Sam Wayne

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A mysterious person with unclear intentions who warns <insert name here>.

## Description

Wayne is tall and solidly built. He wears a miner's jacket with his name tag on it open, showing a dirtied and bloodstained previously-white shirt. He has reflective eyes that appear to glow and wears a translucent veil over his head. Underneath the veil, he has medium-length, wispy, dishevelled black hair. His face and body are putrefying.

Throughout the story, the question of whether Wayne is still human is left deliberately ambiguous, although it is most likely that his body is being puppeteered by a supernatural creature. He is described as smelling saccharine, like rotten meat and he leaves blood smears and rotting viscera wherever he goes. He is shown to be supernaturally strong and fast, although he was temporarily overtaken by Reese's paint-creations.

Wayne may be possessed or controlled by the Entity that lives within the Scarlet Estate. There is also some ambiguity regarding whether the Sam Wayne we meet in the series is actually the same person as the original Sam Wayne (the miner who dated Tabitha) or whether he stole somebody else's clothes and identity. When asked who he is, he will reply "The body that stands before you is Sam Wayne." - a roundabout way of implying that he is a demonic entity which is using the corpse of Sam Wayne as a vessel.

Before disappearing, Isaacs describes him as a "lighthearted kind of guy, always joking around on the job." His workmates characterize him as being good to grab beers with, but also not very keen on doing hard work. This is the opposite of the character we meet throughout the series.

Wayne sees himself as <insert name here>'s protector and will appear whenever the player is in marked peril. He also uses language and behaviour typically associated with stalkers, like encouraging <insert name here> to be weary of their new friends, saying that they are bound together by fate, and appearing at their window as well as in the background of multiple scenes throughout the game.

## Biography

The original Wayne and Tabitha were in a romantic relationship prior to Wayne's disappearance. Once they started dating, Wayne started picking up less shifts. He and Isaacs were particularly close friends as well. Wayne disappeared around the same time of Pearlanne's death.

Wayne's co-workers display surprise that he is still alive, which - given that Wayne has only disappeared for a week and was never seen as especially reliable - suggests that his co-workers might know (or strongly suspect) that Wayne died as the result of foul play. During Charlie's seance, Tabitha refers to Wayne as an "it", which suggests she knows that something happened to him, and does not think he is fully human.

Wayne has ongoing interactions with Sybil Forsyth, who is aware of the rituals and the supernatural entity associated with the Scarlet family. Sybil tells <insert name here> to be wary of him.

## Trivia

* If <insert name here> has the Powerful and Street Smart builds, they can remove the cloth and reveal the upper half of Wayne's face while he hides the bottom with his hand.
* Wayne is one of the eight romanceable characters, and is programmed to only have romantic feelings for the player character if he is flirted with. The developers have compared his romance to the works of Clive Barker, as well as The Phantom of the Opera.
* Wayne may be phrogging in the abandoned areas of the Scarlet Estate, given that Dustin the opossum describes two humans as living there.
	+ Wayne's presence within the estate is confirmed when <insert name here> with the Keen Eye trait notices his "goo" on the doll in the closet, and his appearance in the room if <insert name here> went directly back to the estate with Tabitha.
	+ If the player uses the Street Smarts build to break into the Forbidden Wing, and Powerful Build to move the furniture, an entity that resembles (and may be) Wayne is shown hiding in a doorway across a ravine after being caught playing the piano.
* A Makeship campaign for Wayne Plushies was funded for on Dec 20, 2022.

## Reference

1. ↑ Makeship: Wayne from Scarlet Hollow Plush