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Night Folk

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Night Folk operates around Bayou Nwa and Bluewater Marsh, with 1 named member.

Leaders
Not stated
Status
Active
Territory
Bayou Nwa and Bluewater Marsh, Lemoyne
Affiliations
Not stated

Player notes

The Night Folk are silent killers operating in Lemoyne's swamps, across Bayou Nwa and Bluewater Marsh. They dress in ragged, worn clothing, sometimes coating themselves in mud or white paint and using crude handmade garments. Philip Carlier is counted among their members. Their victims are stripped of anything valuable before being killed, and the gang leaves bodies hanging from trees or abandoned in pieces through the marshes.

Arthur Morgan encounters the Night Folk while moving through the swamps around Bayou Nwa and Bluewater Marsh. Corpses, including mutilated remains fastened to trees, reveal their presence before an attack begins. The gang does not speak. Its members communicate with clicks, hisses and whistles, then close in with bows and hand weapons rather than firearms.

The Night Folk lay traps for travellers, particularly after dark, though they also strike in daylight. A body or another disturbing sight can draw a passerby into an ambush among the trees and water. They attack, rob their targets and disappear back into the swamp. The encounters leave the Night Folk active in the marsh country of Lemoyne.

Trivia

  • โ—†Evidence of rituals performed by the Night Folk can be found in various places of the map, such as Butcher Creek. A pentagram can be seen here at night, and in West Elizabeth, there is a ritual site that possesses the same sigils that can be seen around their other territories such as Lakay.
  • โ—†Despite the similarities with Afro-Caribbean religions like Voodoo and Palo Mayombe, the Night Folk are more a depraved cult based in twisted religious beliefs than a Voodoo branch properly said, especially due to their habits of isolation and ritual murder.
  • โ—†The Night Folk are among the only four enemies in the game that can kill a player in a single hit, regardless of their statistics. The other three include the Vampire, the Hermit, and Sheriff Freeman.
  • โ—†The Night Folk share a number of similarities with the cannibals from Bone Tomahawk, who also cover themselves completely in the dirt and make no sound, aside from animal calls.
  • โ—†The Night Folk are quite similar to the Skinner Brothers, found in Tall Trees, West Elizabeth and the Murfree Brood, found across Roanoke Ridge, owing to all three gangs' extreme brutality, savagery and them being more akin to a band of crazed serial killers than a gang of outlaws.
  • โ—†The Night Folk are the only rival gang to have random encounters that specifically revolve around targeting the player's horse with the intent to kill it.
  • โ—†If you capture Lindsey Wofford alive during his bounty quest, you'll be tasked with bringing him to the Saint Denis Police Department. Upon approaching the office with Wofford in stow, Arthur will remark that their journey is almost at an end. To this, Wofford cries out, "I hope the Night Folk get you, you son of a bitch. And hang you from a tree."
  • โ—†Evidenced by Philip Carlier, a man who was a civilized citizen of Saint Denis, it appears the Night Folk accept those disheveled by society into their ranks despite being mostly hostile to anyone who travels in their territory.
  • โ—†In Bayou Nwa, there's a cabin called Bayall Edge that while the Night Folk might rarely spawn by, it is otherwise completely untouched by them. Assuming this isn't an oversight, this could mean that they might somehow have a connection with the Strange Man, or they either respect, and/or fear him enough to not disturb any of his property as even the inside of the cabin is still in perfect condition.

Named members

1

The members with pages of their own are linked. The rest are named by the wiki but have no article to point at.

Philip Carlier

Last verified September 14, 2026