History Fanfic / UnlifeIsStrange

** Sean Prescott, despite being the GreaterScopeVillain in ''VideoGame/LifeIsStrange'' is reduced to this in both Routes '''A''' and '''B''', following Nathan's death[=/=]Chloe's death, and Jefferson and Nathan's crimes being exposed, Despite Prescott's attempts to cover things up and try to control the narrative, he proves utterly helpless when both the FBC and New Ascalon's interference. When their investigations uproot too much of Prescott's dirty laundry, the most he can do is uproot his funds in Arcadia Bay, leaving it to economic collapse, and his family to deal with the fallout. He is then held captive by New Ascalon, who later feeds him to a transformed Nathan.

* BeethovenWasAnAlienSpy: As with ''VideoGame/Vampyr2018'', multiple historical and mythic figures were vampires, with many historical events being what smoke screens for battles with the Red Queen over the centuries. The most prominent examples are that King Arthur was a vampire, and Mordred was a dhampir. Mordred's cohorts consist of "Elisa Bethany", who is in fact Elizabeth Bathory, a former champion of the Red Queen; and Alexander "Sawney" Bean, whose wife was another former champion of the Queen's. Other examples include Beowulf and Cú Chulainn being champions of Myrddin; while figures such as Queen Medb or Grendal's mother were champions of the Red Queen -- with Grendel himself being a dhampir. Furthermore, it is revealed that the entity known as Myrddin Wilt was originally worshiped as the Celtic god, Lugh.

** Downplayed with Pierre Margot, a supposed descendant of ruthless vampire hunter Jean Margot, who founded the "Americanized" Guard of Priwen, which now collabs with the FBC. Pierre is leading the American Guard in the present day, having brought them back to their roots of militant extremism in the modern age, and is out to snuff out "undesirables" who are part of TheAlliance. He is directly responsible for [[spoiler:Mark Jefferson being pulled back into the fray]]. Sean Diaz's deal with the FBC puts him in with the Americanized Guard, meaning Margot is the one responsible for overseeing Sean's "services". While Margot ''could'' be seen as a threat in his own right, he is still overshadowed by that of the Red Queen, and is largely acting in response to her. Reid and [=McCullum=] both see Margot as an (albeit massive) obstacle standing in the way of the ''real'' threat.
** Steph's initial girlfriend, Cathy Mortimer. When Steph ([[spoiler:or at least, her Tulpa]]) first meets Rachel in LA, she has been dating Cathy for some years; with it being immediately being clear that Cathy is a toxic and controlling girlfriend. Had this story been a romantic drama, with a focus on domestic abuse, someone like Cathy would probably be the main antagonist -- alas, she is the StarterVillain of a story involving vampires, cults, conspiracies and a GodOfEvil -- which takes place over the span of eight years, no less. To add insult to injury, Mordred has Rachel kill Cathy and her co-harts as a ''trial run'' to get her first kills.

* TheCorruption: Like with ''VideoGame/Vampyr2018'', the Red Queen's essence is the "Blood of Hate", the closest she currently has to a corporeal form on Earth. It's explained that the Blood of Hate is as much of a spiritual affliction as it is a physical one, directly compared to the {{Wendigo}}; twisting and distorting its victims on both a physical level as it does a spiritual one. The more detached of humanity one is, the more their hearts are filled with hate, the more monstrous it's infected become. It doesn't even force its victims to become these monsters, it just unleashes their buried depravity.

* EldritchAbomination: For a bulk of the story, the Red Queen's current form is a sentient, spiritual being made from Blood, that corrupts and distorts all it contacts with, and can manifest herself as a voice in the back of people's heads.

** Predating them is the Dibikad family, an Ojibwe-Cree family who are the last survivors of the Pâhkwêkan club; a First Nations group of vampire and werewolf hunters dating back to the colonial era. They fell out of power over the nineteenth century; while they successfully killed numerous vampires, unfortunately colonists used this as a pretense to crack down on Pâhkwêkan. Their last operations were in Blackwood Pines, where Maxwell Dibikad was the sole survivor. His modern day descendant, Vanessa works as an agent for the FBC, who gets caught up in investigating Mordred's operations, and her uncle, Jack, was the Stranger of ''VideoGame/UntilDawn'' proper. Vanessa hopes to get the Pâhkwêkan re-instated through her work with the FBC.

** Averted with Morded. By his own admission, he has had countless loved ones in his near millennia of life, even getting married and starting families at various points. But he maintains that his true loyalty is to his "mother", who is not only a damning influence on him, but not even his loved ones could stand in his way. As it stands, the only other person Mordred shows genuine affection for in the present day is Bathory; and considering they are both loyal to the Red Queen and her cause, this VillainousFriendship is hardly redeeming for either of them. 

* MagicalNativeAmerican: Averted with the Pâhkwêkan. While they ''were'' a group of vampire hunters from the Ojibwe and Cree nations, they have no special or mystical knowledge or power to their name. By all accounts, they were mundane, but effective fighters and hunters, trying to survive the increasing vampire presence in the Americas. In fact, their backstory states that it was a "vampire settler" from centuries before who taught them about vampires and how to fight them.

* PrecursorHero: It is mentioned that multiple figures in English and Celtic folklore were also champions of Myrddin Wylt. Thes figures include [[Myth/CelticMythology Cú Chulainn]], Literature/{{Beowulf}}, and most prominently King Arthur. Of them all, Arthur is stated to have destroyed the Red Queen's physical form, and saved Europe from Mordred's scourge. Unlike the legends, when Arthur departed to Avalon, it is believed he departed to the Americas to live out his supposed last days. Some believe he was also the one who taught Pâhkwêkan's founders of vampires and how to fight them. In the present day, many aren't sure if he's actually dead or just in hiding.

** While living in LA, Rachel went by two false identities as a cover; when roped into Mordred's dirtier business, she went by "Scarlet Rivers"; for her public identity, Rachel went by "Vivian Manning", working as a professional photographer, before eventually becoming a writer. She wrote an exposé about Arcadia Bay in the guise of writing a biography, as well as a series of vampire books called ''The Lost Chronicles''.

* UncertainDoom: InUniverse, King Arthur, a former champion of Myrddin, was initially thought to have died centuries ago, having departed England to "Avalon". However, some in the FBC believe that he ended up in the America's in his search for Avalon, and could very well be alive in the present day. The recounted backstory of the Pâhkwêkan hunters tells of a "vampire settler" who lived in the Great Lakes Region for centuries before the colonial era, and taught the original founders of Pâhkwêkan about vampires and their weaknesses when their presence increased through colonialism. It is suspected in universe this vampire ''may have'' been Arthur.

* VillainOfAnotherStory: The Makkapitew, the fiercest of the Blackwood Pines {{Wendigo}} of ''VideoGame/UntilDawn''. While there are multiple other antagonists, most of them are either below the Red Queen or serve her, wittingly or not. The Makkapitew is implied to be in the same weight class as the Red Queen, and while their paths may have crossed, they generally stay in their own lane. It's mentioned the Makkapitew was the one who wiped out the Pâhkwêkan huntsmen in Blackwood Pines, and continuously stalks and antagonizes the ''VideoGame/UntilDawn'' cast after they escaped Mount Washington, and is a FamilialFoe to the surviving Dibikad family. A passing mention also implies that the Makkapitew to be a manifestation of Ithaqua.

Besides having an EnsembleCast among protagonists of ''VideoGame/Vampyr2018'' and ''Franchise/LifeIsStrange'', this story also has "Routes". While it's a ContinuationFic, it doesn't follow a specific ending of ''VideoGame/LifeIsStrange'' or ''[[VideoGame/LifeIsStrange2 2]]''; instead certain chapters are labeled as '''Route A''' ("Sacrifice Arcadia Bay[=/=]Parting Ways'') or '''Route B''' (''Sacrifice Chloe[=/=]Redemption''), depending on what timeline the reader wishes to follow, while the bulk of the story is written from a neutral perspective for either ending.

This fic is also part of ''The Fog Of Worlds Saga'', alongside ''Fanfic/LovesSacrifices'', another crossover fic by the same author. 

* EldritchLocation: [[spoiler:The Fog of Worlds. Its exact nature is uncertain, but it's thought to be a bridge of sorts between realms and timelines; as well as the next world. Entering the Fog is ill advised, and those exposed to it suffer nosebleeds, unless they can stop themselves from talking or thinking about it. It also appears in the story ''Fanfic/LovesSacrifices'', which ties the two stories together. Rachel, Nathan, and Max (in '''Route B''') both experience it, and Steph is revealed to have had prolonged exposure to it when she's revealed to have a LivingDream Tulpa.]]

* GreaterScopeVillain: Besides the story making the Red Queen this for ''VideoGame/LifeIsStrange'' -- being the direct and indirect source of Chloe's troubles in life, and calling upon the corruption in Arcadia Bay -- it is revealed there are other eldritch horrors that are beyond the Queen herself. While they themselves have no real role in this story, they are mentioned as "observing" it.

* MagicalNativeAmerican: Averted with the Pâhkwêkan. While they ''were'' a group of vampire hunters from the Ojibwe and Cree nations, but have no special or mystical knowledge or power to their name. By all accounts, they were mundane, but effective fighters and hunters, trying to survive the increasing vampire presence in the Americas. In fact, their history states that a "vampire settler" from centuries before was the one who taught them about vampires and how to fight them.

* AgeGapRomance: As per canon, Rachel has had affairs with both Frank Bowers and Mark Jefferson, and is revealed here to have had a fling with Mary Reid. While Rachel was eighteen and nineteen during these affairs, Frank and Jefferson were significant older men. Both affairs are portrayed as a self destructive coping mechanism on Rachel's part. Although Frank had genuine feelings for her, Jefferson is more predatory with their power imbalance, blatantly preying on her vulnerabilities. As for Mary Reid, she is a century old vampire, who was turned at the age twenty seven. While she developed genuine feelings for Rachel, when they meet again, they both agree that an actual relationship between them wouldn't work.

** PlayedStraight in other points. With the first game, it is established that Max successfully talked Kate out of killing herself; and the '''A''' timeline establishes Kate as a survivor of the storm. It is also confirmed that Chloe told Rachel the truth about her father at the end of ''[[VideoGame/LifeIsStrangeBeforeTheStorm Before the Storm]]''. With the second game, the good morality route is considered canon, as well as Sean and Cassidy's romance and having sex; however the romance option was considered moot, as both Sean and Cassidy hook up with Finn over the years, starting a polyamorist relationship. When ''[[VideoGame/LifeIsStrangeTrueColors True Colors]]'' became included in this story, it's reveals Alex and Steph's romance canon to this timeline, and the two leaving Haven Springs is considered the canon ending.
** It is seemingly confirmed that the PacifistRun of ''VideoGame/Vampyr2018'' is canon, with it also being confirmed that Reid turned Geoffrey [=McCullum=] into a vampire as well.

** [[spoiler:After surviving his encounter with Mordred in prison, Mark Jefferson -- former BigBad of ''VideoGame/LifeIsStrange'' -- is conscripted into the American Guard of Priwin, under its apparent leader, Pierre Margot. This is less about Jefferson's combat prowess, and more about his connections to "persons of interest" in their investigations; Jefferson would instead work under them in their investigations, intending to use his new position as an opportunity to seek revenge on those who escaped him, or got him exposed and arrested.]]

** Also PlayedForLaughs in [[spoiler:Tulpa!Steph. After she became an FBC scout for a rescue mission — during which she (briefly) killed Mordred — she became something of an InUniverse MemeticBadass; because of the LivingDream nature of her Tulpa Effect, not many in the FBC cannot recall "Agent Gingrich" actually existing despite having documented her. As a result, many in the FBC jokingly bring her up and play on the mystery surrounding her, like an office boogeyman; or suggest she handles "Godzilla level assignments" overseas. When the ''real'' Steph approaches the FBC for help, many are surprised to see she actually exists.]]

* EvilReactionary: The Guard of Priwen also become split when Geoffrey [=McCullum=] affirms that the Mother's Children are the greater threat among the vampires, and a mutual enemy with New Ascalon. [=McCullum's=] proposal of an EnemyMine only leads to an EnemyCivilWar, that is still occurring in the present day. Of [=McClullum's=] detractors, the leader was Jean Margot, whose apparent present day descendant, Pierre. In the present day, the Guard has become assimilated within the FBC; Margot isn't too happy with the way the FBC allows "undesirables" (vampires) into their alliance, not liking their new direction, especially with their new director.

* GoodVictimsBadVictims: InUniverse. Rachel's death and Kate's trauma get exploited by the media to make them out to be the "good" victims, against Chloe being "bad" victim. In both routes, Chloe's delinquent history and troubled home life is used to make her out to be this toxic influence, a scapegoat for Rachel's troubles, and[=/=]or distract from Nathan's crimes. Neither Rachel nor Kate themselves are pleased with this.
** In Rachel's case, after her death was uncovered, her father James tried to start a media campaign painting Rachel as the perfect student, daughter and victim; while painting Chloe as a toxic influence on Rachel's life that led to her troubled behaviour. This was seemingly done as retaliation for Chloe telling Rachel the truth about her mother's abduction in ''[[VideoGame/LifeIsStrangeBeforeTheStorm Before the Storm]]''. Going by James' narrative, Chloe's influence is apparently more to blame for Rachel's downward spiral and death, than even Rachel's ''actual abductors and murderers''.

** Chloe has two versions of herself in the '''A''' and '''B''' timelines. Following "Sacrifice Arcadia Bay" in the '''A''' timeline, Chloe would settle down with Max living a seemingly mundane domestic life with her, and their son. In the ''B''' timeline following her death, Chloe is resurrected as a vampire intended to be the Red Queen's champion; [[spoiler:however she is found and rescued by Reid and Ashbury, and would initially isolate herself in her recovery. In the present day, Vampire!Chloe has since been conscripted as an FBC field agent.]]

** Besides Reid and Ashbury fighting against the Red Queen on principle, when the Queen realizes that Reid is seeking out the means to destroy her for good, coming close to finding it. As recompense, the Queen seeks to hurt Jonathan on a personal level; resurrecting his sister, Mary to create new champions for her. To force Mary to do so, she takes the soul of Mary's son hostage. When Mary herself eventually turns against her, the Queen is now a FamilialFoe to the Reid and Ashbury family.

* BigBad: The Red Queen, despite being asleep for much of the story, being the one who turned Rachel, and the "mother goddess" that Mordred and his followers intend to usher into the world. While there are plenty of antagonists who serve as more personal obstacles for the protagonists, the lot of them either work for her, or unwittingly serve her will, with the threat of her apocalypse looming over the story. It is her deeds that directly or indirectly set up the conflicts for each protagonist arcs; notably, she personally saw to it that Chloe would go on a downward spiral; was the source of much of Arcadia Bay's corruption; and the Storm to try to force Max to sacrifice Chloe.

* WickedCultured: Despite his misanthropy, Mordred has a genuine enthusiasm for popular culture, and a special affinity for music, taking any chance he gets to play or sing a song from the past century. It's implied he uses his playboy lifestyle and identities to rub shoulders with the rich and famous, attends concerts and explores different fandoms. But he apparently draws a line at the ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'' fandom. It's mentioned he worked as a lounge singer a few times. Her attended a Music/DemiLovato concert that Rachel attended while following her, and mentions he couldn't get her songs out of his head. Because of these quirks, it's almost easy to forget Mordred is a vampiric cult leader, who plans to -- and ''has'' committed -- acts of genocide.

** Subverted with Mark Jefferson. It's mentioned in his backstory that his mother Lydia Jefferson raised Mark alone after his father left him, and that she encouraged his artistic hobbies and dreams. [[spoiler:After he left college, Lydia was left dying of cancer, and Mark all but states that he exploited her condition to use as his first "subject", using her passing to elicit sympathy from the community and boost her career.]]

** It is seemingly confirmed that the PacifistRun of ''VideoGame/Vampyr2018'' is portrayed as canon, with it also being confirmed that Reid turned Geoffrey [=McCullum=] into a vampire as well.

** As the cast of ''VideoGame/UntilDawn'' are introduced in this story, Mike, Matt, Jessica and Emily are portrayed as bisexual and are suggested to be in a swinging or polyamorous relationship between the four. Sam is portrayed as a lesbian, and has a regular on and off romantic[=/=]sexual relationship with Emily

** One of Bill's dreams of Mordred's past indicates that [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=VSxKojYtQ78 Mordred's Lullaby]] was a genuine lullaby that his mother sang to him as a child. It's chorus (''"Loyalty, loyalty, loyalty, only to me"'') appears to be a mantra of sorts for the Red Queen and her children.
** Another dream shows Mordred rallying Arthur's Knights against him, during which he is WaxingLyrical with the final chorus of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=csm20AxHB6c Crashing Down]], a Heather Dale song told from Mordred's perspective, which also told of how he swayed Arthur's men to him.

** While "Hero" is a little much, Chloe gains a divisive reputation following the storm in Route '''A''' or her death in '''B'''. After Rachel's death is discovered, Rachel's father starts something of a smear campaign, propping Rachel up as a perfect daughter, student and victim; while painting Chloe as this toxic influence on his daughter, which was apparently ''more'' to blame for Rachel's death than ''her actual murderers''. With this, Chloe's troubled history, home life and delinquency is regularly used against her. Even with Jefferson and Nathan's crimes being exposed, they are downplayed by the campaign in comparison to Chloe's history; especially both by those [[VillainWithGoodPubliclity sympathetic to Nathan]], or those looking to prop Rachel and Kate up against Chloe.

* DarkMessiah: Mordred is the acting leader of The Mother's Children, a cult of humans and vampires that worship the Red Queen, and is held as a near mythical figure among these people, and the vampire community. When Escalon realizes his presence, who the Queen picked as her champion doesn't matter, what matters is if they can get to them before he does.

** {{Averted}} with the endings of ''VideoGame/LifeIsStrange'' and ''[[VideoGame/LifeIsStrange2 the second game]]: rather than following a specific ending, certain chapters are designated for different routes; '''A''' -- which follows the "Sacrifice Arcadia Bay[=/=]Parting Ways" endings; and '''B''' -- which follows the "Sacrifice Chloe[=/=]Redemption" endings. Outside these "Routes", the story is written from a neutral perspective. However there are minor deviations; '''A''' chapters establishes ninety seven survivors of the storm, a lot of them consisting of staff and students of Blackwell Academy. In '''B''', Sean Diaz is bailed out of prison for the time being, after being conscripted by the FBC after serving two years, as opposed to the fifteen years he serves in "Redemption".
** PlayedStraight in other points. With the first game, it is established that Max successfully talked Kate out of killing herself; and the '''Route A's''' timeline establishes Kate as a survivor of the storm. It is also confirmed that Chloe told Rachel the truth about her father at the end of ''[[VideoGame/LifeIsStrangeBeforeTheStorm Before the Storm]]''. With the second game, the good morality route is considered canon, as well as Sean and Cassidy's romance and having sex; however the romance option was considered moot, as both Sean and Cassidy hook up with Finn over the years, staring a polyamorist relationship. When ''[[VideoGame/LifeIsStrangeTrueColors True Colors]]'' became included in this story, it's revealed not only is Alex and Steph's romance canon to this timeline, but the two leaving Haven Springs is considered the canon ending.

** Mordred is public enemy number one among New Ascalon, having a rep for hiding in the shadows or plain sight, and generally doesn't reveal himself until he wants to. According to InUniverse history, Mordred brought all of Europe to its knees in Arthur's time. In the present day, he murders those who know who he is, and tries to speak out of him. Mary Reid ends up going to Ascalon for protection when she tries to do so, and even then it's implied she barely escaped. When Rachel sees his friendly playboy act, she too quickly sees why everyone is afraid of him, even when he tries to hide it.

** Also PlayedForLaughs in [[spoiler:Tulpa!Steph. After she became an FBC scout for a rescue mission — during which she (briefly) killed Mordred — she became something of an InUniverse MemeticBadass; because of the LivingDream nature of her Tulpa Effect, not many in the FBC can recall "Agent Gingrich" despite having documented her. As a result, many in the FBC jokingly bring her up and play on the mystery surrounding her, like an office boogeyman; or suggest she handles "Godzilla level assignments" overseas. When the ''real'' Steph approaches the FBC for help, many are surprised to see she actually exists.]]

* TheCorruption: Like with ''VideoGame/''Vampyr2018'', the Red Queen's essence is the "Blood of Hate", the closest she currently has to a corporeal form on Earth. It's explained that the Blood of Hate is as much of a spiritual affliction as it is a physical one, directly compared to the {{Wendigo}}; twisting and distorting its victims on both a physical level as it does a spiritual one. The more detached of humanity one is, the more their hearts are filled with hate, the more monstrous it's infected become. It doesn't even force its victims to become these monsters, it just unleashes their buried depravity.

** It is seemingly confirmed that the PacifistRun of ''VideoGame/{{Vampyr}}'' is portrayed as canon, with it also being confirmed that Reid turned Geoffrey [=McCullum=] into a vampire as well.

* AlternateTimeline: Certain chapters are designated '''Route A''' and '''Route B''', which designate the timeline this story takes place in, depending on what version of the story the reader wishes to follow. Chapters designated '''A''' take place is a timeline following "[[VideoGame/LifeIsStrange Sacrifice Arcadia Bay]][==][[VideoGame/LifeIsStrange2 Parting Ways]]"; while '''B''' takes place in a "Sacrifice Chloe[=/=]Redemption" timeline.

Besides having an EnsembleCast among protagonists of ''VideoGame/Vampyr2018'' and ''Franchise/LifeIsStrange'', this story also has "Routes". While it's a ContinuationFic, it doesn't follow a specific ending of ''VideoGame/LifeIsStrange'' or ''[[VideoGame/LifeIsStrange2 2]]''; instead certain chapters are labeled as '''Route A''' ("Sacrifice Arcadia Bay[=/=]Parting Ways'') or '''Route B''' (''Sacrifice Chloe[=/=]Redemption"), depending on what timeline the reader wishes to follow, while the bulk of the story is written from a neutral perspective for either ending.

* AdaptationalAbomination: Inverted with the Red Queen and Myrddin Wylt. In ''VideoGame/Vampyr2018'', the two were primordial vampires, existing with no apparent corporal form. Myrddin claims to have never been human, and his mothers origins escape even him. Here, it’s revealed that Myrddin was once the Celtic God Lugh, and that his mother once had a corporal humanoid form of her own. In Arthur's time, this form was named "Morgana" and the partial basis for Morgan Le Fay. This form still exists, albeit only appearing in dreams, visions and hallucinations.

* MamaBear: In the present day storyline, Rachel acts this way towards Daniel Diaz, Chris Eriksen and Sarah Lee Hackerman. While she acts more like a big sister towards them, she otherwise fits the bill. She finds and rescues them during the Beaver Creek attack, protecting them from skals while they keep their heads down over the next week. When Sawney Bean directly comes after them, and threatens to harm Sarah Lee, Rachel (with Daniel's help), absolutely brutalizes the guy, torturing him and ''crucifying him to a post'' (which he ends up surviving). [[spoiler:As it so happens, it occurs when Rachel learns of her son, Bill -- who was artificially conceived behind her back.]]

** The Red Queen exploited the Dark Room to find a woman who was wronged and miserable enough to serve as her champions, taking a pick from Jefferson's victims. Because Rachel was the only one who couldn't escape her fate, the Queen picked her. However, the Queen had a special interest in Chloe having set up multiple events and tragedies in her life to make her miserable and toxic; her end goal being to make Chloe her champion after Nathan kills her. [[spoiler:While she succeeds in turning Chloe in '''Route B''', Chloe manages to escape her influence almost immediately.]]

* MoreDespicableMinion: While Morded himself is a ruthless, cold blooded, and even sadistic leader to the Mother's Children, has little if any moral standards, and certainly not above torture and murder -- he also fairly humanized qualites, can be charming and funny at times; and has a layer of tragedy in that he was bred and groomed to be a loyal soldier to his eldritch "Mother", to the point it's implied he ''can't'' turn against her, even if he wanted too. The same cannot be said of his CoDragons, Bathory and Alexander "Sawney" Bean.
** Bathory is a sadistic aristocrat, who lives up to the stories surrounding her; is the one responsible for grooming Mary to be a "glorified cult prostitute", and has a enslaved staff of children and young teenagers that she regularly feeds on and abuses, with the implications of sexual violence. In '''Route A''', she ventures into Arcadia Bay, where she ends up slaughtering Joyce Price and massacres the Blue Whales diner during the storm; in '''Route B''' she leads the attack on Arcadia Bay after awakening the vampiric Chloe. In both Routes, she ends up torturing and is all but stated to have raped Warren Graham. The closest she has to any humanizing qualities is that it is implied she is a genuine friend to Mordred; but considering they are both loyal to the same cause, this is hardly a ''redeeming'' factor on her part.
** Alexander "Sawney" Bean also lives up to the legends surrounding him. He is Mordred's choice of PsychoForHire, and is RapePillageAndBurn in vampire form, getting his hands dirty when Mordred won't. He is such a feared name in the supernatural community, that even a hardrend hunter like [=McCullum=] sees him as some sort of boogeyman. Bean is also responsible for the mass creation of skals for Mordred; abducting hundreds of people at a time, and torturing them into broken wrecks while infecting them with the Blood of Hate -- with the desired result of creating even more monstrous skals. He also takes a special interest in terrorizing 12 year old Sarah Lee, and leads the attack on Beaver Creek.

* NeverMyFault: Even years after ''[[VideoGame/LifeIsStrangeBeforeTheStorm Before the Storm]]'', James Amber is very reluctant to admit any fault for his relationship with Rachel falling apart. When he was exposed by Chloe for having Rachel's (biological) mother kidnapped and forcibly drugged, Rachel all but disowns her father, and ends up taking a series of maladaptive coping habits. James seems to blame this on Chloe for telling Rachel the truth, as opposed to the crime he was exposed of committing. He even implied that Chloe's "bad influence" is what led to Rachel's downward spiral and death. [[spoiler:When Rachel meets her father in the present day, he implies that Rachel "running away" caused his second wife to leave him, as opposed to the fallout of ''his own'' actions.]]

** In '''Route B''' this is ZigZagged during Sean Diaz's prison time. Sean was made to witness several prisoners being subjected to abuse for one reason or another, and was almost a target of this from Skinheads due to being a minority. He was made to witness a CopKiller get beaten by guards to the point of brain damage; and witnesses a pedophilic murderer get castrated by the other prisoners. Sean manages to turn the tables on his prisoner status by getting a graphic novel published from prison, at which point many guards and other prisoners congratulate him.

** In '''Route B''', Sean regularly witnessed other prisoners be assaulted and even killed, ostensibly in retaliation for their crimes. He witnesses a CopKiller inmate get beaten by the guards to the point of brain damage, and the genital mutilation of a child rapist and murder. Nathan Prescott is also murdered by other prisoners for his part in the Dark Room.

** [[spoiler:After Sean Prescott tried to control the narrative of the Dark Room, and sweep everything under the rug, New Ascalon made him "disappear" after spilling his dirty secrets. They kept him captives for months ('''Route A''') or years ('''Route B''') before being fed to his newly transformed son.]]

* PsychopathicManchild: Downplayed with Mordred. He's certainly vicious, viceful, and lets his emotions get the better of him at times. But he's fairly strategic and pragmatic with his planning. With that said, Mordred has a series of quirks and eccentricities; he lives a playboy lifestyle as a front, he genuinely has fun with his role; hosting parties and orgies at his penthouse; has an open love pop culture, music, and fandoms (but draws a line at ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog''); and isn't shy about his sense of humour -- while luring a sting operation to his safe-house for a DeathTrap, he leaves a giant sucker among the evidence to find, as if he were pulling some sort of prank.

* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: When Rachel is resurrected as a vampire, she has been dead and buried in a junkyard for over six months and has decayed considerably. She initially has a zombie-like appearance while her body tries to repair itself. She has to keep her head down, and it takes a couple of months for her body to repair itself enough for her to go out in public. [[spoiler:The same thing happens with Vampire!Chloe in '''Route B''', having been dead for eight months before she is resurrected, and also having to keep her head down has her decay is reversed.]]

** Chloe suffers this after the storm in '''Route A''', being put in a state of self loathing when she sees how many people had to die for ''her'' survival. Especially when she realizes her mother was killed. While she soon pushes it behind during the memorial service, she spends a few weeks just going through the motions, barely responsive to others around her. She soon resolves to live for those who can't.
** Victoria suffers this in both routes, but it's more pronounced in '''Route B'''. Besides her remorse for bullying Kate, Victoria's self loathing is compounded when Jefferson and Nathan's crimes are exposed -- especially when Victoria learns ''she'' was on their list too. Realizing what Kate has been through, on top of Nathan killing Chloe, Victoria has a breakdown, believing that ''she'' deserved what happened to Kate and Chloe, and that it's not fair that they got what they didn't deserve.

* TheUnchosenOne: Rachel was not the Red Queen's desired champion in Arcadia Bay; the Queen always wanted Chloe Price, but hoped to exploit the Dark Room victim as backup champions. While she succeeds in turning Chloe in the '''Route B''' timeline, Chloe slips through her fingers almost immediately, finding herself in New Aascalon's protection. In '''Route A''', the Queen couldn't take Kate as Max successfully saved her in this timeline, with Kate also surviving the storm. She settles for Rachel because she's the only one who'd die no matter one, and even that doesn't stop the Queen from trying to claim the others.

* VillainOfAnotherStory: The Makkapitew, the fiercest of the Blackwood Pines {{Wendigo}} of ''VideoGame/UntilDawn''. While there are multiple other antagonists, most of them are either below the Red Queen or serve her, wittingly or not. The Makkapitew is implied to be in a weight class on the same as the Red Queen, and while their paths may have crossed, they generally are focused with their own concerns. It's mentioned the Makkapitew was the one who wiped the Pâhkwêkan huntsmen, and continuously stalks and antagonizes the ''VideoGame/UntilDawn'' cast after they escaped Mount Washington, and is a FamilialFoe to the surviving Dibikad family. A passing mention also implies that the Makkapitew to be a manifestation of Ithaqua.

* WouldHurtAChild: While we don't see Mordred directly harm any children, he at the very least gave the "Okay" for Beaver Creek to be sieged for the expressed purpose of abducting twelve year old Daniel Diaz. In '''Route A''', one of the vampires turned for his attack on Puerto Lobos is a young boy. As for his underlings, Bathroy had a manor full of child slaves when she regularly feeds on and implicitly does ''other'' kinds of abuse to them that are left unmentioned; his other underline, Alexander "Sawney" Bean, and his followers have no issues torturing and turning children in their "factories'', and especially takes an unsettling interest in terrorizing Sarah Lee.
* YourSoulIsMine: The Red Queen, as a death goddess, has some dominion over those who died under her. Both directly and indirectly. When Mary's young son Connor dies of the plague caused by her, the Queen snatches his soul from the afterlife, keeping him captive to ensure Mary serves her will. In '''Route B''', [[spoiler:the Queen traps Chloe in a nightmarish purgatory after her death, hoping to break her down in preparation for her transformation.]]

** In ''VideoGame/LifeIsStrange2'', Lisbeth Fischer was a BitchInSheepsClothing, but at least put on a motherly facade for her congregation. As part of her AdaptationalVillainy here, she is a lot more outwardly snide and passive agressive, and can barely put on her "Reverend Mother" front without it being immediately shot down.

** In canon, the exact sexual orientation of Victoria and Kate is not elaborated. Here, they are depicted as not only being sapphics, with Victoria being AmbigouslyBi, but gradually falling in love after they befriend one another.

* AlternateTimeline: Certain chapters are designated '''Route A''' and '''Route B''', which designate the timeline this story takes place in, depending on what version of the story the reader wishes to follow. Chapters designated '''Route A''' take place is a timeline following "[[VideoGame/LifeIsStrange Sacrifice Arcadia Bay]][==][[VideoGame/LifeIsStrange2 Parting Ways]]"; while '''Route B''' takes place in a "Sacrifice Chloe[=/=]Redemption" timeline.

** Nathan Prescott, in both routes, is shown as sincerely regretting his actions in the game. Following his arrest in '''Route B''', Nathan accepts his imprisonment, refusing to accept his family's attempts to bail him out -- curiously, he would assault guards and even his lawyer to ensure he stays in jail -- and makes a genuine effort to befriend Sean Diaz while they're in jail. After his death and transformation in both routes, Nathan initially thinks he is in Hell of some sort and believes he deserves to be there. According to Myrddin Wilt, he picked Nathan as his newest champion, partially so that he'd help undo the damage he's done in the Dark Room.
** In both routes, Victoria Chase has become this following the Storm[=/=]Chloe's death; besides being remorseful for bullying Kate, she is further broken down by Jefferson's abduction of her[=/=]surivors guilt, and the revelations of Jefferson and Nathan's crimes. She tries to better herself from that point onwards, even befriending Kate over time when the latter makes it clear she forgives her. Over the years, the end up romantically involved.

* BadassAndChildDuo: Sort of. In the 2020 storyline, [[spoiler:Rachel happens upon Daniel Diaz, Chris Eriksen and Sarah Lee Hackerman, rescuing them shortly after the vampire attack the town; technically making this a ''quartet''. She protects them while trying to keep their heads down, otherwise playing this trope straight. Daniel also takes a level in badass himself, getting more control of his powers, reguarly using them to protect his friends. He and Rachel team up to incapacitate a would be abductor.]]

* BaitTheDog: Morded introduces himself to Rachel as a joking, friendly, and empathetic individual, with a well intended goal. However, Rachel sees through the red flags in the short time they spend together, and after Mordred helps rescue Steph from kidnappers, he threatens Steph's life and Rachel's to bring Rachel into line. A more literal example of this occurs in the ninth chapter; where Mordred apparently kills a guard dog after just petting it.
* BenevolentBoss: ZigZagged with Mordred. Despite being TheDreaded, he generally seems to be a down to Earth and agreeable boss to his human underlings; he jokingly intimidates one who was embezzling off him, before asking if he just needed a raise. It's unclear how much of this is genuine or a manipulation tactic on his end, as he uses this front to try to win Rachel over. On the other hand, he appears to be genuine friends with Elisa Bethany, 
* BeethovenWasAnAlienSpy: As with ''VideoGame/Vampyr2018'', multiple historical and mythic figures were vampires, with many historical events being what smoke screens for battles with the Red Queen over the centuries. The most prominent examples are that King Arthur was a vampire, and Mordred was a dhampir. Mordred's coharts consist of "Elisa Bethany", who is in fact Elizabeth Bathory, a former champion of the Red Queen; and Alexander "Sawney" Bean, whose wife was another former champion of the Queen's. Other examples include Beowulf and Cú Chulainn being champions of Myrddin; while figures such as Queen Medb or Grendell's mother were champions of the Red Queen -- with Grendel himself being a dhampir. Furthermore, it is revealed that the entity known as Myrddin Wilt was originally worshiped as the Celtic god, Lugh.

** Sean Prescott, despite being the GreaterScopeVillain in ''VideoGame/LifeIsStrange'' is reduced to this in both '''Route A''' and '''Route B''', following Nathan's death[=/=]Chloe's death, and Jefferson and Nathan's crimes being exposed, Despite Prescott's attempts to cover things up and try to control the narrative, he proves utterly helpless when both the FBC and New Ascalon's interference. When their investigations uproot too much of Prescott's dirty laundry, the most he can do is uproot his funds in Arcadia Bay, leaving it to economic collapse, and his family to deal with the fallout. He is then held captive by New Ascalon, who later feeds him to a transformed Nathan.

** Sean Diaz becomes this in both routes. After his encounters with Mordred in either Routes '''A''' and '''B''', Sean makes a deal with the FBC and Guard of Priwen; they grant him a "restricted" freedom for the duration of the outbreak and investigations surrounding it, so long as he works under field agents in their investigations. If Sean accepts these conditions to the end of the investigations, he will be granted his full freedom, fully exonerated with his slate wiped clean as a fugitive ('''Route A''') or a prisoner ('''Route B''').

* CanonWelding: Among the games that are the main part of the crossover, and cameos and references to others, there are two ''non'' gaming titles mentioned as part of this fic's universe; that being [[spoiler:''WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse'' and ''WesternAnimation/{{Amphibia}}''. Both the Boiling Isles of the former, and the titular dimension of the latter are given repeated but passing mentions as being dimensions that the FBC uncovered, and are trying to investigate. In '''Route B''', Vampire!Chloe is taken to Luz Noceda's home town of Gravesfield, Connecticut to keep her head down during a recovery period. It also appears that there's an ongoing investigations of "[[Characters/TheOwlHouseEdaClawthorne The Owl Woman]]" in the area.]]
* ChildByRape: According to this story, Mordred is the product of incestuous rape; when the Red Queen had her then champion, Morgause rape her half-brother, Arthur. Mordred is not shy about bringing up this part of his past, and it's implied to be a sore spot. [[spoiler:From a medical standpoint, Bill Price Caulfield could be seen as a child of RapeByFraud, due to the tempering of his artificial conception.

** {{Averted}} with the endings of ''VideoGame/LifeIsStrange''  and ''[[VideoGame/LifeIsStrange2 the second game]]: rather than following a specific ending, certain chapters are designated '''Route A''' -- which follows the "Sacrifice Arcadia Bay[=/=]Parting Ways" endings; and ''' Route B''' -- which follows the "Sacrifice Chloe[=/=]Redemption" endings. Outside these "Routes", the story is written from a neutral perspective. However there are minor deviations; '''A''' chapters establishes ninety seven survivors of the storm, a lot of them consisting of staff and students of Blackwell Academy.  In '''B''', Sean Diaz is bailed out of prison for the time being, after being conscripted by the FBC after serving two years, as opposed to the fifteen years he serves in "Redemption".

** [[spoiler:Max and Chloe's son, Bill Price Caulfield is an unwitting dhamphyr. Born from Chloe's ( human) ovums -- which she donated shortly before first game, hence his existence in both routes -- and being impregnated by Rachel's blood. Meaning both his biological mothers are vampire, and at least human at the time her eggs were donated.]]
* DecompositeCharacter: The Red Queen on two accounts, in regards to InUniverse and in real world myths. 

** PlayedForLaughs with [[spoiler:Dracula]]. There is a RunningGag when a human character discovers the existence of vampires, they snark at the idea of [[spoiler:Dracula]] being among them — any vampires present will immediately warn them that he's ''not'' something to joke about, and that warning them not to say his name. Notably, members of the Mother's Children, ''including Mordred'', are the ones who give these warnings. [[spoiler:Ashbury claims he was charming.]]

** Mordred admits no matter who he loved in life, his loyalty will always be to the Red Queen, who "adopted"and raised him from childhood. While he's leading a cult that sees her as a goddess, Mordred genuinely sees her as his mother, and puts her wants and desires before his own. He also holds his biological mother, Morgause, in high regard centuries after her death, despite her presumably dying giving birth to him. So much so, he overlooks Morgause's rape of Arthur, but hypocritically [[BlamingTheVictim condemns]] Arthur for being a ChildByRape of Uther and Igraine.

** It is stated he has standards against rape due to the [[ChildByRape circumstances of his birth]]. At the same time, he has no issue working with sexual predators or exploiting victims of sexual assault, as long as it serves his purposes. As it stands, Mordred has no real issues with sexual assault, so long as ''he himself'' doesn't get ''his'' hands dirty. Though in the present day, when Mordred introduces himself to Sean Diaz, (in '''Route A''') he has two of his girls have sex for entertainment, with both girls looking uncomfortable, further demonstrating how hollow these standards are.
** Also in '''Route A''', Mordred claims it’s against his code to kill a bride on her wedding day, but when leading the attack on a wedding, ''everyone else'' is fair game.
** A more comedic example is when Mordred introduces himself to Rachel; for all his love of pop culture, Morded brings up the ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'' fandom as an example of how low humanity has sunk. He even shudders while bringing it up and warns Rachel not to go down that rabbit hole.
* EvilReactionary: The Guard of Priwen also become split when Geoffrey [=McCullum=] affirms that the Mother's Children are the greater threat among the vampires, and a mutual enemy with New Ascalon. [=McCullum's=] proposal of an EnemyMine only leads to an EnemyCivilWar, that is still occuring in the present day. Of [=McClullum's=] detractors, the leader was Jean Margot, whose apparent present day descendant, Pierre. In the present day, the Guard has become assimilated within the FBC; Margot isn't too happy with the way the FBC allows "undesirables" (vampires) into their alliance, not liking their new direction, especially with their new director.

** In both routes, an investigation into Officer Matthews' death ultimately exonerates Sean Diaz. Unfortunately, Sean committed a series of (comparatively smaller) felonies and misdemeanors over his journey with Daniel, that his detractors especially want him to answer for. In fact, it's mentioned there was a wave of disappointment when Sean's innocence for Matthews' was proven. In '''Route B''', they manage to pin a fifteen year sentence on Sean from these. Though it's implied to be less about what Sean ''did'' and more about making an example of a minority who stepped out of line, in an especially conservative climate.

** In the present day chapters, Chloe has seemingly parted from being the rebellious punk she was in the games. In '''Route A''' Chloe has settled down with Max as a suburban mom in Seattle, raising their son Bill. In '''Route B''', following her death and transformation, [[spoiler:Vampire!Chloe has become a field agent for the FBC over the years.]]

** Subverted with Sean Diaz. In '''Route A''', he's a fugitive returning to the United States; in '''B''', he's a prisoner who was bailed out by the FBC. He prepares to go on the run to find his missing brother, after discovering he went missing following a vampire attack. However, the FBC manage to cut him a deal -- he gets conditional freedom, so long as he works under their field agents for their investigations into the latest outbreak. If he plays ball for the duration of the investigations, he will be officially exonerated of his felonies and misdemeanors, and be allowed to go free with his brother.

** In the third chapter, when Rachel goes out on her first "hunt" for fresh blood, she is picked up by a guy named Carter, who attempts to coerce oral sex out of her in exchange for a ride. Rachel pretends to be more helpless then she actually is to go along with this...and then she uses her fangs on him.
** In the fifth chapter, set in the '''Route B''' timeline, it is briefly mentioned that Sean was made to witness a PariahPrisoner being beaten down and mutilated by a mob of angry prisoners. This perp was a child murderer[=/=]rapist, who received a penectomy [[note]]surgical removal of the penis[[/note]] with a broken piece of glass from the other inmates. It was one of many instances of extreme violence Sean became desensitized by while in prison. Coincidentally, this predator was also named "Carter".

** Nathan makes one in both routes, but it's more pronounced the '''Route B''' timeline; having accepted his arrest when his crimes are exposed, and shown true remorse for them. Nathan refuses his family's attempts to lighten his sentence --ironically by attacking prison guards and even his lawyer -- and makes an effort to befriend Sean Diaz while in prison. After he is murdered in prison, Wylt turns him into another vampire champion to help undo the Queen's work in Arcadia Bay. The same occurs in '''Route A''', but his transformation occurs after Jefferson kills him, shortly before the storm, therefore Nathan doesn't get time in prison to accept responsibility for what he's done. In either case, Nathan is firmly on the side fighting the Red Queen as of his death[=/=]transformation.

** Victoria Chase has one in both Routes be it after Kate's suicide attempt, her abduction, and the storm; or after Chloe's death and Nathan's arrest; the remorse weighs heavily on Victoria to the point she believes herself to be a monster. It's a lot more pronounced in the '''Route B''' timeline, where she has a breakdown of her own shortly after Chloe's funeral, brought about by SurvivorsGuilt. Ironically, Kate is one of the first people to forgive Victoria, with their subsequent friendship and romantic relationship helping the two heal after Blackwell.

** While "Hero" is a little much, Chloe gains a divisive reputation following the storm in '''Route A''' or her death in '''Route B'''. After Rachel's death is discovered, Rachel's father starts something of a smear campaign, propping Rachel up as a perfect daughter, student and victim; while painting Chloe as this toxic influence on his daughter, which was apparently ''more'' to blame for Rachel's death than ''her actual murderers''. With this, Chloe's troubled history, home life and delinquency is regularly used against her. Even with Jefferson and Nathan's crimes being exposed, they are downplayed by the campaign in comparison to Chloe's history; especially both by those [[VillainWithGoodPubliclity sympathetic to Nathan]], or those looking to prop Rachel and Kate up against Chloe.
** ZigZagged with Sean Diaz having more of a split reputation. It's implied to be caused by his race and the political climate. Sean is seen as either a criminal who got away or a modern heroic outlaw in the '''Route A''', with many wanting him to answer for Officer Matthews' death. In both routes, there was ultimately an investigation that exonerated Sean of Matthews' death; however, the response by conservative media outlets and Sean's detractors was one of disappointment. In '''Route B''', Sean was still sentenced to fifteen years for a series of misdemeanors he got up to during his journey, partly because his detractors were ''that'' eager to pin him down for something.

** In '''Route A''', Chloe is in a state of constant stunned silence in the wake of the storm, brought about by SurvivorsGuilt, something that was expedited with the discovery of her mother's body. For weeks, Chloe would go through the motions, barely reacting to anything around or or talking to others. She recovers enough by the memorial service, to give a speech about living for those who can't anymore, but it still did a number on her.
** In '''Route B''', it's revealed Chloe spent months after her death in a nightmare state, where the Red Queen forcibly turned her and tried to break her down. Upon her transformation into a vampire, [[spoiler:she would react in horror when she is made to feed on Frank, and wanders aimlessly back to her house, beside herself in horror and disbelief at what she's become. When Jonathan Reid finds her, Chloe just wants to die, remarking that she thought she'd see her dad again. Luckily, she is taken under the protection of New Ascalon; it's revealed by 2020, Chloe has sufficiently recovered and now works as a field agent for the FBC.]]

* ItsAllMyFault: In '''Route A''', Chloe feels this was in the aftermath of the storm, put into a near catatonic state of self loathing for weeks until she gives a speech as a memorial service. Beforehand, she was barely responsive to the world around her, and was operating on autopilot.

** In both routes, it's revealed Sean Prescott was unable to cover up his corruption, or Nathan's involvement with the dark room, especially when the FBC and New Ascalon began looking into him. Besides a failed attempt to control the narrative, Prescott could do nothing as his dirty laundry was revealed, and his assets fell apart. [[spoiler:New Ascalon would then abduct Prescott, holding him for an extended period of time (months in '''Route A'''; years in '''Route B''') before feeding him to his resurrected and transformed son.]]

** In ''VideoGame/LifeIsStrangeBeforeTheStorm'', James Amber receives no real punishment for having his ex wife abducted and drugged -- besides potentially having his relationship with Rachel ruined, and even that is up to the players. This story states that Chloe did tell Rachel the truth about the abductions; in retaliation, James attempted to start a smear campaign against Chloe, blaming her "bad influence" for Rachel's troubles and death. As a vampire, Rachel further revealed James' lies by writing an autobiography under the pen name "Vivian Manning", which dismantled James' narrative completely.

** Averted with Morded. By his own admission, he has had countless loved ones in his near millenia of life, even getting married and starting families at various points. But he maintains that his true loyalty is to his "mother", who is not only a damning influence on him, but not even his loved ones could stand in his way. As it stands, the only other person Mordred shows genuine affection for in the present day is Bathory; and considering they are both loyal to the Red Queen and her cause, this VillainousFriendship is hardly redeeming for either of them. 

** PredecessorVillain: Likewise, it is mentioned that the Red Queen's previous champions include [[Myth/CelticMythology Queen Medb]], [[Literature/{{Beowulf Grendel's mother]] -- with Grendel himself having been a dhampir; described as a "Proto Mordred''. In Arthur's times, the Queen's champion was Morgause, who along with the Queen herself (then known as Morgana), was the basis behind Morgan Le Fay. Under the Queen, Morgause raped Arthur, impregnating herself with Mordred. While she is long dead by the time Mordred grew up, his survival gives Morgause a posthumous influence in the present day.

* MagicVerseScience: What makes the Blood of Hate such a hard disease to fight or cure, is due to the eldritch nature of the Red Queen. It's a spiritual disease as much as it is a medical one, and cannot be fully understood by scientific law. Jonathan Reid, despite being a vampire with plenty of experience with the supernatural, approaches the Blood of Hate as a disease to cure through medical means, as opposed to the manifestation of a vampiric deity. Hence why his search for the cure went on for over a century.

** Victoria Chase has one in both '''Route A''' and '''B''' timeline; be it after Kate's suicide attempt, her abduction, and the storm; or after Chloe's death and Nathan's arrest; the remorse weighs heavily on Victoria to the point she believes herself to be a monster. It's a lot more pronounced in the '''Route B''' timeline, where she has a breakdown of her own shortly after Chloe's funeral, brought about by SurvivorsGuilt. Ironically, Kate is one of the first people to forgive Victoria, with their subsequent friendship and romantic relationship helping the two heal after Blackwell.

** Predating them is the DIbikad family, an Ojibwe-Cree family who are the last survivors of the Pâhkwêkan club; a First Nations group of vampire and werewolf hunters dating back to the colonial era. They fell out of power over the nineteenth century; while they successfully killed numerous vampires, unfortunately colonists used this as a pretense to crack down on Pâhkwêkan. Their last operations were in Blackwood Pines, where Maxwell Dibikad was the sole survivor. His modern day descendant, Vanessa works as an agent for the FBC, who gets caught up in investigating Mordred's operations, and her uncle, Jack, was the Stranger of ''VideoGame/UntilDawn'' proper. Vanessa hopes to get the Pâhkwêkan re-instated through her work with the FBC.

* HomosexualReproduction: [[spoiler:Max and Chloe's son, Bill Price Caulfield, who exists in both timelines; being born from Chloe's donated ovums, with Max being the surrogate who carried him to term. In '''Route A''', Max and Chloe raise him together when they settle in Seattle. In '''Route B''', Max raises him as a single mother following Chloe's death… [[spoiler:Or so we thought; it turns out Vampire!Chloe keeps a distant eye on her son, and Max is aware of this.]] Regardless of the timelines, it is later revealed that [[spoiler:Rachel is his ''other'' biological mother; Mordred and his followers took a sample of Rachel's blood, and tampered with it to function as a semen substitute. While keeping an eye on Max and Chloe, they used Rachel's blood to impregnate Chloe's eggs, and impregnated Max with the embryo while Max and Chloe were looking for a sperm donor.]]

* DaywalkingVampire: PlayedWith. While sunlight is considered harmful to standard vampires, many have found a way to circumvent this. If fed the blood of a damphyr -- which are naturally immune to these effects -- a vampire ''can'' withstand daylight for a period depending on how much they feed on. Mordred sells his blood as a narcotic, allowing his vampire followers to go about as they please. Over the past century, Reid's work had found a way to synthesize damphyr blood, thus allowing vampires to regularly travel by daylight, no problemo, provided they have a continuous and steady dose. 

** Mordred admits no matter who he loved in life, his loyalty will always be to the Red Queen, who "adopted"and raised him from childhood. While he's leading a cult that sees her as a goddess, Mordred genuinely sees her as his mother, and puts her wants and desires before his own. He also holds his biological mother, Morgause, in high regard centuries after her death, despite her presumably dying giving birth to him. So much so, he overlooks Morgause's rape of Arthur, but hypocriticallty [[BlamingTheVictim condemns]] Arthur for being a ChildByRape of Uther and Igraine.

** In Rachel's case, after her death was uncovered, her father James tried to start a media campaign painting Rachel as the perfect student, daughter and victim; while painting Chloe as a toxic influence on Rachel's life that led to her troubled behaviour. This was seemingly done as retaliation for Chloe telling Rachel the truth about her mother's abduction in ''[[VideoGame/LifeIsStrangeBeforeTheStorm Before the Storm]]. Going by James' narrative, Chloe's influence is apparently more to blame for Rachel's downward spiral and death, than even Rachel's ''actual abductors and murderers''.

* Decomposite Character: The Red Queen on two accounts, in regards to InUniverse and in real world myths. 

Besides having an EnsembleCast among protagonists of ''VideoGame/Vampyr2018'' and ''Franchise/LifeIsStrange'', this story also has "Routes". While it's a ContinuationFic, it doesn't follow a specific ending of ''VideoGame/LifeIsAStrange'' or ''[[VideoGame/LifeIsStrange2 2]]''; instead certain chapters are labeled as '''Route A''' ("Sacrifice Arcadia Bay[=/=]Parting Ways'') or '''Route B''' (''Sacrifice Chloe[=/=]Redemption"), depending on what timeline the reader wishes to follow, while the bulk of the story is written from a neutral perspective for either ending.

It serves primarily as a crossover between ''Franchise/LifeIsStrange'' and ''VideoGame/Vampyr2018''. However, it features numerous cameos and plot connections that both ''VideoGame/{{Control}} and ''VideoGame/UntilDawn'' are considered secondary crossovers; the Federal Bureau of Control is a significant presence, and the cast from ''VideoGame/UntilDawn'' are recurring and supporting characters.

The story focuses on Rachel Amber who, following her death, is picked by the vampiric goddess the Red Queen, to be her latest champion to spread her wicked disease, the Blood of Hate, across the world. Following the events of [[VideoGame/LifeIsStrange the first game]], Rachel is resurrected as a vampire, and taken in by the Mother's Children -- a cult and AncientConspiracy of vampires and wicked humans seeking to spread the Red Queen's will. The Mother's Children are said to be led by Mordred himself.

Yes, ''[[Myth/ArthurianMythology that]]'' Mordred.