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A wise penitent who travels Cvstodia, observing and recording the manifestations of the Miracle. He is the one who guides the Penitent One on his quest.

• The Faceless: Deogracias wears a wicker face mask covering his face.
• Gentle Giant: Deogracias is huge, easily two to three times the Penitent One's height when standing upright, but he's a soft-spoken scholar rather than a fighter. Oddly, in the cutscene for the Golden Ending he's seen walking beside Crisanta as she carries the body of the Penitent One who's roughly the same size as the Penitent One and, while he is taller than her, it's only by a head or so, making him not nearly as big as he has been portrayed throughout the rest of the game.
• Meaningful Name: His name is a Spanish variant of a Latin phrase, "Deo gratias", which means "Thanks be to God".
• Mr. Exposition: Interacting with Deogracias reveals a great deal of information about the history of Cvstodia. He occasionally serves as a reminder to the player when they still have tasks to perform before they can progress.
• Recurring Traveller: Deogracias always seems to be present to provide background and context whenever the Penitent One defeats a boss or accomplishes a significant task, even if there's no apparent way for him to have gotten there before the Penitent One did.
• Undying Loyalty: The Guide altar piece in Blasphemous II reveals that he became this towards the Penitent One, guarding his grave for the rest of his days.

Altasgracias AltasgraciasVoiced by: Rebecca Mahoney and Cathy Vanover (English), Sandra Villa (Spanish)"Our rageful voices were banished then. Now the Miracle has made them eternal."A creature resulting from three women who did not want to be married. They prayed to the Miracle for aid, and they all fused together and were placed inside an egg made out of hair.

• And I Must Scream: One of Altasgracias's faces has a worried look in her eyes and would scream inaudibly from time to time. Apparently, she is not taking her fate well.
• Bearded Lady: The women grew a beard as part of their request to get out of a marriage.
• Be Careful What You Wish For: Altasgracias was once three sisters who prayed to the Miracle to avoid their forced marriage. The Miracle granted their wish, indeed, and one of the faces is not taking her fate well.
• Big Ol' Unibrow: The middle face sports one, probably due to having her face fused with the other two's.
• Butter Face: Nearly her entire body is not too bad looking, but her having three distinct faces fused together and having grown a massive beard effectively nullifies what appeal she might have.
• Fetch Quest: To speak with Altasgracias, you first have to offer her egg three items from her past (The Black Grieving Veil, the Torn Bridal Ribbon, and the Melted Gold Coins). Doing so will cause her egg to hatch, and she will grant you the Egg of Deformity, needed to get the Three Gnarled Tongues relic.
• Fan Disservice: Her distinct facial features remove all appeal she might have despite appearing as a huge naked woman.
• Godiva Hair: A somewhat Squicky variant; the hair that is the only thing covering one of her breasts and her crotch is actually her beardnote although said beard is so dense that it seems to merge with their head hair as it wraps around her body.
• I Was Quite a Looker: It can be reasonably inferred that the women who became Altasgracias were very good looking, but they asked the Miracle to give them a means to get out of an unwanted marriage. The result is a giant, three-faced, bearded woman.
• Ironic Name: "Altasgracias" is derived from the Spanish "altas gracias", which means "high thanks". The sisters got their wish of avoiding an arranged marriage, but at least one of them looks like she would do anything to take the wish back.
• Nightmare Face: Altasgracias has three distinct faces fused together, even if you ignore the overly long beard.
• Giant Woman: Even when sitting, she towers over the Penitent One.
• Voice of the Legion: She speaks with the voices of the three women that were fused into her being.

Blessed Lord of the Salty Shores Blessed Lord of the Salty ShoresVoiced by: Scott Cleverdon (English), Gabriel Aumesquet (Spanish)"The punishment of the miracle for the false Idol is to grant them false holiness. Do not try to obtain my name, for it is also covered in salt."The Blessed Lord of the Salty Shores was once heralded as a saint in his lifetime, using his salt as if it were blessings to the people, who fervently believed him and began following him. The Grievous Miracle saw through his lies, however, and saw it fit to trap him and his followers in another realm, turning them all into statues of salt. Despite this, the Blessed Lord hopes to do actual blessings to escape the curse.

• And I Must Scream: Subverted. The Blessed Lord is aware of his condition and can still speak to the Penitent One. However, he can break free from the curse; he just needs to do actual blessings.
• Blessed with Suck: As with all things, the Grievous Miracle blesses all with its presence. For the Blessed Lord and his following based on his lies through salt, they were all turned to salt. However, the Miracle also did grant the Blessed Lord the ability to bless potential holy artifacts, which the Lord hopes will eventually earn him a way out of the curse.
• Curse Escape Clause: The Blessed Lord has to do authentic blessings and turn the items he has blessed into relics.
• False Prophet: He was venerated as a saint in his lifetime, using salt as if it were blessings to the faithful. The salt, however, lacked any real meaning; the Grievous Miracle saw through the Blessed Lord's lies and encased him in salt, and all that he needs to do to break free from the curse is to do actual blessings.
• Ironic Hell: Of a sort. He and his followers are trapped as statues of salt, the very thing the Blessed Lord had used to give "blessings". The place they're all in is an idyllic scene akin to a "Heaven", yet that really serves as grounds for their punishment. In the Blessed Lord's own words... "The punishment of the Miracle for the false idol is to grant them false holiness."
• No Name Given: The Blessed Lord did have a name, but as part of his punishment, his name was erased, or "covered in salt".
• Taken for Granite: Well, more like "Taken For Salt", but the trope fits.
• What Happened to the Mouse?: When you get the third and final relic from him... he falls silent. Was he freed and allowed to cross the Dream, or...?
• By the sequel, one of the Confraternities is the Confraternity of Salt, meaning that once again, the Miracle may have ultimately granted him the holiness he preached, at the cost of turning his teachings into more tools for it to use.

Candelaria CandelariaVoiced by: Heather Sylvia-Gold (English), Inma Font (Spanish)"I will not ask you for any money whatsoever; those forbidden tears you shed would be more than enough for me."An elderly woman who serves as the game's merchant, offering relics and whatnot she has found in her travels.

• Intrepid Merchant: Somewhat. The in-game locations of her shops are in the Graveyard of the Peaks, Mercy Dreams, and the Sleeping Canvases, three dangerous areas in-game.
• Meaningful Name: Her name has two meanings. The first is that it references the image of the Virgin of the Candelaria in Tenerife. The second is that her name translates to "Candle Bearer", and she has a candelabra hanging from her pack. She even mentions for her to be called by her name, because "for what [she] sells would make your eyes light up like the high bonfires".
• Tempting Fate: Played for laughs, but most of her phrases when offering items often come across this way. Given the fact that the Grievous Miracle is a force in Cvstodia, one of them might come true one day... "And may my eyes be blinded if I'm lying.""And may I don mourning black if I'm trying to deceive you.""And may the bells toll for me if I ever deceive you.""And may my heart stop beating if I'm being dishonest."

Cleofs CleofsVoiced by: Jim Trainor (English), Juan Fernandez Mejias (Spanish)"Penitent One... whom shall I watch over now?"An older man who overlooks Socorro, The Lady of the Perpetual Agony. Depending on how you deal with Socorro, his fate can differ in two ways...

• Desperately Looking for a Purpose in Life: Without Socorro to look after, Cleofs is at a loss for what to do with himself. On the one hand, the Penitent One could present him the Cord of True Burying and convince him to return to the Order of the True Burial after leaving the order for some time.
• Driven to Suicide: If the Penitent One either kills Socorro himself or forgets to give Cleofas the Cord of True Burying at the Archcathedral Rooftops, Cleofas will leap to his doom, consumed by guilt or out of despair at his loss of purpose.
• Miscarriage of Justice: If you end Socorro's suffering by killing her, Cleofas will be imprisoned at the Wall of Holy Prohibitions despite seemingly doing nothing but watching.
• Permanently Missable Content: If Cleofas commits suicide, you won't get Tiento to Your Thorned Hairs.
• What the Hell, Hero?: Downplayed. If the Penitent One kills Socorro, Cleofs will be dismayed over this. However, he concedes that it might be for the best, as she had suffered for long enough.

Diosdado DiosdadoVoiced by: Scott Cleverdon (English), Alfonso Valles (Spanish)"The sound does not cease. It creeps on these forgotten walls, and no one can determine its origin or its obscure destiny."The watchman of the Library of the Negated Words.

• Coat, Hat, Mask: His outfit.
• Crusty Caretaker: He's this for the Library.
• The Misophonic: He hates the noise one of the corpses makes within the Library and asks that the Penitent One end it.
• Small Role, Big Impact: Responsible for exactly one, extremely short sidequest, but Wounds of Eventide makes him a major part of the hidden ending.

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