Robert Nightingale

Robert Nightingale is a former FBI agent who was pursuing Alan Wake during the Bright Falls AWE.
== Biography ==
=== Early life ===
Robert Nightingale was a federal agent in the FBI. He was once partnered with an Agent Finn. When Finn started talking about "darkness" and avoiding shadows whenever he could; Nightingale told Finn to get his act together. Sometime later Finn was "taken" by something and Nightingale became obsessed with finding out what Finn had meant by the 'darkness'. He started to drink heavily to cope with his guilt over his friend's evident death. Eventually Nightingale began having terrifying nightmares similar to the ones Clay Steward and Alan Wake experienced. In his dreams, Nightingale sees a man who very closely resembles Alan Wake. Soon, Nightingale became completely obsessed and paranoid about finding the man in his dreams.
=== Bright Falls AWE ===
Nightingale went rogue in Bright Falls after being fired from the FBI for unknown reasons prior to the events of the Bright Falls AWE. Although Nightingale's precise motivation for his pursuit is uncertain, it is clear he somehow discovered the impact of Alan's manuscript on future events. In Bright Falls, Nightingale was a classic example of a loose-cannon cop: drunk and trigger happy. On two occasions he tries to shoot an unarmed Alan endangering innocent civilians in the process. 
Nightingale is later seen outside a fence that across a fence from Alan, aiming a revolver at him. He tells Alan to put his hands in the air only to open fire when Alan makes a break for the fence. Nightingale almost hits Alan a couple of times. He almost hits another person while shooting at Alan and shows no remorse or awareness of his extremely reckless actions. Enraged he sends all the local police forces after Alan but still fails to apprehend his target. Nightingale is next seen outside Pat Maine's radio station after tracking Alan down again. Alan flees while Nightingales starts firing again, this time nearly hitting another person. Angry and humiliated by Alan's second escape he shouts he will catch Alan even if it kills him.
Finally he captures Alan after he and Barry Wheeler pass out after drinking the Anderson Brothers moonshine at the Anderson Farm. While tempted to murder Alan, Nightingale instead brings Wake and Barry into custody. After capturing Wake, Nightingale taunts him repeatedly while he is locked in a cell. He shows Alan a large cache of manuscript pages he has collected and tells Wake that he will be going to jail for a long time. But when an arguments arises, Nightingale lets his guard down. He reads part of a scene in a manuscript page that reveals an attack on his 'character' and the scene immediately occurs; the Dark Presence pulls Nightingale out the door.
=== Aftermath of the Bright Falls AWE ===
Nightingale is reported as a notable individual who is still missing by the Federal Bureau of Control in a supplement of the Bright Falls AWE.
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