Warren Graham

Warren Daniel Graham is a supporting character in the 2015 episodic video game, Life is Strange, and a minor character in the 2017 prequel game, Life is Strange: Before the Storm. He is a student at Blackwell Academy and is close friends with Max Caulfield.
He is voiced by Carlos Luna, and in the Japanese dub, he is voiced by Makoto Naruse.
== Appearance ==
Warren has an average build, choppy brown hair and matching hue eyes. He always dresses casually, wears jeans, sometimes a sweatshirt and t-shirts connected with geek culture throughout the game. After being hit by Nathan, he has a bruise around his left eye.
== Personality ==
Warren acts like a science nerd and loves watching old movies and anime. He seems to have a love interest in Max Caulfield and tries to get closer to her. He has a kind and sensitive nature and also often deals with getting rejected by other girls. Warren is very courageous and protective over Max and would defend her from Nathan Prescott whenever he sees him harrass her. Warren is interested in science and would go to the science lab. In Out of Time, Warren asks Max to meet him in the science lab so she could help him with his chemistry experiment. 
== Background ==
Warren Daniel Graham was born on November 20, 1996 in Arcadia Bay. He seems to be the youngest student in Blackwell Academy at only 16 years old which he advanced a few grades up. He has a GPA of 4.0, due to his scientific knowledge. He is considered a gifted student by Principal Wells.
== Biography ==
=== Life Is Strange ===
==== Episode 1: Chrysalis ====
Warren is first seen in the parking lot waiting for Max Caulfield to return his flash drive to him. They both sit on the hood of the car and Max tells Warren about the strange day she has and tells him not to tell anyone. Nathan Prescott comes along and confronts Max about what she told Principal Wells (if Max reported Nathan). Warren will then tell Nathan to back off and Nathan will headbutt Warren. Chloe's truck then arrives and while Warren distracts Nathan, Max gets into Chloe's truck and drives off while Nathan tries to chase after the truck. Nathan later texts Max a picture of his bruised eye from the fight with Nathan.
==== Episode 2: Out of Time ====
Warren sends Max a text message asking her to meet in the science room so she could help on his chemistry experiment.
==== Episode 3: Chaos Theory ====
When Chloe and Max enter Blackwell at night to search for clues in the Principal Wells' office, Max calls Warren and asks him for instructions on how to build a pipe bomb. Depending on whether Max chose to accept his invitation to "Go Ape" or not, they have a short conversation based on the answer.
Warren then texts her the materials she needs to build the pipe bomb. Max uses the pipe bomb to blow open the door into Principal Wells's office. Rewinding to remove the damage, Max unlocks the office door. After letting Chloe enter the office, Max discards all the materials for the pipe bomb in a waste bin inside the office. Max also texts Warren, jokingly saying that she only wanted to test his scientific knowledge and expertise regarding the pipe bomb.
==== Episode 4: Dark Room ====
Warren takes a more prominent role in this episode. After Max collects evidence from Nathan's room in the male section of the Prescott Dormitory, Nathan confronts her and Chloe at the exit. Max and Chloe are pushed around by Nathan, and Warren appears to intervene. He headbutts Nathan to the floor after the fight breaks out between them, which terrifies Max. When Nathan tries to counter by pulling a gun from his pocket, Warren kicks the gun out of his hand and starts beating up Nathan. Warren can carry on beating up Nathan, depending on whether Max stops him or not.
===== If Max intervenes =====
If Max intervenes, she breaks up the fight and Warren leaves Nathan alone. He gets up, collects his gun and warns that his father is on his way to the dormitory, and that they won't get away with treating him poorly. He runs back into his dorm room slightly injured. This results in his jacket being present later in the Dark Room.
After his fight with Nathan, they will talk about it outside the dormitory. Max will thank Warren for his intervention, and Chloe will tell him that he's awesome for beating Nathan up. But he doesn't know how to think about his actions, as he thinks it might make him as bad as Nathan. Max reassures him that he isn't anything like Nathan, and Warren will suggest accompanying Chloe and Max on their investigations or to call the police, but his offers get rejected by Chloe who tells him that it's something that she and Max must do alone. Instead, Max asks him to find out more about Nathan's father Sean Prescott and promises to call him later. Before he heads back to his room, he states how "alpha" he feels now and Max agrees with him. When he leaves, Chloe comments to Max on how he's totally in love with her, which Max responds with "I know".
Warren will later text Max regarding the incident and state his wish to see her at the party, so they can celebrate. If Max left behind a message on his room slate earlier, he will also thank Max for that and state that he will never erase it.
Chloe believes Nathan is responsible for the death of Rachel Amber and heads to the "End of the World Party" with Max. The two encounter Warren outside who claims he's glad that they decided to attend the party with him, but Warren gets rejected on this score. He takes a photo of himself with Max on her instant camera and keeps this photo. Noticing that Warren still seems a little wrecked regarding what happened in the boys' dormitory earlier, Max asks him how he feels. When asked about Nathan, he tells them that he hasn't seen Nathan as he was holed up in his room. Warren also explains that he's at the party because he wants to feel like a normal student after this week's ultraviolence. He never hit anybody before, and usually, he was the one who would get beat up. Warren is drunk despite only having half a beer; it is possible his drink was spiked to prevent him from aiding Chloe and Max from that point onward.
|At Warren's insistence, Max takes a picture with Warren "for prosperity." Before the two girls enter the party, she asks him to text her immediately if he sees Nathan and to be aware of him. Warren jokes he knows how to be invisible, and Max replies that he's not to her.
===== If Max doesn't intervene =====
Warren violently beats Nathan up, kicking him in the stomach. Chloe collects the fallen gun and the girls leave the dorm with Warren as Nathan writhes on the ground in pain. Afterwards he can be heard saying things like "Everybody hates me... Everybody". He is clearly too injured to get up. This results in his jacket not being in the Dark Room later in the episode.
After his fight with Nathan, they will talk about it outside the dormitory. Max will thank Warren for his intervention, and Chloe will tell him that he's awesome for beating Nathan up. But he doesn't know how to think about his actions, as he thinks it might make him as bad as Nathan. Max reassures him that he isn't anything like Nathan, and Warren will suggest accompanying Chloe and Max on their investigations or to call the police, but his offers get rejected by Chloe who tells him that it's something that she and Max must do alone. Instead, Max asks him to find out more about Nathan's father Sean Prescott and promises to call him later. Before he heads back to his room, he states how "alpha" he feels now and Max agrees with him. When he leaves, Chloe comments to Max on how he's totally in love with her, which Max responds with "I know".
Warren will later text Max regarding the incident and state his wish to see her at the party, so they can celebrate. If Max left behind a message on his room slate earlier, he will also thank Max for that and state that he will never erase it.
Chloe believes Nathan is responsible for the death of Rachel Amber and heads to the "End of the World Party" with Max. The two encounter Warren outside who claims he's glad that they decided to attend the party with him, but Warren gets rejected on this score. He takes a photo of himself with Max on her instant camera and keeps this photo. Noticing that Warren still seems a little wrecked regarding what happened in the boys' dormitory earlier, Max asks him how he feels. When asked about Nathan, he tells them that he hasn't seen Nathan as he was holed up in his room. Warren also explains that he's at the party because he wants to feel like a normal student after this week's ultraviolence. He never hit anybody before, and usually, he was the one who would get beat up. Warren is drunk despite only having half a beer; it is possible his drink was spiked to prevent him from aiding Chloe and Max from that point onward.
==== Episode 5: Polarized ====
Warren is seen in the Two Whales Diner after he, Joyce Price, and Frank Bowers (if he did not die in Episode 4) have barricaded themselves inside it. Warren has gathered all the medical supplies he can find. Max finally talks to Warren about her powers and asks him for the picture he took outside the End of the World party so that she can go back in time and save Chloe. Depending on the level of interest Max has shown in Warren throughout the week, she will have the option to kiss Warren as well as the option to hug or just leave him behind without showing him any affection.
== Trivia ==
* Warren can be seen outside of Max's window in episode 2, possibly checking for any signs of Max being awake so he knows to wait for her out front. His perspective probably makes it difficult to see inside Max's room.
* Warren's car is the same car model as shown in Before the Storm in which Chloe's father William died in.
* Warren's flash drive has pirated films and television shows. These include Doctor Who, The X-Files, Full Metal Alchemist, Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!, Akira, Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, Cannibal Holocaust, Beneath the Valley of the Ultra-Vixens, and NEKRomantik.
* Warren is a big fan of the British time travel series Doctor Who, as he's constantly referring to it in his text messages and emails to Max. His email account icon is a picture of the TARDIS, the time machine in Doctor Who. He's also referring to himself as "The Doctor", its protagonist.
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