Sophie van Denend

> Reliable and relentless, Sophie will stop at little to achieve what she sets her mind on.
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**Sophie van Denend** (born 1958) is a playable character available from episode 1.

## Episodes

* Episode 1: Playable
* Episode 2: Playable
* Episode 3: Non-playable and mentioned
* Episode 4: Playable
* Episode 5: Playable

## Biography

The daughter of a broken home, Sophie learned self-reliance right out of the cradle, developing from a young age the skills and mindset needed to achieve the stability she never knew as a child.

Sophie met Daniel in college, and after dating for a while, they eventually married. Sophie was Daniel's greatest moral and financial support as he ran his failed venture but his alcoholism eventually drove a wedge between them that was too big to overcome.

Nowadays, Sophie is extremely knowledgeable about art, manages a renowned gallery and has contacts everywhere. Her friendship with Daniel has recently been rekindled, and she was involved in orchestrating the interview that got him his new job.

## Background

Life has put Sophie to the test many times, but she always pulls through. Thanks to her extraordinary resilience, she summoned the strength to end her failing marriage with Daniel. Sophie, who runs a well-known art gallery, is now enjoying the ever-elusive prosperity she has always longed for.

## Story

### Episode 1: The Husher Mansion

Shortly after Daniel goes missing Sophie starts to worry and goes to find out if Etienne has heard from him. Once she learns he hasn't either she ignores Etienne's wishes and goes to try to find Daniel if played. No matter if you found Daniel as her or not she shows up in the hospital unless she is dead.

### Episode 2: Eerily Quiet

After Daniel insists on leaving the hospital to continue the search for the Hushers Sophie will agree to help him if she or Alina found Daniel. She will help Daniel return the music box to Ariadne LeGrant-Amsberg if she found Isaac. Later she invites Daniel to stay at her house. It is unknown why she doesn't help if she is alive but didn't find Daniel.

### Episode 3: A Twisted Trail

It is unknown where Sophie is in this episode, besides that she isn't aiding Daniel. Although she does own a well-known art gallery, so she could be managing it, or she could even be attending Isaac Färber's funeral.

### Episode 4: The Last Concert

Sophie returns this episode to help find Husher and end the nightmare if alive. Sophie will let Daniel enter the room with the four locks after his insistence no matter what. After he leaves the room, Sophie finds him and asks him if he is okay, but he avoids the question and tells her they need to get going.

### Episode 5: The Horror and The Song

As long as she is alive, Sophie can be playable in this episode. After finding clues about how to break the curse of the song, she leaves the rest to Daniel.

## Personality

Sophie is an educated and intelligent person as well as correct and rigorous, but patient. She is shown to be forgiving, as she and Daniel have stayed friends even after their divorce.

## Stats

 Stealth
 Strength
 Serenity

## Item

**Scented Candles**

> **Character guide description:**  "Their calming aroma makes any room they're placed in less prone to hosting dangerous events. Best used in much frequented areas!"
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> **Character select menu description:** "Whenever I light one, everything around me feels safer and more peaceful." - Sophie
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> **Episode 1/2/4 description:** "Sophie always said that the scent of these candles made her feel more at peace... Safer." - Daniel
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Scented candles can be placed on the ground, **providing a small area to improve serenity**. If Sophie places a candle but is then killed, the candle remains in the same place for the next character (although it cannot be picked up).

## Trivia

* Although Sophie and Daniel were together and got divorced, they are still friendly towards each other. Sophie even says that she wishes that things could have been different (meaning he didn't get addicted to alcohol), which hints that she may still love him. Although this could simply also be leftover love from what once was. However, she does mention, while facing the horrors in the abbey, that they're rebuilding more than their friendship and that she cannot allow herself to lose Daniel.
* Sophie has two friends/family members named Amelia and Bernard.
* Sophie had the opportunity to be Playable in episode 3, but in the return poll, alongside René. Erica, Etienne, Alexander, and Alina, she lost the majority vote and the rights to become playable in episode 3. She had 19% of the votes respectively.
* Sophie and Daniel are the only two characters who have had their voice actors revealed.
* Sophie's voice actor is Elizabeth Wautlet.
* Sophie is one of the second most playable characters along with Etienne as she is playable in four episodes.
* Sophie is one of the first playable characters introduced.
* Sophie refers to Erica, Grace, And Etienne by their first name when seeing their ghost, while she calls Alexander, “Mr. Laskin”, Ernest by “Mr. Finnegan” and Omar as “Professor Nassiri.” She will not recognize Alina and Alexander in Episode 1, and will not recognize Erica and Grace in their respective debut episodes, as she refers to Erica as “Miss.”
* Analysing Husher's motorbike reminds her of how she wanted to drive and own one but gave up due to Daniel insisting that it was too dangerous.

## Gallery

Character's icon from the chapter menuSophie at the character's lobbyThe old photo at the Daniel's apartmentSophie after hiding in the wardrobe from The Darkness