Jude Schwarz

Susan Szczepanski (cousin)

Zygmunt Szczepanski (cousin)

### School

The Canadian Institute for Superhuman Persons (current)Rossland Summit School (Grades K-4)

Laura Secord Elementary (Grades 5-7)

Sir Winston Churchill Secondary School (Grades 8-12)

BCIT (University, dropped out)

### Loyalty

Hina Kraus

* + - WARNING: This page contains vague spoilers for Until Dawn. Though many are altered, the plot of the entire game is *basically* on this page.\*\*\*

## Biography

### Small Start (1999-2009)

Jude was born in the small, quaint town of Rossland, where she was raised to be very outdoorsy, though she didn't have much of a choice considering her location. At her young age, Jude had a passion for acting and got involved with a local theatre troupe, and spent the rest of her days doing stupid stuff with her friends that would later shock her not-Rossland friends, such as jumping from bridges into the river. She loved her quiet life, and was shocked when her father said they were moving just before the start of her fifth grade year.

### Vangcouver (2009-2016)

Moving to Vancouver was a big culture shock for Judith, and it took her quite a while to get used to it. In her first year, she befriended twins Eliza and Ana Maryland, along with a few other people. This connection, along with her entrance into French Immersion in sixth grade, led to her meeting what would later make up her friend group throughout high school. There were ten of them, spread out over a couple of grades, and they were a tightly knit group that had yearly prank wars.

### Whitetimber Mountain (2016)

Jude and her friends always took a yearly trip up to Whitetimber Mountain, owned by the Maryland Family, for the first weekend of December. Usually, it was supervised by the Maryland parents, Melissa and Joe, but 2016 was the first year that the pack of ten kids were allowed up there by themselves. So of course, this meant they were going to double the amount of alcohol and high jinks.

During the second night on the mountain, the annual prank war took a turn for the worse. Jayson Jeffords knew Ana had a crush on him, so the crew decided to prank her while Jerry Maryland and Brandon Farley were passed out in the kitchen. Jude was immediately against it, and tried to find Ana with no luck. Jude managed to find Ana's twin, Eliza, and the two struggled to wake Jerry and Brandon, but it was too late - Ana was already outside.

Eliza saw her shadow and took off running, despite the others yelling after her to wait. The other six (Jerry and Brandon were far too drunk) split into two groups to find the girls, after spending a few minutes to gather jackets and flashlights. They spent hours searching with no luck, and were forced to turn back. In the morning, the group got off the mountain as quickly as they could in order to call the police. The girls were declared missing, and the police sent search and rescue teams up.

It took about two weeks, but due to an anonymous tip from an Old Man, the teams went down a cliff face to find two dead bodies that were quickly identified as Ana and Eliza. While the others had a bit of guilt in varying amounts, Judith and Jerry took the news the hardest, understandably.

Throughout the year, the two bonded over their shared grief and ended up dating a few months later. Jerry and Judith grew incredibly close, until he suddenly began pulling away after her birthday in November 2017. She figured it was because of the anniversary of his sisters' deaths coming up, and continued to support him from a slightly further distance.

### Back Up the Mountain (2017)

Surprisingly, Jerry invited everyone for a return trip up the mountain, in honour of his sisters' deaths. Though most were reluctant, the surviving eight members of the friend group went back to the cabin. Over the past year, new couples had formed and dissolved, making Jerry and Jude the only two to technically be dating - even if she didn't feel like they really were.

It turned out that Jerry had planned out some very frightening and serious pranks, though he didn't have a chance to follow through with all of his plans. Isabel Black and Jayson snuck off, hoping to hook up and avoid some of the early pranks, as they were usually simple but nasty (stealing someone's clothes, soaking them with water buckets, the like). The two ended up having to take another path when they realized that the one leading to the guest cabin had been blocked by a large fallen tree. They ended up in what may have been a large shed, or a small barn, though it had been rigged to be dangerous. While Isabel and Jayson were making out on a table, she kicked out, accidentally turning on a saw. As it wasn't too loud, neither noticed until it came down onto Isabel, and she was sawed in half. The saw caught on Isabel, saving Jayson from physical harm but not from mental trauma.

Meanwhile,

HERE IS A COPY/PASTE FROM ACTUAL RP:

[18:52:08] [Client thread/INFO]: [CHAT] [manhattan]< [KingDaddy] ~JudeSchwarz> And then everything started going wrong

[18:52:19] [Client thread/INFO]: [CHAT] [manhattan]< [KingDaddy] ~JudeSchwarz> (I HAVE TO STEAL AND CHANGE OK)

[18:52:33] [Client thread/INFO]: [CHAT] [manhattan]< [KingDaddy] ~JudeSchwarz> (CANT BE THE GAME EXACTLY)

[18:52:51] [Client thread/INFO]: [CHAT] [manhattan]< [KingDaddy] ~JudeSchwarz> H: ???? \*super concerned\*

[18:53:07] [Client thread/INFO]: [CHAT] [manhattan]< [KingDaddy] ~JudeSchwarz> There were these.... these monsters

[18:53:19] [Client thread/INFO]: [CHAT] [manhattan]< [KingDaddy] ~JudeSchwarz> And if you said their name they came running....

[18:53:53] [Client thread/INFO]: [CHAT] [manhattan]< [KingDaddy] ~JudeSchwarz> \*lowers shirt collar to show shoulder\* One of them bit me while we were fighting them...

[18:54:15] [Client thread/INFO]: [CHAT] [manhattan]< [KingDaddy] ~JudeSchwarz> I watched 5 of my 7 friends get ripped apart in front of me...

[18:55:01] [Client thread/INFO]: [CHAT] [manhattan]< [KingDaddy] ~JudeSchwarz> It was just me, Jerry, and Doug left. We thought we had gotten far enough from the monsters, and we thought we knew enough thanks to the old guy that saw my friends..

[18:55:21] [Client thread/INFO]: [CHAT] [manhattan]< [KingDaddy] ~JudeSchwarz> Since he seemed to know a lot about them, yknow? He told us how to fight them and stuff

[18:55:36] [Client thread/INFO]: [CHAT] [manhattan]< [KingDaddy] ~JudeSchwarz> And we found a diary, and the bites dont turn you or anything,

[18:56:41] [Client thread/INFO]: [CHAT] [manhattan]< [KingDaddy] ~JudeSchwarz> Then... the monster took Jerry, and \*sobs a lil\*

[18:57:11] [Client thread/INFO]: [CHAT] [manhattan]< [KingDaddy] ~JudeSchwarz> Doug and I went down to the cave systems to look for him

[18:57:21] [Client thread/INFO]: [CHAT] [manhattan]< [KingDaddy] ~JudeSchwarz> H: Cave systems??

[18:57:23] [Client thread/INFO]: [CHAT] [manhattan]< [KingDaddy] ~JudeSchwarz> \*nod\*

[18:58:26] [Client thread/INFO]: [CHAT] [manhattan]< [KingDaddy] ~JudeSchwarz> We found him dead.. And the monster nearly got Doug too

[18:59:21] [Client thread/INFO]: [CHAT] [manhattan]< [KingDaddy] ~JudeSchwarz> Doug and I snuck out and called the police, and they said they would come when the storm was over

[18:59:46] [Client thread/INFO]: [CHAT] [manhattan]< [KingDaddy] ~JudeSchwarz> The storm was too tough for them to get to us.... for two weeks

[19:00:13] [Client thread/INFO]: [CHAT] [manhattan]< [KingDaddy] ~JudeSchwarz> We'd only packed enough for three days, and with all the monsters its not like we could go hunting

[19:00:46] [Client thread/INFO]: [CHAT] [manhattan]< [KingDaddy] ~JudeSchwarz> Doug only lasted until day 6... for 8 days I was on that mountain alone with the monsters, never saw the old guy again

[19:01:03] [Client thread/INFO]: [CHAT] [manhattan]< [KingDaddy] ~JudeSchwarz> So I went down to the caves, and I found Jerry, and some of the others.

[19:01:16] [Client thread/INFO]: [CHAT] [manhattan]< [KingDaddy] ~JudeSchwarz> And.. \*pulls knife\* I took Jerry's knife

[19:01:26] [Client thread/INFO]: [CHAT] [manhattan]< [KingDaddy] ~JudeSchwarz> It's.. it's all I have

[19:02:09] [Client thread/INFO]: [CHAT] [manhattan]< [KingDaddy] ~JudeSchwarz> And.... and... \*cries too hard to continue\*

[19:02:29] [Client thread/INFO]: [CHAT] [manhattan]< [KingDaddy] ~JudeSchwarz> H: Oh Jude... Come here \*hugs her big cousin and rubs her head\*

[19:02:56] [Client thread/INFO]: [CHAT] [manhattan]< [KingDaddy] ~JudeSchwarz> \*calms down a little bit so she can talk\*

[19:03:40] [Client thread/INFO]: [CHAT] [manhattan]< [KingDaddy] ~JudeSchwarz> I had to eat his hand, Hina... I waited a whole week without food, and it was only two days before they saved me. How could I do that?!

[19:03:54] [Client thread/INFO]: [CHAT] [manhattan]< [KingDaddy] ~JudeSchwarz> H: Shhh, Jude, you didn't know. You didn't know, it's not your fault

[19:04:12] [Client thread/INFO]: [CHAT] [manhattan]< [KingDaddy] ~JudeSchwarz> H: You did what you had to to survive, and you're here. You're okay

[19:04:30] [Client thread/INFO]: [CHAT] [manhattan]< [KingDaddy] ~JudeSchwarz> \*sits up\* Maybe I should'nt've

[19:04:37] [Client thread/INFO]: [CHAT] [manhattan]< [KingDaddy] ~JudeSchwarz> H: Jude...

[19:04:38] [Client thread/INFO]: [CHAT] [manhattan]<[Toaster]~ZaraWatts> (lanie is just)

[19:04:41] [Client thread/INFO]: [CHAT] [manhattan]<[Toaster]~ZaraWatts> (rp'ing on her own)

[19:04:47] [Client thread/INFO]: [CHAT] [manhattan]< [KingDaddy] ~JudeSchwarz> (yes)

[19:04:53] [Client thread/INFO]: [CHAT] [manhattan]<[Toaster]~ZaraWatts> (bless your soul)

[19:04:57] [Client thread/INFO]: [CHAT] [manhattan]< [KingDaddy] ~JudeSchwarz> (how is this fun rn normally i hate it)

[19:05:40] [Client thread/INFO]: [CHAT] [manhattan]< [KingDaddy] ~JudeSchwarz> H: I'm gonna... I'm gonna set you up with my therapist, okay? And you can come to me whenever you need.

[19:05:57] [Client thread/INFO]: [CHAT] [manhattan]< [KingDaddy] ~JudeSchwarz> \*slow nod\*

## Physical Appearance

Jude has fair skin, alike many other Germans. She has a soft facial features, with none seeming too angular in contrast to others. Her eyes are a bluish-green, that appear grey in certain lighting. Jude's hair is a dirty blonde, reaches past the shoulder, and falls in waves.

Jude has a number of scars along her body, mostly along the lower halves of her limbs. One of her more noticeable scares - due to its location - is one across her nose.

## Personality and Traits

Jude is an interesting character, having very distinct sides to her personality.

Previous to all her trauma, Judith was a very stable person. She was always a good leader, having led multiple clubs and organised many get-togethers with her friends. She loving towards all of her friends, and was someone that everyone knew they could go to when they needed help and support. Judith was not only a smart person, but she was dedicated to and passionate about all the work she did, giving it that extra push.

## Powers and Abilities

### Abilities

* ***Languages:*** Judith is fluent in English, French, and German.

## Paraphernalia

* ***Jerry's Knife:*** Judith kept her boyfriend's pocket knife after his untimely demise. It has a dark brown handle, with the characters "J+J" carved into it.

## Relationships

### Family

#### Kraus Family

##### Hina Kraus

Hina is Judith's best friend and is one of the few people that she trusts. The two have always been close, despite never having lived near each other, and used to Skype almost every weekend. Though they went through their traumas separately and at different points in their lives, they share a deep understanding of the pain that the other went through, even though they recognize that they don't know the exact experience. Hina is the only person that Judith trusts completely and with her life, and continues to believe that Hina could never let her down.

She will always be thankful that Hina has helped her find a good therapist since the two moved back to Vancouver, and is starting to get excited to see what Vancouver has to offer, the second time around.

## Etymology

* Judith
* Diana
* Schwarz

## Trivia

* Jude is based off of Sam Giddings, but is also influenced by the entire cast and setting of Until Dawn.
* Jude identifies as demisexual and polyromantic.