Mrs. Braithwaite
Mrs. Braithwaite is a character featured in Dying Light.
Biography
Events of Dying Light
She is a surivivor found within Old Town district of Harran. She is found during a random encounter in which she will be located on the rooftop of a building.
When approached by Kyle Crane, she discusses with him the history of diversity and tolerance prevalent in local society. However, she laments on the ability of the outbreak to divide people.
After this encounter, she disappears and her whereabouts and status are unknown.
Conversations
Mrs. Braithwaite: "I never expected Harran's destiny to turn out so close to its intention... and yet so far."
Crane: "What do you mean?"
Mrs. Braithwaite: "Harran has always been something of an anomaly. It was originally settled in the Middle Ages, but it has always been an open city –– a center of trade and commerce. Because of that, the prevailing attitude here has consistently been one of tolerance and acceptance. People of all nationalities, ethnicities, religions, all were welcome within Harran's borders... as long as they could pay the city's taxes."
Crane: "Sounds like a good thing."
Mrs. Braithwaite: "You would think. And for the most part, it has been –– the aborted Global Athletics Games would have highlighted the city's diversity."
Crane: "So why do you sound so down about it?"
Mrs. Braithwaite: "Because the outbreak has demonstrated what I fear is one of the more fundamental elements of human nature: we divide ourselves. We divide ourselves, and we look for an enemy. The survivors in the Tower are a diverse lot, it's true, but who are we more frightened of? The infected? Or Rais and his army of gangsters? And Rais himself –– I'm told his men are just as varied as those of us here. And yet he sends them against us. If old lines fade, we draw new lines."
Crane: "Okay, well, thanks for that bit of inspiration."
Trivia
- Her voice actor sounds almost identical to The Mother, leading fans to believe she is a unique stand alone NPC.
- Her name is a possible play on a character named Catherine Braithwaite from the 2018 video game Red Dead Redemption 2
- Mrs. Braithwaite claims that Harran was not settled until the Middle Ages, despite the Harran City Website stating that the area was first populated by Carthaginians and later incorporated into the Roman Empire, both of which occurred prior to the Middle Ages.
- She also claims that the Global Athletics Games were aborted, even though this contradicts the events of Stories From The Dying City and those of Dying Light: Nightmare Row, as the former makes reference to the games having been on television, while the latter references a major outbreak of the virus during the conclusion of the Games.
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