What is the meaning of Pilgrim in this game?

[Bunta]

Got tired hearing every character saying pilgrim over and over without knowing what it is

[Nihil]

Originally posted by Bunta:

Got tired hearing every character saying pilgrim over and over without knowing what it is

You probably missed the dialogue right at the beginning of the game or just skipped the cutscene.

The world is in ruins and humanity got separated in smaller settlements and cities (just like in every post apocalyptic movie or story) which are usually hundreds of kilometers apart from each other by dangerous wasteland and zombie infested lands.
Pilgrims are the people who for whatever reasons (usually out of desperation that they don't have anything to loose anymore, or just for the jiss of the adventure ect) take on jobs to wander between these settlements to deliver stiff, or act as postmans or just whatever. They are the Dying Light equivalents of the messenger from the movie "the messenger", or Eli from the movie Book of Eli, ect.

[Bunta]

Originally posted by Nihil:

Originally posted by Bunta:

Got tired hearing every character saying pilgrim over and over without knowing what it is

You probably missed the dialogue right at the beginning of the game or just skipped the cutscene.

The world is in ruins and humanity got separated in smaller settlements and cities (just like in every post apocalyptic movie or story) which are usually hundreds of kilometers apart from each other by dangerous wasteland and zombie infested lands.
Pilgrims are the people who for whatever reasons (usually out of desperation that they don't have anything to loose anymore, or just for the jiss of the adventure ect) take on jobs to wander between these settlements to deliver stiff, or act as postmans or just whatever. They are the Dying Light equivalents of the messenger from the movie "the messenger", or Eli from the movie Book of Eli, ect.

Thanks for the answer now I get

[Nihil]

Only thing i don't like about this Pilgrim thing is, that everyone in the city seems to dislike pilgrims and claim they are murderers.
Which got never explained why. Yeah they said at the beginning that it requires huge balls and a certain type of people to do this job. But never explained why they would be murderers. We met Aiden and his buddy at the beginning of the game (old black guy) and both of them are decent people.

[Kai]

I wonder if its related to Kyle Crane as an outsider who eventually saved Harran by finding a cure.
But people knew further outbreaks came from GRE actions, not Crane's, unless they consider Crane being a GRE agent part of that.

Pilgrims do not have any loyalty to a location, they are like mercs in a sense.

[Grenthy]

A lot of rumors surround pilgrims being outcasts from other settlements, usually thieves and murderers. The only work they can find is the most dangerous kind, traveling the outside world with little to nothing for shelter or uv lamps to protect them.

[Nihil]

Originally posted by Kai:

I wonder if its related to Kyle Crane as an outsider who eventually saved Harran by finding a cure.
But people knew further outbreaks came from GRE actions, not Crane's, unless they consider Crane being a GRE agent part of that.

Pilgrims do not have any loyalty to a location, they are like mercs in a sense.

I'm guessing the reason why many consider Crane as the reason for the entire world being infected is this statement from one of the devs.
https://youtu.be/POaoNS2dfQU?t=138
And they really didn't think this one through i guess. :D Since it contradicts the information in the intro of DL2.