To continue the familial metaphor for the game, if Eno Cordova is the pappa, and Cere Junda the momma, Prauf is the older brother who is better at sports, but not so good at school. By that rules of 80’s coming of age movies, it means that Eno Cordova always liked Prauf better and was never slow to remind Cal of that. Prauf is also the character who doesn’t want Cal working in the factory like all the other bums and he pushes him to realize his dreams of going to college becoming a Jedi. He’s the Ben Affleck to Cal’s Matt Damon. He provides the impetus for Cal to start his hero’s journey.
Prauf is only part of the game during the Bracca level which is the modern video game “tutorial designed as a level because humans don’t have the attention span for tutorials anymore, so we’ll trick you into thinking the tutorial is a level” level. Yeah. That one. Because of his brief exposure in the game, it’s hard to give Prauf a high priority, but he really is a wonderful digital character. Respawn did great giving him a grizzled mournful expression. I would love to own a figure of him.