Seo-yeon

— **Seo-yeon**

**Seo-yeon**, also known as **Doc**, is one of the twelve playable Cleaners in *Back 4 Blood*. She is a pragmatic medical professional whose knowledge and experience have been essential to the survival of the residents in Fort Hope.

## Official description

*She has been instrumental in keeping Fort Hope up and running, but this is far from the life Doc expected when she first came to America. Fiercely independent, she sacrificed social life for career. It wasn't until years later that she finally found a kindred spirit in Mom. After the Collapse, Doc's no-nonsense attitude and pragmatic outlook served her well. Though her bedside manner can take some getting used to, no one denies she's one hell of a doctor and a mean shot to boot.*

## Traits

The following traits are being granted to Seo-yeon with her Cleaners card:

**FIELD MEDIC**

Doc can apply field dressings to each teammate once per level, healing them for 25 Health.

**SKILLED PHYSICIAN**

+ 15% Healing Efficiency

**TRIAGE**

+ 20% Team Trauma Resistance

**READY TO OPERATE**

Start with a Bandage

## Appearance

Seo-yeon, a Korean woman, features a black bob haircut and dons round red glasses.

Her attire includes a dark blue shirt adorned with yellow dots beneath a white lab coat. In her right chest pocket, she keeps pens, one playfully decorated with a comic octopus head, alongside her ID badge which hints that she used to work as a physician at the Evansburgh Medical. Purple surgeon gloves highlight her hands, and she carries a practical olive green medical shoulder bag containing scissors and bandages on her back.

Completing her look is a brown leather belt with an olive green hip pouch on her left side, marked by a white cross. She opts for blue trousers, sports a knee brace on her right leg, and completes her outfit with sturdy black boots.

## Developer comments

In the video "**Back 4 Blood - Breakdown of All 8 Playable Characters (Meet the Cleaners)**" by media news outlet **IGN** lead writer **Simon Mackenzie** and co-founder and creative director **Phil Robb** at Turtle Rock Studios did a breakdown of all eight playable Cleaners in Back 4 Blood.

The following quotes are *shortened versions* of the comments they've made about Seo-yeon's character:

Maybe this is just the UK. Tends to be a bit absorbing, a bit kind of like "My god. It's another person complaining."I drilled down on that. So even when people got injured in the game she's like eye-rolling with her personality "Come on. We can get through this and let's get back out there again.".
— **Simon Mackenzie, Lead Writer at Turtle Rock Studios**

She knew that without the sort of survival type experience when the collapse came she wouldn't make it.
Her value may have been in question and a lot of people wondered why she's still wearing her lab coat.
Because doctors are like gold in the apocalypse. So she's gonna wear that to show "Hey, I'm a doctor.".
Sort of a way when the chaos broke out early she was able to survive. She used her brain rather than her brawn.
— **Phil Robb, Co-Founder/Creative Director at Turtle Rock Studios**

In the recent "**Turtle Rock Studios Back 4 Blood Art Blast**" on artstation.com character concept artist Gue Yang shared information about the design of Seo-yeon's appeareance.

— **Gue Yang, Character Concept Artist**

According to Lead Writer Simon Mackenzie, Seo-yeon and Christine Tuttle are in a relationship. This relationship status isn't mentioned directly in the game and only be noticable by those who have read the information Simon provided via 𝕏. Tuttle is also the only Cleaner who will address Seo-yeon as Sue.

— **Question asked about the relationship status between Christine and Seo-yeon**

— **Simon Mackenzie, Lead Writer at Turtle Rock Studios**

— **Follow-up question about the relationship status**

— **Simon Mackenzie, Lead Writer at Turtle Rock Studios**

## Journal entry

Seo-yeon's journal entry has been shared on the Back 4 Blood 𝕏 account on September 1st, 2021.

I don't know why I'm making light of it. I lost everything I worked for, and as for my family...I can only hope they're safe. I mean, eight & a half thousand miles is pretty good for social distancing, right? But thankfully I'm not alone in this. There are the Cleaners and at least when things get too crazy I have Mom by my side to keep me sane.
When I graduated this wasn't how I thought I'd be fighting infections, but right now it's the only cure we have.
— **Seo-yeon's journal**

## Notes

* The name on her badge in-game is either rubbed off, or not visible. However, in cutscenes the name "Seo-yeon" is visible.
* Seo-yeon also spelled Seo-yun or Seo-yon, is a Korean feminine given name.
* In the Mission Emergency Broadcast, Seo-yeon responds to a news report with the hope that South Korea has been spared from a nuclear strike.
This confirms that Seo-yeon herself lived in South Korea before coming to the United States and still has friends and relatives there. It is stated in one of her journal pages that there are eight and a half thousand miles between Seo-yeon and her family.

## Gallery

* Main Gallery
* Concept Art
* Promotional Material
* Miscellaneous

Seo-yeon render by Gue Yang
Close-up of Seo-yeon's ID badge from the cinematic
Render by Jason Hill
Render by Jason Hill
Render by Jason Hill
Render by Jason Hill
Render by Jason Hill
Render by Jason Hill

Character concept art by Gue Yang
Seo-yeon's Total Apocalypse concept art by VOLTA Studio
Seo-yeon's ZWAT concept art by VOLTA Studio

Promotional material featuring lore text of Seo-yeon
Seo-yeon is voiced by Michelle Wong

Trait overview from the "Meet the Cleaners" trailer
Seo-yeon's Cleaner card
Seo-yeon's banner artwork by Airi Pan
Seo-yeon during the opening cinematic showing her ID badge
Seo-yeon's scalpel

## Sources

1. ↑ Michelle Wong on IMDb.
2. ↑ Official description from the official Back 4 Blood website.
3. ↑ "Back 4 Blood - Breakdown of All 8 Playable Characters (Meet the Cleaners)" by IGN article and YouTube video.
4. ↑ "Turtle Rock Studios Back 4 Blood Art Blast" on artstation.[1]
5. ↑ Lead Writer Simon Mackenzie about the relationship between Seo-yeon and Christine Tuttle via 𝕏.
6. ↑ Seo-yeon's journal entry release (𝕏)