Description

Gehrman is one of the very first hunters of the Healing Church. He became the host of the Hunter's Dream under the control of the Moon Presence and is the anti-villainous tritagonist and one of the final bosses of Bloodborne. At first, it is to believe that he is a senile old man, struggling to remember his name. This however is shown to be a ruse, as he is still completely capable of handing himself. Despite his gruesome task as a hunter, Gehrman saw it as a "dirge of farewell, wishing only that his prey rest in peace, never again to awaken to another harrowing nightmare", implying he knew from the start that all of the beasts were once men, taking on his duty to put them out of their misery. When he is found asleep, Gehrman is heard crying, calling out to his friend to free him from the dream, implied to have been as much of a slave to the hunt as the Hunter is. It is implied that Gehrman is suffering from extreme depression, stemming from Lady Maria's suicide and the chaos of the beast scourge. He maintains a calm exterior, occasionally offering jokes that range from sarcastic to vaguely disturbing.