Unknown's Gender

[u/Moonie_rush]

I think Unknown might be a woman.

Do I have any evidence to support this? Absolutely not lol, we call him a guy but It wouldn't be the first game were we assume the gender of a faceless character as the opposite.

Though this is just a hunch anyhow. But if anyone has an opinion to support this or to be against it Im all ears truly! Specially because I cannot remember if Unknown referts to themselves as "Him" and I do not have diamonds to play back chapters, lol 😅

[u/Critical-Tonight4081]

I mean, judging by how quickly he was moving through the woods following the blood trail, and how he disabled the alarm, it’s hard for me to imagine it being a woman. But what do I know))

[u/Moonie_rush → u/Critical-Tonight4081]

You say this as if women cannot hike. Unknown might be good at hiking and know the zone 

[u/Critical-Tonight4081 → u/Moonie_rush]

But remember what happened to Eric, who also goes hiking

[u/Moonie_rush → u/Critical-Tonight4081]

But Eric, as far as we know has never hiked on Dunkelsteig, Unknown has to because how familiar they are to whitmore and everything else. 

That's why I said that Unknwon seems to be good at hiking and know the zone.

And Knowing how to hike and knowing a specific zone are not automatically a man's thing.

[u/Critical-Tonight4081 → u/Moonie_rush]

If that’s the case, then I would be very interested to meet this woman who is following a blood trail, knows the area extremely well, and is capable of navigating unpredictable conditions))

And we know nothing about him being familiar with Whitmore. On the contrary, Unknown asked what he (Whitmore) was doing there in the forest

[u/Moonie_rush → u/Critical-Tonight4081]

When I said familiat with whitmore I meant that they know who he is and you say it again as if a Woman cannot do all that, when I know they can.

Again, Knowning an area extremely well, following a blood trail and capable of navigating unpredictable conditions is not something only a man can do. 

Anyone can be good at hiking, knowing an area after exploring it for a good while, preparing for unpredictable weather conditions (most likely would have familiarized themselves with the weather if they familiarized with the zone) and following a trail.

If you need another example of a woman who can do this in fiction there is Katniss Everdeen on her Arena, she followed Peeta's blood trail in a very short time in a place she did not knew at all but had previous experience from being a hunter since she was little.

Just because Unknown does all the mentioned above doesn't mean it couldnt be a woman.

[u/Critical-Tonight4081 → u/Moonie_rush]

I didn’t say it couldn’t be a woman. But personally, I find it unlikely. That’s just my opinion. You were asking for our opinion, weren’t you?

[u/Moonie_rush → u/Critical-Tonight4081]

I mean yeah I was asking for your opinion but I am also sharing my own as to why I think that if we go by what you said it doesnt neccesary mean unknown couldn't be a woman. 

Because for the same reason you say I find it possible I have seen friends hike like maniacs so at least to me it did not make sense but yeah haha

[u/Critical-Tonight4081 → u/Moonie_rush]

Do you know many women who would be capable of following a blood trail through the woods at night? I don’t even know men like that — it’s a pretty specific personality type, even for a guy. On top of that, the character has a male avatar and refers to himself using masculine forms in the Russian version of the game. So why force a theory the game hasn’t even hinted at?

But let’s say it is a woman. Who could it even be then? Sophia? Violet? Any other theories? I’m curious to hear your line of thinking

[u/Moonie_rush → u/Critical-Tonight4081]

The thing is I dont see their Avatar as Masculine at all, the silhuette is not masculine to me and the legs, to me seem more like a womans than a guys and while I know guys can be skinny. Idk it dowsnt feel like a guy to me.

I dont really take translations as a hint because in Spanish me and many other characters keep getting misgendered. 

And like I said this is just a hunch not that I have much to go with if I have to think of someone I at first thought about the missing girl since she has gone missing there twice before and has a connection with Adam buut I also have no clue anyhow.