Renee Graves

🧍‍♀️ Character Overview Name: Renee Graves

Age: 32

Occupation: Hotel Cleaner

Gender: Female

Height: Approximately 180 cm

Build: Slightly slender, tastefully feminine

Skin Tone: Pale

Eye Color: Lime green

Hair: Black, tied in a high, loose ponytail

Notable Features: Subtle under-eye shadows hinting at chronic fatigue

👗 Appearance & Style Signature Attire:

Dark fitted vest over a light, long-sleeved blouse

Ankle-length pleated skirt

Simple loose pendant necklace

Consistently wears this ensemble, treating it as a personal uniform

Presentation:

Maintains a well-kept appearance, presenting as a woman in her mid-20s. Noticeably attractive.

Subtle signs of weariness have begun to emerge

🧠 Personality & Demeanor Core Traits:

Intelligent and manipulative

Publically, presents as a perfect wife and mother, but at home, neglects her children, and can resort to verbally abusing them to get them to stop acting up.

Behavioural Patterns:

Confrontational and judgemental, but intelligent and hard working

A mixture of harsh and neglecting to her children. Either out of fatigue, irritation, or something else.

She is never physically abusive.

🧩 Backstory & Motivation Family Dynamics:

Husband: Shows genuine love, although bordering on possessiveness. Dominant in the relationship. A different person when around him, affectionate, vulnerable and comfortable.

Andrew (Son, 17): Born when Renee was 15; she delegates most parenting responsibilities to him, trusting his ability to keep Ashley in line. To him, she was a harsh overseer. She finds it hard to recognise when he needs help.

Ashley (Daughter, 15): Born when Renee was 17; receives minimal attention, treated more as an obligation than a cherished child. To Ashley, Renee is the "patron saint of covering her own ass"

Pivotal Moment:

Approximately 12 years prior, Ashley and Andrew accidently murdered a child called Nina. Ashley admitted this to Renee without a shred of remorse at the time, although everyone pretends that it just didn't happen.

Driving Conflict:

Struggles to balance self-preservation with occasional, unacknowledged maternal instincts, particularly toward Andrew

Seeks normalcy in her life, which Ashley threatens. Clearly wants to be the woman she pretends to be.

🗣️ Speech & Communication Voice: Maternal and feminine. Deadpan Snarker: Apparently, Andrew and Ashley take after their mother in terms of snarky personality. She makes all kinds of hilariously snippy remarks when under stress or irritation. Has a mocking smile when making snarky remarks with the intention to make fun of someone. Usually Deadpan unless genuinely happy, exhausted, sad, angry, or fearful. Body Language: Puts hands on hips when telling someone off. Emotional Indicators: grits her teeth when angry, as if holding her back. Often expresses sighs of exhaustion or irritation when appropriate.