off on gwylan content for a bit now but i hope we still get that side of them explored more in the future.
Whatever this is and whatever it means, it has him, and he has to... do something. He has to take the unknown road now.
"Draco," he whispers, and then abandons the rest of the sentence as he reaches out, threads both hands into Draco's hair and kisses him, hard, before he can think of a reason why he shouldn't. As their cold-numbed lips slide together, Draco's surprise melts into amusement, and his smile curves warmly against Harry's mouth, muffling a soft sigh and grasping Harry's hips, pulling them tightly together as the snow continues to ruffle against their skin.
Harry is in freefall, just hanging on and slipping his tongue against Draco's, impossibly hot and somehow taking him apart from the inside in a terrifyingly new way. The only word he can remember is yes, and it echoes around and around in his head as he kisses Draco until the biting cold is a distant memory.
"Well, I'll admit that I didn't know you were going to do that," Draco murmurs, pulling back at last and reinstating the cold with a nudge of his chilled nose against Harry's neck. "Was it the new coat? Does the snow suit me? Or does all that altruism make you hot?"
Harry grins, regaining a little of his equilibrium. Not much, but enough to keep him upright for a few more minutes.
"Shut up, Draco. And Merry Christmas."
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I just read Saras_Girl's fanfic "Turn" on AO3 and thought I should draw this. Merry Christmas everyone! I highly recommend this fic; it's quite good, in my opinion.
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I also have a Vietnamese translation that I made; if anyone wants it, please comment and I will send it to you.
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