Carol

**Carol** is a playable characters and one of the protagonists in *Deadly Night*.

## Description

### Appearance

In the present day, Carol is an adult Caucasian woman stands anywhere from 5’0 (152.4 cm) - 5’5 (165.1 cm) her shoulder-length blonde hair. She wears a tank top, shorts, and boots, all black.

As a child, Carol had bright-colored blonde hair and wore a violet sweater with a daisy bouquet design, light blue pants, and grey shoes.

### Personality

In general, Carol is a very direct, gruff, and often unintentionally cold person, who tends to get straight to the point and would rather not concern herself with gestures of common courtesy. While she was capable of warming up to certain people, her traumatic experiences made her a very distrusting and anxious person. In particular, she felt guilt for indirectly causing her brother Dylan's life-changing disfigurements, still being plagued by nightmares of the incident.

### History

Carol was brought up in an abusive and neglectful household, where she was pimped out to child predators by her mother as a child prostitute from a young age. She eventually took her revenge and set their house on fire to kill her mother, during which her brother Dylan suffered severe injuries. Carol and Dylan were initially given into the custody of a farmer named Mr. Miller, but at some point, Carol was adopted by a couple, while Dylan stayed with Mr. Miller.

On the night of August 17, 1987, Carol and her boyfriend were driving on a rural highway. When they made a stop at a gas station to buy gas and supplies, Carol found a photo of a naked woman in his wallet, and when she confronted her boyfriend with it, he admitted that he was cheating on her with a colleague. A bitter argument ensued, which ended with him taking the car and leaving Carol stranded by the road.

With few options left, Carol decideds that she'll have to find a place to sleep along the highway before catching a morning bus to her foster parents's house, where she plans to stay until she gets back on her feet. Luckily, Carol is given a lift by Susan, who coincidentally saw her shortly after the untimely break-up.

## *Deadly Night*

### The Motel

A few minutes being picked up, Susan breaks the silence by asking her passenger for her destination. When Carol answers that she is heading north to temporarily stay with her parents, Susan probes further as to why she is travelling at night and without any luggage. Dependent on the player's choice, Carol can be honest about just getting dumped, leading to the two sharing a moment about their similar experiences with deadbeat boyfriends, or rebuff her, which agitates Susan. Afterwards, Susan drops Carol off at the Highway Motel, either wishing her luck or advising her to watch her behavior the next time she hitches a ride.

At the reception, Carol meets the owner, Mr. Shiny, who harasses her with lewd questions before giving her a room, where she takes a quick shower before going to sleep. Carol wakes up soon after when she has a recurring nightmare, in which she barely escapes the house fire and fails to save Dylan from the flames and hearing a hum coming from the bathroom, she finds a camera hidden behind the mirror. Deducing that Mr. Shiny must have planted it to spy on guests, Carol goes down to the lobby to confront him, but he is nowhere to be found. She may then optionally call the police before entering the employees' room, where she finds Mr. Shiny's collection of tapes, including the one of her showering. Mr. Shiny discovers Carol snooping around and after being faced with the evidence, decides that he'll keep Carol hostage for his perverted sexual fantasies and locks her inside. She escapes through a window, but quickly realizes that she has left her bag in the motel room. If Carol returns to the room, she finds Mr. Shiny's twitching body, impaled and disembowled, in the bathroom and is attacked by the killer in the parking lot as she flees back outside. Should Carol attempt to make a run for it on the road without her bag, she is hit and knocked out by the killer's van.

### The House

Carol regains consciousness in the basement of the killer's hideout, tied-up to a chair, but manages to free herself. This is soon discovered by her abductor, who begins to patrol the entire area for her, forcing her to either hide or attempt to outrun him whenever he shows up. Carol is able to unlock a gate leading to an abandoned well and with no other options for escape, she jumps in, being injured in the process and getting knocked out cold. The killer then retrieves her body and lays her down on a table before leaving.

Carol has another dream, in which she rushes into her burning childhood home to find Dylan. Inside, she also finds her dying mother, who blames her for resisting, before she finally gets to her brother's crib.

### Susan

Carol is eventually found by Susan, whose car had broken down nearby, whereupon she discovered the murderer's farm while looking for help. Meanwhile, Carol is further reminded of her repressed past, recalling a talk with her unknowing brother about their mother's abuse, the hospital visit that followed the fire, as well as the siblings meeting their first foster father, Mr. Miller, at his farrm. Through this, it is revealed that the killer was the now adult Dylan, who had been raised to kill by Mr. Miller, who had secretly been a serial killer. Upon waking up and recognizing Susan, the two attempt to make their escape.

### Endings

#### Ending A

Using the van key she snatched earlier, Carol is able to drive Susan and herself to safety. Since she didn't call the authorities earlier, Dylan is free to continue his killing spree.

#### Ending B

Carol attempts to use the van to escape, but the engine doesn't work. A cop arrives soon afterwards, who shoots Dylan dead and brings Carol and Susan to a hospital to recover from the ordeal. A news report, however, reveals that Dylan's body could not be found afterwards.

#### Ending C

Carol and Susan are caught wandering around the farm by Dylan, who murders both. This time, the cop arrives regardless of whether or not 911 was called, finding the women's corpses and gunning down Dylan in retaliation. As he examines Dylan's body though, ominous eye forms in the reddening sky.

## Trivia

* Carol's inventory sprite depicts her as wearing a sleeveless shirt, while the actual model is a dress that includes straps.