Dead by Daylight Fan Project: Nurse's Backstory

**The main character of the story**
(Voice Range: mid-high; a former housewife who slowly descents into madness during the 1940s)

Sally is the lead character this entire story revolves around, and who inevitably ends up becoming the infamous killer in Dead by Daylight; the nurse. After her husband and high school sweetheart unexpectedly passes, she is forced to take up a job at a recently opened asylum as a night shift nurse. Over the course of several decades, we see how the horrible environment breaks away at her good will and intentions, leading her to horrible acts.

Voice Reference [Katherine Hepburn in Bringing up Baby (1938)]: https://youtu.be/BVrZAIo3wX4?si=AcUvgtmt1mN9lxdB

Audition Line(s):

1. "All people deserve sympathy, as sick as they may be."

2. “No, Father, you haven’t helped anyone. They all stayed sick. They needed saving, but not the kind that you offer.”

3. “Life has been so cruel since you’ve been gone... so cruel! The things I’ve gone through, the things I’ve seen - the things I’ve done! I thought I would never be able to see you again. Oh Andrew, it was horrible, just horrible.”

Context for Line(s):

1. After a horrible first few nights at the asylum, Sally is tired. During a conversation with a friend who also works there; she tries to defend the people of the asylum. While she originally believed what she said going into it, now she isn't so sure how much she truly believes that.

2. Sally has just killed 50 or so people. She is delusional, quite frankly, and she is fighting the on-site priest about how God was never in their building.

3.After the crimes she's committed, she stays in the asylum. After a few days of living there, she is met with the who appears to be her deceased lover. All the emotions over the years of abuse by patients, loneliness from her co-workers gradually disappearing, and love she has held in for her husband are let out all at once. 

**minor character**

(Voice Range: Mid-low; an asylum patient who believes she's better than everyone else there)

The Broken Woman, as she's simply referred to in the Dead by Daylight lore, is an patient who shows up one day and changes everything for Sally. It seems she was previously a nurse at another asylum who would kill her patients, seeing it as "cleansing" the world. Her joining of the story marks a turning for Sally's mental as for how burnt out she is, The Broken Woman easily manipulates her to think killing the patients is the right course.

Voice Reference [The Evil Queen once she becomes old in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)]: https://youtu.be/5z5KQp9nDKo?si=H6_eVEniFPDAn6F4

Audition Line(s):

1. “Oh, sweet nurse, what are the jesters if not for a laugh.”

2. “Why not? Why don’t you? He sees sickness, and let’s it thrive. When I saw sickness, I did not coddle it, feed it, wipe the tears from it’s eyes and let it pray to God. I cleansed it.”

Context for Line(s):

1. The Broken Woman is explaining to Sally why she eggs on the other patients, and it turns out it's merely for her entertainment.

2. The Broken Woman is attempting to convince Sally that the priest is not helping the people of the asylum, and neither is the head doctor. 

**minor character**

(Voice Range: any; Francesca is a strong woman who won't let anything get her down, and isn't afraid to talk some shit)

After Sally picks up her job at the asylums, Francesca is the one of two other nurses that work the graveyard shift with her. Because of their situation, the two end up becoming quite close. 

Voice Reference [Amy Adams in The Fighter (2010)]: https://youtu.be/rKV-U-HcGVk?si=mVxHfIlpKhSXOGKH

Audition Line(s):

1. “Goodness gracious, you look terrible sweetie. Let’s go get you some ice.”

2. “What for? You see the way he acts around us. He’s a fuckin’ pervert. Honestly I feel like he belongs in this building, not like us - as a patient.”

3. “Maybe paying God a visit wasn’t such a bad idea.” 

Context for Line(s):

1. Sally has just been pummeled by one of the patients, and Francesca comes over to give her a hand. Noticing she's panicked, she tries to be gentle to ease her nerves.

2. Francesca just gave the new hire a hard time and now is irritated at Sally for trying to give him leeway. The new hire, Harvey, is obviously pretty weird.

3. While Sally was out at the on-site chapel, Francesca was attacked by an patient and put in critical condition. Even through the pain, she has it in her to be sarcastic. 

**minor character**

(Voice Range: mid-high; an older, kind priest who mans the chapel of an asylum)

Father Campbell is, as previously written, a priest who works at mans the on-site chapel for any patients or employees to worship - from early in the day to late at night.

Voice Reference [Merlin from The Sword in the Stone (1963)]: https://youtu.be/Tb75RjpvBIk?si=iA1juWlryz768lWM

Audition Line(s):

1. “Of course, Mrs. Smithson. Take as much time as you like. Leave once you feel you’ve cleaned yourself of sin,”

Context for Line(s):

1. Sally has just come to the chapel to pray in hopes of reaching her husband.

**minor character**

(Voice range: any; a new hire meant to help keep things in check at the asylum)

Harvey is brought on as the only member of the Orderly Department for the night shift. His sole job is to be there when a patient breaks out of their room or causes trouble, help pin them down, and take them back to their room. He is kind of a weirdo.

Voice Reference: n/a

Audition Line(s):

1. “The patients, I’m not sure how but they’re all dying. I’ve counted at least 17 dead so far. I wonder if there’s an epidemic of some kind… this place hasn’t been kept up very well.”

Context for Line(s):

1. Harvey has caught on that there is an apparent killing spree happening at the asylum, and he's panicked at who is causing this.

**minor character**

(Voice Range: any; the warden of the asylum)

Spencer is the warden of the asylum, with his job being to catch escaped patients. His job become easier after the hiring of Spencer, although he already doesn't seem to take it very seriously.

Voice Reference: n/a

Audition Line(s):

1. “No need, he’s making our life easier. One less patient to worry about.”

Context for Line(s):

1. Sally is wondering where a patient has gone off to because she isn't in her room, and it turns out she was killed earlier that day by another patient. Instead of being sad by this, Spencer is relieved. 

**minor character**

(Voice Range: mid-low; a boisterous bank owner)

Mr. Taylor owns and manages the Crotus Penn Bank. Since Sally cannot afford her mortgage, he convinces her to take up work at the asylums.

Voice Reference: n/a, any southern accent works great

Audition Line(s):

1. “Yes ahem, this land was mortgaged. I know because of Mr. Smithson’s passing, those payments haven’t been made, but it's been quite some time since the last one. I believe it’s coming around time again that those payments resume, wouldn’t you agree?”

Context for Line(s):

1. After Sally's husband passes, the payments for their mortgage gradually cease. This makes sense because Sally is unemployed, but Mr. Taylor has come to tell her he needs some form of payment or he's going to seize the property. 

**minor character**

(Voice range: mid-high; a quiet, panicked girl who resides in the asylum)

The Anxious Girl, or Mary Jenner, is a patient admitted to the asylum at the age of 7. She is quiet and struggles to have conversation, but she is comfortable around Sally. Sally had always wanted a child with her late husband, so she treats Mary as she would treat her own - as unexperienced as she may be. Mary ends up living there into her teenage years. 

Voice Reference: n/a

Audition Line(s):

1. "I stayed in today."

Context for Line(s):

1. Sally is checking in to see if she went outside, but The Anxious Girl normally stays in doors. She is quite afraid of the outside. 

**minor character**

(Voice Range: mid-low; a patient who screams, be comfortable yelling)

Sam, or simply known as Screaming Sam, is a patient at the asylum who yells a lot.

Voice Reference: n/a

Audition Line(s):

1. “He’s going to kill me!”

Context for Line(s):

1. Sam has imagined a person in his room that no one else can see, but is very convinced that they are going to kill him. He is fearing for his life and begs anyone they can to help him.

**minor character**

(Voice range: low-high; an Eldritch god manifesting as a human)

The Entity, as it's commonly referred to in the Dead by Daylight universe, is a god that feeds off of strong emotions. To satiate it's hunger, it creates an environment we've come to know as the Trials, where 4 survivors try to escape from a bloodthirsty killer. In the context of this story, the Entity is manifesting itself as Sally's late husband Andrew, so it can convince her to join it's realm as one of it's killers.

Voice Reference: funnily enough, the YouTuber Meat Canyon. He is able to go from very high pitched to incredibly deep and sinister in seconds.

Audition Line(s):

1. “I have been too,”

2. "Sally Smithson, I offer to you the chance to cleanse the world of sickness once again, but not this world. My world."

Context for Line(s): 

1. Here, the Entity is pretending to be Sally's husband.

2. The Entity has revealed itself and is no longer pretending to be Andrew. It is offering Sally the chance to kill again, otherwise it will kill her.