Bad Grief

Name Grigory Filin (Григорий Филин) Nickname Bad Grief (Гриф) Gryph Faction Humbles Age 49 Status Alive* Location Bad Grief's Lair Voice Russian Voice Dmitry Polonsky English Voice Rob Corpuz (Pathologic Classic HD) Grigory Filin, better known as Bad Grief, is the head of the criminal world in Town and a smuggler. He sells weapons and illegal twyrine tinctures.

Description “ In the novel this character doesn’t appear as significant as he truly is. He resembles Clopin Trouillefou: he is either the king of the underworld or the chief of a jesters feast. He sneers, grimaces, theatricalizes, speaks in riddles. Like Ivan the Terrible, he likes to poor-mouth and make a sight of himself, often acts as a wretched stupid and weak person while enjoying the fact that he is in the position to afford to pull this off. He always plays to the gallery. Bad Grief is in the control of the Town’s underworld. In the underground catacombs beneath the warehouses he has the say-so, and while in town his power is hardly present, it slithers like invisible tentacles and seizes those who get into its way.

„ — From original Pathologic character concepts [1]

Bad Grief is notorious in Town for his criminal activities, including weapons smuggling and alcohol distilling. However, he is not without principles; he and his associates never attack people with knives and razors, and they abide by a rule of no killing. As it turns out during the course of the game, it is revealed that it is Barley the Barber who is responsible for the night robberies. Grief seems to honor local traditions, only allowing flesh to be cut by those with special status, namely menkhu and butchers.

Spoiler warning: Significant plot details about the Changeling route follow.

Background Some time prior to the events of Pathologic, Barley the Barber broke away from Bad Grief's gang, and in so doing, became his enemy.

Appearance Bad Grief is an older man with short red hair cut short and bloodshoot grey eyes. He wears a black sleeved dress with cuffed sleevs and a short brown wool vest over his torso. A brown scarf is wrapped around his neck, and he wears black gloves. He wears what appear to be denim pants and laced brown boots.

In beta release screenshots of the original Pathologic, Bad Grief can be seen wearing a black suit with a dark blue shirt.

Portrait Quotes "What is he? A store keeper that neither keeps nor stores. He's got a whole community of birds of his feather there. Somehow they manage the warehouse business past Big Vlad's pocket. They accept twyre-gatherers and throat-cutters as their brethren; uncharacteristically of the locals, sometimes they put their knives to use. But really, their twyrine is something else..."

Peter Stamatin's take on him. "His real name is Grigory Filin. The thieves call him Big Bad Grief, even though he's merely a nuisance. Grief is the kingpin of the shady world. Name any prohibited item—and rest assured they're selling it. Father has no choice but to tolerate him; somehow these loafers managed to get a firm grip over the workmen community. If only we had direct communication options with them, there would be no need for those parasite middlemen... or should I say meddlemen?"

Vlad the Younger's take on him. Plot Bachelor Route On Day 2, as the Bachelor tries to help Eva Yan and the Stamatin brothers escape Town, Andrey tells him to retireve a Revolver from Bad Grief to protect themselves. The Bachelor speaks to Bad Grief in his lair and tells him “Andrey is going to the kennel" as some sort of password. Bad Grief laughs about the misfortune Andrey must have befallen, and hands over the revolver.

On Day 4, Bad Grief asks the Bachelor to deal with a former colleague, and directs him to the warehouse with Barley the Barber inside to deal with him, as he has been having complications with his former gang member.

On Day 5, as the Bachelor needs to break the Haruspex from the prison Alexander Saburov jailed him in, Bad Grief is able to provide a solution, where he sends several of his men to rush the building and stage a prison break. None of his men will survive the rush, but Bad Grief does not seem to hold ill harbour to the Bachelor for the occurrence.

On Day 12, as Bad Grief is one of the Changeling's Bound, there is a chance that an Executor will be stationed outside of Bad Grief's Nest] with Grief infected inside. If the player wishes for the Changeling to attend the Cathedral meeting, they must give Grief a Shmowder or a Panacea to cure him.

Haruspex Route On Day 1, the Haruspex visits the lair and help Bad Grief with a troublesome Doghead. Depending on how the Haruspex chooses to deal with the Doghead, he will be rewarded by the criminals. Later in the day, Vlad the Younger will direct the Haruspex to Bad Grief's Nest to speak with him once more. Upon speaking with Bad Grief, Haruspex will learn that someone is looking for him.

On Day 2, if the Haruspex chooses, he may ask for Bad Grief's help with the muggers hanging around Notkin's warehouse. Bad Grief will allow the Haruspex to use some of his men for his task.

On Day 12, as Bad Grief is one of the Changeling's Bound, there is a chance that an Executor will be stationed outside of Bad Grief's Nest] with Grief infected inside. If the player wishes for the Changeling to attend the Cathedral meeting, they must give Grief a Shmowder or a Panacea to cure him.

Changeling Route On Day 4, Alexander Saburov suspects Bad Grief was responsible for starting the Plague by dumping infected corpses in the river. When spoken to, Bad Grief insists upon his innocence, but refuses to answer honestly. He instead tells the Changeling to speak with Notkin for his alibi. Notkin remarks that Bad Grief - real name Grigory Filin - seems to be more involved in brewing illegal "black twyrine" rather than spreading the plague. However, with the newfound secret of his real name, the Changeling tries to hypnotize Bad Grief into cooperating, but Bad Grief wards away her magic with a special Steppe necklace that he wears. He will ask Changeling to steal a bag from Barley the Barber that will prove his innocence, and then he will decide to cooperate. The bag contains the severed head of Captain Wolf, the leading commander of Alexander Saburov's patrolmen. Upon this discovery, Alexander arranges for plans to arrest Barley the Barber.

With Bad Grief distracted, she is able to hypnotize him, and learns that while he is not responsible for dumping corpses in the river, it was him who killed Captain Wolf, as he and his men started the stabbings at night, claiming he couldn't resist the temptation. If the Changeling tells Saburov that Bad Grief is guilty of committing a crime, he will become infected at midnight and an Executor will be found standing in front of Bad Grief's Nest every day until the end of the game, unless he is cured with a Shmowder or Panacea.

On Day 11, as one of the Changeling's Bound, Bad Grief may be chosen to be spoken to in relation to the main quest. She will ask him if he is prepared to face what he has done, and promises him redemption in death. Bad Grief expresses concern that he will not be remembered as he wishes, but hopes that he will be redeemed in death no matter what.