Wayfarers

Wayfarers are the playable characters in Journey. A Wayfarer controlled by another player is known as a Companion.

Development
Early versions of the Wayfarer were a lot more human-like and ninja-like, hence why they were called "Cloth Ninjas" in the code - an artifact of development that still exists in the code today.

In fanon
Wayfarers are sometimes portrayed as non-cloath humanoids, with faces under the mask, and arms under the cloak.