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Gerhman is an NPC in Bloodborne.

"An old hunter who welcomes and guides new hunters in the dream, what secrets does he hide?."

Gehrman Information

Can become hostile. See Gehrman, The First Hunter page for information.
When he is not in the Hunter's Dreams, a note on the ground usually leaves you his most relevant/last guidance.

Gehrman's Location

Gehrman is typically found within the Workshop of the Hunter's Dream
If Gehrman cannot be found inside the house, he can be found in the Garden behind the house; out the second door and to the right.
He disappears after interacting with him in the Garden until next boss is defeated, although his dialogues can sometimes be triggered inside the house when he isn't present.

Dialogue

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Endgame

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Lore

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In time, a man named Gehrman would rise to the task of the Beast problem. Gehrman redesigned common clothing to provide better defense against the beasts' claws, and also created the Burial Blade, a unique weapon capable of transforming during battle to suit his need for a short or long weapon. Gehrman's work was so admired that his Burial Blade would become the basis for all hunter armament technology, later known as trick weapons. Moreover, Gehrman was also a formidable fighter, whose agility would become mandatory in any hunter's fighting style.
While it doesn't say specifically, there is heavy implication that Gehrman was hired by the Healing Church to work in the Workshop due to his role as an inventor, since his work place is directly beneath the Healing Church's Oedon Chapel. He worked in the Workshop presumably until his death. He took many apprentices, who all did his duty in his honor, and may well have died long ago. The bone in the workshop graveyard was one of such apprentices, who had mastered the art of Quickening, allowing him to move at incredible speeds.
The description of the Umbilical Cord found in the Old Abandoned Workshop states "Every Great One loses its child, and then yearns for a surrogate. The Third Umbilical Cord precipitated the encounter with the pale moon, which beckoned the hunters and conceived the hunter's dream.- Abandoned Workshop". According to this umbilical cord, the Moon Presence lost its child and yearned for a surrogate. Surrogate means proxy or substitute in the dictionary. This means that Gehrman may have become the substitute child of the Moon Presence. For what purpose does the surrogate child do? It is not known yet. Why do they seek substitutes/proxies? Maybe the Great ones grieved the lost of their child and its their way of coping? Could this mean that they possess some emotions or is it for a entirely different reason?
In the Abandoned Old Workshop, you will find an Old Hunter Bone on the grave near the house. The location and description implies that it's a grave of his apprentice who is long dead. How exactly Gehrman is still alive remains a mystery, but is most likely a result of the Moon Presence's actions. On occasion, in the Hunter's Dream, the Plain Doll will relocate to this same grave.
Gehrman's role in the Hunter's Dream is to be an overwatcher of sorts. He, like you (depending on the ending you receive), was selected by the "Great One", the Moon Presence, as surrogate of its lost child.
By killing Gehrman, you are essentially allowing him to be freed from the dream and his role in it, allowing him to awaken from this, "Terrible hunter's dream".
From Gehrman's dialogue, we can assume that he suffers from a strong depression; he's been in the Hunter's Dream longer than anyone else, and has lost many good friends.
There isn't much else to explain why the Moon Presence would want to replace Gehrman with you. It's clear that the Moon Presence requires this figure in the dream, for whatever reason. This begs the question: Was Gehrman going against the will and biddings of the Moon Presence by freeing hunters from the dream?
Gehrman could also simply be a pawn to the Moon Presence, only able to act freely to a certain extent. He clearly isn't happy about being in the Hunter's Dream. He wants the hunter to slay the cause of the Nightmare, which s/he does by killing Mergo's Wet Nurse. The screen even says "Nightmare Slain" instead of the usual "Prey Slaughtered". It does the same after killing the Moon Presence, which implies that these two dreams are rivals. After the hunter gets rid of the other dream, the Moon Presence simply needs to get rid of you, so it orders Gehrman to kill you. This would make the hunter awake from the dream, without memory. If the hunter has used the umbilical cords, the Moon Presence tries to kill them, because they are a threat to it, a new rival. The Moon Presence seems to need a host. It does not want to replace Gehrman, but it has to if Gehrman dies.

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MoonlightButterfly- Gehrman Dialogue
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Mhazard- Gehrman Battle Grunt

Other Notes:

If you "kill" Gehrman enough within Hunter's Dream he will vanish into mist and becomes unavailable until you defeated Mergo's Wet Nurse. He also disappears at a specific point in the story.
However if you attacked Gehrman at the foot of the Great Tree, he immediately becomes hostile.
There are more than 360 headstones in the garden where the player fights Gehrman.
Gehrman is missing at least his right foot, and it's been replaced with a peg leg. This can be seen when he's in his wheelchair, and goes some way towards explaining his 'retirement'.
Gehrman is voiced by Allan Corduner, who was an actor known for his portrayal as Sir Arthur Sullivan, as well as being the narrator of The Book Thief audiobook.
Oddly enough, Corduner's portrayal as Death in The Book Thief is akin to his role in Hunter's Dream.

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Gehrman Information

Gehrman's Location

Dialogue

Upon first speaking with him

After killing Father Gascoigne:

Outside his house if one has 15 Insight or above and Amelia is met:

After defeating the Blood-starved Beast and recovering the Pthumeru Chalice:

Outside his house after defeating Rom, The Vacuous Spider:

After killing Mergo's Wet Nurse:

If accepted his request:

If refused his request or attacked him at the Great Tree:

If killed by Gehrman:

Upon Death:

Endgame

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