Dr. Harley Sawyer

Dr. Harley Sawyer was a cruel, merciless, narcissistic, apathetic and amoral scientist who cared little for anyone or anything other than himself and his goals. With his Bigger Bodies Initiative, Dr. Sawyer defaced and mutilated countless orphans by converting them into living toys, the experience of which is universally negative and pioneered an era of what could essentially amount to mass murder and suffering. Few of his personality traits listed below can be considered positive and it's heavily implied that Sawyer was already troubled and problematic as a young child, carrying his distinctive trait of complete focus on himself and little of others, manipulating and threatening many people along the way.

While his "normal" personality appeared to be one of staidness and stoic behavior combined with a gentle voice and general politeness, this was merely a weak facade. It's demonstrated that Sawyer's real personality was of an angry, violent and irritable man who could hardly tolerate anyone, even his co-workers and frequently yelled at people when his temper got the best of him. In the tape "Your gift has finally arrived.", Sawyer found out someone was recording him and ferociously yelled that the camera be turned off immediately, starkly contrasting with his generally stoic demeanor. With this attitude, Sawyer was widely disliked by everyone; his colleagues when he worked as a neurosurgeon thought of him as a joke, as he constantly worried that a disaster was not too far off from happening and was a major perfectionist, while in Playtime Co., none of the heads (Leith Pierre, Edward "Eddie" M. N. Ritterman and Stella Greyber) could tolerate his behavior for long and various Specialists wished he could be killed off by Boxy Boo.

Sawyer was well-known for his lack of empathy or really any kind of positive feeling towards others. In the Chapter 4 tape: "The Doctor", Eddie complained that Sawyer had absolutely no regard for the safety of the Playtime Co. facility or its staff while Stella agreed with him and noted that Sawyer refused to follow her boundaries that she set regarding the children in Playcare. In "Prisoner Profile, Experiment 1166", Sawyer found it disgusting that the few security staff Yarnaby showed loyalty to had some form of sympathy for him.

Sawyer also appeared to be notoriously picky; in the Sandwich Note, the writer tells their friend that Sawyer resented sweet pickles, telling them that if they take his order, they mustn't pick out sweet pickles lest they get punished severely. Even though the writer admits this was merely a joke, it provides a good insight of his personality and implies he is very childish despite his age. In the tape reporting about Kevin Barnes (1322B), Scientist #4 bemoaned Sawyer's choice of continuing to include Kevin along with Matthew Hallard (1322C) and Jack Ayers (1322A), since Kevin's aggressive behavior could render Doey the Doughman (Experiment 1322) as a dangerous asset. Considering the dangers of this, it's likely that the scientists warned against this choice numerous times which Sawyer refused to listen to, which shows another level of his pickiness.

In "Experiment 1188 Proposal", the person writing the proposal states that "Dr. Sawyer insists he handle the extraction himself.", indicating that Sawyer was very much dedicated to the Bigger Bodies Initiative and/or wanted to be credited for the extraction, either as an honor for his dedication to research or an arrogant way to gain recognition. This implies that Sawyer had a large ego, which is further proven by the fact that when someone emailed him asking for help regarding a computer terminal, he replied by stating that HE has never needed help.[14]

In the Prisoner Profile for Yarnaby, Sawyer notes that "it" should be kept isolated, having only contact with him, saying: "By the time I'm done...I'll be its whole world. It'll know nothing else." This shows Sawyer to be manipulative and apathetic to the plight of his experiments, not caring for them in the least. It also shows him to be very merciless and cruel, as what Sawyer implies is him having total control over Yarnaby, which no doubt would involve manipulation and torture in various ways. After Yarnaby's death, Sawyer shows no feeling for his pet, merely stating that he had more on hand, further supporting the idea.

In Chapter 4: Safe Haven, Sawyer states that he wishes to make a game out of The Player. Later, he (in one of his bodies) sarcastically waves at them, showing that he can be extremely sadistic and that he likes to toy with people who are at his mercy. It's noted in "Sawyer's Secret" he was shown to have a complete lack of regard for the lives of the children in Playcare, stating that they would've been nothing more than another "drooling automaton" out in the world blindly following better men and saying that he made their lives matter with this experimentation project. Sawyer also calls the fantasies of Elliot Ludwig "childish", while also stating that he was broken and naive. Sawyer breaks down about his project being stolen from him as he paved the Golden Path but was supposedly never given credit for it. His "last" condescending and remorseless words are "You've... saved... no one.".

Another side of Harley's personality was present during his time in the Young Geniuses Program. He put his trust in Elliot Ludwig and explained that what they were doing was the only thing he had ever wanted. Elliot also wrote that Harley didn't care for his comrades and had no interest in making friends. Another of Harley's flaws is that he's a complete hypocrite; which is shown when Elliot later removed Harley from the program. Harley seems to have had a mental breakdown, writing that nobody cares and that nobody understands him; when he never cared about anyone and also didn't try to understand anyone. According to the in-game description of the removal letter, it was this that turned Sawyer into a monster, suggesting that, although he always displayed concerning personality traits, it was the removal that took him over the edge, possibly further alluding to Sawyer's past of neglect and abandonment issues.

Appearance: Harley Sawyer's human appearance is currently unknown. After becoming Experiment 1354, he was reduced to organs (lungs, liver, and giant brain) stored and kept alive within Vital System Centers scattered around the prison. When he looks through a television, an eye surrounded by static will appear on the screen. The Doctor can also take control of mechanical vessels around the room his brain is located in. When they activate, a yellow eye with fingers around it will appear until it turns into a larger, chaotic, red eye when it starts to attack. When The Doctor possesses his mind to one of the vessels, its screen will show the exact same eye from the television when he is looking through it.

When their eyes are shown on screen, they appear to have dark purple eyes that are usually soulless. There's also just a plain, black background behind his eye. Also, only one eye appears on his screen.

At the abandoned playcare, at his abandoned office.