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| “ | I watched from the trees as a crack appeared at the doorway and a warm, golden light spilled forth into this desolate place. The effect was, I suspect, deliberately inviting, but the figure that emerged was anything but: its costume a hodge-podge of ringmaster, clown and other fairground attire. Its face was a nightmare in greasepaint, a caricature of a smile slashed across its flabby lips. At its waist were a collection of what looked for all the world like fingers. But what creature would be so monstrous as to collect such trophies? | „ |
| ~ An unknown figure on The Clown. |
| “ | You want to play one last game? Okay, Moustache... let's play. | „ |
| ~ The Clown to the victim who reminded him of his father. |
Kenneth Chase, also known as Jeffrey Hawk or The Clown, is one of the playable killers in Dead by Daylight. He was a twisted nomadic serial killer who hopped from circus to circus to indulge himself in his killing spree by collecting the fingers of his victims.
He was voiced by Sébastien Duval.
Biography[]
Kenneth Chase was born in 1932, with his mother dying in childbirth being the cause for his father to grow distant towards him. This, combined with his lack of much success in school and him not joining any sport group offering him to join, made him strange and possibly influenced his habits.
Kenneth did one hobby, however, as he collected feathers he found on his way home from school, being mesmerized by the texture and unity of them. Longing to feel how soft a bird is, he rigged a trap in his bird feeder to touch one himself. However, as he held the knocked out bird in his hand, a murderous urge came over him and he killed the creature by strangling it, keeping a feather from it. As he grew, Kenneth escalated his prey to larger animals such as dogs and raccoons as he worked as a busboy.
Once a man went missing (most likely killed by Kenneth) and Kenneth's father discovered his box of feathers, paws, and a finger, Kenneth ran off to join the circus, adopting the name Jeffrey Hawk to disguise himself. Employing a charming facade, The Clown traveled around the circus and experimented with various vices, such as alcohol, junk food, and drugs.
However, he eventually got into his habits of murder again, fashioning disguises to lure in victims to torture and kill them. He would always keep a finger from their bodies when it was all said and done. Eventually, a victim escaped and his sadistic habits were brought to light. He fled, then tagged along with circuses and carnivals in his guise as another clown, whilst looking for victims.
Eventually, he vanished into The Entity's realm and stayed there, at home in the nightmarish place.
The Finger of Chaos[]
His lore is further explored in Tome 8: Deliverance. Kenneth was a very violent youth known for vandalism and animal cruelty shown by him kicking a dog for the sake of it. He deemed himself as "just a kid having fun" as an excuse for his antisocial behavior. He also wanted to cut off one of his father's fingers just so he could make him cry.
One time while working at the circus, he secretly greased up a trapeze before the next performance, which caused the trapeze artist to slip and fall to a graphic death, terrifying the audience.
It was revealed that most of the fingers Chase collected from his victims represented people from his childhood he either hated simply to hate or had a personal grudge against. Though these example fingers weren't from his victims, but ones he just saw pass by: A young woman's finger reminded him of his first-grade teacher who was hard on him, and a fat man's reminded him of the mailman who yelled at him for throwing dog feces at a car. The one finger he did collect was the one belonging to a moustached man whose alcoholic scent brought back memories. The "finger of chaos," as Kenneth described it, represented the constant abuse he suffered from his alcoholic father who verbally abused him constantly--from blaming him for his mother's death to, though he didn't have the strongest moral compass, yelling at him for harming animals and vandalizing property.
Powers and Abilities[]
- Chemistry: Kenneth is an adept chemist with efficient knowledge of anesthetics, muscle relaxants, and other chemicals. He created the Afterpiece Tonic, which causes adverse effects including sluggish movement, blurred vision, and burning lungs.
- Athleticism: Though not shown to be the most physically fit, he does display surprising strength and speed.
- Deception: Chase had adequate skill in charming people.
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Trivia[]
- The Clown represents the killer clown type of the horror genre.
- Developers formerly said that, due to coulrophobia, a clown killer will never be released. This was proved wrong with The Clown.
- Despite his large weight, The Clown can walk as fast as the normal killers, unlike The Nurse, The Hag, and Michael Myers.
- The Clown's horse is named Maurice and was with The Clown before he was recruited by The Entity.
- Maurice has had a complicated journey inside of the Fog. After the release of Roots of Dread chapter, she disappeared from the map and her head could be seen falling out of the Dredge during lobby animations before being pulled back into the shadowy mass. Eventually, she was returned to her rightful place on the map, but the Dredge managed to hold onto the memory or essence of Maurice, gaining a horse-themed cosmetic item.
- Elements of The Clown are seemingly based on real-life serial killers Ted Bundy and John Wayne Gacy (The Killer Clown).
- Gacy worked as a clown in Chicago, Illinois prior to being discovered for the murders of up to 33 young men.
- Bundy would keep severed parts of his victims as mementos.
External Links[]
- The Clown on the Pure Evil Wiki
- The Clown on the Dead by Daylight Wiki
