Captain

**“***This captain might abandon his ship. But he sure as hell ain't gonna abandon his crew!***”**
— **The Captain, noting his words towards David,*Night at the Gates of Hell*.**

## Biographical Overview

### Aliases

Cap
Captain Clueless

## Misc. Information

### Appearances

*Night at the Gates of Hell*

The **Captain** is a main character in *Night at the Gates of Hell*.

## Description

### Appearance

The Captain is an adult Caucasian man with short dark brown hair. He wears a sea captain uniform, consisting of a white yacht captain's hat with a black brim and a golden seafaring symbol on a black patch, a white double-breasted jacket with decorative golden cords and buttons, white pants, and white shoes. After escaping the ship, he loses his hat.

### Personality

The Captain initially tries to portray himself as a self-assured, optimistic, and knowledgable seafarer. He frequently uses stereotypical sailor's jargon, especially when swearing, and makes a big point out of the fact that he can get his fellow survivors to safety using his nautical skills. In reality though, the Captain is a regular, hapless impostor, who desperately attempted to adopt a leader role and had attempted to, rather poorly, inspire hope in others. After admitting to his ruse, he becomes much more casual and speaks his real opinions more often, those being pessimistic in times of crisis and boisterously confident when in the thrill of fighting.

### History

Contrary to his nickname, the otherwise unnamed "Captain" was actually a simple cabin boy, a poorly trained one at that. He never reveals much else about his background, but the small size of his ship indicates that it was either a fishing vessel or a ferry.

At the time of the undead uprising, the Cap and his crewmates were docked at the harbor of a Coastal Village in the eastern U.S. He somehow acquired a captain's uniform, presumably when the boat was abandoned and hid out in a nearby shack with an ex-soldier named Skeeter. Shortly after, they were joined by a tourist named Stan and a mother and child he had rescued, Belinda and Charles. As the morale of the group was plummeting, Cap lied about his training and claimed to know of an island free of zombies just of the coast, saying that they only had to get his boat up and running to reach it. This would have meant scavenging the town for replacement part, something that was unlikely to happen given their lack of weaponry.

## *Night at the Gates of Hell*

### Coastal Village

The house the Captain and his survivors are hiding in is surrounded by a small group of Monk Zombies when David arrives in the village. After David kills the invaders, the Captain thanks him for the assistance and tells him about an island they can seek refuge on using his boat, which is in need of repairs. Since the newly arrived visitor has a gun, he asks him to search the area for gas, a hose and a fuse, and in return, he can join them on their escape. David is able to scrounge up all the items and after bringing them to the Captain, he proclaims that he'll "have this boat up and running in two shakes of a mermaid's tits".

### Cap's Boat

Several miles onto sea, the Captain consults a map to pinpoint the ship's current position, but has a hard time even finding the ocean they're in. After Skeeter corrects Cap's random guesses, Belinda confronts him about his qualifications, forcing him to own up to the truth, admiting that he made the safe haven up. Now stranded at sea with no food, Belinda immediately suggests that if they have to cannibalize someone, it should be the fraudulent Captain. Stan defuses the situation, saying that even if Cap doesn't know about an island, they are likely to reach land eventually and essentially takes over leadership of the group.

The next day, the Captain can be found inside the pilothouse, still sulking about his exposure. He tells David that he only meant to prevent despair with his white lies, but remains hopeful about getting the survivors out of the situation alive. Just then, the ship's engine goes out and a Zombie Shark attacks the ship, eating Belinda. The Captain calls to abandon ship and leads the others to an escape raft, but is unable to convince Stan, who opts to stay behind to distract the beast.

### The Island

Although Cap lied about an island, he ultimately wasn't wrong, as they was ashore on a beach in the Atlantic. Cap is obviously shocked by this turn of events, still thinking about the monstrous shark they saw and rather dismissively questions where they are now.

### Imprisoned

When David awakens at the cult's compound, the Captain is in the cell next to his. He informs him that his door appears to be broken, meaning that he can escape and look for a way to help everyone else get out, then says that he was lucky to be unconscious since the cultists who brought him in "played with [his] butthole real good" before hurriedly assuring him that he's kidding. Cap also tells him that there are armed guards outside, but that they're practically deaf, and wishes David good luck, stating that he has it on good faith that he won't let them down, though sardonically blaming him for the group's capture in the first place. Upon being freed, the Captain is surprised that David managed to do it after all and tells him about that they will meet in the courtyard.

### Last Stand

Upon arriving at the island's fortified church, Captain notes that the cultists seem to have left it behind. He is later found in the church, where he has regained his spirits and vows to fight for their survival, especially after surviving the last few turbulent days.

He is armed with a revolver and will announce falling back at the end of each wave. Remaining steadfast until the end, Cap dies at the conclusion of the penultimate round, running out of ammo as a zombie approaches him. After confusedly checks his gun, he looks up at the zombie, which proceeds to grab his head and rip it clean off as he screams in pain.

## Trivia

* Cap's voice actor, LightyVox, previously provided the grunts for the main antagonist of another Torture Star Video game, Dylan in *Deadly Night*.