- "Huh? Oh god. I'm in the judge's seat. No. Oh, fuck, no. I was supposed to get out..."
- ―The Judge
The Judge is one of the victims used as the primary objective in "Vindicate the Guilty" trial. She is a rather snappy woman strapped to a chair with a bag over her head and a noose around her neck.
Background[]
It was unclear what her career was, although it is very likely that she was a Reagent implied by her knowledge of the Trials and how she would be executed. She also mentioned that she was supposed to get out, possibly referring to the freedom that she was promised by Easterman (and Murkoff Corporation) after completing the Trial. Instead, she was taken back as an objective, being labeled as the Judge.
Physical Description[]
The Judge is a woman of average height and build with her face obscured by a neutral green fabric bag. She is wearing a traditional judge's gown with one of the sleeves being torn, and black dress shoes. She has splatters of blood on her sleeve and a deep gash on her left knee.
Characteristics[]
The Judge like other victims is a complete NPC and cannot be interacted with beyond turning the cranks to progress her demise.
Her dialogue tends to be very snippy, as she is angry with the Reagents for siding with Murkoff. She will occasionally be sarcastic and yell at the Reagents, telling them to not perform the assignments and let Coyle kill the "Avellanos" mannequin. Although not much is known about her, The Judge might be someone who easily holds a grudge and is willing to be egoistical to save herself, as her panic is mixed with rage.
She also seems to be somewhat realistic and hard to fool, which may cause Murkoff to consider her to be "The Judge." During her last seconds before execution, The Judge begs Coyle for help which he obliges. However, killing the Reagents and stopping all of them from tampering with his justice is his main priority before saving her.
Story[]
When the Reagents are being transported to the Trial: Vindicate the Guilty, Dr. Easterman tells them that they represent justice and loyalty. He does not want to let the court condemn the people who have been guiding and protecting them, before tasking them to sabotage the court the kill the Judge. Once Reagents arrived in the trial, they head to the Courthouse to trigger the first cutscene in the Courtroom. She is also present in the two subsequent cutscenes, with the final revealing the contraption built into the judge's chair that will be used to kill her.
When Reagents initially met up with her, she cries in despair, stating she got betrayed by Murkoff after promising she would "get out" or calls them "evil sons of bitches." She is very aware of the Trial and tries to convince or beg the Reagents to not perform their assignments and let Coyle kill the fake Avellanos since it is a doll. After the Reagents continue with their assignments (thus ignoring her pleas), she becomes more concerned and wishes all the Reagents in the courtroom were killed by Coyle. She also tries to act reasonable by informing them that none of what they experience in the Trial is real and that killing her would achieve nothing, or pleading them to kill her quickly so she will not get tortured.
Once the courtroom reveals the contraption, the Judge demands the Reagents to avoid proceeding further, before begging Coyle for help as her last act of desperation to stop them. Coyle runs after the Reagents throughout the Courtroom and tries to prevent them from cranking the gears connected to the hammers. The crank charges the hammers before striking each of her limbs, starting from her legs, arms, and then being hanged in the noose briefly before finally hitting her head. After her death, the Reagents escapes the Courthouse while avoiding Ex-Pops standing in their way.
Her relationship with Coyle is completely unknown, as it is noticed that she is the only victim who begs for help from Prime Assets. Considering all the Reagents know his name as well, she may be so desperate that she is siding with Coyle, following the Trials story in the hope of being saved by him.
Trivia[]
- The hammers that are being used to kill the Judge are possibly a nod to the Gavel, a hammer that is used by a judge to open the court, proclaim justice, and warn the unconducive attendants. Three taps of a gavel symbolizing the court has officially closed.
- The Snitch, Scapegoats, and the Judge are currently the only victims revealed to be former Reagents in Trials based on their dialogues.
- Both the Snitch and the Judge state that they were part of the same Trial in which they are executed.
- While the Reagents hallucinate when being transported to the Trials, they see the Avellanos mannequin holding the decapitated head of an unknown woman in front of them, which could be their interpretation of the Judge without the mask.
- The Judge is currently the only female victim.
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