Crake

The manumits' hidden leader, one of the three romances, and the ally behind the Knyazmaker ending.

Crake leads the human resistance to Brencis's regime. The rebellion is called the manumits, and its aim is not simply to kill the knyaz but to decide who follows him.

Crake is an alias. The journal is blunt about why: the manumits keep many secrets and their leader's identity is the best kept of them, to the point that some people doubt he exists at all. His name is Marat, and Coen can ask him to his face why anyone calls him anything else.

He is one of the game's three romances, and the only one of the three whose path runs through the main story rather than beside it. Siding with him through the month leads to the ending the game calls The Knyazmaker.

From Coen's journal

The manumits have many secrets, and their leader's identity is one of the best kept ones. But, after quite a lot of effort, I managed to find him – even though he'd probably say he let himself be found.

And, though he pretends otherwise, he seems desperate. He's running a tight ship, but also a sinking one. The manumits are outnumbered, hunted down without mercy… I could help them, and something tells me Crake already knows that.

Documents that name them

Quests that name them

Items that carry their name

Livery, letters and orders the game files under the name.

Faction
The Rebellion
Role
Ally
Called
Marat

Appears in

Scripted positions from the game's own community tables. A number counts the places a quest can put them, not separate people to meet.

One of the three romances

What Crake's path asks of you, and the quests it runs through.

Endings they appear in

Of the seven endings, these name Crake in the route they describe.