Shelby

she/they

Owen gave Shubble the final push for her to realize that the vampires are her family and where she belongs. Owen and Pyro also had a bit where they took her down to the crypt to find Shubble a new outfit(Turn her into a level 3) by digging around for Scott and the other residents of the crypts old clothing.

Scott is initially Shelby's roommate at their Oakhurst cottage, and may potentially stay roommates if she decides to accept his offer to move into his manor with him. Shelby is initially insecure about her relationship with Scott, believing him to be too cool to enjoy her company, but is reassured by him in session three that their bond is genuine. At this point, it is clear that Scotts affection for Shelby has grown, so much so he seems to consider her his friend.

At the start of session 3 Scott invites her to live with him in the castle, something she happily accepts with Scott telling her he actually likes her. He also tells her "You were the one I specifically wanted to spend the rest of my eternal life with." The proceed to talk about how she would have accepted him as a vampire, even if she was still human. She proceeds to explain "fanfiction" to Scott. When she is about to leave, Scott gives her some tips, and reassures her she is always welcome to move in and stay with him in The Castle. he mentions how he enjoys spending time with her, and likes her. Than he monologues how it's similar to how a person loves a dog, cat or hamster. Later after she was killed by Martyn her personality shift, and she starts to view the vampires as "her family". At this point, Scott has started to care more about her than intended.

Avid and Shelby were close friends until episode four, where he tried to convince her to move back into town. She retaliated by saying that Martyn killed her and that the vampires were the ones who accepted her and treated her like family. Shelby sent him off after stating that if he or any other human tried to kill her or the other vampires, she'd kill them first.

Sausage was known by Shelby as an author by the pen name "M" through supernatural literature, having read his books prior to coming to Oakhurst and first meeting in person. They both share an interest in supernatural creatures and writing, and have mutual support from one another in their respective endeavours in Oakhurst. However, since his growing panic and suspicion regarding Scott in episode three, and Shelby feeling targeted by that as well, she started being more hostile and less encouraging to him — placing blame on his fear, resulting from his sighting of Scott fleeing after desecrating a beacon, onto his lack of sleep writing his book.

It's also heavily implied, Shelby being a Twilight fan, that she has written fanfiction of his work.

Drift was the first person Shelby ran into in Oakhurst. They formed a strong friendship at the start, and Drift confirmed that she trusted them and felt most relaxed in a long time when they went on an adventuring trip with herself, Shelby, Cleo, and Pearl in episode two. Despite disagreeing on the existence of the supernatural they still discussed it, and Shelby told her that the stories portraying them as aggressive beings were probably out of prejudice, with which Drift seemed to agree, if they were to be real, but worried about Shelby's safety in her plans to get the other side of the stories by personally meeting with the creatures to prove their nature.

Shelby hails from a town called Sunny Side Cliff which is located a few thousand miles away from Oakhurst. Her father, who believed greatly in the supernatural, would tell her stories of them when she was young making her believe the same things. When Shelby was five her father left to find proof of all the supernatural and never returned. Shelby grew up believing everything her father had told her but that left her without friends and unaware of the ridicule those around her spread. Later in life they learned their father was a drunk, and that his stories were a result of his drinking. Shelby believing caused her mother to cut off contact with them. Before coming to Oakhurst they decided to quit believing in the supernatural until they found proof by herself.

Shelby is a cheerful and friendly person who wants to befriend the other townsfolk. She has a strong belief in most paranormal creatures, but is especially fixated on bigfoot and werewolves and is trying to prove their existence. She's shown to have an initial aversion to believing in vampires when presented with the idea by Avid. They're also a big fan of paranormal novels and is a big fan of M's work. Notably, Shelby is also a fanfiction writer.

Her personality has matured after she is burned alive by Martyn's fire attack, she now believes that any human will try to kill her without the chance of talking. Her bloodlust still seems to be under control, but has shown signs of it, specifically when it comes to protecting the other vampires, and directly telling Avid that she would kill him or anyone that tries to harm them. She is also conflicted regarding the so called "cure", she is interested in learning about it and the potential to be human again, but is doubting herself if that would the better option, since she feels at home with the vampires, and is respected in a way she never was with the humans, to a point she calls the main three vampires her family, Scott, Owen, and Pyro.

Shelby is presumably a young adult and has long red hair and yellow-gold eyes with thick rimmed glasses on. She's dressed in a white shirt with a green sweater and a beige skirt. She appears to have a band-aid on one of her knees.

Her first vampire iteration turns her eyes reddish-orange and moves her glasses to rest on top of her head.

Her second vampire iteration turns her eyes completely red and gives her white skin and hair, which is also longer than before. She also gains a black dress and a black crown with a red gem in the front of it.