Penumbra: Black Plague / Characters guide
Penumbra: Black Plague characters: roles, abilities and story connections
Philip’s allies and opponents are often encountered through voices, recordings or documents. The relationships below contain late-story context.
Edition covered
The 2008 Black Plague campaign, which continues Penumbra: Overture. Requiem is a separate puzzle expansion and is not covered. Images come from Frictional’s Black Plague Steam listing. Later story sections contain spoilers.
7 characters · one picture per entry · open a picture for full size.
Key characters and figures
Collective entity
The Tuurngait
The presence behind the shelter’s infection and late-game revelations.
Whose information is it?
Quick notes
- Key characters and figures. Philip’s allies and opponents are often encountered through voices, recordings or documents.
- Whose information is it?. Separate a direct observation from a message or a manipulated perception.
- Howard connects the two campaigns. Black Plague continues Philip’s search from Overture.
- Amabel’s role is more than a waypoint. Her research matters to the infection plot, while Clarence makes the attempt to reach her dangerous in a different way from a normal patrol.
References
| Reference | Website |
|---|---|
| Penumbra: Black Plague publisher listing | store.steampowered.com |
| Official Black Plague manual | shared.fastly.steamstatic.com |
| Black Plague puzzle and document reference | gamefaqs.gamespot.com |
| Frictional Games Penumbra | frictionalgames.com |
| Narrative analysis and character context | media.gdcvault.com |