Violinist

Violinist's Default Role Icon

* Not Mourning
* Mourning

The **Violinist** is a role in the Village team. It is the advanced role of Sheriff.

## Role Description

The Violinist can check each night if a player is mourning the death of a player that died the previous day or night. If multiple players died, the Violinist can only compare against the first player that has died.

## Win Conditions

The Violinist wins with the village, unless if they get converted into other teams by other roles.

## Interactions

### Checking

* A player that is mourning the death of the player is of the same team as the dead player. A player that is not mourning is not in the same team as the dead player.
* The Violinist always investigates the mourning state of a player with the first player that died the previous Night Phase, then Day Phase. Any player death during the Night Phase takes priority over deaths during the day.

### Disguises

* If the Violinist investigates the mourning state of a player enchanted by the Wolf Shaman, they appear as part of the Werewolves team. The Wolf Trickster disguised as another player will appear as the role they are disguised as. The Wolf Scribe's Ability, Falsify, will affect the Violinist's information in relation to what role their disguised player is shown to be as.
* The Violinist can still check the state of mourning of a player with a player that died was killed by an Illusionist or a Corruptor. Though, players killed by the Illusionist will appear as Illusionist when compared to other players and will not appear on the same team as any player.

### Other Interactions

* The Violinist will have no useful information the following night if the first player that died the previous Phase Cycle was a Solo Voting or Solo Killer role. This is because Solo Roles have no teammates.
* If the Violinist investigates the mourning state of a Recruit with a dead Instigator, they will appear as mourning their death. This also occurs with a dead recruit compared to their Instigator.
* If the Violinist investigates the mourning state of a player that is part of the Love Couple with a dead Cupid, they will appear as mourning their death. If the Cupid dies first at any phase cycle during the game, the Violinist's ability will check whether or not a given player is part of the Love Couple.

## Trivia

* The Violinist was added as a testing role in Sandbox on the 2nd of August, 2022, along with the Wolf Summoner. The Violinist was fully implemented into the game during the **Cyber Update** as an advanced role of the Aura Seer.
* The Violinist has underwent several revisions throughout its implementation in the game:
	1. During the **Cozy Update**, the Violinist was adjusted to be the advanced role of Sheriff.
	2. During the **Dark Magic Update**, the Violinist was buffed to having the ability to check the mourning state of a player with a player that died the previous day. This was in contrast to before the update, with the Violinist only being able to check the state of mourning of a player with only those who died during the previous night.
* Players usually denote whether or not a player is mourning the death of a recently died player using the symbols related to Detective. This is because Violinist works similarly with the ability of the Detective, which is comparing the teams of two players. For example, if given player A is not mourning the death of player B, the Violinist usually types "A#B" or "A≠B" denoting that player A is not in the same team as player B.
* Players speaking English usually shorten the role during reference as 'Vio'.

## Role Icons

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## References

1. ↑ Ivan's announcement
2. ↑ Philipp's announcement