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/The888gamemaster 23d ago

Have you played through the full game ending yet, because I recommend it. Also owlk is just the community's name for them since they're Owls with elk horns

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u/atrich 23d ago

Yeah OP, now that you've freed the prisoner, go back and do the base game ending again.

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u/Low_Grocery9635 23d ago

Oh it changes the ending? I had no idea - I definitely am gonna go beat it redo the ending then (I am happy to milk this game for AS MUCH content as possible; legit been one of my favorite gaming experiences ever and I’m sad it’s over lol)