The Chairman

**The Chairman** is a creature that appears in every Act currently. They're known for wondering around the Rotnic building and the flipped dimension stalking the Player to try and scare them.

## Appearance

The Chairman appears to be a Blue humanoid creature with hollowed out eyes and mouth, of which the outline of the features are Red. They also have spikes along their Back and some sort of round Bunny Tail on their lower abdomen.

## Occurrences

### Act 0

Childhood Cutscene:

During the bed scene in the introduction in Act 0, the Chairman can be seen for a split second when the lightning strikes outside.

Bike ride (Danger sign):

Chairman will Jumpscare the Player and send them back to the start of the area if they smash into the Danger signs during the Bike ride.

Forest cutscene:

At the end of Act 0 the Player will be Jumpscared by Chairman while he is looking for the remains of Rotnic.

### Act 1

Headspace (Voltage pump area):

Before the Player uses the Keycard to get past the gated door they can jump through the left window and a cutscene will play, the Chairman then walks towards the Player, waves at them and disappears (This doesn't sound scary, but it is) a video of this can be found Here.

Stalker AI (decayed Rotnic):

During the time the Player is in the real world a Chairman AI will constantly stalk the Player until they reach the theatre gates. Ekrcoaster has mentioned that Chairman can kill the Player during this but occurrences of this are scarce . Chairman has 3 modes in this area

* Shadow (common)
* Ghost (common)
* Visible (rare)

Film screening (Decayed Rotnic):

In a corner in the screening room Chairman is seen, sitting in a chair and looking at a wall. if the Player gets close enough he will disappear.

Unknown red room (on the left from entrance to Theatre hallway):

He is watching us from a window at the end of the room (He is barely seen)(Little chance)).

Theatre (Second floor):

On the second floor of the theatre Chairman is seen watching the Player as they go backstage.

Laserette Death (Woodlands maze):

Chairman can be seen watching the Player through the cracks in the wooden wall after they kill the Laserette. You can see them if you turn settings down.

Flipped sign-in (Vents):

When the Player looks through one of vent grates Chairman is seen looking at the Player.

Large Fall (Right before Skeletons Attack)

There is a very small chance to see him Right above to the entrance to Skeleton Attack.

Credits:

After we see the Pinter in the credits we can see a glimpse of Chairman standing on the right.

Extras (Character descriptions):

In the character hallway in the room with all the messed up letters you can see Chairman's shadow looking at the Player.

Act 1 madness (Elevator):

Before the elevator drops in act 1 madness you can hear Chairman laugh and in the selection pic for this minigame you can see Chairman's outline.

Debug hell:

If the Player enables Debug mode and noclip through the locked gate in the extras they will be teleported to a plain map with a massive Chairman watching them.

### Act 2

Lucy's Shed (Source Chase):

In Act 2 during the first chase, Chairman can be seen in one of the cave tunnels watching the Player. if the Player gets too close to him a Cave in will happen, separating them.

### All she wants for Christmas is You

Source Spiral:

After the Player has completed all endings they can go down a newly opened corridor that leads to the Source spiral. When the Player gets to this area and turns around Chairman can be seen watching them.

Outside the Window:

In All she wants for Christmas is you, a shadow of The Chairman will appear outside of the window spying on the Player.

For now, 15 appearances is known.

## Origins

Chairman originally came from Ekrcoaster's previous project Glitch, where his purpose was to be a Boss for Part 2 of Glitch. He was modelled in 2018 but was later repurposed for Venge. He was only added into Venge because one of Ethan's friends said the game was too "Predictable".

## Trivia

* He has been confirmed to have a much major role in Act 2.
	+ He isn't the main villain of Venge, but he is significant to the story.

* In Act 1, 2.0 he will be an enemy in the Laserette area.

* There are more Chairman appearances that have not been found.
* Reslim is presumably his real name.
* In theory, Chairman is in reality a Physical form of red source.