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Introduced in Season One
Sean Prescott
Sean Prescott
Click here for his appearance in Before the Storm
Voiced by: Robert (Sean) Omeara
Nathan's abusive father. A businessman who owns most of Arcadia Bay.
- Abusive Parents: To Nathan. He's emotionally abusive towards him and willfully ignores just how badly his son needs therapy. He might not have treated his daughter well either.
- Ambiguously Evil: It's never made precisely clear if he was actively complicit in Jefferson's depravities or not, though at the end of the game he is investigated due to owning the property the Dark Room was on.
- Corrupt Corporate Executive: He appears to be deliberately destroying Arcadia Bay's economy to advance his own interests.
- Crazy Survivalist: He has an apocalypse bunker built beneath a farmstead he owns. It's filled with many of the same supplies and brands that David has. His family is said to have inspired a bomb shelter craze in the town. It is also the same place where Nathan and Jefferson take their victims and take pictures of them in their grotesque state, and seems to be the primary purpose for the bunker nowadays.
- Four Eyes, Zero Soul: He wears nice glasses, but is an incredibly horrible person.
- The Ghost: He doesn't appear in the original game, but is mentioned frequently and his influence hangs over Blackwell. The closest we get to see him is an old picture on Nathan's desk. He finally appears in person in Episode 2 of Before the Storm, yelling at Nathan for being worried about being laughed at before the play.
- Greater-Scope Villain: He's treated as the biggest threat to the entire town, as he hired Mark Jefferson, though it's implied even he didn't know about the teacher's Mad Artist agenda. He also threatens Max via text if she reports Nathan's behaviour.
- Hated by All: Absolutely nobody in the game considers Prescott a good person or is on board with his plans to take over Arcadia Bay.
- Hate Sink: He's considered to be the most horrible person in the entire story, with absolutely no sympathetic qualities whatsoever. Even his own deranged son despises his very presence.
- The Heavy: Almost every negative thing happening to Arcadia Bay, from the environmental damage to Nathan and Jefferson's kidnapping escapades, is linked back to Sean Prescott, his family, and their funding.
- Hidden Agenda Villain: It's implied that he has some end goal in mind for both the town and Nathan, but exactly what it is is never made clear.
- I Own This Town: He's the most powerful man in Arcadia Bay. Blackwell Academy and the Arcadia Bay Police Department bow to his whims.
- It's All About Me: In Before the Storm, he pressures his son to give a good performance in the school play because of how it'll make himself look good as a parent.
- Jerkass: The biggest one in Arcadia Bay, working only to benefit himself and barely even pretending to care about his mentally ill son.
- Kick the Dog: The biggest examples of this being his abuse towards Nathan.
- Lack of Empathy: He only seems to care about his family's "legacy"
- Laser-Guided Karma: In the "Sacrifice Chloe" ending, his son's arrest and his heavy role in unknowingly assisting a serial killer for months causes the great Prescott to be called in for questioning by the authorities, tarnishing his family's legacy for good. His exact fate in the other ending is unclear.
- Man of Wealth and Taste: He only pays for the best quality of anything he desires.
- Never My Fault: In Before the Storm, should Chloe call him out on abusing Nathan, he just brushes her aside and tells her to mind her own business, believing that Nathan deserved his harsh treatment. He's also dismissive of his son's blatant mental issues and has the nerve to say that Nathan is at fault for all his problems when Sean himself is making them worse, whether directly or indirectly.
- One-Steve Limit: Averted. He shares his birth name with Sean Diaz, the protagonist of the second game.
- Pet the Dog: In episode 3 of Before the Storm, you can find a letter at the hospital from him offering to anonymously pay all of whichever of the North brothers was injured's medical bill, as the incident took place on school grounds. It's possible that he's trying to save face and look good in the public eye; nevertheless, it was one of his rare decisions that benefited others in the long run.
- Red Herring: Despite being built up as the ultimate evil in Arcadia Bay, he has nothing to do with the strange weather and his level of involvement with Jefferson's crimes is unclear.
- Rich Jerk: He's the richest man in the state and a sociopathic monster.
- Screw the Rules, I Have Money!: He uses his extensive donations to Blackwell Academy and the local police department to stop any attempt to make Nathan answer for his crimes. However, when the police learn of what Nathan and Jefferson are doing in the Dark Room, they do arrest Nathan. In one of the alternate timelines, they begin an investigation into Mr. Prescott's involvement with the crimes as well, with the implication that his control of Arcadia Bay has come to an end.
- Sinister Shades: Not exactly shades, but he's a villain who wears dark-tinted glasses.
- The Sociopath: Is willing to ruin anyone's life in his bid to take over Arcadia Bay. Even his own son's mental issues mean nothing to him.
- Unwitting Instigator of Doom: He's been sending money to his son and unknowingly assisted a serial killer in their criminal actions. He eventually gets called in by the police for this.
Homeless Woman
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Voiced by: Cissy Jones (uncredited)
A homeless woman living behind the Two Whales diner. She knows a lot about the town.
- Hobo: She lives behind the Two Whales diner. Joyce gives her meals free of charge.
- No Name Given: Solely known as the "homeless lady".
- Screw This, I'm Outta Here: Max can warn her of the impending tornado in Episode 3, believing she'll be receptive to the news. Doing so saves the woman's life when the tornado hits.
Introduced in Before The Storm
Rodney "Thunder" Sears
Rodney "Thunder" Sears
Voiced by: Michael Vasque
The bouncer outside the club at the old mill. Very proud of his Samoan decent.
- The Mole: He's been spying on his boss Damon for the DA's office in return for immunity from prosecution for a past offense.
- Pet the Dog: He tries to stop Chloe from getting into the party because he's worried about her safety. If she suitably impresses him in the backtalk challenge, he laughs and lets her through, saying she's alright.
- Punch-Clock Villain: He works for the town's biggest criminal drug dealer Damon, but he gets no amusement out of any of it.
- Real Men Wear Pink: If Chloe tries to make fun of the floral design on his motorbike, he'll give her a brief lecture on his heritage.
- Token Good Teammate: It's shown that he's only with Damon to earn some cash, not because he wants to enforce his drug cartel. In fact, it's later revealed that he's a mole hired by the police to rat out his boss.
- Villainy-Free Villain: The most "evil" thing he does is prevent Chloe from entering a club, but he's shown to be a decent guy underneath his tough exterior.
- Warmup Boss: Chloe's attempt to get past him is effectively a tutorial on how the backtalk mechanic works. You can still fail it, but since the correct answers are marked, you'd have to do it deliberately (and it has a minimal impact on the story).
Peter Gillespie & Sheldon Pike
Sheldon.
Peter.
Voiced by: ???
A pair of "skeevy guys" who accost Chloe at the concert at the old mill. Both work for Damon.
- Asshole Victim: Chloe can frame one of them as a mole in Damon's inner circle which gets one of the two killed by him.
- Ax-Crazy: Sheldon. He tries to murder Chloe, a teenage girl, for the horrible crime of accidentaly spilling his beer in a MOSHPIT.
- Dirty Coward: Both of them act tough and intimidating when dealing with Chloe and Rachel but when Frank steps in, they immediately back down.
- Disproportionate Retribution: They attack Chloe after she accidentally spills Peter's drink, even if the player apologizes.
- The Dividual: They appear to menace Chloe in Episode 1 of Before the Storm and are completely interchangeable (just being known as "Skeevy Guy" and "Other Skeevy Guy" in the overlay and when Chloe writes about them in graffiti). Their names only appear in James Amber's list of Damon's associates.
- Grievous Bottley Harm: Sheldon eventually tries to stab Chloe with a broken beer bottle, and more than likely would have gone through with it if Rachel hadn't intervened.
- Jerkass: They're both extremely rude, aggressive and make a big deal about nothing. But Sheldon is far worse than Peter (who looks more like an insecure follower than anything else.).
- Smug Snake: Again, both of them, but Sheldon is far worse. He acts like he's untouchable because he works for Damon. Turns out that it's all talk, if Chloe hits Sheldon in Episode 1, Damon doesn't really seem to care. In Episode 3, if Chloe (who is pretending to be James Amber over the phone) tells Damon that Sheldon is the snitch, Damon replies that he barely knows him, so Sheldon isn't even that important.
- Tattooed Crook: Sheldon's arms and his neck are covered in tattoos.
- Would Hit a Girl: They have no qualms about hurting Chloe.
