History Characters / TheSexyBrutale

* DeadPersonImpersonation: [[spoiler: The Lafcadio in the time loop originally died with Sixpence. The person we see as Lafcadio is actually an aspect of the older Lucas Bondes, the part of him that wants to respect his wife's wish and stop torturing himself for her death, imagining himself as Lafcadio to draw solace from his friend's faith and strength.]]
* TheGoodShepherd: Was a close friend of the Marquis and his wife. He conducted their wedding, and tried to bring out the best in the man. But his "Sinful Preacher" moniker and various hints from other characters suggest he may not be all he appears to be. [[spoiler: He was a drinker and a gambler himself, once, before he cast it away.]]

* HeelFaithTurn: Became an ordained priest after losing his casino to the Marquis - though he'd been planning on becoming one anyway, and had received his confirmation shortly before taking the Marquis' big bet.

* MegaManning: After rescuing a murder victim he can take their mask to acquire one of their abilities.
* MementoMacGuffin: [[spoiler: The three key items he keeps with him through every time loop are a broken pocket watch (signifying his mistake with the bomb timers), a lighter (used to start fires) and a ring symbolising his and his wife's love.]]

* SecondPlaceIsForWinners: [[spoiler: He lost his casino to the Marquis in a bet, but the casino was heavily in debt and he'd just received his confirmation of priesthood, so the loss may actually have provided the fresh start he was looking for.]]
* SpannerInTheWorks: Thanks to the Bloody Girl's blessing he's the only one aware of the time loops and working to stop the murders.

* FailedASpotCheck: After being rescued he immediately forgets knocking out a homocidal staff member with a candlestick and assumes the man is simply sleeping off some drink.
* GadgeteerGenius: He designed all the clocks in the Brutale, the robotic card dealer in the casino and [[spoiler: incendiary devices.]]
* SmallRoleBigImpact: He's the first Guest you save, and before you even get the full stopwatch that lets you play a full day, so you don't get much time to know him. Additionally, since he's in a location far from where you start the game following his tutorial, you won't interact with him nearly as much as with the other guests, who generally mill about more. His death also comes at around 4:00, a third of the way into the day, whereas most of the deaths happen much later, to the point hearing the gunshot across the mansion is something all the staff have to cover for when the guests ask about it. [[spoiler: Despite this, he aided the Marquis in his plans to burn down the Casino in the first place and helped with the creation of the timed incendiary bombs. Were it not for his aid and the Marquis' error in timing them, the mansion would have never burned down with the guests in it and the Marquis wouldn't be so wracked with guilt as to relive and remix the day to the point he has.]]
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: [[spoiler: He was complicit in the Marquis's plan to burn down the Sexy Brutale and start a new life with the insurance money, before it went horribly wrong.]]

* TheAlcoholic: Used to have this issue but was always able to put it aside for work. The staff take advantage of this by distracting him with drinks and gambling in the casino, rendering him unable to save Trinity.

* MeaningfulName: Many sculptors- such as his wife- work in ''clay''.

-->"I know- I'm going to hell."

The mansion's artist and sculptor, Trinity created most -- if not all -- of the statues littering the mansion, and she's also created the fireplaces. She's blind, but plays cards, which is how she met her husband, Clay Rockridge. She's also the step-sister of Tequila Belle.

She's the second-to-last to die, at 11:05, but without Clay to rescue her, she's doomed at 10:35. She's notable for being the only guest you don't save yourself, since you save Clay who saves Trinity.

* CuriosityKilledTheCast: Her curiosity compels her to investigate the spider room where she meets her end.

* DisabilitySuperpower: She's blind but has excellent hearing and touch, which in the past she used to cheat at cards. The player can use her ability to hear footsteps, whispered conversations and door codes.

* TheWorldsExpertOnGettingKilled: Is an experienced and talented practitioner of voodoo who was able to seal Grinmaw away. She confronts him to finally put an end to him once and for all...and immediately gets [[MindRape Mind Raped]] into suicide.

Tequila is an ex-girlfriend of the Marquis's but also a renowned singer with an extraordinary voice. She's the step-sister of Trinity Carrington, who already knew the Marquis when he met Tequila. Her usual accompanist is Redd Rockridge, though she's also practiced with the Marquis.

* TheResenter: A minor example. She loves Lucas and once dreamed about writing a mean, jealous piece of music about being given up for Eleanor, but outside that moment of weakness she wishes them both every happiness and will happily sing a love song written by Lucas for Eleanor if saved.

* GentlemanThief: According to his biography he'd prefer to be called a [[InsistentTerminology treasure hunter]].
* GoryDiscretionShot: We're thankfully spared seeing his grizzly death by impalement.

* SchmuckBait: He walks up and grabs the valuable he's after immediately after Redd warns him they need to check for traps first. Naturally he gets trapped and killed as a result.

He's the sixth to die, at 10:10 when the lights flicker, though nobody seems to notice the electrical problem. Notable for being one of the two guests other than Lafcadio who saves another guest, the second being his brother Clay

He has no special mask ability Lafcadio could use.

The impeccably attired and immaculately mannered staff at The Sexy Brutale are renowned for their dedication to their tasks and attention to detail. This year however, there's a new set of staff in residence, and their full effort and focus appears to be reserved for planning and… executing the systematic murders of the guests.

Seven Clubs. [[spoiler: Avid pianist and easily annoyed.]]

King Clubs. [[spoiler: Firestarter.]]

Two Diamonds. [[spoiler: Happy to be committing murder, very unhappy that he has to clean it up afterwards.]]

Five Diamonds. [[spoiler: A NonActionGuy who drops a ball and then doesn't do anything else.]]

Three Hearts. [[spoiler: Breaking stuff with lame jokes.]]

Four Hearts. [[spoiler: Poisoner and terrible liar.]]

Nine Hearts. [[spoiler: Short with his words, but very thorough.]]

Nine Spades. [[spoiler: Short with his words, even shorter temper.]]

Ace Spades. [[spoiler: Barman, and possibly the only staff member with a conscience.]]

* GasMaskMooks / MalevolentMaskedMen: They all wear card-themed gas-masks, though they have their own personalities rather than being identical. [[spoiler:Though ironically, they're even ''more'' identical when they take their masks off, as they're all the elderly version of Lucas.]]
* [[ExpressiveMask Expressive Masks]]: despite having gas masks that encase their entire heads, the eyeholes emote just as well as eyes.
* MusicalAssassin: Tequila Belle's assassin Seven Clubs is a skilled pianist who manipulates her into singing a high note that brings down the glass behind her. He may not be the only one as the notes imply many of the Brutale's staff are musicians who work there for the chance to use the Marquis's collection of high-quality instruments and meet the masters who visit. [[spoiler:It's hard to determine if the real mansion's staff members used to this musically-inclined due to the game's UnreliableNarrator status, and the fact that it's explicitly stated that the staff in the game are completely different from the real staff, which is partly why Thanos is suspicious of them.]]

[[spoiler: A wild and erratic gambler, Lucas's addiction brought him to the brink of ruin and madness before fortune smiled on him, making him rich beyond his wildest dreams. He created the Sexy Brutale Casino Mansion but as costs mounted and his priorities changed, he sought a way to escape, resulting in the criminal deaths of those he held dearest and destroying everything he was or dreamed of. Over the decades that passed, Lucas has relived the consequences over and over, unsure whether death or life in torment was the correct punishment.]]

* AbsurdlyHighStakesGame: [[spoiler:In the backstory he bet his entire fortune against Lafcadio's casino on a game of roulette. He won, and changed the name of the casino to The Sexy Brutale.]]

* CondescendingCompassion: A rare sympathetic example; [[spoiler:he's afraid that if he remembers his friends as anything other than victims, he'll forget what he did to them.]]
* {{Determinator}}: If Lucas put half as much effort into making an honest living as into wallowing in his own guilt, he would likely never have 'needed' to commit fraud in the first place. Even after a NearDeathExperience and 20 years in prison, he never doubts that he ''can'' move on- only whether he should.

* FamilyOfChoice: It's implied that he considers the victims his family. [[spoiler:The Old Habits demon]] jealously tells Lucas that it 'loved' him before they did- Lucas' biological relatives are not mentioned anywhere- and he has deep affection for and knowledge of them all. In fact, several places in his mansion are specifically tailored to what they'd want in a home- Willow's bedroom is adjacent to a studio/gallery where she can paint, Trinity's mimics the gardens she loves, there's a chapel for Lafcadio to pray in, and a safer place for Tequila to sing (instead of the high platform she used to stand on).

* TheGamblingAddict: [[spoiler: He tried to walk away from gambling and instead adopt a simple life with his wife and child, but in doing so he got carried away with the thrill of his insurance scam scheme and makes a critical mistake which results in many deaths.]]

* ManOfWealthAndTaste: He dresses impeccably, conducts himself with immense flair and could be mean or shady at times, such as running two sets of books in the casino and acquiring artifacts simply to taunt his head of security. [[spoiler: After meeting Eleanor he starts to move away from this, desiring a simpler, more pious life.]]

* SurvivorGuilt: [[spoiler: His actions led to the deaths of his friends, wife and unborn child and even after serving time for his actions he is still unable to forgive himself.]]

[[spoiler: Eleanor met Lucas through her uncle, Reginald Sixpence. Originally she was enraptured with his flair and charm, but as the two fell in love Lucas began to rely on her grace and judgment in almost all challenges they faced together. When Eleanor became pregnant, everything changed for Lucas and he began to look for ways to provide a secure future for the both of them. Her death, and that of their unborn child, unmade Lucas's life.]]

* AnimalMotif: Birds, a dove specifically. [[spoiler: Seems to be something she shares with her husband.]]
* DarkIsNotEvil: She is the kindest character in the game but she also has a fondness for dark imagery. She painted all the frightening paintings around the mansion and her Hell Room was so intense that even she unsettled by it, despite painting it herself. She also kept a number of exotic, creepy fish as pets, her favorite being a guppy that was possibly cursed.

* HopeSpot: [[spoiler:The Bloody Girl's remark that Eleanor was always safe in her house outside the mansion- as well as the fact that the fire didn't reach her house- give the player hope that maybe she and her child survived. Unfortunately, we learn that she did die before she gave birth.]]
* TheLostLenore: [[spoiler: Her death utterly destroys Lucas and results in the events of the game.]]
* MeaningfulName: [[spoiler: Her name may be a reference to the Lost Lenore of Edgar Allen Poe's "The Raven".]]

* NightmareFuelStationAttendant: She painted most of the paintings in the mansion, often putting an unsettling twist on existing styles. Unusually she became unsettled with some examples like Grinmaw and insisted on having the Hell Room wallpapered over.

* AnimateInanimateObject: The machine's appears to be purely mechanical, yet there's no way Sixpence would have programmed into it knowledge of Clay and Trinity's plight.
* TheCassandra: The machine pleads with Clay Rockridge to stop gambling and save Trinity, but without your intervention he'll ignore it.
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: [[spoiler: In the basement you can find another one that spurts out random jokes, trivia such as the meaning of the hotel's name, and hints.]]

Only those with the second sight can see Grinmaw's true form - but he delights in whispering madness into any who will listen.

* NinjaPirateZombieRobot: he's an ''invisible voodoo witch doctor fish.''

* RealityEnsues: [[spoiler: Turns out in reality, he was an unusually colourful but otherwise normal fish. The Marquis only acquired him because of the stories surrounding him, not because the tales of voodoo were true.]]
* StealthPun: [[spoiler: He's introduced and implied to be key to the supernatural goings-on in the mansion. Turns out Gold Skull created him just because he loves the idea of a voodoo fish. So, he's a red-colored fish set up to be important, but turns out to be a misdirection. He's a RedHerring.]]

* NPCRoadblock: They're happy to move once you can see and talk to them, but until then they'll stand stock still and invisible, blocking access to the next part of the hotel.
* PowerPerversionPotential: You can find ghosts searching through the female guests' things, looking for smutty books in the library and trying to feel up Tequila Belle. They're a pretty lewd lot all told.

In the Room of Old Habits lurks a demon in chains who offers escape, relief and joy to those who will just give in to old vices. Why not just walk away from it all? The two of you will have a whale of a time!

* ImmediateSelfContradiction: His every friendly offer is accompanied with another statement in brackets demonstrating rage at "Boone" for suppressing him and promises to never let him go when he gives in again.

* BigFancyHouse: The Brutale includes its own ballroom, casino, theatre, music hall and large grounds.

* GeniusLoci: [[spoiler: It's all in the mind of Lucas Bondes, which shapes some of the more impossible spaces in its basement.]]

* TheLoad: [[spoiler: The casino was running at a loss before Lucas won it in a bet, and the losses and stress of running the place get in the way of Lucas's plans to live a simple life with his wife and child.]]
* MeaningfulName: If the malfunctioning card dealer in the basement is to be believed, it's "Sexy" because of the allure of gambling, "Brutal" because of the damaging effects of gambling and "Brutale" because the Marquis thought that sounded more glamorous.
** Before the Marquis took over it was called "The Devil's Odd", perhaps to re-enforce the connection between devils and gambling [[spoiler: which Lafcadio turned away from in joining the priesthood.]]

The Bloody Girl is the manifest memory of Lucas's wife, Eleanor. His wife brought purest joy to Lucas - but knowing that he caused her death is white-hot, impossible grief and agony.

But within her memory is the seed of forgiveness. Lucas knows deep down she would still want him - one day - to be able to move on and live a life, so not everything of worth was lost on that one terrible night.

The man in the Golden Skull mask is the terrible aspect of Lucas that never wishes for him to forgive himself. In his mind, the mansion has been created to keep the tortured memories of everyone fresh and alive.

In this way, Gold Skull believes that he honours them as best he can: by never allowing them to be forgotten, and never allowing him, Lucas - the Marquis - to forgive himself and move on with his life.

* AffablyEvil: He fully admits to being a murderer and a villain, but he's friendly enough towards Boone, leaves notes for him and essentially wants him to understand why he does what he does.

* MeaningfulName: His "Golden Skull" moniker is a reference to the painting above, and his surname "Bounde" intentionally contrasts with those of his other alter-egos Bondes and Boone, suggesting bondage and villainy (like a bounder) instead off goodness.
* MirrorBoss: Though not confronted directly, him and the player character appear to share abilities. He uses Sixpence's ability to link Boone to the clock in the theater, his duplicates make used of Eleanor's Mirror Walk, and in the ending the player ends up copying the self-duplication ability he used to create the staff once he receives the Red King's mask.

* RealityWarper: While the power he uses is technically the King in Red's he is effectively in control of everything that happens in the Sexy Brutale and is the engineer of the hotel and all the murders. Only Boone and the Bloody Girl are outside his influence, and even they can be halted with a snap of his fingers.

* TheGardener: Tequila Belle notes how lovely she keeps the hotel gardens.

* VeryPunchableMan: Seven Clubs. He begins the day happily shirking off the job he's supposed to be doing, helping Two Diamonds in the chapel, to play piano for Tequila. He is a talented pianist, but he's an insufferable showoff. He's curt and pushy with Ms. Belle herself, and once she's been fatally cut up with glass, he taunts her attempts to call for help, hurls insults and hateful remarks at her as she dies, throws her body down the garbage chute, and tops it all off with a PostmortemOneLiner that would make [[Franchise/ANightmareOnElmStreet Freddy Kruger]] blush. While it would be incredibly satisfying to save Tequila by bashing his skull in with a candlestick, [[spoiler:locking him in a closet]] still feels gratifying.

* ProperlyParanoid: He's the only one of the guests to get suspicious about the fact that the Marquis and his wife are mysteriously absent, and that all the old staff have been replaced.

The impeccably attired and immaculately mannered staff at The Sexy Brutale are renowned for their dedication to their tasks and attention to detail. This year however, their full effort and focus appears to be reserved for planning and… executing the systematic murders of the guests.

* GasMaskMooks / MalevolentMaskedMen: They all wear card-themed gas-masks, though they have their own personalities rather than being identical.

* MusicalAssassin: Tequila Belle's assassin Seven Clubs is a skilled pianist who manipulates her into singing a high note that brings down the glass behind her. He may not be the only one as the notes imply many of the Brutale's staff are musicians who work there for the chance to use the Marquis's collection of high-quality instruments and meet the masters who visit. [[spoiler:It's hard to determine if the real mansion's staff members used to this musically-inclined due to the game's UnreliableNarrator status.]]

* AnimateInanimateObject: The machine's appears to be purely mechanical, yet there's no way Sixpence would have programmed into it knowledge of Clay and Trinity's plight.

* RescueHug: He rips the webbing apart to free Trinity and gently cradles her in his arms, hugging her against his chest in relief before he pulls her to her feet.

* FaithHeelTurn: Became an ordained priest after losing his casino to the Marquis - though he'd been planning on becoming one anyway, and had received his confirmation shortly before taking the Marquis' big bet.

She knows many of the Marquis's secrets, including the little gubby hidden away in the mansion.

No-one appears to be safe from their peculiar brand of personalised service. But are they acting on their own now that the master of the house is away… Or is it his murderous will that they continue to follow, day in and day out?

* MusicalAssassin: Tequila Belle's assassin Seven Clubs is a skilled pianist who manipulates her into singing a high note that brings down the glass behind her. He may not be the only one as the notes imply many of the Brutale's staff are musicians who work there for the chance to use the Marquis's collection of high-quality instruments and meet the masters who visit.

Not much is known about the preacher Lafcadio Boone. He has awoken in the middle of a mansion he finds both nightmarish and alien… But at the same time, very familiar.

With the other guests at the masked ball being murdered in front of his very eyes, Lafcadio has been singled out as the one and only person who can save them and put an end to this nightmare.

It seems his mask alone has been “blessed” by the mysterious Bloody Girl – her power allowing him to avoid the fate of the other guests and to retain his memories even when the clock strikes midnight and the same day begins all over again.

Reginald Sixpence is a genius clockmaker and mechanic who was originally commissioned to create the extravagant timepieces featured throughout the mansion.

Reginald could be somewhat blind to the intentions and emotions of others, and he has become distraught that some of the Marquis’ projects may have had much darker and more dangerous aims than he could have imagined.

Clay Rockridge used to be head of security at The Sexy Brutale — but now he has joined the guest list, with all the delights and dangers that entails.

The Casino is Clay’s home, where he is passing time on the blackjack tables and trying his luck against one of the… grimmer card dealers that the mansion has to offer.

His fondness for drink means that he has been somewhat distracted while his wife has gone missing…

The blind artist Trinity Carrington is one of the most gifted sculptors in the world — although the elegance of her work is quite at odds with her wicked sense of humour… and complete disregard for rules.

Trinity was once caught cheating at cards using her extraordinary sense of touch and hearing, but this delicate situation introduced her to her future husband — head of security Clay Rockridge — so she considered herself a winner regardless.

Trinity also has a somewhat famous half-sister who was close to the Marquis in the days before The Sexy Brutale.

Hailing from the swamps of the South, Willow Blue is a dealer in rare and unusual antiques… with drops of ancient magic in her veins, giving her strange and dark gifts.

Something has been troubling Willow this year at the masked ball, but while she has been doing her best to understand and defend against the dangers that she senses, it may well be that whatever secrets are lurking in the mansion are beyond even her formidable powers.

Even throughout her extremely modest upbringing, Tequila Belle had a truly extraordinary voice.

The Marquis had long admired her as a performer, and was staggered when he learned she was the stepsister of Trinity Carrington. Since she was first invited, Tequila has attended and sung at every Masked Ball.

Her usual accompanist is pianist Redd Rockridge, but she and the Marquis would also practice together - sometimes long into the night. Although there was never any outward impropriety, these sessions were eventually called to a halt by the Marquis shortly after he met his wife.

Greyson Grayson was, bluntly, an uncommonly-good common thief in his youth, who was later invited to provide iron-clad security throughout The Sexy Brutale.

The Marquis liked to tease Grayson about his past, and would purchase items of great value and rarity to hide in the mansion — much to Grayson’s outward irritation… though on the inside he was obsessed with these treasure hunts the Marquis arranged.

Though his brother, Clay, was the prizefighter in the family, it was never in dispute that Redd Rockridge was simply in a different league when it came to sheer physical power.

Previously Redd was the head croupier at The Sexy Brutale, but since then has become a valued friend and guest of the Marquis’. Redd is a talented musician, and also very close to Greyson, with whom he is exploring the mansion this year at the ball, unaware of the dangers at hand…

Descended from a family of master goldsmiths, Aurum Runes is responsible for many of the most exquisite pieces of art and engineering throughout the mansion.

As a younger man he worked tirelessly in the forges, smelting with methods of his own devising until fumes from a particularly demanding project almost destroyed his health and forced him to create a specialised welding mask to monitor his heart rate.

Aurum has been given a seemingly simple task to complete during the ball — but even if he succeeds, can he be sure he will be richer for it?

Master architect Thanos Gorecki is one of the great minds behind some of the most ingenious features of The Sexy Brutale.

His knowledge of the mansion may be unparalleled — but even he is not privy to ALL the Marquis’ secrets, and something has been troubling him about the behaviour of the staff this year…

* FailedASpotCheck: After being rescued he appears to be immediately forget knocking out homocidal staff member with a candlestick and assumes the man is simply sleeping off some drink.

* RichBitch: Averted. Despite international fame for her singing talent, Tequila is for all intents and purposes a really nice woman. She's remained friends with her ex-lover, even having her own private guest room in his mansion, and the room is incredibly simple and modest, per her request.
* SouthernBelle: This seems to be her aesthetic despite not technically filling the trope due to her "modest upbringing."

* AnimalMotif: Birds, a [[{{Irony}} Phoenix]] specifically. [[spoiler: Seems to be something he shares with his wife.]]

* DueToTheDead: [[spoiler:Lucas was so terrified of forgetting the victims of his manslaughter that he created a mental landscape where they are murdered brutally, over and over again, so that he will never forget how cruel he was in snuffing out their lives. The staff are projections of his irrational level of guilt.]] In the good ending, [[spoiler:he pays his respects in a more healthy way, b visiting their graves]].

* Fiction500: He owns a huge mansion/casino filled that's filled to brim with rare and priceless items. [[spoiler:It becomes subverted, as [[RealityEnsues he goes bankrupt]] due to his excessive spending and the casino failing. He ends up committing various acts of fraud to keep up the appearance of being endlessly wealthy, ultimately culminating in him deciding to burn the mansion down to try and collect on the insurance.]]

* HopeSpot: [[spoiler:The Bloody Girl's remark that Eleanor was always safe in her house outside the mansion, as well as the fact that the fire didn't reach her house, give the player hope that maybe she and her child survived. Unfortunately, we learn that she did die before she gave birth.]]

* FaithHeelTurn: Became an ordained priest after losing his casino to the Marquis - though he'd been planning on becoming on anyway, and had received his confirmation shortly before taking the Marquis' big bet.

* HopeSpot: [[spoiler:The Bloody Girl's remark that Eleanor was always safe in her house outside the mansion, as well as the fact that the fire didn't reach her house, give the player hope that maybe she and her child survive. Unfortunately, we learn that she did die before she gave birth

* DarkIsNotEvil: She is the kindest character in the game but she also has a fondness for dark imagery. She painted all the frightening paintings around the mansion and her "Hell Room" was intense even she unsettled by it, despite painting it herself. She also kept a number of exotic, creepy fish as pets, her favorite being a guppy that was possibly cursed.

* {{Tsundere]}: Type B. He asks Trinity to play cards with him; when she declines, he mutters that now he can ''really'' enjoy himself since she's not "distracting" him. Sure.

* TheWoobie: her death is long and slow, and she certainly gets treated the most scornfully by the Staff and their boss.

* AmbiguouslyGay : Harbors feelings for Greyson Grayson, but it's never stated outright.

* CollectorOfTheStrange: His mansion contains all manner of strange occult items including a collection of dangerous venomous creatures.
* TheGamblingAddict: [[spoiler: He tries to walk away from gambling and instead adopt a simple life with his wife and child, but in doing so he gets carried away with the thrill of his insurance scam scheme and makes a critical mistake which results in many deaths.]]

* {{Troll}}: He obtained the Moloch Egg simply because he knew it would drive Greyson mad.

* TheLostLenore: [[spoiler: Her death severely utterly destroys Lucas and results in the events of the game.]]

[[spoiler: Eleanor met Lucas through her uncle, Reginald Sixpence. Originally she was enraptured with this flair and charm, but as the two fell in love Lucas began to rely on her grace and judgment in almost all challenges they faced together. When Eleanor became pregnant, everything changed for Lucas and he began to look for ways to provide a secure future for the both of them. Her death, and that of their unborn child, unmade Lucas's life.]]

* SealedEvilInACan: She locked Grinmaw away behind a giant skull seal, but his whispers still reached Tequila bell in the next room.

* AmbigouslyGay : Harbors feelings for Greyson Grayson.

Surrounding him are seven mirrors, showing him the murders of the guests throughout the mansion. ith every death, the man weeps tears of blood. When the tank is full, a nightmare engine rains the blood down over the mansion, starting the same, hellish day all over again.

* SmallRoleBigImpact: He's the first Guest you save, and before you even get the full stopwatch that lets you play a full day, so you don't get much time to know him. Additionally, since he's in a location far from where you start the game following his tutorial, you won't interact with him nearly as much as with the other guests, who generally mill about more. His death also comes at around 4:00, a third of the way in the day, whereas most of the deaths happen much later, to the point hearing the gunshot across the mansion is something all the staff have to cover for when the guests ask about it. [[spoiler: Despite this, he aided the Marquis in his plans to burn down the Casino in the first place and helped with the creation of the timed incendiary bombs. Were it not for his aid and the Marquis' error in timing them, the mansion would have never burned down with the guests in it and the Marquis wouldn't be so wracked with guilt as to relive and remix the day to the point he has.]]