Unlocking characters

Playable from the start1

Available the moment you start. Nothing to unlock, nothing to pay.

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  William Wallace

  A proud Scottish leader, born to lead from the front.

  Shop entries:

  44

Unlocked through play2

Not there at first, but reachable — these are unlocked by playing, and each one gets a full house in the village with its own upgrade tree once you have them.

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  Brienne Ironleg

  A sturdy warrior who excels at quick attacks, quick steps and flurries.

  The game's own text:

  「Progress through the game to unlock this Hero」

  Shop entries:

  43

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  Ruadh Stonecrusher

  A warrior with a strong constitution who can absorb many hits. Slow to strike but brutal in force.

  Condition in the files:

  Clear Act 3COMPLETE_ACT3

  The game's own text:

  「Progress through the game to unlock this Hero」

  Shop entries:

  43

Not in the current build3

Present in the game files and visible on the character select screen, but not obtainable in Early Access. No amount of progress opens them; the game's own text says so outright. Their entries exist because the data ships complete, not because the character is finished.

• Spear Warrior

  Hailing from a country far away, this hero is adept at moving from enemy to enemy with great technique.

  The game's own text:

  「Unavailable」

  Shop entries:

  1

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  Dr. Corvinus

  A master of remedies and potions who understands the line between cure and poison.

  The game's own text:

  「Unavailable」

  Shop entries:

  4

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  Mr. Wolf

  A quest for vengeance left this madman with nothing but the cold certainty of the kill.

  The game's own text:

  「Unavailable」

  Shop entries:

  1

How we can tell

The call does not rest on judgement. The game keeps a line of text for each hero that the character select screen shows while they are locked. For two of them it reads “progress through the game to unlock this hero”. For three others it reads, in full, “Unavailable” — a different string, written for a different situation. That is the game telling you these are not obtainable, not that you have not found them yet.

A second, unrelated source agrees. Every hero has a shop in the village holding their upgrades, weapons and gear. The three reachable heroes carry 44 / 43 / 43 entries each. The three marked unavailable carry 1 / 4 / 1. A character you are meant to play does not ship with one item and no upgrade tree — the shops were never built because the characters are not in this build.

All heroes compared

Base stats for all 6, including the ones you cannot reach yet. Only stats that actually differ are listed — every hero has the same dodge pool, so a row for it would say nothing. The highest and lowest figure in each row is marked.

Nothing in the game puts these side by side, and the spreads are large: block stamina runs from 5 to 50, and the parry window from 0.066s to 0.15s. Picking a hero is picking a difficulty, and the character select screen never says so.