Nancy

> You ever happen to hear the saying 'murder starts in the heart'? I think my Johnny liked that girl.
>
> "Black" Nancy

**Nancy** is a playable Family member. She was released on November 28, 2023 alongside Danny and the map Nancy's house.

## In-game bio

Not much is known about Nancy, other than she's been married 3 three times, with each husband dying from mysterious causes or vanishing completely. Locals refer to her as "Black” Nancy, alluding to the constant death and misery that surrounds her. She's an expert at using her friendly looks to lure unsuspecting victims into deadly situations. Many years ago Johnny's Mother made this innocent, but fatal mistake. With Johnny's Mother dead, Nancy finally had the one thing her husbands could never give her, a child of her own. So as sick and twisted as Johnny is, remember, even monsters have makers. Her heinous barbed wire traps perfectly reflect the pain and torture she's willing to inflict on anyone in her path.

## Story

Nancy killed Johnny's biological mother when he was young, and raised him as her own, even teaching him her own murderous ways.

Immediately after the disappearance of his girlfriend, Danny showed up at Nancy's front door holding a Maria Flores missing poster. After being asked if she recognized the girl in the poster, Nancy invited Danny into her home for tea, and attacked him once he was seated with his guard down.

## Personality

Nancy maintains a facade of amiability when she interacts with outsiders, and uses it as a means to lull them into a false sense of security before murdering them.

Nancy is extremely possessive and protective of her adopted son, to the point where she becomes agitated at the possibility of anyone stealing his attention away from her.

## Appearance

Nancy is an older woman. She wields a dual-headed garden hoe. Her left eye is cloudy, and her hair is in the process of graying. She wears cat eye glasses.

## Abilities

**Spy** allows Nancy to see through one of the Victims' eyes, giving the player a distorted view of their location for a short period of time. Once it is activated, it cannot be cancelled for its entire duration. Afterwards, it goes into cooldown and causes a brief "stun" duration in which Nancy cannot move. The ability's cooldown duration can be sped up by interacting with mortar and pestle stations.

Nancy can set up barbed wire traps in doorways, open crawlspaces, and gaps, with the exception of doorways with doors that have not yet been barged. Upon being traversed through by Victims, the traps attach to their ankles, causing them to stumble, take damage, and create noise. Like the Hitchhiker's traps, Nancy's traps are not permanent fixtures and can be disarmed, reset, poisoned, and reused. Traversing through Nancy's traps as Family causes them to become disarmed.

Nancy can climb ladders, barge doors, and close crawlspaces. She cannot break barricades, use crawlspaces, or traverse gaps.

Ability tree
 Level 2
 Level 1
 Base

## Perks

Nancy has access to 4 Savagery perks, 6 Blood Harvesting perks , 13 Endurance perks, and 11 unique perks. She also has access to 8 Grandpa abilities.

The full list of perks can be found here.

## Attributes

 Blood Harvesting
 Endurance

## Unlockables/DLC

Outfits

Executions

## Trivia

* In the Nancy's House map, three corpses can be found placed in a sitting positions in an area labeled "Man Cave." These could potentially be Nancy's late husbands.
* Nancy has the most amount of Unique perks, and the least amount of Grandpa abilities out of everyone in the Family.
* Like her son, Nancy was based on a combination of serial killers.
* Nancy has many voice lines that mirror her son's in phrasing.
* The perk description for "Hey Sissy" implies that Nancy eats the powder that she obtains from mortar and pestle stations.
* Nancy mentions both her brother and someone named Harold in her voice lines. Who these people are exactly has not yet been confirmed.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 *Meet Nancy* Mocap video
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 *Nancy and Danny* Community Hub post
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2  *Nancy's House Map, Nancy, and Danny DLC* trailer
4. ↑  Nancy voice line "'Listen to me, Johnny. It's time to do what I taught you to do, okay? Can you do that? For me?*"*
5. ↑ *Tips and Tricks for New Players* Community Hub post