A bit at the start of the game, the player encounter the “plain doll” in the Hunter’s Dream. This is the source of leveling up in this game, and as her name suggests, she is a doll. Specifically, she is the doll of the only other hunter residing in the dream and talking to him paints him as a mysterious old man who still wants the best for the world. But his exiting remark after confirming the player can use the Hunter’s Workshop (the only building in the dream) to their benefit, he makes a whispered, snarky remark: “Even the doll, should it please you.” The play can later find the workshop in the real world, and the doll is there along with its outfit. The description reveals its craftsmanship “borderlined on mania”. In the DLC for the game, “The Old Hunters”, the Hunter (player character) walks into the clock tower and sees an abused, bloodied corpse of a woman sitting in a chair (who bears a striking resemblance to the doll). It can be infered that it is the result of self-harm. The hunter approaches and touches her, and she soon revolts back saying “A corpse should be left well alone”. The player then proceed to kill her so he/she can genocide a fishing hamlet she was trying to protect. Upon returning to the dream, the doll states that she feels at peace, and is relieved. The doll shows a thematically inaccurate response to this situation as she is not the real person, but just an attempt to claim a woman’s body for the man's uses. Despite this, the man is repeatedly shown in a sympathetic light. His sexual crazes is not addressed and his other dialogue portrays him as scared, but stoic, old man who is hosting a way for hunters to combat the scourge of beasts.