Red

**This article contains spoilers about *Lakeview Valley* and *Lakeview Cabin 2*. Read at your own risk.**

*"Humans will always turn violent if given enough time."* — Red

## Red

### Location:

Red's Household (formerly)
Camp Lakeview (formerly)
Underworld (formerly)
Yellow House (formerly)
Hotel Lakeview (formerly)
Wastelands (formerly)
Red's Cabin

### Occupation:

Owner of Camp Lakeview (formerly)
Bartender at Hotel Lakeview (ghost)

## Appearance

### Species:

Human
Ghost (formerly)

### Eyes:

Red
Blue (formerly)

## Family/Relationships

### Parent(s):

Father (reincarnation)
Mother (reincarnation)

### Sibling(s):

Son (reincarnation)
Daughter (reincarnation)

### Child(ren):

Red's Daughter
Happy Dad
Babyface
Amy Cooper
Protagonist

### Relatives:

Red Sr. (ancestor)
CEO (descendant)
Cannibals
(possible distant relatives)

### Affiliation:

Red's Family (formerly)
Upper League (formerly)
Family (optional)
Witches (optional)

**Red** is a playable character in *Lakeview Cabin* (and its remake *Lakeview Cabin 1*), who appears in *Lakeview Cabin III*, *Lakeview Cabin VI*, and *Lakeview Valley*. He also appears in the first, second, third and fourth episodes of *Lakeview Cabin 2*.

## Biography

### Background

According to Red, he was happy at his cabin until Eleanor entered his life and became a vital part of it, being everything he had ever wanted. However, unbeknownst to Red, he was bound to Eleanor through a curse that began with Red Sr. In 1957, he went to Camp Lakeview with Eleanor and eventually they had a son and daughter. Some time later, Eleanor became pregnant again, although she died before she could give birth.

### *Lakeview Cabin*

Remaining at his cabin alone, Red finds himself haunted by Eleanor who eventually emerges from the lake as an undead creature and attacks him. Although he manages to kill her, Red finds himself facing the monstrous undead fetus that bursts from Eleanor's corpse. He manages to kill the fetus before it can kill him by throwing it into the cabin fireplace or by electrocuting it. With both his wife and offspring dead, Red collapses to his knees.

### *Lakeview Cabin Collection*

#### *Lakeview Cabin III*

When four camp counselors arrive at Camp Lakeview, Red watches them, lurking around the camp but remaining unseen. He is assumed to be the one who vandalizes the buildings with creepy symbols and phrases. After Babyface attacks the counselors, who manage to fight back, Red intervenes and attempts to kill the counselors as well. Upon seeing Babyface's corpse, Red flies into an emotional fury and becomes much more difficult to kill. When Red and Babyface are both dead, the counselors must face Eleanor.

#### *Lakeview Cabin VI*

When the CEO visits and welcomes at least fifteen survivors at the Intergalactic Refugee Center, his face briefly flickers into Red's own face, suggesting that the CEO is another incarnation of Red from his bloodline.

### *Lakeview Valley*

Throughout the week, Red shows up after midnight in a new form, calling himself the protagonist's "uncle". When the week has ended, Red meets with the Witch in human form. It is revealed that he gave the Witch his seed so that she could produce an offspring (the protagonist) to do her bidding. If the Witch's plans are not fulfilled, she reprimands Red, who tells her to give their offspring time. He promises that, in an endless timeline, the deaths of Lakeview Valley's residents are inevitable. When the Witch's plans are complete, with all of the villagers murdered, she releases Red from her servitude and allows him to leave. Red says that, in regards to the movies about him, he has "unfinished business".

### *Lakeview Cabin 2*

#### Episode 1

Within the yellow house owned by a family and used as a holiday home, one of the movie reels shows a clip of Red with an axe. There is a figure of Red in the father's office, and a doll of Red in his son's toy chest which can be used to distract the Scarecrow, who is obsessed with him to the point of having Red's face on all of his possessions. The goal of the cultists is to ensure that Red is reborn into the world, after killing the wife and performing a ritual so that her corpse gives birth to a grotesque infant with a red moustache. When the family survives and defeats the cultists, the wife eventually has the baby – who is still a reincarnation of Red.

#### Episode 2: Hotel Lakeview

In the bar at Hotel Lakeview, Red's ghost appears to the actor that sits down on the bar stool (provided that their sanity is low enough) and gives them an axe. Meanwhile, atop the building, a figure that appears to be the reincarnated child version of Red watches from the shadows alongside Frank as the actors flee.

#### Episode 3: The Studio

After the Jock actor uses the Blood Sword to leave the studio, he ends up at Hotel Lakeview. There, Red takes the Blood Sword and murders the Jock actor before leaving with his new weapon.

#### Episode 4: Apocalypse

Post-apocalypse, an aged Red rules from atop a throne made from the skulls and swords of his enemies, surrounded by an audience of fiends who watch Red faces off against a quartet of survivors. Armed with the Blood Sword, Red shoots red energy from the blade at the survivors, and is able to fly with help from the crows. When Red is sufficiently damaged (three direct hits from a bazooka is generally enough), he crawls away a bloody mess with most of his face blown off, remembering a time when he and Eleanor were alive and young.

#### Epilogue

At his cabin, Red starts illustrating a comic book depicting the ritual Walt performed to earn the Lake Gods' blessing, as well as the father breaking free from Walt's control, and the latter's subsequent death from exposure to silver. In order to protect her son's reputation, endless iterations of Granny from all timelines converge upon the cabin, attacking Red and forcing him to flee to a world where he is three-dimensional.

## Trivia

* He is portrayed by the father featured in the first episode of *Lakeview Cabin 2*.
* Red seeking revenge against the camp counselors after Babyface's death is reminiscent of Pamela Voorhees from *Friday the 13th*.
	+ In *Lakeview Cabin III*, Red's weapon of choice is a machete, which is Jason's signature weapon.
* Although Red became a murderer, it is arguably possible that he wanted to keep Babyface safe by trying to scare the counselors away, so that they wouldn't end up killing his son.
* Despite being a part of the Witch's "Upper League", Red actively dislikes Morgo, and the Hermit encourages the protagonist to "trust the frog".
* Among the versions of Red in the Red Dimension are Red Sr. and the CEO, suggesting that they are incarnations of him who exist due to the curse on his bloodline.
* Some players referred to Red as "Chuck Norris" due to a supposed resemblance to the actor, though most of them used it simply because they were unaware of his name.

## See Also

* Red Sr.
* CEO
* Uncle
* Father (Lakeview Cabin 2)