Ashley Campbell

* Teen
* Adult
* Empowered

**Ashley Campbell** is a close friend of Sal Fisher and is in a friend group alongside him, Larry Johnson and Todd Morrison.

## Appearance

Ashley has brown hair and green eyes. As a teenager, her hair was exceptionally long, reaching past her waist. She wore a purple sweater dress, dark grey leggings or pants, a black choker, and light greenish-grey shoes.

As an adult, her hair has been cut short to accommodate riding her motorcycle. She wears a leather jacket, a purple short-sleeved shirt, and dark grey cut-off jeans. She also wears grey fingerless gloves and a necklace with a silver pendant.

After being empowered with Sal's soul, her entire left arm now glows bright blue with otherworldly energy and her left eye has become light blue.

## Personality

Ashley is shown to possess a very loyal and calm personality. After helping Sal with his bleeding face when punched by Travis Phelps, it is clear that she is quite kind-hearted and accepting of Sal even when his mask is absent, and helping with the bologna mystery. It should be noted that she is the only one in the group that does not believe in ghosts.

She loves art and is the best artist in the group. Ashley is revealed to have been an old friend of Larry's and she is the one who taught him everything he knows about art.

During Sal's college days, the two remained on good terms and even went on a date of sorts to Lake Wendigo to reminisce and divulge their woes.

## Biography

### The Wretched

Ashley first becomes acquainted with Sal Fisher a couple of months after the arrest of Charley Mansfield. Sal visits Todd's house and meets Ashley right after they finished a tutoring session but parted ways after a brief greeting.

### The Bologna Incident

In the days leading up to the Bologna incident, Ashley, Larry, Todd, and Sal have become inseparable friends and she willingly stands up to Travis Phelps for bullying Sal in the halls.

After an exchange of wits, Sal was punched in the face by Travis. Ashley then cleans up the wound and offers to get even with the bully; an offer that Sal declines.

After a particularly nasty batch of bologna is served at Nockfell High, Ashley agrees to help Sal get to the bottom of the lunch meat's origin. Her efforts in the school proved to be for naught as no evidence resided within the janitor's closet like she originally suspected.

Babysitting her younger brother Benjamin prevented Ashley from investigating the bologna supplier, Mrs. Packerton's Apartment Room 201.

When her father returns home early, she quickly drives to Addison Apartments to further aid in the ongoingly peculiar investigation of the meat. After accidentally scaring Larry and Sal, they enter a room filled with newspaper clippings of the missing students at Nockfell High, various sharp tools, and a trunk full of deboned flesh.

Satisfied that the case had been closed, the group makes their leave until Campbell discovers a trash chute hidden behind a painting of a farm and accidentally falls down it into the temple of the Devourers of God hidden below Addison Apartments.

Ashley is knocked unconscious from a collision with a pile of bones that likely once belonged to the missing students. Fortunately, she is found by Sal and Larry and is safely extracted from the mysterious complex.

Upon returning to the surface the team debates what to do with Mrs. Packerton to prevent her from killing any more innocents and when Larry suggests murdering the aged teacher, Todd agrees while Ashley and Sal reject the idea. Eventually, the group decides to sleep on it. The next day they discover that Packerton had been killed by a drunk driver.

### The Trial

On the day of the Mass Murder at Addison Apartments, Sal and Ash went on a "date" to Lake Wendigo to catch-up and make up for lost time. Ashley is sympathetic to Sal's recurring nightmares and troubles finding genuine peace even after the local cult had gone underground. The two relinquish their stress by screaming to the skies.

Later, Ash received a series of calls from Sal, detailing the unfolding plot of the Devourers of God and the spread of Red-Eyes' infection. Against Sal's wishes, Ash contacted the Nockfell Police Department and rushed to Addison Apartments only to find Sal, covered in blood and standing outside the complex mumbling incoherently.

Although Ashley testified against Sal, she was convinced that he was a victim of his own mental instability and should be institutionalized to receive proper help. However, with a relentless prosecutor and a story from a replaced Clare Nettles and Dr. Enon, Sal's insanity argument was rejected and replaced with the capital punishment of death by electric chair, much to Ash's dismay.

In the three years that followed, Ash desperately searched for evidence to prove Sal's innocence and retract the death penalty. After exhausting all other options, Ash visited Larry's Treehouse and took a picture of his ghost before rushing to Nockfell Prison to halt the execution.

Unfortunately, she was far too late and could only watch as her best friend was put to death.

### Memories and Dreams

She, along with Neil, planned to rescue Todd, who was captured by The Cult and held inside the church. Unfortunately, both Neil and Maple were captured. Ash tried to sneak into the church to rescue them, along the way placing explosives with the intent to destroy the cult's temple. When she finally found them in the dungeon, Travis appeared and told her to leave, dragging her out of the church.

After collecting the Pyramids of Asintmah, she placed them on Sal's grave, but was unable to figure out how they worked. Later, when she sensed that Sal was awake, she came to see that one of the pyramids had been activated. As Sal discovered the remaining pyramids hidden in alternate realities, she entered the codes to activate the pyramids' full power.

Even with all three pyramids activated the ritual failed. Realizing the final step of the ritual, Ash slashed her left arm, sacrificing herself in order to resurrect Sal. The lightning struck her as she collapsed. Soon after, she woke up to discover her arm empowered with a part of Sal's soul, along with the ability to communicate with him.

Ash went to the church, destroying the Cultists along the way, relying on Sal to unlock the door to the temple's main chamber. She learned that Neil and Maple were slaughtered along with two other people while Todd was being offered as a vessel for The Devourer of God. She fought against the cultists and Kenneth Phelps, the leader of the cult. In the battle, Kenneth attempted to overpower her with the strength of the Void but he was stabbed by his own son and plummeted alongside him to his death.

Ash fought against The Endless One with help from Sal and Larry. In the ensuing battle, the church and temple were destroyed. With the Endless One defeated, the four friends had a brief reunion before Larry's ghost faded away.

Though distraught, Ashley, alongside Todd and the spirit of Sal renewed their efforts to cleanse the Earth of the Plague of Shadows and never ceased their efforts to find Larry's Ghost.

## Trivia

* Ashley is one of the few known characters to have seen Sal's face without his prosthetic, the others being Henry Fisher, Larry Johnson, Dr. Enon, and most likely Dr. Zimbardo.
* One of the fans asked; "*Was Ashley created to break Sally/Larry pairing?*" Steve said that she's an irreplaceable character and she plays a big role in the game.
* She is the first character shown to have a sibling; a little brother.
	+ Also, she is the first character to have a cousin.
* Steve Gabry stated that one of her bad habits is biting her nails.
* She is briefly playable while on her motorcycle en route to Sal's execution in The Trial.
* She was also playable in Memories and Dreams.
* Ash and Todd are the only living ones in Sal's friend group.
* Her name is possibly a reference to Ash Williams of *The Evil Dead* franchise of horror films, and his respective actor, Bruce Campbell, as it is a combination of both names.

## Gallery

### The Wretched

Sal meets Ash for the first timeAsh's full appearance
### The Bologna Incident

Ash taking Sal's mask offAsh cleaning Sal's woundAsh smiles at Sal.Ash, Maple, Chug, Larry, Sal and Todd on Bologna DayAsh, Larry, Todd, and Sal in the cafeteriaAshley's LockerAsh, Larry, and Sal opening the locker
### The Trial

Ash meeting Sal after returning to NockfellAsh and Sal hug each otherAsh riding the motorcycle with Sal as her passengerAsh and Sal at the lakeAsh and Sal screamingTestifying against SalAsh taking a photo of LarryAsh riding her bike to Nockfell PrisonAsh banging on the door to try and stop the executionAsh distraught at the sight of Sal's execution
### Memories and Dreams

Ash & NeilAsh going out for actionAsh approaching Maple in the basementGhost of Larry and Ash inside the tree houseAsh burnt the tree house, as a request from LarryAsh noticing the note on the tableAsh meets NeilAsh thinking about a way to rescue Maple and NeilAsh meets Travis inside the churchAsh having witness Sal's skeleton ghostAsh having witness Sal's half-revived ghostAsh having witness Sal's full-revived ghostAsh forcing to witness Sal's suffering in the reviveAsh, prior to sacrifice herselfAsh sacrificed herselfAsh having been strike by the thunderAsh lying deadAsh reviving with Sal inherit in her armAsh stands up after Sal inherit in her armAsh channeling the power in her damaged armAshley in Sal's MemoryAsh approaching the CultistsAsh destroying one of the CultistsAsh destroying more CultistsAsh challenging Red EyesAsh standing before Kenneth's attacksAsh, Larry and Sal vs. EndlessAsh heals ToddSal, Ash, Todd and Larry after the church destroyedLarry saying goodbye......and he's gone
## References

1. ↑ https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/maestromedia/sally-face-strange-nightmares
2. ↑ https://twitter.com/PortableMoose/status/1630932544639188993
3. ↑ Interview with Sally Face Developer