Homesick Corpse

Homesick Corpse
Beliefs	The Trawler-man
Character Information
Pronouns	He/Him
Connections	Carpenter
Status	Deceased
Saint Information
God Served	The Trawler-man
Behaviour/ Abilities	Continues speaking after death
Content Information
First Appearance	Chapter 17: If I Could Trace With Bloodless Fingers

Please! I have to get home!

I have to warn them!

Chapter 17: If I Could Trace With Bloodless Fingers

The Homesick Corpse is a Saint who continues to speak and search for home. It is restless in its death.

ATTENTION: SPOILERS AHEAD! Beyond this point, major plot spoilers are expected. Continue at your own risk.

Background

He is a corpse, originally fished from the bay and laid to rest by Stewardess Acantha, who awoke speaking while still dead and decaying, pleading to be returned home. Carpenter recognizes that he is a follower of the Trawler-man by the fishhook piercings he has, and is tasked by Acantha with returning the corpse to his people. This instigates her journey back to Paraclete's Gulch.

The Homesick Corpse used to venture out of his home to deliver handwritten Verses to the faithful. He is discovered by the lawful authorities and government agents catch him. The authorities experimented on him, leading him to his current state.

When Carpenter asks him what he did while he was a live he responds:

I bore new words, unfamiliar wonders, from ingenious minds to the ears of a listening world. Home was not merely cold stone and soft pillows; it was the endless scribbling dozen scribes, in the vaults of the old refuge amongst the hills, all of them persevering on the latest verses, tales of a great river and terrible gods and brave pilgrims. And whatever they wrote, I’d take it in my satchel and I’d carry it out into the world. Seeking the hidden signs of our faith, our family, in farm and in vale. And where I found my people I’d bring them the new gospels and we’d share in the wonder, the terror, the joy, as we read together. When I was out of pages, I’d return home again, to the old refuge, to see what new wonders had been made in my absence.

Episode Appearances

Chapters	Synopsis
Chapter 17: If I Could Trace With Bloodless Fingers	The Homesick Corpse is fished from the bay and laid to rest by Stewardess Acantha and Carpenter. He begins speaking and pleading with them to be returned home. Carpenter sets off on a pilgrimage to do so.
Chapter 19: I'd Bear This Song To The Precipice	The Homesick Corpse continues to plead with Carpenter to return home.
Chapter 24: And We'd Be Gone Without A Trace	The Homesick Corpse moans as Carpenter sleeps.
Chapter 25: But We'll Never Be Rid Of Each Other	Carpenter wakes in Leaning Larch Holiday Village. The Homesick Corpse is with her. She screams at him, frustrated that he keeps begging her to take him home. Carpenter leaves him behind as she escapes, and Gage finds him.
Chapter 27: So I'll Bear It Trembling Onwards	Gage speaks to the Homesick Corpse and listens to his story.
Chapter 29: And Where My Final Footsteps Fall	Carpenter buries the Homesick Corpse. She apologises to him as she does so. He is says he is ready to go home, and Carpenter buries him.

Trivia

• He says his one regret is not expressing his love for others.