Daniel (Camp Monster)

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* Present
* Teenager

**Daniel,** also known as "Danny", is a major character in the 2019 short film *Camp Monster.* An attendee of Camp Willowdale in the 1960's, Daniel's brother Lawrence was cut with a Torment Fragment by antagonistic campers and was turned into a monster. Instead of killing his brother like he had been trained to do, Daniel and Lawrence retreated into the woods outside the camp territory for the rest of their years, defending the deposit of Torment Fragments Lawrence had found to ensure nobody would share Lawrence's fate.

He is portrayed by Francis Skrzeszewski as an adult and James Grogan as a teenager.

## Physical Appearance

In the present, Daniel is an elderly Caucasian man with long white hair and a beard. He wears tattered clothes that he seems to have stolen from the campground.

As a teenager, Daniel had brown hair and a generally-athletic build, indicating he was more active in his youth than his brother.

## Characteristics

Daniel seemed to be more susceptible to peer pressure in his youth, but his heart was still in the right place as he was able to try and help his brother when he was truly in danger.

In the present, Daniel is rather paranoid and distrusting.

## Background

Nothing is known about Daniel's past before the events of Camp Monster. At some point before the film, Daniel and his brother Lawrence were accepted into Camp Willowdale.

## Crypt Monster Universe

### Camp Monster

In the 1960's, Daniel and his brother Lawrence attended Camp Willowdale, a summer camp for aspiring monster hunters. One fateful day, they were taken into the woods for a scavenger hunt. Daniel initially tried to go with his brother, but Lawrence knew that Daniel wanted to go with the "cooler" teens in the group and encouraged him to go. The teens Daniel went with decided to play a prank on Lawrence, and they scared him when he found a crystal shard shaped like an arrowhead. One of the teens took the shard from Lawrence and started taunting him, and accidentally cut him with it. Lawrence turned into a large pig-like beast and attacked and killed his tormentors before turning on his brother. However, he was not able to bring himself to kill Daniel, and Daniel, rather than turn the tables on his little brother, took him to find their counselor. The counselor, however, fled in terror when he saw Lawrence. dropping some torn pages of a manual in the process. Daniel took the pages and found that the shards that had changed his brother were dangerous artifacts called Torment Fragments that could turn people into monsters. Outraged that the counselors kept such an important piece of information from them, Daniel and Lawrence retreated into the woods, dedicating their remaining years to protecting the deposit from unwitting campers so none of them would share Lawrence's fate.

In 2019, Daniel encountered Eva, a modern-day Willowdale camper.

## Powers and Abilities

### Skillset

* **Survival Skills:** After living in the woods for so long, Daniel has learned and acquired many essential survival skills.

## Relationships

### Lawrence

Daniel is Lawrence's older brother. Lawrence cared deeply for his brother -- and still does. As a teenager, he did not want Daniel to feel obligated to go with him on the scavenger hunt, and encouraged him to go with the other campers so he would have a better chance of completing the hunt (as Lawrence's lack of physical prowess would have slowed him down). After turning into a monster, Lawrence killed the campers attacking him, but spared his brother.

The love between them is mutual, as rather than attacking his brother after he became a monster, Daniel tried to take him to the counselor to see if they could get help. After that failed, Daniel took to living in the woods with his brother and dedicated his remaining years to protecting the Torment Fragment deposit to ensure what had happened to Lawrence didn't happen again.

## References

1. ↑ *Camp Monster* (Ostrove, Stanley-Ward; 2019)