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This article contains spoilers for the ending(s) of Afraid of Monsters and/or Afraid of Monsters: Director's Cut.



David Leatherhoff is the protagonist of Afraid of Monsters and Afraid of Monsters: Director's Cut. He is a mentally ill man who is addicted to a mysterious painkiller being mailed to him by an unknown company.

Appearance

David appears to be an adult man somewhere in his late 20s, wearing a black hoodie with white stripes on the arms and white text on the chest reading 'EA 45' above a small line of illegible writing. He also wears matching pants, with a stripe down the sides, from the pockets to the ankles. David has black sneakers on and very scraggly hair. He appears to have a scar under his right eye.

Story

After receiving bottle after bottle of an unknown drug from an anonymous source, David decided to seek help at the local hospital. After wandering into the bathroom, David finds yet another bottle of the drug before him. Unable to control himself, he takes the pills. Soon after, he passes out and delves into a nightmare. Some time later, David awakens to a now abandoned hospital late at night. He soon discovers that the nightmares in his head are now real, and he must fight to survive against the horrifying hordes of monsters. David's fate after the game concludes depends on which ending the player gets.

Trivia

  • David Leatherhoff's model is a heavily modified model of Gordon Freeman from the original Half Life.
  • David makes an appearance in the secret ending of Cry of Fear as an non-canonical Easter egg. In the ending David slams his van into the game's protagonist, Simon, in a hit and run, revealing how Simon was crippled.
  • David's axe and hoodie are also usable items in Cry of Fear.
  • Many people wondered what the 'EA 45' text on David's hoodie meant, so in one of "The making of Afraid of Monsters" videos, Andreas revealed that it actually means "Emma + Andreas Forever" (number 5 is supposed to be a fifth letter in the alphabet - E).
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David Leatherhoff's Source model as seen in the bonus map of Grey.

  • David Leatherhoff's body also appears in the Bonus Map of the HL2:EP2 horror mod, Grey, as an easter egg.

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