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Yarnaby

Experiment 1166. First seen in Chapter 4.

AppearanceRaised aloneThe huntSources

Yarnaby is Experiment 1166, a lion made of coloured yarn whose face splits open into a mouth. Dr. Sawyer kept him alone for years so that he would be loyal to nobody else. In Chapter 4 he is the Doctor's hunter in the Shelf, and he dies chasing the Player across No Man's Land.

Appearance

Yarnaby is a lion with an orange face and limbs and a mane and coat of multicoloured yarn. He has large round eyes and a grin with three teeth in it.

When he attacks, the face splits down the middle and opens into a wide mouth ringed with teeth.

Raised alone

In 'Prisoner Profile, Experiment 1166' Dr. Sawyer writes that 1166 lacks higher thought but shows loyalty to a few of the security staff. Sawyer's answer is to isolate him, so that he has contact with nobody else.

Sawyer kept him that way for years. Since the Hour of Joy he has been the Doctor's personal hunter in the Shelf.

I'm going to isolate it. It'll have contact with no one but me.
Dr. Harley Sawyer (written) Chapter 4, the Prisoner Profile for Experiment 1166
By the time I'm done with it, I'll be its entire world. It'll know nothing else.
Dr. Harley Sawyer (written) Chapter 4, the Prisoner Profile for Experiment 1166

The hunt

In the Containment Zone the Doctor lists the experiments the Player has already beaten, and then he releases Yarnaby. Yarnaby throws himself at the glass, then stalks the Player through the storage rooms while Doey, unseen, keeps drawing him off.

In No Man's Land he hunts by sound. The game tells the Player not to sprint and not to fire the GrabPack. In the last chase the Player swings over a pit on a chain hook. Yarnaby jumps after them, is caught on the hook, falls and burns.

You think poor Yarnaby was my only pet? You know far less than you believe.
The Doctor Chapter 4, as the Player falls into the Holding Area

Sources

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