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| “ | Just to find a father?! Do you have any idea how it feels to be a worthless nothing in your father's eyes!?! Believe me, I've suffered just as much as my victims! | „ |
| ~ Scott Shelby justifying his motivation to murder to Ethan Mars. |
Scott Shelby (born Scott Sheppard), better known as the Origami Killer, is the main antagonist of the 2010 action-adventure mystery thriller video game Heavy Rain.
He is a private investigator who is on the hunt to find a serial killer named the Origami Killer. He is also the main archenemy of Ethan Mars, Norman Jayden, Madison Paige, Gordi Kramer and Charles Kramer.
He was voiced by and modeled after Sam Douglas. As a child, he was voiced by Max Renaudin Pratt and modeled after Sacha Delatour.
Biography[]
Background[]
Scott Sheppard was born in 1967 to Ann Sheppard and her husband alongside his twin brother John. The family lived in a small trailer on the Carnaby Square construction site, with Mr. Sheppard drinking heavily while Ann was away at work.
One rainy day in 1977, a drunken Mr. Sheppard threw Scott and John out of the trailer, telling them not to return until their mother came home. To pass the time, the twins played on the construction site. After a while, the two decided to play Hide-and-seek, with John hiding while Scott counted to twenty. Once he had done so, Scott discovered that his brother had fallen into a concrete pipe filling with rainwater. Unable to pull John out, Scott rushed back home and begged his father to help, who drunkenly declared that his son's death would mean "one less greedy mouth to feed" and pushed Scott away.
Unable to save his brother, Scott could only watch and hold John's hand as he drowned. John's easily preventable death resulted in the Sheppard family being investigated by the authorities and losing custody over Scott, who was adopted by the Shelby family. The traumatizing experience from his childhood caused Scott to develop a fixation of finding a father who would willingly sacrifice himself in order to save his son.
In his adulthood, Scott served in the United States Marine Corp. Following the completion of his tour of duty, he worked as a police officer, rising to the rank of lieutenant and receiving a gold watch upon his promotion to the rank; he also became acquainted with Carter Blake. Retiring from the force at middle age, Scott found employment as a private investigator.
Origami Killer[]
Between the years 2009 and 2011, Scott murdered eight boys between the ages of 9 and 13 during the rainy season. Having kept the uniform following his retirement from the police force, he would pose as a cop in order to trick his victims into coming with him, abducting them in a blue 1983 Chevrolet Malibu. He would trap them in a well covered by a grate in an old warehouse he owned on 852 Theodore Roosevelt Road; a hole in the roof would lead to the well being filled with rainwater in the span of 3 to 5 days, drowning the victim. Scott would then dump the body in a wasteland, six hours postmortem, with an origami figure in the right hand and an orchid on the chest; he would also cover the victim's face in mud, a sign that he held no personal hostility toward them. The Origami figures found with the bodies would lead to the media dubbing Scott "The Origami Killer".
Whenever a victim was abducted, Scott would send a message to the boy's father, directing them to collect a box containing a phone, a gun, and five origami animal figures. Each origami figure contained an address where the father would undertake a trial explained via messaged from the phone, to see how far he was willing to go in order to save his son. With each completed trial, a part of the warehouse address would be revealed on the phone, with the completion of all five trials revealing the full address. No father was able to complete the trials; while some (such as Allan Winter and Mr. Bowles) would be killed during them and be reported missing, others (such as Hassan) were unable to understand the meaning of the items the Origami Killer had left for them.
Death[]
The Old Warehouse[]
If Ethan Mars goes to a warehouse to save Shaun, Shelby appears and reveals that he is one of the witnesses who saw him jump in front of a car in an unsuccessful attempt to save his first son, Jason from being killed by it. This was the reason why he became the Origami Killer, just to find a father who will give up his life for his own son.
If Ethan is alone, Ethan will be enraged by the confession and will have the opportunity to shoot Scott. If he does, Shelby accepts his death and dies with a smile on his face; seeing Ethan accomplish what he waited his whole life to see.
Alternatively, if Madison, Jayden, or both join Ethan at the warehouse; Scott will attempt to kill them all, including Ethan so that his identity as the killer will be protected. When Jayden or Madison arrive, they will fight Shelby in another part of the warehouse. The fight results in the killer's death. His tombstone is shown in the "Origami's Grave"; if Lauren survived the events of the game, she appears at the sight and declares that she feels nothing but contempt for him before spitting on his grave and leaving the cemetery.
Epilogue[]
In the "A Mother's Revenge" ending, should none of the protagonists kill Shelby at the warehouse, he will escape. Lauren Winter meets Shelby on the streets after his escape. She will tell him that she discovered none of the families of the Origami Killer victims hired him before telling him that she made a vow to kill her son's murderer. She then promptly shoots Scott in the head in the middle of the sidewalk.
Alive[]
It is also possible for Scott to walk away at the end of his killing spree and receive no punishment. Should Lauren drown, and the three other protagonists fail to find Shaun, die or fail to kill Scott, Scott will be seen walking down a crowded city sidewalk (the same from the Mother's Revenge death) before slowly blending into the crowd and disappearing forever.
Quotes[]
| “ | Scott: My father didn't lift one finger to save his son... Ethan: Who are you? Scott: Oh you don't know me, Ethan. Oh, but we've met before... [remembers Jason's death] I have been looking for a long, long time, Ethan... looking for a father that would be able to do to what mine could not do: sacrifice himself to save his son. Oh oh... oh I searched, oh I searched, searched... but they all failed. And then I remembered you. |
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| ~ Scott confronting Ethan Mars (alone). |
| “ | Go ahead. You can kill me now. It doesn't matter anymore. You've accomplished what I wanted to see. | „ |
| ~ Scott's (potential) final words when Ethan draws his gun. |
| “ | Scott: I've been looking for a long, long time, Ethan... Looking for a father that would be able to do what mine could not do: sacrifice himself in order to save his son. [Chuckles] Oh, I searched, searched and searched... And then... I remembered you... [Remembers Jason's death] Ethan: All those murders... just to find a father capable of saving his son. Scott: Just to find a father?! Do you have any idea how it feels to be a worthless nothing in your father's eyes... Believe me, I've suffered!... Just as much as my victims... Ethan: I finished your damn trials, now give me back my son! Scott: He's there. All you have to do is open that grate. |
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| ~ Scott confronting Ethan Mars (if Jayden also found the warehouse). |
| “ | What are you doing here? You're NOT his father! Only his father can save him! You got no business here! [Kicks Jayden] I've been waiting so long for a father capable of giving his life for his son... And what do I get?! Nothing! Nobody! [Kicks Jayden again] What's real love, if it isn't sacrifice?! All these people saying they love each other- they're just a pack of liars!!! | „ |
| ~ Scott confronting Jayden at the warehouse. |
| “ | You shouldn't have gotten mixed up in this. You discovered my little secret... and it will die with you... | „ |
| ~ Scott preparing to execute Jayden. |
| “ | Madison: You can't let the kid die, Scott! He's not responsible for what happened to you... Scott: Only his father can save him... For years I hoped a father would sacrifice himself to save his son... Every time they failed, it was if my brother dies again... |
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| ~ Madison reasoning with Scott. |
| “ | Time to die, bitch... | „ |
| ~ Scott about to attack Madison. |
Gallery[]
Trivia[]
- Shelby has the highest body count out of all the protagonists and antagonists in Heavy Rain, even combined, as he will kill at least 15 in the story, and can kill up to 32 people.
- He is the only Quantic Dream protagonists to be a villain (all others are heroes, excluding Connor who is determinant).
- In the original draft, Shelby was meant to commit matricide and smother his mother Ann to death in her hospital bed to prevent her from telling anyone about his true identity. This is cut in the final game for being too dark.
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Scott Shelby | Carter Blake | Charles Kramer | Troy | Gordi Kramer | Paco Mendez | Jackson Neville | Adrian Baker | Leland White | Andrew | Mr. Sheppard | ||