Folly

Folly wears a white turtleneck sweater with light gray cuffs, black pants with realistic, red-tinted eyes printed on them, black boots, and a white beret. She also wears what is presumably a white mask with a diamond-shaped "eye", part of the mask being shattered. She also has spiky black hair and a glowing bright red left eye with yellow rings as a pupil and red lashes. Her fingertips have a bright red gradient to them. Due to Folly’s height, she looks down at the player when interacted with.

Folly is intensely cruel, and will often fantasize about killing other NPCS or bring up traumatic events that have happened to them in her dialogue. Folly is also aligned with MR, though this alignment is implied to be less out of genuine liking for MR and more out of her needing something from it. Folly also has the ability to invade other's dreams, and uses this ability to forcefully gather information from others and feed on the fear in their minds. Due to these factors, Folly is disliked among most other NPCs because of her sadistic and mentally invasive nature. Despite this, she appears to get along with Wallter somewhat better than other characters, with them sharing poetry and classical melodies with each other.

Folly apparently dislikes the presence of the beret on her head, and usually reacts negatively when it is brought up. Due to conversations with Split and Wallter, it is implied that the beret is 'chained' to her, in The Cleave it is revealed that it is one of three 'virtues' along with her mask and sweater.

Folly turns away all attempts at compassion, refusing any items given to her. This is implied to be because of the tree falsely offering her 'true freedom' in The Cleave, which resulted in her being infected by the nightmare parasite.

Several NPCs claimed to have seen Folly in their dreams. The NPCs that claimed to have seen her are Bive, DrRETRO, Gnarpy, Infected, Lampert, Mach, Mannequin_Mark, PartyNoob, Pest, Pilby, Split, Spud!, Wallter, and possibly Melanie. As of the 5/11/24 update, these characters now claim that these nightmares have stopped, and that Folly has disappeared. What this means is unknown. However, according to Pest, it isn’t good. A post published by Yeucc on Twitter shows a brief comic made by CatJam where Pest has a dream interacting with Folly. According to an interaction with Prototype, Folly is a primordial beast without any name or species. Folly is made out of malice according to a dialogue line of hers.

Folly claims that she doesn't actually have "hair" in a conversation with Bive. Folly died at some point in the past and returned according to Pest in a conversation with her. It could also be a possibility that Pest is actively on a ‘quest’ to get rid of her again. Folly is able to shapeshift and change dream forms. The breaking of Folly’s mask most likely took a toll on her. A comic strip done by CatJam on X, tells she seems to 'lack a sense of self', as it shows her mask breaking off. Folly is able to possess the bodies of others. She prefers not to, as it is generally useless for her situation. Mach cannot be possessed due to her capabilities and enhancements. Folly targeted Melanie due to her innocence and being easy to kill. It is possible that Folly has some sort of friendship with Wallter, as seen in the dialogue between them. Folly most likely used to be ‘friends’ with Pest, before DrRETRO ‘ruined their fun.’ As seen in various bits of dialogue, Folly and MR seem to be connected in some way, with Folly possibly working under MR.

Folly has plenty of books, because she enjoys collecting knowledge and learning for her own gain. Nobody knows where these books are. Folly enjoys poetry. She also likes writing it, according to Wallter. Folly isn't capable of eating food. Folly is 9'5 (287cm). Folly is canonically chubby under her sweater.