Abenz

Allison Dawn, The Ultimate Arsonist [Sister]

Abenz is a character from Campground Despair. He's a camper at Camp Planet Wet and member of Black Cabin. His ability as the Ultimate Herbalist allows him to brew Potions and purchase ingredients for them at the camp shop.

Abenz, alongside Esiti until their death in Week 4, has been the main driving force in trying to figure out the history of the camp, who's behind its creation, and who Firefang really is. The summation of all of his investigations lead to a meeting he held with 001 in Week 5, where he learnt the truth about Ace, the Institute and that there was no conceivable means of escape, this combined with visiting the abandoned Institute building later that day, lead to Abenz's mental breakdown which caused him to lose all hope he had of surviving the Camp.

## Description

Abenz is a Caucasian Male with wavy dirty Blonde hair going down to their eyes. They have Blue eyes which are permanently obscured by a thick pair of circular Green Glasses. He wears a custom Varsity Jacket with the letters 'AZ' printed on the back with a sage green hoodie underneath and a white t-shirt. He wears black shorts and Green and White hi-top sneakers. Abenz is 6' 3" with a lanky, hunched build.

## Personality

Abenz is a genuine and wholesome character in camp, wanting to listen and help others wherever he can. He's quite shy and reserved, preferring following his friends' leadership rather than taking his own stand. His natural intelligence helps solve some of the class trials and make sense of the Audio Transcripts and secrets of the camp. While he is generally optimistic and positive, he's seen to become paranoid and suspicious of people easily after the second trial, in particular not trusting Dark Phoenix and the rest of the Killjoys.

After his conversation with 001 in Week 5, Abenz's personality shifts dramatically, giving up all hope that anyone will survive the camp and falling into despair. However he still keeps some of his personality, as his first instinct is to prepare for death by spending what time he has left with his best friends at camp.

## History

### **Childhood**

Benjamin 'Abenz' Dawn was born into a very well off family, his Father, Robert 'Arobz' Dawn, was the Ultimate Explorer, which while not being a particularly wealthy occupation, gave Abenz a role model in his early years. His mother was a doctor who worked incredibly hard for very long hours. He also had a younger sister named Allison.

Abenz was quickly raised by his father to become the new Ultimate Explorer, being taken on journeys all around the world to build up experience, which Abenz enjoyed seeing the new locations, but was more interested in sitting down in the plants and asking about what certain herbs did. His father, disappointed his son didn't take to exploring, gave up and continued his work. As Abenz grew up and went through education, he quickly took to Chemistry and Biology, constantly taking home equipment and experimenting in his free time, when he was 16 he created his famous 'Abenz Hangover Cure' which propelled him into the public eye, giving him the name of the Ultimate Herbalist.

### **After Receiving Ultimate Title**

With Abenz seeing this success, he travelled to University in America to pursue his career in receiving his Ultimate. However the family he left behind suffered, his sister, Allison, had become more and more obsessed with creating fires, constantly growing in size and ambition, and as her older brother pulled away more and more, she became isolated.

When Abenz was 17 and in the US, he heard news that his old school had burned down, and that Allison had gone missing. A few days later she turned up at his door and begged to be allowed to stay. This pattern repeated where wherever Abenz went, Allison would follow, as would her crimes, as Allison unofficially gave herself the title of the Ultimate Arsonist.

Abenz's visit to Camp Planet Wet was a way to get away from the horrors his sister was causing.

## Relationships

#### **001**

In the short time before 001's death, Abenz got on with them reasonably well, being a little confused about their relationship with Firefang and what their name really was. 001's death shook Abenz up, less because of their personal connection, but more because it made him realise that the killing game was serious.

Abenz was shocked to discover in Week 3 that 001 was alive, however his arguments with Chalooby and Mickspy on that same day, completely took his mind off the topic. It was only until he started hyperfocusing in on the blueprints and documents found in Ace and Firefang's room that he realised 001's value as an important source of information.

Abenz's interview with 001 in Week 5 was the final straw to break his sanity. All of his built up anger and stress was taken out on them in his rants, however he doesn't really blame them as there isn't much they can do to help. Abenz doesn't understand 001's actions or intentions, but he appreciated them being around and answering his call for help.

#### **Andrea**

Abenz first became friends with Andrea after a small interaction on the first day, but really became best friends in the second week. Abenz and Andrea's hopeful and optimistic attitudes fuelled each other to keep going throughout all the events at camp, he really felt like they were a younger sibling to him. Theyey even started an edibles business named "Comfort Cookies" that they vowed to keep going after camp.

After Sylvia's death and Abenz's breakdown in week 5, Abenz's only wish was to spend what time he had left with Andrea, because he wanted them to stay happy, no matter what.

#### **Chalooby**

In the first week, Abenz really looked up to Chalooby as someone who could inspire and lead people, getting everyone calmed down in Black Cabin after the rules announcement on the first Day. Abenz even trusted Chalooby after the events of the first week's trial, giving him the benefit of the doubt.

However, after the events of the Week 2 trial, where Chalooby planted evidence against Andrea, their relationship quickly deteriorated as Abenz was furious that Chalooby wasn't taking the killing game seriously and was just trying to get people killed for the sake of "fun". After this Abenz tried to avoid Chalooby, but they had yet another argument in Black Cabin shortly after 001's return, this only further reinforced Abenz's hatred of Chalooby, deciding to stay away from him until camp ended.

#### **Dark**

Abenz's first impression of Dark was positive, being impressed at his confidence and style at such a young age. The events of the first two trials made Abenz cautious of Dark, however his promise made to Shrimp meant he was looking out for him still.

After the events of the 4th Trial, and Dark's affiliation with Chalooby and his ideals became more evident, Abenz festered a hatred, similar to that of Chalooby, for Dark. Holding a special resentment for Dark's role in Sylvia's death. While Dark was relatively helpful in uncovering clues and audio transcripts, he hid information from him out of caution.

#### **Dorky**

Abenz didn't really get to know Dorky well, their only real interaction being Dorky interrogating Abenz on the first day about his allergies and medical information. Abenz was a little intimidated by it's tone but understood and appreciated it's concern and practicality.

After hearing Yoonie's account after the 4th trial about how Dorky attacked Yoonie first, Abenz noted that it seemed out of character for it, but brushed it aside as not knowing them well enough.

#### **Esiti**

Abenz had a very practical friendship with Esiti, mostly talking and interacting with them when talking about clues or Audio Transcipts, he appreciated their logical way of thinking and calmness in stressful situations.

After it was revealed that they were the Ultimate Spy, Abenz was surprised but not overly concerned or scared as he was with Lin. He figured this would make Esiti more useful in being able to gather information, especially with Firefang.

#### **Firefang**

As the director of the camp, Abenz was naturally fearful of Firefang after the killing game was announced, and every time they snapped at someone, or was heading a trial or body discovery he was reminded of their role, however he couldn't help but feel sympathy for them in those more vulnerable moments where his actions were almost child-like.

After the 3rd trial, Abenz and Lin saw that Firefang had begun having the ability to regain and retain memories from when they were previously alive, helping them through the process of writing down all the information they could remember. He also helped Firefang come to the realization that they were a constructed robot, by showing them the translated blueprints written by Ace. Abenz knows there's good inside of Fire, however he's still scared of their job in this killing game that they're programmed to undertake.

#### **Katto**

Abenz was very appreciative of Katto's happy energetic attitude at camp, especially with his role as the glue of Black Cabin, keeping everyone together even when things were extremely tense between Abenz and the others. His logical way of thinking was also very comforting, however Abenz was quite frustrated with Katto's continued Melatonin and Nyquil substance abuse, especially when the stakes were so high.

Katto's death deeply saddened Abenz on a personal level, but also for Abenz it represented the breaking up of Black Cabin, as he and Mick & Chalooby no longer had any reason to stay together.

#### **Lin**

Lin, previously known as Lena, was one of the first people Abenz actively tried to become friends with figuring that as her title of the Ultimate Florist was the closest one to his own he'd seen, they'd have shared interests. Over the next 2 weeks they did become friends, sharing a close bond with Andrea. After a sleepover in Week 3 where the three of them all worse onesies, they became known as Onesie Trio.

Once Lin's secret was revealed in week 3 as being the Ultimate Assassin, Abenz became terrified of her, knowing the danger of Ultimates that are focused on death from his younger sister traumatising him. He reclused completely from interacting with her as much as possible, even getting to the point where he talked less with Andrea as Lin was often with them.

After Andrea's suffering from the results of the 3rd and 4th trial grew, Abenz realised he had to swallow his fears and work with Lin to make sure that Andrea was safe and happy, slowly realising that Lin was still the same caring person that he'd known as Lena previously.

#### **Mickspy**

Mickspy was Abenz's first best friend at camp, sharing a cabin with them and taking great comfort in their loud, optimistic attitude they pursued everything with. Abenz was the main comfort through 001's death and Mickspy's breakdown after being killed by Firefang in Week 2, trying to comfort them as they did for him in earlier times. Even after Abenz's initial argument with Chalooby straight after the Week 2 trial, Mickspy moved out of Black Cabin alongside Abenz to the Mess Hall Cabin.

After Abenz's argument with Chalooby in Week 3, Mickspy took the side of Chalooby, shouting that Abenz was being "disrespectful of the dead... You pretend like they're not even there!". After this Abenz was shocked and confused, thinking he'd really done something wrong. After Mickspy's vote for Sylvia in the week 4 trial however, Abenz was furious with them, treating them with the same attitude he did Chalooby and Dark.

After the Capture the Flag game in Week 5, while wandering the Insitute, Mick tried to explain to Abenz about his Amnesia and vague memories of his past, however Abenz's jaded and angry attitude prevented any progress from being made. After overhearing Dark's conversation with Ace, and learning that Mickspy worked for the institute in a previous lifetime, Abenz decided that he could never trust Mick.

#### **Neo**

Abenz was initially intimidated by Neo, or more accurately by his Ultimate, especially after the camp killing game was revealed. Neo's uptight and cold demeanor clashed quite heavily with Abenz's more open and optimistic attitude and so they never really became friends.

#### **NotABean**

NotABean's initial negative interactions with FluffyKatto and Chalooby put him in disfavor by peer pressure, however after seeing how unfairly he was treated in the first trial, led to Abenz promising to not let Chalooby murder him, and saying that if he ever needed money, he'd sell NotABean some potions or supplies, seeing NotABean's usefulness in that regard.

NotABean's friendship with Andrea also helped ease the tension between them. However during Week 3 (at this point being the clone replacement #74) Abenz was not impressed with NotABean's handling of a 'business deal' with his and Andrea's comfort cookies business. NotABean changing the terms of the deal to give himself a majority in the company and generally messing with Andrea for no reason.

During Abenz's talk with 001 in Week 5, he learnt about how NotABean#69 escaped with 001's help and was out in the real world again. Abenz was happy about this and was just glad that at least one person would survive this ordeal.

#### **Pixel**

Abenz didn't get the chance to properly speak with Pixel, his first interaction being Pixel forcing Abenz out of the Captain's Call camp game and then again in Week 2 when Pixel was constantly listening in on conversations, and was caught stealing from Abenz's Wart farm. Abenz had a relatively neutral opinion of Pixel when he was alive, more confused by his actions than anything. Abenz felt awful for Pixel while learning about his death, especially with Pixel's younger age.

#### **Shrimp**

Abenz was initially very happy Shrimp was at camp, appreciating her maturity and happy-go-lucky attitude as well as sharing a love of nature. He regrets not speaking to them properly in a friendly manner before the Week 2 trial.

While Abenz was very disturbed by Shrimp's actions, he understood their motivation of saving a loved one and greatly appreciated them standing up to make sure he wasn't accused in the trial. He made a promise to look after Dark when Shrimp was gone, which he did feel slightly bad about breaking during Week 4 but with only talking to Ghost Shrimp a few times, he avoided confronting that situation.

#### **Sylvia**

For the large majority of Camp, Sylvia is the person who Abenz trusted and confided in most, telling her his secret of his younger sister before it was revealed as well as all their other talks about the general going ons in the camp. Sylvia's level headed nature and compassion had a distinct way of calming Abenz down, but it also went the other way, Abenz helping Sylvia through all her troubles in camp as an open ear for all her rants and issues.

While Abenz shared Sylvia's disliking of Void for the most part, he very much disagreed with her voting for him and often stated how Void was a needed presence in trials to make sure every possibility was searched. He never resented Sylvia for it however as he knew she was trying to do the right thing.

Sylvia's death in the Week 4 trial absolutely crushed Abenz, making him realise the epidemic of apathy around the camp meant those people weren't worth caring about, and he started to focus all his energy and time into researching and trying to find any hope of a way out of the camp, eventually spiralling into his breakdown in Week 5. Sylvia's will left Abenz an apartment and a therapist which Abenz appreciated, but having accepted that no-one was getting out of this place, he knew it would never be used and so focused on Andrea instead.

#### **Yoonie**

Abenz didn't know Yoonie too well, in the first week he really liked their style and energy, being a very calm, level-headed presence after the Rules reading on the first day. As they spent a lot of time sleeping, he never got to know them too well.

After the 4th trial, unsurprisingly he deeply hated Yoonie, not only for their killing of Dorky and Esiti, but also being a key part in Sylvia's death. He was also confused and angry about their decision to stay at camp, seeing it as an illogical choice and a pure waste of life.