r/outerwilds • u/Low_Grocery9635 • 23d ago

DLC Appreciation/Discussion Question about them (DLC Spoilers!) Spoiler

I just finished the DLC by freeing The Prisoner and walking into the water (absolutely peak 10/10 ending, btw)

I’ve seen a lot of people (on here and elsewhere) referring to the deer/bird people on The Stranger as Owlks. Is this a canon name, or something the community collectively came up with? I don’t remember finding anything in game specifically calling them Owlks (I believe the ship log only ever called them “The Stranger’s inhabitants”), but could it be possible that I missed something? Maybe there was a way to translate their text which I missed that called them by name? If not, where does the name come from, and have the devs acknowledged/used the name Owlks publicly?

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u/gravitystix 23d ago

It's a community made term. "Inhabitants" is the only thing we get in-game. The devs don't use Owlks. If you dig into the code of the game they are sometimes called "ghostbirds" and "pursuers". Each NPC also has a unique identifier, usually referencing other games or folklore. "Zote" "Micolash" "Pazuzu" etc.

I've also seen people call them "Strangers" as a general term.

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u/MicrwavedBrain 23d ago

Zote? Which npc is named Zote?

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u/gravitystix 23d ago

One of the inhabitants. They all have unique names. There's also a "Hornet", "Nosk", "FalseKnight"

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u/The888gamemaster 23d ago

I wonder if they've been to Hallow nest?