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Come now, you haven't given us any time to change the set!
This entry contains potential spoilers for Pathologic 2. Read at your own risk. |
This entry contains potential spoilers for Pathologic 2. Read at your own risk.
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Name |
Aspity (Оспина) |
Nickname |
Sahba-ötün (Эспэ-инке) Sahba Usp'tae (Саба Успнэ) |
Faction |
Humbles |
Layer |
Blood Pawns (Marble Nest) |
Status |
Alive* |
Location |
Aspity's Hospice |
Voice | |
Russian Voice |
Polina Pushkaruk |
English Voice |
Sara Kelly-Husain |
Aspity is a mysterious woman and the owner of a Hospice where she offers guidance and advice to both the Townsfolk and members of the Kin.
Description
“ | A mysterious being. Nobody knows how Aspity came to the town. The consensus is that she must’ve come from the Steppe, and that she isn’t human—a golem the Steppe created. Slow-moving and snarky, her mission is to bring back the Kin’s old ways—but it’s an intuitive, unconscious mission. An associate of Isidor, but a free agent. She acts in peculiar ways, is reclusive, nocturnal, and one hell of a shabby dresser. She also drinks a lot of milk. | „ |
— From the game's design documents |
Aspity goes by many names. She is called Sahba-ötün, Sahba Usp'tae, and, occasionally, just Sahba. Aspity, like her names, means different things to different people. To some who see her unfavourably, she a mysterious, sinister being who cannot be trusted. To others she is an invaluable guide, a mother, a souvilag'sh - "the one who teaches how to walk". The Kin respect Aspity, though they fear her, too. Despite their fear, they rely on her as she is one of their few remaining interpreters of their ancient lore. Through her, the Kin is able to remember their rites, their speech, and themselves. Aspity is responsible for finding Herb Brides and Odonghe work within the Town, setting them up as dancers or as couriers.
Aspity is often said to be inhuman, made of clay and bone: A shabnak-adyg.
Appearance
Aspity is a short woman with an unhealthy grey and red pallor to her skin. Her eyes are blue, with large pupils indicative of anisocoria[1], where one pupil is dialted. Her eyes are sunken and there is an unhealthy colour around them. She wears a heavy gown of layered fabric, with a brown hood around her neck. A bag rests across her body, though the contents are never disclosed. The fabric of her clothing is nondescript, though it is possibly made of leather. She wears no shoes, but does wear black wool fingerless gloves. Her nails are black, though it is not clear if these are painted, are subungual hematoma, or if it is to symbolize Aspity's corpse-like appearance.
Background
Aspity appeared in the Town under mysterious circumstances around the time of the First Outbreak. Her history seems intrinsically tied to that of Isidor Burakh, whom she adores blindly. It is said that in curbing the First Outbreak, Isidor created Aspity. She is said to have been sent by the Earth to fulfil a secret task.
Plot
Haruspex Route
“ | My path was called "Earth." I could have told you all why the black soil is not to blame for this catastrophe. | „ |
Following the death of Isidor Burakh, who Aspity was close with, she preserves his inheritance so that she may pass it on to his son, the Haruspex. On the day of Isidor's funeral she meets the Haruspex and invites him back to her Hospice so that she may give him his father's possessions. In the inheritance is a meagre collection of coins. herbs, and, most importantly, a list containing eight names: Capella, Khan, Murky, Sticky, Notkin, Grace, Taya Tycheek and the Udurgh. Aspity explains that while she doesn't know why Isidor took an interest in these children, he did spend a lot of his last days with them. She encourages the Haruspex to learn and to follow his father's teachings alongside the teachings of the Kin. She insists that he take care to follow the Lines — the links that connect them and the laws that govern our lives. Ultimately, Aspity wishes for the Haruspex to come into his father's legacy.
Aspity is one of the first sources to discovering what an Udurgh is - the mysterious Eighth listed on Isidor Burakh's inheritance. She explains that an Udurgh is "a body that contains the world." She states that this could mean a number of things, as even such mundane things as a train could be called an Udurgh - though it is unlikely that a learned man such as Isidor would have ever applied the name for something for which there was a simpler and more appropriate name for.
On the day the epidemic begins, Aspity pays close attention to the Haruspex as he attempts to use his father's techniques to help Patches. Aspity doubts him, citing that he is not yet his father, and warns him against helping as she believes that he is not yet and a healer and will fail. If the Haruspex successfully treats Patches, she meets him later in the Haruspex's Lair, praising him for his likeness to his father. If the Haruspex fails and allows Aspity to treat Patches instead, she dies.
On many evenings, the Kin meet at Aspity's Hospice to speak with her. She is a guide to them, allowing them to speak their minds. Aspity insists that it is not the answer that matters, but the question. Her aid is invaluable to the Kin as she is one of the few people who is still willing to help those in the Kin and, most of all, unaffiliated with the Olgimskys. Following the beginning of the epidemic, it is not only the Kin who wishes for her aid, but some of the Townsfolk too - most notably Peter Stamatin and Bad Grief, who come to the Hospice with their own troubles.
It is suggested that Aspity had something to do with the riots in the Termitary. [2]
In the Diurnal Ending, Aspity is found by Taya Tycheek, Oyun, and Notkin. As the Earth dies she, too, believes that she is dying. She tells the Haruspex that she was created by the Earth so that he may have a mother - yet he has turned his back on her. She exclaims that she will go blind and then deaf, and then is is likely that she will die.
In the Nocturnal Ending, Aspity appears atop a Stairway to Heaven, overlooking the changed Town. She praises the Haruspex, celebrating his devotion to the Earth. She will show him the aurochs as they wander the Earth once more, and tell him the Kin are ready to be led by him.
The Marble Nest
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Birdies, birdies... gather ye here, round the marble nest...
This entry contains potential spoilers for Pathologic 2: The Marble Nest. Read at your own risk. |
This entry contains potential spoilers for Pathologic 2: The Marble Nest. Read at your own risk.
During The Marble Nest, she describes herself as a "dream teller," and declares herself a souvilag'sh, meaning "the one who teaches how to walk." During the events of The Marble Nest, Aspity appears in the Bachelor's nightmare to chide him for failing to discover the source of the Sand Plague outbreak in the Stone Yard the previous day. During the day, the Bachelor finds a crowd of people waiting for Aspity to interpret their dreams. Aspity once again rebukes the Bachelor for refusing to accept or understand death, and demonstrates how to "die properly" — crumpling to the ground before him, lifeless, only to reappear outside.
Spoken Dialogue
Screenshots
Aspity around the Ring of Suok
Aspity in her hospice
Aspity outside of the Soul-and-a-Half Fortress
Aspity's reflection in her hospice
Aspity in the Diurnal Ending
Aspity in the Nocturnal Ending
Aspity in the Theatre following her death
Aspity in dialogue in the 2016 demo of Pathologic: The Marble Nest
Full model of Aspity in the 2016 demo of Pathologic: The Marble Nest
Aspity in the official release of Pathologic: The Marble Nest
Aspity in the official release of Pathologic: The Marble Nest
Official Art
Animation Video
Notes
- The term souvilag'sh (соувилагьш) may be taken from the Mongolian word suvilakh (сувилах, which means 'to care for, ministrate to, groom'. [3]
- Aspity's Russian name, Ospina, translates to "pockmark".[4] Her English name is meant to resemble the word "spite", as means to resemble the same sort of uncommon and unnatural name.[5]
References
- ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anisocoria
- ↑ The town is dying—yet the Kin live. Perhaps this means it's the Kin's time. They'll burst from the Termitary, and take what is theirs. Sabha spoke of that. Sahba-ötün. Sahba Usp'tae. Aspity. Do you know her?
- ↑ Bolor-Toli - English to Mongolian Dictionary
- ↑ Wikitonary - Russian
- ↑ Pathologic Kickstarter - Poles in Tune "This chimera of a word is a combination of “asp”, “spit”, “spite”, and “pity”; she is indeed a lady of a rather poor temper, full of spite and poisonous sarcasm, but she does take pity on the butchers and other steppe people (...)"