History Characters / TheQuarry

* AccidentalHero: While shooting and killing Kaylee was undeniably a tragic mistake (Laura mistook her for werewolf Chris), it potentially cured Abigail from the werewolf infection if she had been bitten by Kaylee before, though neither Laura nor Abi realize this on-screen.

* AllForNothing: Laura can [[spoiler:cure Max only for him to be killed by Caleb moments after he reverts to his human self,]] making all of her efforts to [[spoiler:save her boyfriend worthless.]]

* {{Determinator}}: Nothing is going to stop her from [[spoiler:healing her boyfriend's curse]]. Not even murder.

** [[spoiler:{{Subverted}}. There's no way for him to be the last character standing, since Laura doesn't have the option to give Bobby's vial]] to him during the confrontation with [[spoiler:Silas]], ensuring that he be the only guaranteed death were he to [[spoiler:go on a rampage]], but he can be this for his family if Bobby is stabbed and Chris and Caleb are killed]].

** [[spoiler:{{Subverted}}. There's no way for him to be the last character standing, since Laura doesn't have the option to give [[spoiler:Bobby's vial]] to ''him'' during the confrontation with [[spoiler:Silas]], ensuring that he be the only guaranteed death were he to [[spoiler:go on a rampage]], but he can be this for his family if Bobby is stabbed and Chris and Caleb are killed]].

* LackOfEmpathy: While Travis' motivations aren't as straightforwardly evil as Laura and Max think they are, the cavalier way he treats them makes it hard for the two to trust him.

** [[spoiler:{{Subverted}}. There's no way for him to be the last character standing, since Silas's survival ensures his death if they find him, but he can be this for his family if Bobby is stabbed and Chris and Caleb are killed]].

!!Eliza Vorez/[[spoiler:The Hag of Hackett's Quarry]]

* UnholyMatrimony: As amoral and violent he and Constance both are, they are shown to be HappilyMarried as he swears unholy vengeance on Laura if she [[spoiler:shoots Constance's face off]]

* ItsPersonal: If Laura escapes Travis by shooting him, the game itself couldn't be more straightforward:
-->''"Travis will kill you"''

* ISurrenderSuckers: [[spoiler:On every occasion in which he's held at gunpoint by someone, he'll try to forcefully grab the gun from his attacker. Depending on your choices, this can end up ''badly'' for him]].

* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: As the oldest Alpha werewolf out of all those that can be potentially encountered over the night, Silas' threat level in a fight is proportionally high. He's faster, stronger and more powerful than any other werewolf, and on the few endings where he's confronted and aware of his hunters, he ''will'' kill a few characters, even if they succeed in taking him out as well. The only ending where Ryan, Travis and Laura all survive the encounter is when they silently sneak up on his nest whilst he's sleeping and shoot him InTheBack before he can react, side-stepping any kind of confrontation or Silas leveraging his advantages against them.
* BookEnds: The Prologue and the final confrontation with Silas both occur in the same area around his nest in the burned-out wreckage of the traveling show, but this is quite {{Justified}} as Travis is very aware of the location and had been scouting it out in hopes of finding and killing Silas to end the {{Curse}} affecting his family, and when he and the surviving teenagers decide to [[TeethClenchedTeamwork bury their differences]] in order to end the curse for good he leads them back to the nest, which is located several miles away from Hackett's quarry and the main drama surrounding the family and their cursed members, meaning there was no way for Silas and the teenagers to coincidentally run into each other until they went looking for him. If the right choices to avoid being too confrontational with Travis are picked, he'll explain that Silias has actually been away roaming 'up and down the coast' for a while, but after Ryan tells Travis that he spotted Silas in the camp by the cabins earlier that night he realises that the means and opportunity of breaking the curse for good has finally arrived for everybody involved.

* MutuallyExclusivePartyMembers: PlayedWith since they're on hostile terms, but once you reach him, [[spoiler: the only way for Travis and Laura or Ryan to survive is to kill him. Subverted if you never hear about him, which requires two out of three party members to die in Episode 9 regardless]].

* KillTheCutie: If Abigail is killed during the last night at Hackett's Quarry, and her potential deaths [[CruelAndUnusualDeath are not kind to her]].

* AllForNothing: After six years of searching, [[spoiler:he can finally see the curse that haunted his family end when Silas dies. However, at this point he can be the SoleSurvivor of his family if his parents and brothers die in Chapter 9 and his nephew Caleb is killed in Chapter 10, rendering his efforts fruitless. Even if Caleb survives, Chris and Kaylee's death is inevitable and Chris is required to die for Silas to die as well, meaning that Travis will never see his entire family freed form the curse]]. It only gets worse if he [[spoiler:dies searching for Silas as well]].

* DisneyDeath: In the prologue, he'll get attacked and mauled by werewolf Chris, and Travis will shoot in his direction, making players think he's bitten the dust. As it turns out, [[OnlyAFleshWound he was only bitten]], and Travis had shot Chris instead to save him]].

* BloodSplattredInnocents: [[spoiler:If she shoots Nick before he transforms, she will be covered in his blood as he turns into a werewolf]]. It shakes her up, to say the least.

* ClingyJealousGirl: After Emma makes out with Nick during the game of truth or dare, Abi walks away and is feeling hurt that her crush would kiss someone else (her close friend, atop of it). Abi lampshades this by wondering why she feels this way as "anyone can kiss who they want", but can't help being annoyed anyway.

* KarmicDeath: [[spoiler:She can end up getting killed and feasted on by a werewolf Silas after shooting a defeated Travis out of spite and revenge, even though Travis was trying to save her and everyone else who was still infected by killing the creature and ending the curse. Downplayed as it's impllied that Eliza was possessing her into defending her son]].

* AffectionateNickname: Laura regularly calls him "hon" or "honey" several times. She also calls him "mister" in response to him jokingly calling her "ma'am"

* ProperlyParanoid: In the prologue, he tries to discourage Laura from snooping in Chris' storm cellar. This is seconds before he gets attacked by the werewolf Chris who was quarantining in the cellar.

-->'''Laura:''' Right. So... lost.\\

''Laura:''' Lost. Max. We're lost.

* PlotArmor: The only counselor who cannot die until the final chapter. Although that's somewhat understandable since [[spoiler:he spends the majority of the night as a werewolf. He isn't even playable if Ryan gets killed by Chris.]]
* PluckyComicRelief: Until Dylan shows up, he serves as this for most of his screentime, being more

* TemptingFate: If he chooses to swim to shore, he'll quip "This better have a great fucking ending". Cue [[spoiler:a hungry werewolf Caleb waiting for him at the beach]].

* AffectionateNickname: He calls Travis "T-Money" if Laura asks Max to try and get on Travis's good side. It doesn't work.

'''Laura:''' Right. So... lost.\\

* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: He shows this after finding [[spoiler: Emma's corpse, were he to kill her in the island]].
* NiceGuy: Max's main flaws are that he's absentminded and unambitious. Beyond that, he's a sweet, easygoing, and goofy person who shows concern for Laura and her wishes, even if she tends to end up being the one who looks out for him.
* OutOfCharacterAlert: The moment the usually meek and easygoing Max starts acting aggressive towards Laura, she knows something is up. He [[spoiler:turns into a werewolf a few minutes later]].

* '''Max:''' [after waking up from his curse on top of a tree] How the hell am I gonna get down? [the branch he was standing on breaks and he falls on his ass] Asked and answered.

* ShirlessScene: As he didn't listen to Travis' orders to remove his clothes, [[spoiler:He'll be shirtless for most of his optional sequence in Chapter 10 after his second transformation rips his shirt to shreds.

* KillTheCutie:

''Laura:''' Lost. Max. We're lost.\\

--> '''Laura:''' ''[{{Beat}}]'' Are you out of your—\\

* LivingMcGuffin: {{Downplayed}}, but he mostly exists to give Laura a reason to involve herself in the story by trying to [[spoiler:kill Chris Hackett to cure him of the werewolf curse]].

* ShootTheShaggyDog: He can get [[spoiler:cured from his lycanthropy by Ryan and Laura only to end up being mauled to death by Caleb a few minutes later. This can only happens if the player has him swim to the shore instead of staying in the island]].

--> '''Laura:''' ''[{{Beat}}]'' Are you out of your—\\

* FieryRedhead: Although normally easygoing and harmless, [[spoiler:Max becomes somewhat of an antagonistic force while in werewolf form, having both severely injured and infected his girlfriend Laura as well as being potentially able to injure, infect, or even kill Emma. He can also show signs of aggression when close to transforming.]]

* BloodSplatteredInnocents: [[spoiler:If she shoots Nick before he transforms, she will be covered in his blood as he turns into a werewolf]]. It shakes her up, to say the least.

* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Downplayed. He shows this after finding [[spoiler: Emma's corpse, were he to kill her in the island]].

* OutOfFocus: He only has one playable segment, and it requires [[spoiler:Ryan killing Chris.]]

* PrecisionFStrike: After mostly trying to pepper his speech with self-censorship for most of his imprisonment, he screams "IS THIS FUCKING CLOSE ENOUGH FOR YOU, BITCH?!" as he's [[spoiler: falling for the werewolf curse]] and Laura asks to obvserve him.

** If Caleb is locked in the freezer, then killing Silas will kill him by proxy since he will not have the werewolf curse to keep him alive.

* AntiHero: Her ultimate goal is to cure her boyfriend of his [[spoiler: lycanthropy by killing Chris Hackett, the werewolf who infected him, and she can potentially murder other characters for getting in her way. She can also kill the wrong target twice (with one being guaranteed)]], and she's not above {{Revenge}} either.
* ApologeticAttacker: If she locks Travis in his own cell and he's still conscious, she has the option to apologize to him before leaving him.

* BigDamnHeroes: If she shoots Silas, then she'll end the curse for ''everybody'' who's still infected. This can range from just Caleb to Caleb, Dylan, Kaitlyn, Jacob, and Nick.

* DamselOutOfDistress: She gets herself and Max out of [[spoiler: Travis' prison by either drugging him, threatening him, or ''shooting'' him]].

* EveryoneHasStandards: She's rather stubborn and TriggerHappy when chasing [[spoiler: Chris, but she hesitates when being told to kill Silas, since [[SympathyForTheDevil he was a young boy who was abused for most of his life]]. Even if she does kill him, she'll feel worse than she does if she kills the entire Hackett family]].

* KarmicDeath: [[spoiler:She can end up getting killed and feasted on by a werewolf Silas after shooting a defeated Travis out of spite and revenge, even though Travis was trying to save her and everyone else who was still infected by killing the creature and ending the curse]].

* PayEvilUntoEvil: She can potentially do this by [[spoiler:snapping Jedediah's neck after beating him instead of running away. Killing Constance while fighting for the shotgun can also count as this since Laura had werewolf strength, meaning the old lady wasn't a threat to her]].

* TakeAThirdOption: If she refuses to [[spoiler:kill Silas the first time and manages to keep hold of the gun, she then has the choice to kill Travis instead. Even if she doesn't, Travis is doomed if Silas doesn't die anyway]].

** While her shooting of Kaylee is inevitable, the player can have her go berserk on Constance and Jedediah, shooting the former's face off and snapping the latter's neck.
** She also has the option to [[spoiler: shoot Travis with his own gun while trying to escape him, and in Chapter 10, she can blow his head off during the stand off after having knocked him to the ground.]]

* WouldntHurtAChild: She hesitates when being told to [[spoiler:kill Silas, because he's just a kid, and can even shoot Travis instead for trying to do it himself. Of course, the player has the option to subvert this by having her [[WouldHurtAChild kill him]], which will leave her terribly conflicted, but (determinately) alive.]]
* WouldHarmASenior: Laura can possibly kill Constance and Jedediah, who are both senior citizens (though in her defense, [[EvilOldFolks they are not harmless either]]).

* ZombieInfectee: He gets bitten by Chris at his storm cellar early in the prologue, and Travis imprisons him and Laura while he deals with the situation.

* {{Jerkass:}} He's not as immoral as the rest of his family, at least at first, but his abrasiveness towards Max and Laura makes him inherently unlikeable. He also refuses to apologize for [[spoiler:his underhanded actions, rationalizing them or blaming the rest of his family]]. Max and Laura even call him "detective Dick Whippet" due to his antagonistic demeanor.

* DirtyCop: Laura claims he's one. While he's no saint, he's only trying to [[spoiler:save his family from a werewolf curse]], but has no other choice than breaking the law in order to reach that goal.

* KarmicDeath:
** He can get [[spoiler:killed by Ryan after killing Laura in cold blood]].
** At the same time, more than one ending has him bite it at the hands of [[spoiler:Laura, the person he kidnapped and held prisoner for several months]].

** If [[spoiler:Laura is alive, she'll swipe at him and take his head off his shoulders.]]

* TakingYouWithMe: If [[spoiler:Ryan doesn't kill Chris and cure Laura, Travis will stab her with a silver-backed mirror, but she kills him too before succumbing.]]

* SanitySlippage: He will downright be murderous and hunt for [[spoiler:Laura's]] blood after she shoots him and possibly kills his mother.

* ShootTheShaggyDog: He can get [[sspoiler:cured from his lycanthropy by Ryan and Laura only to end up being mauled to death by Caleb a few minutes later. This can only happens if the player has him swim to the shore instead of staying in the island]].

* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Downplayed. He shows this after finding [[spoiler: Emma's corpse]].