Derrick Smith (Arrowood Kills)

Lovely Bun (by Alice)

Serial killer

Stealth

Intelligence

Planning

Manipulation

Strength

### Goals

Murder Jenny Harris and later Robert Harris to break down Alice and to avenge his friend's death (succeeded)
To get away with the murders of Alice Harris and his friends and frame it on Zachary to become famous as a survivor (failed)

### Crimes

Serial murder
Breaking and entering

Conspiracy

Harassment

Incrimination

Kidnapping

Physical and psychological torture

Mutilation

Stalking

Vandalism

### Type of Villain

Vengeful Serial Killer

**Derrick Smith** is the main antagonist in the first chapter of the Arrowood Kills series.

Derrick is a college student that pressured his best friend into committing a killing spree in Arrowood out of anger for his friend's death. He is also the ex-boyfriend and first arch-enemy of Alice Harris.

## Background

Born on August 23, 2002, Derrick was born in the small town of Arrowood, Georgia. While it's never known about his life, but it's implied that he befriended Randall Calloway due to his kind-hearted nature and when Randall killed himself out of depression after having his heart broken by a woman and being bullied nearly every day by a jock, Derrick just snapped and managed to convince Raymond Jones, a Sheriff's deputy, into helping him murder the woman and framed her boyfriend for the murder.

## Biography

Derrick is first seen in the first chapter, driving to his cabin with Raymond, Alice (his girlfriend), and Zachary (her best friend that Derrick strongly distrusted naturally) for spring break. However, he didn't expect that Mary (his secret crush) threw a party at his cabin to celebrate their (both him and Alice's) anniversary.

Derrick is mostly seen throughout the story, trying to rekindle his strained relationship with Alice, but fails every time.

As a serial killer began to stalk and murder the students, one-by-one, Derrick and Raymond managed to take over and ordered temporary leadership due to their experience with firearms. As Derrick patrols around the area, he saw both Alice and Zachary kissing, shocked at the fact that his girlfriend is cheating with her best friend. As a shocked Derrick backs away from the pair, the killer suddenly stabs him to death and threw him away to attack the pair, but failed to do so when a hunter (who is revealed as Axel Winter, the man who killed the original serial killer) scared the killer away.

As Alice woke up and saw that the killer caught her friends, the killer then reveals himself to be Derrick, who faked his death. It's later revealed that both Derrick and Raymond killed their friends because they wanted to be famous for copycatting an infamous serial killer. It's also revealed that the woman that they killed was Alice's sister and he was the one that killed both her and her father, seemingly wanting to harm Alice emotionally before trying to kill her. However, their plan for fame quickly became their downfall when Zachary kills an injured Raymond and Derrick died at the hands of Axel, who survived an attack.

## Personality

In his first appearance, Derrick is a kind, respectful, and polite individual who cared for his friends. Despite his kind-hearted attitude, he is shown to be slightly egotistical and manipulative, trying to convince Alice into loving him, even though he knew about her family issues, which makes him a bit selfish. Despite these negatives, it appears that he cares about her well-being more than himself, which might add some authenticity to him.

However, as he is revealed to be a killer, Derrick is shown for the first time to be an extremely violent, aggressive, and psychopathic individual that brutally murdered most of his friends out of pure rage. It's implied that he suffered a psychotic break after losing his friend from suicide and he only started the killing spree to solely kill the person responsible for his friend's death, showing a vengeful side. Even after that was done, he deliberately chose to go after his friends, despite not being directly responsible for the event, making him far more dangerous than Raymond since he is randomly killing people for no reason. It's also revealed that he is very power-hungry, wanting to seek fame for the murders and wanted power from controlling people.

Unlike Raymond (who had slightly redeemable qualities), Derrick has no redeeming qualities and only wanted to be known for murdering his friends and only wanted to kill Alice to both tie up loose ends and out of rage for cheating on him with her best friend. His bloodlust and desire to aggressively attack his victims ultimately became his downfall as the hunter he failed to kill shoots him dead, dying a power-hungry, wrathful, and violent murderer who lacked any good in him and only wanted fame.

## Appearance

Derrick is an American man, standing at 5'10. He has a muscular physique, dark blue eyes, and short length dark blonde hair with a light stubble beard.

He usually wore a gray flannel shirt, a white t-shirt, dark blue jeans, and gray running shoes as his main outfit.

As the Arrowood Slasher, he wore a brown long-sleeved shirt, a jean shirt with its sleeves up underneath the shirt. He also wore overalls, a brown tool belt, and gray gloves with brown cuffs. He wore an interesting mask which is different from the original killer, who wore a gas mask or a hood to hide his face.

## Skills

* **High Intelligence**: As the smartest of the two, Derrick is very cunning, using his charm to easily persuade Alice into loving him, but failed to do so. He also managed to convince Raymond into joining his side and used his cabin as a set up to kill many victims. He somehow knew that Alice was cheating on him and rightfully assumed Zachary and even used it as a backup plan, which was to frame Zachary for the murders.
* **Intimidation**: Due to his raw physical strength and his short temper, Derrick can easily scare most people (such as Raymond) into submission, even out of costume.
* **Master Tactician**: Given the fact that he is controlling the plan, Derrick is shown as an exceptionally good planner, having planned out the attacks, using his cabin to better even the playing field, and used various tools to dispatch his victims. He also set up a backup plan in case his original plan failed.
* **Stealth Mastery**: Derrick is exceptionally skilled in stealth, using his knowledge of his cabin and the layout to easily infiltrate certain areas to surprise and to kill his victims.
* **Master Martial Artist**: Derrick is shown as a decent brawler, managing to outmatch both Zachary and Alice very easily and used his raw strength to outgun most of his victims.
* **Knife Mastery**: Derrick is an exceptionally good fighter with a knife, as shown as he successfully slashed Zachary before knocking him down.
* **Improvised Weapon Mastery**: Besides the knife, Derrick is very resourceful, using rope and certain weaponry like a sharpened tree branch and an icepick.
* **Peak Human Condition**: Due to his age and the fact that he was a baker, Derrick was in good physical condition, capable of outmatching his victims in terms of raw strength and durability. He was capable of taking two stabs from a screwdriver to the arm and the leg before being treated.

## Equipment

* **Mask**: The most important part of his costume. His mask resembles a skull-like style, designed with a pair of thin black eyebrows, with 2 circle-shaped jade-black spiked side cracks (for sight) and a nose crack placement (for breathing). As for the mouth design, it shows light bubblegum-pink gums with yellowish-white "rotten" styled teeth. The whole base of the mask is plain dirty white and appears to be either made of silicone. Unlike Raymond, his mask is covered with the dried blood of his victims.
* **Costume**: He wears a thick, improvised suit with overalls and grey gloves with brown cuffs. Underneath the overalls is a jean shirt with its sleeves rolled up, and a long sleeve brown shirt underneath. He has a brown tool belt around his waist, with a few tools inside. His costume is more dirtier and bloodier than Raymond.
* **Knife**: His primary weapon. He notably used it to brutally murder 4 people (2 hunters and 2 of his friends) in an aggressive manner. His knife is a 7 inch KA-BAR combat knife with a Kraton handle.
* **Glock 19**: Raymond's sidearm. In most cases, Derrick is seen wielding the pistol and notably used it to shoot Zachary. The pistol is a 3rd generation with Target sights.

## Deaths

**Murders committed by Derrick**:

* **Eugene (Gene)**: Ear hacked off and jugular severed (offscreen)
* **Joseph (Joe)**: Eye stabbed with combat knife (offscreen)
* **Jed**: Strangled and hung (offscreen)
* **Troy**: Disemboweled (offscreen)
* **Robert Harris**: Knife thrown in leg and impaled in the chest and through the mouth with a spear
* **Katherine (Katie)**: Stabbed in the back and throat slit
* **Hayley (Haley)**: Stabbed several times with combat knife
* **Brianna (Bree)**: Icepick to the temple and neck snapped
* **Connor**: Dissected (offscreen)
* **Lauren**: Dissected (offscreen)

**Murders connected by Derrick**:

* **Jenny Harris**: Brutally murdered, rumored to be stabbed in the groin, chest, and head (revealed to be false by the Arrowood Sheriff's Department)

## Trivia

* Derrick is the most muscular killer due to his raw strength.
* Derrick was the most brutal killer in his methods and to stay true to the original, Derrick used his knife and other stabbing weapons while rarely using his bare hands. It's implied that Derrick is the killer when the killer seems more stab-happy and much more brutal and aggressive with his kills, as shown as he grunts while stabbing Haley to death. This contrasts with Raymond, who's more hesitant with using weaponry and was much more versatile by using other weapons like spears or hammers.
* Derrick's true motive is fear that Alice would leave him for someone else and used that as an excuse.
* Even if Derrick survived, he would have been executed due to the fact that he murdered multiple people and would been put on death row.
* Derrick is the only killer to not get killed by the main protagonist (Raymond was killed by Zachary and Randall was killed by Alice).
* Derrick is the only killer that have the least highest kill count of the 4, having only killed 12 people before his demise. To add with it, Derrick is also the first person to become the first ever copycat serial killer.