Kate Denson

"A ray of sunshine illuminated this cold and gray place - a ray in the form of a woman. I heard her before I saw her, a voice, more beautiful than I had encountered in some time, came drifting through the trees. While a lament might have been more suited to this sepulchral locale, she sang a song of joy, of hope and family. Her warm smile greeted any that joined her at the campfire and, just for moment, they were able to forget which realm they inhabited.

As quick as she was to make friends, I got the feeling that to cross her would be a mistake. To remain so positive and upbeat in such a place would require a will of iron. Perhaps less a ray of sunshine then, but a bolt of lightning? Brilliant light and great power that could split the world in two."

- Unknown (Potentially Benedict Baker)

' is one of ' currently featured in .

She was introduced as the Survivor of CHAPTER VIII: Curtain Call, a Chapter DLC released on 12 June 2018.

Overview
 is a hopeful songbird, able to make the most of her surroundings.

Her personal Perks,, , and , grant her the foresight and feistiness to escape even the most dire situations.

Difficulty rating:  (based on only using her Unique Perks)

Lore

 * Additional Lore can be found in Tome III - Escalation: Back to Zero.

''One of Kate Denson's earliest memories was standing in front of her family, singing a song that she'd learned that morning at school, and watching smiles spread across their faces. Seeing how something as simple as a song could make people so happy was the moment when she knew what she wanted to do with her life.''

''She practised, learned the guitar as soon as she was big enough to reach over it, and was performing in front of crowds by the time she was eight years old. Her mother did everything she could to fulfil Kate's dreams, taking her all over their home state of Pennsylvania, then across the South, and even to Nashville itself.''

''Kate won folk music competitions and talent shows whenever she participated, but for her to win others had to lose, and that wasn't in her nature. She only wanted an outlet, a way to touch people's lives. To make them forget the worries of the world and just enjoy themselves, if only for a while.''

''With age came a new-found freedom. She bought a battered old Chevy truck and was able to travel around by herself, meeting fans and making new friends wherever she stopped. Hers wasn't a story of rock excess though: just the road, her guitar and maybe a good bourbon to end the day.''

From sun-baked festivals to dark and cosy bars, people flocked to her voice and her self-penned songs of friendship, family, love and home.

''These sentiments weren't just lip-service: she made sure to return home as often as she could, to help out in her community and entertain the local children with her tales of the wider world. She saw it as a way of giving back, of supporting others in the same way she had been.''

''It was home where she found most of her inspiration as well. She had always loved to take long walks in the woods around her town, exploring off the beaten track, finding a quiet spot to play and write her songs. She had a favourite location she returned to time and time again, a natural hollow, encircled by trees, that looked almost as if it had been blasted out of the rocks thousands of years ago.''

'' Here she felt a strong connection to nature, and to the Earth itself. She let her mind be enveloped by the forest and it rewarded her with constant inspiration.''

''She picked up her guitar and played, her fingers dancing across the fretboard. The music that she made this time was unlike her usual uplifting tunes, being much more melancholy, even dark. Still, something compelled her to continue, to finish the song.''

''Around her, the leaves vibrated in unison with the guitar strings and the boughs of the trees lengthened, coalescing into a living form. Spider-like legs descended from the canopy above, grasping for her. Regaining her senses, she grabbed a rock and tried to beat them back, but their skin was hard as iron and the rock simply bounced off and skittered away.''

''The legs coiled like tendrils around her limbs and lifted her towards the darkness overhead. Fog rolled across the clearing, obscuring both Kate and the creature of nightmares that drew her up towards itself.''

''When the fog cleared, there was no sign of any struggle, or of life. Just an acoustic guitar, the scratch plate engraved with flowers; as well as the initials KD, inlaid in mother of pearl.''

Kate's Perks
These are Perks that start off only appearing in Kate's. After achieving Level 30, Teachable versions of these Perks can be found: Once obtained, other Survivors will be able to find Kate's Perks in their respective Bloodwebs from that point onwards.
 * Dance With Me - Level 30
 * Windows of Opportunity - Level 35
 * Boil Over - Level 40

Achievements

 * Main article: Achievements

There is currently 1 Achievement which is related to Kate.

Customisation
Players can customise their Character by choosing one outfit style from each category. Blood-stained attire is obtained after Kate reaches Level 50 and prestiges.

Kate's attire includes:

DLC

 * Main article: Downloadable Content

Kate is currently part of 2 DLC Packages:

Available DLC

 * Curtain Call
 * Survivor Expansion Pack

Trivia

 * Kate Denson has three sets of tattoos.
 * The first is a group of flowers on her left arm.
 * The second is a flower on her right thigh.
 * The third is a crescent moon on the right side of her chest.
 * Kate Denson's original voice actress up to the PTB 2.0.0a was Marie-Michelle Do instead of her current one.
 * Her voice actress was changed for the Live build as people complained about her screams upon being hooked, the official reason being that Marie-Michelle Do's voice was always meant to be temporary, which is very unlikely the true reason, considering how much work voice acting is.
 * Her current voice actress is Daphné Poulin Gourdeau, a financial analyst employee at Behaviour Interactive.

Release Trivia

 * Kate Denson was originally supposed to release in September 2017 as part of PARAGRAPH II: LEATHERFACE™ DLC, which by then was intended to be a complete Chapter rather than the Paragraph it became.
 * Kate was intended to be an original Survivor counterpart of The Cannibal, created by the Developers themselves since he does not have one specific antagonist in the Texas Chainsaw Massacre franchise.
 * Time constraints with CHAPTER VI: A Nightmare on Elm Street™ DLC releasing just a month afterwards, which was also the bigger franchise of the two, forced the Developers to prioritise their resources on it over the LEATHERFACE™ Chapter, causing them to downgrade it to a Paragraph and cutting Kate Denson from it, to be potentially re-used in a later Chapter. This was ultimately confirmed by a member of the Developer Team to have been the most likely reason for the downgraded of the LEATHERFACE™ Chapter.
 * Since Kate's files remained in the Game, data-miners started to consider her as a potential Survivor counterpart for the following A Nightmare on Elm Street™ DLC, as there were no files pointing to Quentin Smith at the time.
 * After the release of A Nightmare on Elm Street™, it was unknown whether or not the Developers would eventually introduce her into the Game at all until she became The Clown's Survivor counterpart in CHAPTER VIII: Curtain Call released in June 2018.
 * There were good indications for a re-implementation as the voice acting for her, which takes a lot of time to create, was all finished and implemented into the Game files at the time.
 * In the Developer Stream #78, a picture of the Daily Rituals in the Developers' internal build showed the "The Awakening" Ritual for , indicating that she was still a part of their internal build.

Gallery
For more, go to Kate's Gallery.

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