Lee Ashberry

Aurelius "Lee" Ashberry is the main character and primary player character. At the beginning of the game, he is 13 years old, and by the game's end he is 28. He is the third and youngest of his siblings, after his brother Lex and twin sister Alicia.

Pre-game
Lee was born in Ashberry Township, Michigan, the third child of Alexander III and Rebecca. He and his twin sister are biologically identical twins, meaning that one of the two is transgender, although the player never discovers which twin it is.

Lee was always aware that a majority of his ancestors and other relatives met early deaths but his father, in an attempt to avoid burdening his kids (and in a bit of misguided mind-over-matter), didn't tell them the story of the family curse since Alex himself didn't take it seriously.

Lee isn't very social and has few friends aside from Alicia. He seldom speaks and relies on Alicia to talk for him. He has a passion for drawing, however, and fills up sketchbooks in his spare time.

When he was ten, he found a cat in a patch of pennyroyal outside the Ashberry Industries factory. He gave the cat a bit of his sandwich and the cat ended up following him home. His parents let him keep the cat and Lee named him Pennyroyal, or PR for short. While PR likes everyone in the Ashberry family, he's still very much Lee's cat.

2003
On September 18 shortly before midnight, Lee, his sister, and his parents are disturbed by a knock on the front door. Sheriff McKenna is at the door and she tells them that Lex has died in what seems to be a car crash. The family accompanies her to the hospital morgue. Although the sheriff initially discourages Alexander and Rebecca from bringing Lee and Alicia, Alicia demands to be allowed to go and Rebecca agrees.

While there, Lee reaches out to touch Lex's forehead and finds himself in the high school portion of his school, in front of Lex's locker. He goes through Lex's locker and explores various classrooms, other rooms, and lastly, Lex's Jeep, until he finally gathers enough fragments of Lex's memories and unlocks the final memory of his death. After reliving Lex's death, he realizes that it wasn't just a simple crash that killed Lex, but a supernatural entity that snapped his neck and caused him to crash.

When he regains consciousness, he decides not to tell his family since he's not sure they'll believe him.