Averted in the sequel, where you play through memories of the chracters, showing them in different outfits and showing characters like the leper before his disease and the plague doctor without her mask. And you'll be glad the heroes kept their armor on and their weapons close at hand when you get attacked while camping. This is justified in the dungeons themselves, since the dangers the heroes face can come at any time. The comics largely avert this and shows what most of the armored heroes look like underneath.

24-Hour Armor: With few exceptions, none of the classes are ever seen taking off their armor or helmet/mask, no matter what they're currently doing.

Under your leadership they band together, putting at risk both their bodies and their minds. They came to the Darkest Estate for their own reasons and can be recruited to fight off the hellish horrors of the Darkest Dungeon. The playable characters with which you can build your exploration parties. Bottom row, left to right: The Vestal, The Plague Doctor, The Occultist, The Jester, The Hellion, The Crusader, The Bounty Hunter, The Antiquarian. Thanking him, I did so and felt a bit better.'We are the Flame! And Darkness fears us!' note Top row, left to right: The Shieldbreaker, The Man-at-Arms, The Leper, The Houndmaster, The Highwayman, The Grave Robber, The Flagellant, The Arbalest, The Abomination, The Musketeer.

The captain waited until I had finished then told me to go and sit at the stern. It was the first time alcohol had passed my lips and it tasted so awful that I could not imagine how anyone could actually enjoy the taste. From out of nowhere a hand grasped my shoulder and a voice said, ‘Here, laddie, get this down you.’ The trawler captain handed me half a mug of brandy and I did my best to gulp down the burning liquid.

I decided to move up near the bridge, thinking if I went higher I might not feel as if I were dying. Within an hour the relentless heavy swell had me, along with many others, hanging over the rails being violently sick. It was a rough crossing and my first experience of sea-sickness. Slowly the trawler edged out of the harbour and into the Channel. Herded on to the deck we had only our kit bags to serve as seats.

“Soon after we were ushered on to an awaiting trawler, which had been commissioned to take us across the English Channel to Cherbourg in the darkness of that very cold winter’s night.

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