Grace Richards

> A pragmatic, down to earth History student. Unafraid of speaking her mind.
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**Grace Richards** (born 1969) is a playable character available from Episode 3. She is a student from the local university and a close student of Sebastian P. Husher.

## Episodes

* Episode 1: Non-playable
* Episode 2: Non-playable
* Episode 3: Playable
* Episode 4: Playable
* Episode 5: Non-playable

## Biography

A United States native, Grace flew to Europe to do her PhD in History at the State University of Arts and Humanities, under the supervision of Sebastian P. Husher.

Grace does not mince words and can be described as direct, or even blunt.

She works closely with associate professor Omar Nassiri, with whom she has formed a close relationship. One of Grace's goals is to research the slave trade from Africa to the Americas, as she hopes to uncover more about what her ancestors went through.

## Background

Eager to discover the world beyond her borders, Grace, who holds a Master's in HIstory, flew from the United States to Europe to complete her doctoral thesis and carry out research that was personally important to her. Tutored by Professor Sebastian P. Husher, Grace is a brilliant student who has found in Omar Nassiri - a fellow foreigner - a mentor and friend with whom she has clearly formed a bond of mutual understanding.

## Story

### Episode 3

Grace is at the college she attends when she runs into Daniel Noyer and Omar. When Daniel asks Grace for her help in finding Husher and tells her what happened, she agrees. She is concerned about Husher and wiling to do what it takes to find him.

### Episode 4

Grace returns in this episode to help find Professor Husher if alive. Grace will always let Daniel go through the door with the four locks after his insistence.

## Personality

Grace is a young student with a degree in history who loves to travel the world. She seems to have a fascination with learning and gets along well with others, although she is closest with Husher and Omar. During her time in Song of Horror, she is baffled by the horrors she faces, typically responding with aggression and anger rather than fear. Also, along with other characters, she is quite vulgar, especially when encountering a near-death experience.

## Physical description

Grace is a young black woman with her hair pulled into a bun. She wears a red and white letterman jacket with her name embroidered on the front, along with blue jeans and converse sneakers. Her t-shirt is yellow with an unreadable quote on the front of it.

## Stats

 Stealth
 Strength
 Serenity

## Item

**Caffeine Pills**

> **Character guidebook description:** "Grace is dependent on caffeine in her daily routine. These pills pick her up at exam time, making her stronger and faster at the cost of increased restlessness."
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> **Original description:** "An energy boost for exam time" - Grace
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> **Episode 4 description:** "They help me to do everything quicker and better. I don't know where I'd be without them come exam time." - Grace
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Gives the player a temporary speed boost.

## Trivia

* Unlike other characters, Grace does not have any voicelines during encounters. She will only have a line before the encounter, and after the encounter if she survives.
* She seems to share more than a friendly relationship with Omar, a lot of her interactions with her environnement mention him and, in particular, would call worringly Omar "honey" if she meets him in his revenant form.
* Like Omar, she has no personal ending should she be present in Chapter 4, and thus her reaction upon learning about Husher's death cannot be seen.
* Grace, like many other students, has a strong distaste of Professor Merino who works at the university, due to his odd and unbearable personnality.