Thalia Wells

"Every life is worth living."

Thalia Wells is a fictional character featured in the videogame Dry Drowning. While she only appears in Chapter 2 her impact on the main plot is quite relevant, meaning she can't be considered akin to any of the other minor characters encountered. She also has a chance to appear again after the ending (regardless of which one the player ends up unlocking).

## Psychological Profile:

Thalia always shows an optimistic and exceptionally positive attitude, which combined with her silver tongue and good looks induces most people to have a very good opinion of her.

## Biography:

Thalia was born in Europe from a family that used to work in the agricultural industry. After meeting professor Huber during one of his conventions she decided to follow him in Nova Polemos, becoming his fiancée. Their great personal affinity allowed their relationship to prosper despite the age gap.

## Character Overview (spoilers):

The in game biographic data is obviously made up in order to conceal Thalia's real nature of being actually an artificial life form created by professor Huber himself. Since she mentions having been his fiancée for four years she is likely no older than that (age being a very relative concept for an android anyway).

Her psychological profile is conversely quite faithful to her actual personality as Thalia mostly acts following emotions akin to our own that are generally geared towards honesty, the pursuit of the greater good and the wish to protect the ones she sincerely cares for (her creator Huber above all). As a result she also genuinely despises most of Hephaestus Tech's staff (and likely most of Nova Polemos' ruling class as well) as their selfish, utilitaristic and scheming-prone mentality is pretty much the complete opposite of her own. In this sense it's also likely Thalia inherited the values she believes in directly from her creator, who was possibly trying to program her in his own image and likeness in order to create a soulmate that would finally put an end to the eternal solitude that came with his immense wisdom.

Her artificial nature makes her inherently immune to Mordred's ability to sense the masks of lies (thus also preventing him from understanding the magnitude of her involvement when they first meet). The support she gave to Mordred throughout Chapter 2 was however almost always heartfelt and sincere as she plausibly cared even more than the detective about finding out the real motive behind her fiancée's death, probably suspecting herself that the man she had shot had killed Cornelius with the help of an accomplice. Since at any given time she could retrieve Eugene's position with the same technique she eventually uses for Mordred, it can also be concluded she didn't want to chase him herself or harm him despite his possible involvement with Huber's death: she instead decided to entrust Mordred with everything (including the damaged AquaOS) right after meeting him. This choice was likely induced by a strong sense of guilt she must have felt after killing for the first time, which prompted her to close herself in reflection rather than take action in first person. Eventually, it also led her to join the others in the ending in order to "accept her destiny" (quoting her own words). Since she arrives shortly after Eugene had begun the upload, it's also possible her connection to AquaOS allowed her to sense (albeit not stop) the virus. It should be noted Thalia will tell Mordred he made the right choice if he chooses to stop Eugene and beg him to think twice if he chooses to let the virus destroy AquaOS. This ultimately implies Thalia wishes to live but is too crushed by guilt to do anything herself, feeling instead the need to receive some form of judgement from the others (through Mordred's final choice) in order to undergo either condemnation or absolution for her crimes.

## Ultimate fate (spoilers):

Thalia is doomed to die at the end of Chapter 2 regardless of player choice, although Mordred's final decision will dictate what ultimately happens to her. If Mordred chooses to side with Eugene and destroy AquaOS, Thalia will not survive the collapse of AquaOS and die before their eyes. If conversely Mordred chooses to side with Dean and stop Eugene, Dean will at first escape with Thalia after successfully disabling Eugene's virus. An unspecified amount of time later though, Thalia will strangle Dean to death and become a lone fugitive. Since before killing him she will refer to Dean by calling him "little brother" it is implied Eugene somehow managed to overwrite her in order to take control of her actions, likely through a remote self-executing program he had managed to install beforehand (being him imprisoned at this time). Said program was ultimately strong enough to forever suppress her consciousness and free will, effectively killing her.