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4. Daniella (Haunting Ground)
Nominated by Snake
I am incomplete.


Okay, I definitely asked for interesting characters. Be careful what you wish for.

Daniella is a resident of and the only maid of Belli Castle. At first she appears merely creepy to Fiona, the games protagonist, speaking in a flat affect and invading Fionas personal space. She makes Fiona ten bowls of soup, possibly to point out how pampered Fiona is, and possibly with uh human meat and hair as a secret ingredient. Eventually she freaks out and wants to literally carve out Fionas womb and implant it in herself; shes infertile, and she feels incomplete. Its some sort of alchemy thing. Daniella flips to high heaven when she sees her own reflection, cuts herself to try to feel pain, and perhaps strangest of all she wears purple lipstick I mean come on now who does that.

The Clock Tower Wiki (apparently Haunting Ground is in that series) has a laundry list of mental and physical disorders Daniella may or may not have (the wiki helpfully adds that it is not a substitute for a medical professional). Its like the makers of this game ticked off everything that sounded interesting. Body dysmorphic disorder, schizophrenia, psychopathy, etc.

What Im really surprised at is that it all seems to work pretty well! Snakes writeup made me a little concerned, but the wiki really outlines a level of consistency in Daniellas character everything seems to serve a purpose and is consistent. Her backstory matches her personality/mental makeup, and that matches her in-game behavior. Some of it might be a little excessive (like uh orgasming when dismembering Fionas corpse) but no one would accuse her of being uninteresting, thats for sure.