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canon Pathologic (1-3)

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medical gore, violence Pathologic's plot revolves around a plague which is, at the start of the game, incurable. The three main characters are all healers with varying talents, but Artemy is a tradional healer and a surgeon. Autopsies are regularly performed in the game, and are likely to come up in conversation, depending on what's happening. Artemy is also responsible for the deaths of at least three men, is suffering from injuries, and war (specifically the Russian Communist Revolution and subsequent Civil War of the 1910s-1920s) is a background element which includes Artemy's time as a field medic which involves mutilation from artillery, explosions, and general "shell shock".

trauma, mental health Related to the above, Artemy suffers from what is now defined as PTSD from his time in and around the battlefield during the war that is still ongoing by the time he reaches his hometown. Artemy also suffered abuse from his father including being struck and neglected. As a child, Artemy's older brother, Ersher, dies (he does not say how), and he knows and is troubled by the death of his mother in childbirth.

systemic racism and oppression The Kin (the game's analogue for Central Asians) are systemically oppressed by the Russians who run the Town, including being relagated to the fringes of the Town, forced to work hard labor and called "ungrateful" when they ask for any kindness or mercy, live in a cold, cement building, and are generally looked down upon or mocked. Artemy is Central Asian through his father despite his fair hair and eyes, and he has similar facial features to the Kin seen in the game. He is aware of the prejudice, especially when he leaves the Town and it's more apparent on his return.

starvation and food insecurity The Town as a whole suffers from being cut off from the rest of the country because of the war, thus delaying the trains from arriving with supplies, including food. That said, Artemy is familiar with the habit of scavenging for food, and over the course of the events of the game, regularly barters for scraps or otherwise digs them out of trash cans and is on the brink of starvation for the majority of the game.

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