Appearance

Russell is a pale-skinned boy with a height of 4'9. He has chin-length blonde hair that points upwards at the ends, and has a small clump of bangs in the middle of his face. His eyes are somewhat lidded with a muted dark blue color to them, and his expression is usually poker-faced. He wears a long-sleeved white dress shirt, and a red vest with thin stripes over it. He wears blue pants with the cuffs rolled at the end, white mid-calf socks and simple brown loafers.
His appearance is nearly identical to the Informant, who only has slight differences in color in comparison.

Personality

Russell is described in the beginning portrait as "a boy lacking in emotion." He seems to not feel remorse in his actions, as noted in his diary entries. He claims that he sees no point in the rehabilitation process and does not understand how such a happy dream will bring him to learn guilt, even feeling a bit of excitement to keep spending his days in this kind dream, since no one blames him for anything here. He also nonchalantly notes that once he's seen as "no good as a subject," he will just end up dying anyways, implying he has no care for his situation or for his life for that matter.

Additionally, depending on the dialogue the player chooses, Russell can sometimes be rather rude and insensitive to other inhabitants in the dream. In other cases, he has a childish or even teasing sense of humor, such as when he pretends to be clueless as to what they're searching for in Dozing Forest to mess with Tabasa, or mocking Chris as a coward for not having the guts to talk to Gardenia. However he isn't always as rude or emotionless as he initially comes off to be. The bonus room interactions especially shows this when you talk to Russell as the other characters, showing how soft-spoken, caring and even anxious he actually is. He apologizes to Gardenia not knowing she intended to speak with him, and worries over Yumi's safety as well. His interactions with Memory Girl also show this point, as it's presumed he chose to help Memory Girl in the real world without having met or known her before.

However, Russell's behavior and mindsets can change drastically if the player fulfills more guilt-related quests in the dream. Around the middle of the game, he begins to feel slightly uneasy and uncomfortable within the dream, noting in his diary that he feels like it is hard to breathe when he remembers what the reality of everyone's lives in Nameless Town are. If Russell has achieved enough guilt to proceed with the last days, he becomes incredibly remorseful and guilty for what he has done, to the point he writes in his diary that he can't take the kindness of the dream anymore. He is desperate to be free and even wishes for the residents to despise and kill him.

Story

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Relationships

Tabasa Mcneil

Russell describes Tabasa as "one of the kindest people [he] knows." Given his perception of the zookeeper in the dream and based off of the Witnessing One battle dialogue, Russell sees Tabasa as something of a big-brother figure that he never had. Many times Tabasa will refer to himself as "big-bro" to Russell, offering him a hand if needed or just letting Russell know he can come to him for help.

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Gardenia Reitman

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Cody Toscarina

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Dogma Toscarina

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Kantera

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Deliveryuu

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Mireille Nif

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Saxon

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Yumi Bombers

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Chris

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Memory Girl

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Fairia

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Raymond

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Yue

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Walter

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Battle

Overview

Russell is a generally well-rounded character in battle, capable of (albeit minimally) healing himself, reviving and buffing allies, curing status conditions, and dealing a significant amount of non-elemental damage to enemies. In addition, he boasts very high stats overall, with one of the highest HP and also Attack stats amongst his other allies, increasing his sustainability and damage potential. He is required in the party at all times of course, as he is the main character, so switching him out for another ally is not possible.

One of his very small shortcomings however-- is that some of his support skills as well as his strongest offense move, are either achieved late in game or can only be achieved via specific quests a player might miss. However any of those non-damage skills you might not get, such as Consolation or Pity, can easily be ignored in favor of having sustainability characters such as Gardenia, Dogma, or Kantera in your party-- or having healing items stocked in your inventory. The offensive moves such as Guilt, can also be disregarded as it is perfectly possible to complete the game easily without it anyways.

Stats

Level	HP	MP	Atk	Def	Mind	Spd
1	30	23	15	14	15	20
2	36	25	16	15	17	22
3	44	27	18	17	19	24
4	48	29	20	18	21	26
5	55	31	21	19	23	28
6	63	33	23	21	25	30
7	70	36	25	22	27	32
8	78	38	26	23	29	34
9	85	40	28	25	31	36
10	93	43	30	26	34	38
11	101	45	32	28	36	40
12	109	48	34	30	38	43
13	118	51	36	32	41	45
14	126	54	38	33	43	48
15	135	56	40	35	45	50
16	144	59	42	37	48	53
17	153	62	44	38	51	55
18	162	65	47	40	53	58
19	171	69	49	43	56	61
20	180	72	52	45	58	64
21	190	75	54	47	61	67
22	199	78	56	49	64	70
23	209	82	59	51	67	73
24	220	85	62	53	70	76
25	230	89	65	55	73	80
26	240	93	68	58	76	83
27	251	97	71	60	79	87
28	262	101	74	63	82	90
29	273	105	77	65	85	94
30	285	109	80	68	89	98
31	296	114	83	71	92	102
32	308	119	87	74	95	106
33	320	123	90	77	99	111
34	332	128	94	80	102	115
35	345	133	97	83	106	119
36	357	138	101	86	110	124
37	370	143	106	89	113	129
38	384	148	110	93	117	134
39	397	154	114	96	121	139
40	411	160	118	100	125	144
41	425	166	122	103	129	149
42	439	172	127	107	133	155
43	453	179	132	111	138	161
44	469	185	137	115	142	167
45	484	192	142	120	146	173
46	499	199	147	124	151	179
47	515	206	153	129	155	186
48	531	214	159	133	160	193
49	547	222	165	138	165	200
50	572	233	173	145	171	210

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Skills

Learned Skills

Name	Type	Target	Stat Affected	Inflicts Conditions	MP Cost	Success Rate	Usage Quote	Description	Obtain Through...
Squat	Healing	Self	HP Up	None	2	100%	Russell squatted in place...	Squat in place and recover 15 HP.	Russell reaches level 2.
[Sadness]	Support	Single Foe	Atk Down	None	3	90%	Russell used [Sadness]!	Slightly lowers one enemy's Attack.	Day 2's Main Quest, by knocking on the strangely-colored wall in Sad Birthday.
[Anger]	Support	All Allies	Atk Up	None	10	100%	Russell used [Anger]!	Slightly increases all members' Attack.	Day 3's Main Quest, by defeating all 3 statues in Darcover Town.
[Doubt]	Support	All Allies	Def Up	None	10	100%	Russell used [Doubt]!	Slightly increases all members' Defense.	Day 4's Main Quest, by talking to the 3rd Jizo statue in Dragon Peak's warehouse.
Red Eye	Non-Elemental Attack	Single Foe	HP Down	Unsure	5	70%	Russell used Red Eye!	Small non-elemental damage, and makes foe Unsure.	Available starting Day 3, by completing the Guilt Event "Farewell to Kelp" in Seaside.
[Fear]	Support	Single Foe	None	Falter	8	85%	Russell used [Fear]!	Makes one enemy Falter with high likelihood.	Day 5's Main Quest, by defeating the Jealous One.
[Consolation]	Support	Single Ally	None	Cures Condition	3	100%	Russell used [Comfort]!	Cures one member's ailments. (Non-Fainted)	Available ONLY Day 3, by completing the Guilt Event "In Memorium" with Tabasa.
Strike Hard	Non-Elemental Attack	Single Foe	HP Down	None	8	100%	Russell struck the enemy hard!	Medium non-elemental damage to one enemy.	Russell reaches level 11.
[Pity]	Healing	Single Ally	HP Up	Fainted	8	100%	Russell used [Pity]!	Revives one fainted member.	Available starting Day 5, by completing the Guilt Event "White and Red" and following the rabbit.
[Bloodlust]	Non-Elemental Attack	Single Foe	HP Down	None	12	100%	Russell struck with bloodlust!	Large non-elemental damage to one enemy.	Day 6's Main Quest, while fighting the Toxic One.

Guided Skills

The following are skills that almost all party members are capable of learning through the usage of Guide Books that can be found by doing quests, simply walking around or through purchase at the Guide-Selling Old Lady's shop. Skills that are exclusive to this character only are indicated with an asterisk (*) next to the skill name. For information on the locations of these items though, please refer to the Item page.

Name	Type	Target	Stat Affected	Inflicts Conditions	MP Cost	Success Rate	Usage Quote	Description	Guide Needed
[Guilt] *	Non-Elemental Attack	All Foes	HP Down	Unsure	16	100%	Russell can never run from his sins. Never...	Large non-elemental damage + Unsure to all foes.	Guilt Guide
Al-Heal	Healing	All Allies	HP Up	None	7	100%	Russell cast Al-Heal!	Small HP recovery for all members.	Prayer Guide Vol. I
Mega-Al-Heal	Healing	All Allies	HP Up	None	12	100%	Russell cast Mega-Al-Heal!	Medium HP recovery for all members.	Prayer Guide Vol. II
Sleepytime	Support	One Foe	None	Sleep	5	60%	Russell cast Sleepytime!	Puts an enemy to sleep.	Sleep Guide
Cold Charm	Support	All Allies	Ice Resistance Up	None	12	100%	Russell used a Cold Charm!	Makes all members stronger against ice.	Anti-Cold Guide
Faux-Flame	Fire Attack	One Foe	HP Down	None	7	100%	Russell cast Faux-Flame!	Small damage to one enemy with pure flames.	Fire Guide Vol. I
Faux-Glacier	Ice Attack	All Foes	HP Down	None	7	100%	Russell cast Faux-Glacier!	Small damage to all enemies with cold ice.	Ice Guide Vol. I
Faux-Rosary	Holy Attack	One Foe	HP Down	None	7	100%	Russell cast Faux-Rosary!	Small damage to one enemy with holy light.	Holy Guide Vol. I
Faux-Unknown	Dark Attack	One Foe	HP Down	None	7	100%	Russell cast Faux-Unknown!	Small damage to one enemy with dark power.	Dark Guide Vol. I
Faux-Mega-Flame	Fire Attack	One Foe	HP Down	None	12	100%	Russell cast Faux-Mega-Flame!	Medium/large damage to one enemy with pure flames.	Fire Guide Vol. II
Faux-Mega-Glacier	Ice Attack	All Foes	HP Down	None	15	100%	Russell cast Faux-Mega-Glacier!	Medium damage to all enemies with cold ice.	Ice Guide Vol. II
Faux-Mega-Rosary	Holy Attack	One Foe	HP Down	None	12	100%	Russell cast Faux-Mega-Rosary!	Medium damage to one enemy with holy light.	Holy Guide Vol. II
Faux-Darkness Eyes	Dark Attack	One Foe	HP Down	None	15	100%	Russell cast Faux-Mega-Flame!	Large damage to one enemy with dark power.	Dark Guide Vol. II

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Equipment

Weapon

Item #	Name	Shop Price	Sell Price	Stat(s) Affected	Hit Chance	Crit. Chance	Description
#33	Wood Stick	N/A	2	Atk +3	94	0	ATK3 A stick off a tree. Not much power...
#38	Iron Pole	N/A	8	Atk +18 Spd -5	95	0	ATK18 SPD-5 A pole of iron. Heavy and unwieldy...
#40	Metal Bat	N/A	N/A	Atk +12	90	0	ATK12 Easy to hold, easy to use.
#45	Bloody Knife	N/A	N/A	Atk +21 Mind -5	93	5	ATK21 MAG-5 A heavy knife... with someone's blood.
#56	Bloody Bat	N/A	N/A	Atk +27 Mind +6	90	5	ATK27 MAG6 Blood-covered bat. Gives a bad feeling.
#61	Home Knife	N/A	N/A	Atk +36 Mind -8	94	5	ATK36 MAG-8 A knife familiar to the hand.
#208	Guilt Knife	N/A	120	Atk +54 Mind -8	100	5	ATK54 MAG-8 I'm sorry I'm sorry I'm sorry I'm sorr

Body

Item #	Name	Shop Price	Sell Price	Stat(s) Affected	Bonus Effects	Description
#77	Leather Vest	N/A	N/A	Def +5	None	DF5 A black vest made of leather.
#79	Sturdy Coat	N/A	N/A	Def +12	None	DF12 A tough coat with thick material.
#81	Light Armor	N/A	N/A	Def +18	None	DEF18 Light but sturdy. Good ventilation, too.
#82	Heavy Armor	N/A	N/A	Def +26 Spd -8	None	DEF26 SPD-8 Superb defense. Superbly heavy.
#84	Worker's Apron	N/A	N/A	Def +15 Mind +5	None	DEF15 MAG5 Worker's apron with a polished design.
#85	Cat-Ear Poncho	N/A	N/A	Def +18 Spd +10	None	DEF18 SPD10 Poncho with a fluffy cat-ears hood.
#86	Rabbit-Ear Poncho	N/A	N/A	Def +10 Spd +15	None	DEF18 SPD10 Poncho with a fluffy rabbit-ears hood.
#87	Darcover Coat	N/A	N/A	Def +9 Mind +15	100% Chance of preventing Sleep	DEF9 MAG15 A pitch black coat. Prevents Sleep.
#89	Blanket	N/A	N/A	Def +30	None	DEF30 A big blanket that makes you feel warm.
#90	Chanchanko	N/A	N/A	Def +28 Spd +8	None	DEF28 SPD8 A warm kimono from the East.
#225	Guilt Coat	N/A	N/A	Def +25 Mind +10	None	DEF25 MAG10 I'm sorry I'm sorry I'm sorry I'm sorr

Head

Item #	Name	Shop Price	Sell Price	Stat(s) Affected	Description
#96	Anger Earrings	N/A	N/A	Atk +2 Spd +4	ATK2 SPD4 Incarnation of Anger.
#97	Fear Earrings	N/A	N/A	Def +4 Mind +5	DEF4 MAG5 Incarnation of Fear.
#102	Safety-First Helmet	N/A	N/A	Def +8 Spd -3	DEF8 SPD-3 A very solid helmet.

Ornament

Item #	Name	Shop Price	Sell Price	Stat(s) Affected	Bonus Effects	Description
#91	Sleepy Potpourri	N/A	N/A	Mind +10	30% Chance of preventing Fainted	MAG10 Good-smelling potpourri. Can stop fainting.
#93	Diary	N/A	N/A	None	None	A thick diary. It feels relieving to have it...
#94	Anger Bracelet	N/A	N/A	Atk +3	None	ATK3 Incarnation of Anger. Attack up.
#95	Doubt Bracelet	N/A	N/A	Def +3	None	DEF3 Incarnation of Doubt. Defense up.
#98	Rosary	N/A	N/A	Mind +5 Def +3	Resistance to Holy Up	MAG5 DEF3 A small gold cross necklace.
#99	Safetree Branch	N/A	N/A	None	100% Chance of preventing Illusion & Confuse	Prevents Illusion & Confuse. From a Safetree.
#100	Wise One's Branch	N/A	N/A	None	Increases Resistance to ALL 4 Elements	An amazing tree branch resistant to all elements.
#101	Arvoid Branch	N/A	N/A	Spd +3	Increases Evasion	SPD3 Physical evasion up. From the Arvoid tree.
#103	Non-Flammable Scarf	N/A	N/A	Mind +5	Increases Resistance to Fire attacks	MAG5 A scarf that makes you strong to fire. Silky.
#104	Anti-Cold Scarf	N/A	N/A	Mind +5	Increases Resistance to Ice attacks	MAG5 A scarf that makes you strong to ice. Fluffy.
#105	Lightshade Scarf	N/A	N/A	Mind +5	Increases Resistance to Holy attacks	MAG5 A scarf that makes you strong to holy. Suede.
#106	Darkness Scarf	N/A	N/A	Mind +5	Increases Resistance to Dark attacks	MAG5 A scarf that makes you strong to dark. Suede.
#107	Wise One's Stone	N/A	N/A	Atk -20 Mind +20	None	ATK-20 MAG20 A beautiful blue stone fragment.
#109	Resentment Bracelet	N/A	N/A	Atk +9	None	ATK9 Incarnation of Resentment. Attack up.
#110	Mistrust Bracelet	N/A	N/A	Def +9	None	DEF9 Incarnation of Mistrust. Defense up.
#111	Pigula Doll	N/A	N/A	None	100% Chance of preventing Illusion, Unsure, Sleep & Confuse.	Weird one-eyed doll. Stops all ailments but Faint.
#112	Strong One's Stone	N/A	N/A	Atk +20 Mind -20	Bonus	ATK20 MAG-20 A rugged red stone.
#113	Happiness Jar	N/A	N/A	Spd -20	MP costs on Skills are decreased by 50%. TLDR; Good for saving MP.	SP-20 Halves MP consumption. Very heavy...
#194	Long Boots	N/A	N/A	Spd +1	None	Black leather boots. ...Not much value.
#195	Empty Can	N/A	N/A	Def +1	None	A crushed empty can. ...Not much value.

Trivia

• According to Segawa's rankings for easiest to most difficult character dialogue to write for, Russell ranks 8th place out of 12. Segawa notes Russell's placement being because his personality changes with his guilt level.

• Russell is mentioned a few times to be really into video games, often using games as escapism from his difficult home life and such. He even points out the games he plays treating killing as normal in contrast to real life, wishing he could go to a world like that.

• He formerly owned a pet rabbit, shown in the entirety of the Place of Pity location. And in the bonus room Russell also mentions liking rabbits, alongside anything soft and warm.

• Segawa has mentioned before that Russell was not originally intended to be the protagonist, but instead it was meant to be Gardenia. The game also was meant to be a much more easy-going cooking game than what it turned out to be.

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