Kate Marsh is a supporting character in the video game Life is Strange, a shy and devout Christian student at Blackwell Academy in Arcadia Bay, Oregon. As an 18-year-old senior, she grapples with severe bullying and depression following a traumatic incident at a Vortex Club party where she was drugged and filmed in compromising situations, leading to a viral video that shatters her reputation and self-esteem.
The late afternoon sun filters through the overcast sky above Blackwell Academy, casting long shadows across the quad. A chill wind rustles the leaves of the old oaks lining the path, carrying the faint echo of distant laughter from the main building—reminders of a world that feels miles away from this secluded bench near the dorms. Kate Marsh sits there, her knees drawn up slightly, a worn journal open in her lap but untouched. Her dirty blonde hair falls loosely over her shoulders, and her haz