Edward Sexton Church

"*You can call me a monster. That's fine. It honestly doesn't bother me because you see, that's what society does. They put labels on things they don't understand*".- Edward Sexton Church

**Edward Sexton Church** is an enraged hunter with hellbent intentions against those that wronged him. He is a leading character in Don't Let the Darkness Consume You, being one of the deuteragonists.

A living legend in Willow's Bell, Church haunts the memories of the Firefly Summer Camp as the Deer Hunter due to the 1973 New Moon Massacre, and upon hearing the evil laughter, the fate of those who hear it is sealed. However, something far beyond sinister lies within the reasons of his manslaughter, and only few are willing to go beyond to discover it.

## Background

Edward Sexton Church was one of two children of the Sexton Church family, hailing from the city of Cutler, Florida. For years, due to his male gender status, Edward was seen by his father, David, as the protector of his younger sister, Julie.

In July 1968, after Randy Cavanaugh began spreading bad vibes to the community and attracted the attention of The Memetuo, who was haunting and plaguing the Firefly Summer Camp, the manifestation directed his sights on David, attacking him so he can control his mind. As a result, on the night of July 13th, David broke down into madness by killing members of the Firefly Summer Camp and also intoxicated Julie to death. After witnessing the murders caused by his father, Edward stood up for his friends in the camp, and decided to stop the mind-controlled David from causing more harm. As David attempted to attack Charles and Father Campbell, Edward attempted to reason with David, but he was too corrupted to talk and instead attacked Edward. Left with no other choice, Edward killed his father in self-defense by stabbing him with a branding iron, scarring the Memetuo with its fear to any source of light and fire.

## Appearance

Edward Sexton Church is a caucasian man with shoulder-length dirty brown hair, and a large brown beard. He often wears a somewhat Hawaiian-themed dress shirt unbuttoned which would trivially change. Underneath his shirt, he wears a black sleeveless shirt, and also white pants and leather snake-skin boots. He usually wears a leather glove on his right hand and a straw fedora hat. Church has a leg brace in his right leg, caused by an attack by Randy Cavanaugh.

## Personality

Edward Sexton Church was a good, kind-hearted man who had a great loyalty to his friends in the Firefly Summer Camp, specially with the Fitzgerald Family. He was wrongfully framed for many murders caused by Randy Cavanaugh, who was influenced by the dark thoughts of The Memetuo. As the Deer Hunter, Church became a violent, vengeful and bloodthirsty killer, killing his victims without mercy, ironically embodying the characteristics he was falsely framed for. Church's wrongful imprisonment and The Memetuo fueling the vengeful thoughts he was feeling were the cause of his mental breakdown.

After being saved by Mary Jane Fitzgerald by the attack of The Memetuo, and soon discovering that she was a survivor from the New Moon Massacre and that there are far worse people in the world, Church started to slowly recover from his breakdown, to the point of changing for the better and become a more kempt human being. Despite the fact that he had a wife that he always loved, Church was overwhelmed by his sister's death and he blamed himself. He was only a terrible person due to be being influenced by The Memetuo. Even though his father hated him, Church was still kind to him.

### Medical Profile

According to his medical profile found by orderlies in Jupiter Meadows Asylum, Edward Sexton Church suffers from Paranoid schizophrenia.

## Quotes

* **To Mary Jane Fitzgerald**: "Revenge is a confession of pain".
* **To Randy Cavanaugh**: "Every man has urges to do something about it. But the true measure of man is to admit them, to learn to control them. I'm pretty sure you ain't the one who controls them. You fell victim to the faults of men. Your lust and greed and valor for glory, it led you right down in the pit, where you belong".

## Trivia

* Edward Sexton Church was inspired by "Mr. Jingles" Benjamin Richter from American Horror Story: 1984 (2019), Bray Wyatt from WWE (2012-2023) and Bubba "Leatherface" Sawyer from The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974).
* His nickname "The Deer Hunter" is based on the 1978 epic war drama film The Deer Hunter, which was known for its violent content.
* He had a Resident Hunting License in California.
* According to Brooke Redwood:
	+ Among the main characters that were in Don't Let the Darkness Consume You, Church was intended to portray the role of The Pawn.
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