Damien

Children:

**Damien "Goth Dad" Bloodmarch** is one of the date able dads in *Dream Daddy*. Damien is a man with a very strong interest in the Victorian era. In addition to his pronounced goth character, he works in IT and volunteers at the local animal shelter in his free time. He has a son named Lucien. Damien can be first met in the store Dead, Goth & Beyond, where he has an argument with the cashier concerning the differences between the Edwardian and Victorian eras. Alternately, you can first meet him at Joseph's barbecue.

**Damien** also appears in the Dream Daddy Comics published by Oni Press.

## Likes / Dislikes

Likes:

* The Victorian Era (c. 1837 - 1901)
* Hanging out in graveyards
* Taxidermy

Dislikes:

* When people call his cloak a cape
* The Edwardian Era (c. 1901 - 1910)
* Garlic bread

## DadBook profile

How do you do? I've decided to join this "Information Superhighway." I'm not entirely sure how this works, but I will try my best to understand. I love long strolls through graveyards and spending time with my son. If you would ever like to chat about the latest in Victorian fashion, the inevitability of our own demise, or black cats, please send me a letter!

**On a Friday Night you are most likely to....**

Listen to true crime podcasts while I taxidermy my newest specimens

**If you had one thing to take with you onto a desert island, what would it be?**

a coffin

**What are your turn-ons?**

pronouncing "bosom" correctly

**What did you want to be when you grew up?**

a bat

**What's your favorite movie genre?**

foreign art house horror

**What's your ideal date?**

It's night. We are at an industrial dark wave club in Berlin. The music drums to the beat of our hearts.

**What do you never leave home without?**

an upside-down cross

**I spend a lot of time thinking about:**

mortality salience

## Conversation Options

### First Date

#### Study

* Butterflies - Like
* Window - Like
* Books - Like

#### Tea- Icebreaker

* Your home is really impressive! - Love
* Are there a lot of Goths in Maple Bay? - Neutral
* I like your cape - Like (Although he dislikes it when people call his cloak a cape, so don't)

#### Tea- Hobbies

* I like watching soap-making videos on the Internet - Neutral
* Love me some word jumbles - Like
* I learned to juggle once - Dislike

#### Garden- Orange Lily

* My Loins Are Ablaze - Neutral
* Thou Art The Tightest - Love
* Three Cheers For Sweet Revenge - Like

#### Garden- Favourite Flower

* Snapdragons - Like
* Honeysuckle - Like
* Sunflowers - Neutral

#### Outside- Lucien

* He's probably just going through a phase - Like
* I really admire how you handled that - Love
* Does this kind of thing happen a lot? - Neutral

### Second Date

#### Letter Writing

(All letter writing options are based on Amanda's reactions, as opposed to Damien's)

***Opening***

* *I do hope that this letter finds you in good health - Love*
* *Hey - Dislike*
* *Good morrow to you on this fine eve - Like*

***Letter Writing- Primary Body***

* *Hey remember when your son tried to Cask of Amontillado that kid? - Neutral*
* *You been good? - Neutral*
* *I must confess of my amateur control of the written word. - Neutral (Seems like the best option)*

***Letter Writing- Secondary Body***

* *You find me in good spirits, for I felt very much the same after our last encounter. - Like*
* *I did very much enjoy the adventure we found ourselves on the last we met. - Neutral*
* *That Ernest shit was pretty messed up. - Dislike*

***Letter Writing- Tertiary Body***

* *While a strange turn of events, I found myself enamored of the situation at hand. - Like*
* *Like Brueghel's Landscape with the Fall of Icarus, I find myself lost in your details. - Love*
* *Lemme, um, get at that. - Neutral*

***Letter Writing- Invitation***

* *Lemme take you out. I got two tickets to the movies. - Neutral*
* *I would very much enjoy your company... accompanying me to the cinema. - Like*
* *It would bring me great pleasure to escort you to the cinema. - Love*

***Letter Writing- Closing***

* *Best wishes - Neutral (seems to be best)*
* *Hard Daps - Neutral*
* *Namaste - Neutral*
* *We'll carry on - Neutral*

#### Movie- Start

* Is everything okay? - Like
* Vampires, huh? - Neutral
* The movie hasn't even started yet. - Dislike

#### Movie- Comforting

* Tell a Dad joke - Like
* Point out plot hole - Neutral
* Ask what's happening - Dislike

#### Compliment Response

* Thanks - Like
* Cool - Like
* Okay - Neutral

#### Handkerchief

* I will use this to dry my tears for those I've lost - Love
* I can't wait to sneeze on this - Neutral
* I'm gonna wave this at passing ships - Like

### Third Date

#### Mary's map: Where should we head first?

* Cul-de-sac - *First and five*
* Coffee Spoon - *Second*
* Softball Field - *Third*
* Bayside - *Four*
* Aquarium - Nothing.

#### *Cul-de-sac (First): What do you think our odds are?*

* This'll be easy - Neutral
* Gotta stay positive - Neutral
* Abandon all hope, ye who enter here - Love

#### *Bayside: Lighten the mood.*

* What kind of dog does a vampire have? - Dislike
* Knock knock! - Like
* How many Goths does it take to screw in a lightbulb? - Love

#### *Cul-de-sac (Five): Duchess*

* Hand her a dog treat - Doesn't work
* Try the softball - Doesn't work
* Give her the Banana Bread - Love

#### *What are you nerds doing?*

* Don't tell your Dad about this - Neutral good
* We're definitely not trespassing - Dislike
* What flavour pizza rolls are those? - Neutral meh

#### *May I kiss you?*

* Of course - Neutral
* Does a bat have wings? - Like
* Thou art welcome - Love

## Date Responses

"I'm sensing a romance between us...a *chemical* romance. ...What, th...that's a band?"

"Wow! My stars, this...never in a million moons have I had a date such as exquisite as this one!"

"Are you familiar with the works of Corey Feldman? He simply *slayed* in The Lost Boys."

"My dear friend, you've simply taken the egg on this one! ...Um, t-taken the egg is a uh...it's a--\*clears throat\*--it's a-it's a Victorian phrase, it technically means winning so, uh, you've...u-ultimately you've--you've won."

"Have you considered taking part in the...Goth lifestyle?"

"Death is no respecter of age. It can come at any time...and any place."

## Trivia

* Damien needs to wear glasses, although he wears coloured contacts while not working or volunteering.
* His eyes are naturally brown.
* Damien is afraid of horror movies, and prefers romantic comedies.
* Based on his liked DadBook options, he seems to dislike stereotypical dads.
* He is a vegetarian.
* He loves dogs.
* He vastly prefers letter-writing to the internet.
* He seems to know much more about technology than he lets on, as evidenced by the fact that he gives you advice on how best to destroy a computer during the Art Walk side quest. This might have something to do with his work in IT.
* He likes oil paintings, and practises oil painting in his spare time.
* He has at least one work of erotic Naruto slash fanfiction (bound like a proper antique book) on his shelf.
* He does not listen to My Chemical Romance, although he does like marching bands.
* He appreciates the aesthetic and culture of the Victorian era, but he keeps his home fully modernized in terms of heating, plumbing, electricity, and more.
* Damien is transgender, as evidenced by a line during the first date's dialogue about chest binders.
* Damien has a collection of pearl-handled antique knives.
* Damien's cell phone ringtone plays the Alfred Hitchcock Presents theme song.
* One of the lines available in the Garden - Orange Lily section is "Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge", a shout out to *My Chemical Romance* and their album of the same name.

## Minigames

When our avatar is left alone in Damien's garden, he'll lean against a gargoyle and it will break. The player has 1 min to Fix That Garg!