Patron

The **Patron** is a minor character in *Bloodwash*.

## Description

### Appearance

Patron is an tall adult Caucasian man with long black hair and a mustache. He wears a white t-shirt, dark blue jeans, and black shoes.

### History

The Patron, whose real name is unknown, is a night-shift worker at a factory on the outskirts of Youngstown, Ohio. Because of his late hours, he does his household chores directly after he gets off from his job. In the past, he primarily visited the nearby West End Laundry to get his clothes washed. Patron was a close friend of the owner, Louis Kennedy, sharing his lascivious tendencies and enjoyed sneaking glances at one of his employees, Samantha Rhodes. When the shop burned down under mysterious circumstances with Samantha in it, Patron was primarily bothered by the fact that he had to look for a new place to get his laundry done, as well as the loss of a "hot broad". Following the disappearance of Louis Kennedy, Patron became convinced that he had been abducted and taken in by aliens.

## *Bloodwash*

Patron is found standing in the second dryer aisle inside the Spin Cycle Laundromat. Sara can strike up a conversation with him, wherein he tells her about the fire and the death of Samantha Rhodes. Though he doesn't want to be known as a gossiper, he mentions that an investigation was almost run, but that the city's "lazy" cops abandoned the effort rather quickly due to a lack of leads, commenting that the police's resources would all have been allocated to developing case of the Womb Ripper anyway.

Patron will provide some insight to Louis Kennedy, mentioning their friendship and remembering Samantha only as Kennedy's side chick. He becomes uncooperative when faced with the Missing Poster and accuses Sara of trying to make him a narc.

Shortly before Sara tries to make a break for the exit upon the discovery of the murdered attendant, she witnesses how the Womb Ripper, having broken into the laundromat and locked the door, grabs the Patron by the throat and stabs him in the torso multiple times before dropping his body to the ground and dragging it away, never to be seen again.

## Trivia

* In the opening credits, Patron is credited as "Sleazy Patron".
* Patron's role serves as the gossip character, popularized in 80's and 90's horror movies, who introduces the film's antagonist(s) as a legend, often jumpstarting the plot by thrilling the protagonists into the danger.
* Patron's account provides several inconsistencies with the given details of other sources.
	1. He mentions that Samantha's remains were found in the office, contradicting the given timeline of the fire, which initially alerted police and lead to a search for Louis Kennedy, who would then be discovered to be missing. Several other characters, however, outright state that she had only been presumed dead *because* no remains were ever recovered.
	2. He also says that a potential investigation was dropped because "nobody came up", even though a newspaper reported that there was an all-points bulletin for Louis Kennedy as a "top suspect" before his own disappearance.
	3. He furthermore claims that the Womb Ripper killings caused police to shift attention away from the fire, even though the murders only came into prominence since around four weeks, when the fire took place several years ago.