Yulia Lyuricheva

* Pathologic 2
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**Yulia Lyuricheva** is one of the Town's residents and the architect of the road system. Both a rationalist and a skeptic, she is regarded as quite a fatalist among the locals in town.

## Description

By Yulia's nature as an observer, she prefers to listen rather than talk. She draws attention to the hidden connections between events and formulates a theory about the effect of fate. While her theory has not been proven, Yulia often manages to anticipate events and tries to see the hidden motives of other people.

## Background

Yulia was hired by the Kain family to plan out the roads of the Town. She has remained in the Town ever since. She lives and works with a friend in the Trammel, a library in the Chine.

## Appearance

Yulia wears her blonde hair tied back behind her head, and her eyes are a light grey. She wears very light makeup, with a shadow around her eyes and pink lipstick. She wears a white collared shirt with the buttons shut, with a grey cardigan and long green leather coat. A black ribbon hangs from her cardigan, and her coat is buttoned up. She wears black tights and laced grey shoes.

## Plot

### Haruspex Route

On the second day Yulia Lyuricheva can be met by the Haruspex while she is sitting on the balcony of Capella's Wing in the Lump. While not directly involved in any of the early days' events she can discuss her part in designing the Town's streets layout for the Kains with him. The explains that she was called to the Town by Simon Kain to plan the roads as she was one of the few who could understand the Kain's strange plan. The Kain's wished for the roads to be designed in such a way that they would effect an individuals mood and change their "soulstate". The Kain's believe that the Town has something like a nervous system already and as such Yulia's job was, as she describes, "acupunctural".

She isn't seen again until the sixth day where she will is attempting to offer her help in the Hospital set up within the Theatre. If this is the first time the Haruspex meets her she will detail her work on the roads on behalf of the Kains here instead. In the evening, Yulia will reach out to the Haruspex to speak with him at her home in the Trammel regarding the arrival of the Inquisitor the following day. She states that she has worked with the Inquisition before, and suggests she knows Aglaya Lilich personally. She warns him of the Inquisitors' methods, and tells him that he will be a pawn in her game. She suspects that the Haruspex will be particularly important to the Inquisitor's plan, though she doesn't know exactly *how*.

Yulia can be seen outside of the Cathedral with Mark Immortell on the seventh day, waiting to be interrogated. She explains that although she worked with the Inquisition she is still somewhat unsure of exactly what their methods and goals are. She reassured the Haruspex that as he is one to think with his heart he may be able to understand instead.

When the Army arrives, she can be found in the Town Hall along with Victor Kain and the Bachelor, all three facing Alexander Block and a map of the Town. She has nothing to say to the Haruspex.

In the Diurnal Ending, she can be found in the Broken Heart, sitting with Andrey Stamatin, Peter Stamatin and the Bachelor. She reveals that she knows the Haruspex to be responsible for the way things have unfolded, and suggests he come with her to the Capital as a research assistant.

In the Nocturnal Ending, she flees the Town with many of the Utopians and Humbles.

### The Marble Nest

Yulia is still alive during the events of *Pathologic: The Marble Nest*. Her location and status are marked as being *in danger* in the Trammel, which suggests that she is still across the river in the condemned area of Town. According to the Changeling, Yulia is the only one capable of understanding what is unfolding, referring to matters of fate as opposed to the Bachelor's assumption of the Outbreak's origins.

## Spoken Dialogue

*→ See Yulia Lyuricheva/Spoken Dialogue#Pathologic\_2*
## Screenshots

* Yulia Lyuricheva's in-game portrait
* Yulia in dialogue
* Yulia's full model
* Yulia at the Lump
* Yulia in the Trammel
* Yulia in the Trammel
* Yulia in the Hospital
* Yulia at the Cathedral
* Yulia at the Town Hall
* Yulia in the Diurnal ending
* Yulia in the Nocturnal ending
* Yulia in the Theatre

## Official Art

* Yulia concept art for *Pathologic 2*
* Yulia Lyuricheva's *Pathologic 2* full model

## Notes

* Yulia cites a number of her hobbies, saying she is fond of sewing, card tricks, and playing the cello.
* In the same conversation, she states that she has a walking disability.
* Yulia will only appear at the Theatre on **Day 6**, in front of the Cathedral on **Day 7**, and at the Town Hall on **Day 9** if she was not infected at midnight.

## References

1. ↑ "I can sew, tie knots, tell stories, do card tricks, play cello, and repair equipment."
2. ↑ "[...] Unfortunately, I can't walk around too much, on account of my leg."

**Yulia Lyuricheva** is a resident in the Town. She considers herself a fatalist, and is the founder of the Humble ideology. She is a mathematician and views the universe with a skepitcal, rationalist approach.

## Description

***Pose**: Seated on an old armchair while hugging the back of the seat, head resting on her arms as if she’s about to fall asleep.****Personality**: Yulia reads a lot and thinks a lot as well. She’d rather listen than talk. It feels like she emits beams of light from her body; there’s always some spiritual inner process going inside of her. Yulia is a welcome guest to many families. Usually she sits in the corner and silently observes others. She is known for her observance. A few years ago she started a diary. The diary begins with her memories of meeting Lara and her circle of friends. During these years they had their ups and downs and in the end the bounds that held them together began to break. While researching this phenomenon, Yulia extracted some principles out of it. Gradually she came to a rather symmetrical conclusion about the relation between the movements of those people in town and the seemingly random events happening afterwards.She developed a sort of playful and derisive theory: there are invisible strings that cross every road in town (collectively — a Path); cutting them will result in a series of harmful accidents. Now Yulia is preoccupied with the question whether these patterns are just a coincidence.*

Yulia is the creator of the ideology of Humility. By Yulia's nature as an observer, she prefers to listen rather than talk.

She draws attention to the hidden connections between events and formulated a theory regarding the effect of fate, which she calls the "trip wires of fate". While her theory has not been proven, Yulia often manages to anticipate events and to see the hidden motives of people. She emphasizes that she does so not through intuition, but with her mind.

## Background

Yulia came to the Town with an engineering team during the modernization of the town. She worked on the laying of the roads and served as a logistician. She decided to stay in town, stating that cause-effect relationships are particularly evident there, which she wished to observe.

## Appearance

Yulia has short blonde hair cut just above her ears and large blue eyes. She is usually seen frowning or in deep thought. She wears a long green peacoat, with a large black collar flared out from her neck, and similar large cuffs around her wrists. She wears a patterned white scarf, which is wrapped and tucked into her jacket much like a cravat. A black belt with a silver buckle sits on her waist. Her coat flares out around her legs, which gives the allusion of a bodysuit; however, her striped purple pants peek from the hem of the coat. She wears black and white wing tip shoes.

## Plot

#### Bachelor Route

On **Day 1**, while investigating the deaths of Simon Kain and Isidor Burakh, the Bachelor will be directed to speak to **Yulia Lyuricheva** by Alexander Saburov. Yulia will tell the Bachelor about the Olgimskys, as well as several other prominent women of the Town, namely Eva Yan, Anna Angel, and Lara Ravel.

The following day, on **Day 2**, the Bachelor offers to help Lara with her plans for the 'House of the Living'. Lara tells him that Yulia had offered to donate some money in order to buy supplies for the House of the Living. The Bachelor visits Yulia at the Trammel and receives her donation of 3000 coins. Yulia expresses concern for Lara, and considers the task too much for just one person.

On **Day 4**, the Bachelor learns that Vlad the Younger had tasked several women in Town to test various medicines. The Bachelor insists that it is too dangerous and wants to test the medicine himself. Yulia Lyuricheva is one of the women who were going to test the medicines. The Bachelor visits her to take the medicine and after completing the test, he can return to her and she will give him a Repellent Cape.

On **Day 6**, the Bachelor learns that the Cathedral's quarantine was broken the night before and that everyone inside has died of the Plague. Several women are suspected of having entered the Cathedral and bringing the Plague with them, one of which is Yulia Lyuricheva. The Bachelor visits Yulia and take a sample of her blood to examine.

On **Day 8**, the Bachelor can visit Yulia at the Trammel as an option to ask if she was able to purchase a bottle of Panacea from Vlad Jr. at a reasonable price.

On **Day 9**, the Bachelor receives several letters from Yulia, Anna Angel, and Lara Ravel. He learns that Lara plans to attempt an assassination on the newly arrived Army Commander, Alexander Block and that Anna and Yulia are conspiring to stop her. If he speaks to Yulia, she will ask the Bachelor to tell Block that she is the one who is planning to assassinate him, not Lara.

If the Bachelor complies with Yulia, he will return to the Trammel to speak to her. Upon approaching the Trammel, he finds five soldiers around her house, all of whom become aggressive and attack the Bachelor. After dealing with the soldiers, he enters the Trammel and Yulia will give him her bottle of Panacea.

On **Day 12**, as **Yulia Lyuricheva** is one of the Changeling's Bound, there is a chance that an Executor will be stationed outside of the Trammel with Yulia infected inside. If the player wishes for the Changeling to attend the Cathedral meeting, they must give Yulia a Shmowder or a Panacea to cure her.

#### Haruspex Route

Yulia is otherwise never spoken to in the Haruspex's route except potentially on **Day 12**, as she is one of the Changeling's Bound. There is a chance that an Executor will be stationed outside of the Trammel with Yulia infected inside. If the player wishes for the Changeling to attend the Cathedral meeting, they must give Yulia a Shmowder or a Panacea to cure her.

#### Changeling Route

On **Day 3**, Katerina Saburova will ask the Changeling to convince Eva Yan to leave the Utopians and join the Humbles. In order to learn more about Eva, the Changeling visits **Yulia Lyuricheva**, learning about what will affect Eva best, as Yulia "holds the hooks to her heart". Yulia is impressed at the Changeling acting on the will of her mother.

On **Day 6**, Alexander Saburov suspects that Yulia is responsible for the outbreak of the Plague in the Cathedral by breaking quarantine. When talking to Yulia, the Changeling discovers that Yulia had given several items to her twin sister, which were found in the Cathedral in the morning. She speaks with the Changeling at length about the consequences of fate.

On **Day 11**, as one of the Changeling's Bound, Yulia Lyuricheva may be chosen to be spoken to in relation to the main quest. She talks to the Changeling about this death is ultimately her fate, but also contends that she will live for hundreds of years, much like Simon Kain.

## Gallery

* Yulia's in-game portrait in the original *Pathologic*
* Yulia's in-game portrait in *Pathologic Classic HD*
* Yulia's full model in *Pathologic Classic HD*
* Yulia's back in *Pathologic Classic HD*
* Yulia's full model in the *Pathologic* 2004 alpha
* Yulia's back in the *Pathologic* 2004 alpha
* Yulia development shot for the original *Pathologic*
* Yulia promotional image for the original *Pathologic*

## Official Art

* Yulia concept art for the original *Pathologic*
* Yulia concept art for the original *Pathologic*

## Notes

* In the original English translation of the game, her name was written as "Julia Luricheva".
* Yulia is stated to "have the intellect and willpower of a man", by the Bachelor. This dated implication, combined with her short haircut, Bohemian fashion, design notes by Ice-Pick Lodge, and close fondness for other women, suggests that Yulia is a lesbian.
* Yulia holds a deep fondness and affection for Eva Yan that is indicative of romantic feelings. Though Yulia believes that Eva does not understand her, it seems that those feelings are reciprocated.
* Yulia is a proclaimed atheist.
* As with all Humbles, Yulia can be chosen as a sacrifice in the Changeling Route, but may also be chosen to be of the surviving two Bound.

## References

1. ↑ https://vk.com/photo-147796\_292115721
2. ↑ **Block:** I fear only one woman in this town. And if she chooses to try for my life, So long me. But I don’t think she would use such extravagant means to achieve that end.
**Bachelor:** This woman has the intellect and willpower of a man. The owner of the Trammel manor, on the bluff in the Chine district. - *Bachelor Route, Day 9, Pathologic Classic HD*
3. ↑ **Bachelor:** Do you like Eva Yan?
**Yulia:** Very much. It wouldn't be much of a stretch to say I absolutely admire her. [...] She dons the mask of absent-minded promiscuity. But this pose has nothing to do with what she really is. I’d be happy to be friends with her. But she does not understand me - and rightfully so, considering her eminence. - *Bachelor Route, Day 1, Pathologic Classic HD*
4. ↑ **Katerina:** Remember what I told you about Yulia. She is intelligent… Very intelligent. Be careful with her too… I don’t know her very well but she seems like a worthy woman. And very fond of Eva… - *Changeling Route, Day 3, Pathologic Classic HD*
5. ↑ "Eva has yet to be converted. Her heart is pure, yet the arrogance of Scarlet Nina’s ideas have ignited a very dangerous fire inside of her. I will have to extinguish it, lest the greatest powers hold the whole town responsible for this impertinence. Yulia is the keeper of the hooks I may use to take hold of Eva’s soul." - *Changeling Route, Day 3 questlog, Pathologic Classic HD*
6. ↑ **Changeling:** But how can I get closer to that Yulia? She’s clever and, I think, has an iron peg for a heart… There’s no hook with which to catch her.
**Saburov:** She is fond of Eva. And Eva, it seems, is fond of her. - *Changeling Route, Day 6, Pathologic Classic HD*
7. ↑ **Clara:** Tell me more about the Cathedral! Why is it so empty?
**Yulia:** Why... it is empty because it was built before the religion was allowed to reach maturity. Even an atheist like me knows what a cathedral is for. - *Changeling Route, Day 3, Pathologic Classic HD*