The Scholar's portrait in-game.
The Scholar is the main protagonist and a playable character in The Consuming Shadow.
Character traits
The Scholar is the default playable character. He has 60 hours to stop the invading god, a full supply of 9mm bullets and £15 to spend. He has no particular strengths or weaknesses.
The scholar has a unique Birth Star constellation, the Priest, which increases the research rate for notes on monsters.
History
Little is known about the Scholar's past. The Ministry Man's diary says he's a university researcher, on a list of the Ministry's potential employees. He is a married man with at least one child who are staying with either his mother's or mother-in-law's household while he is away. Game creator Yahtzee describes him as "A silhouette. You can believe what you like about him." after calling him "A pretty judgmental scholar." in his review of the game.