Clay Steward

Clay Steward
Biographical information
Profession:	-
Physical description
Gender:	Male
Vital statistics
Faction:	Human
Status:	Alive
Location:	unknown
Behind the Scenes

Clay Steward is the fictitious writer who wrote The Alan Wake Files.

Background

Clay Steward was a happily married man with a house, a wife named Anna, and a son named Milo. However, Clay was struck with nightmares at one point. In the nightmares, he would be running through the woods of Bright Falls, chased by dark shadowy figures (the Taken.) While in the dreams, he would meet with a man who bared a striking resemblance to Alan Wake. Together, the two would fight their way through the dream and try to survive, but would always be killed at the end by the time Clay woke up.

Clay became obsessed with the man in his dreams. He would search everywhere for the man, investigating him. Eventually, Clay became so obsessed with finding the man in his dreams, he left his wife and son to find the man.

Eventually, after searching endlessly, Clay found a connection to the man in his dreams and Alan Wake. Clay studied Alan, and then traveled to Bright Falls a year after the events of Alan Wake: Season 1. There, he conducted an investigation surrounding Alan Wake, Bird Leg Cabin, and Agent Nightingales investigation. This became the Alan Wake Files.

Alan Wake (Season 1).

Clay is only seen in Episode One in Wake's Nightmare.

He is seen when Wake is fleeing the hitchhiker who has turned into a tornado across a bridge. Clay stands by a cabin holding a gun in his hand, calling to Wake to hurry over to him. Wake reaches him and runs inside the cabin. But when Wake does this, the cabin door flies shut and locks itself. Clay runs to the door, terrified. Suddenly, the lights in the cabin go out and the hitchhiker appears with an axe behind Clay. Without a flashlight, Clay fires shots at the hitchhiker unaffectedly as the hitchhiker's shield of darkness deflects the bullets. Before Clay can escape, the hitchhiker lifts up the axe and hits Clay in the chest with it. Clay looks up in the sky, choking on blood, while Wake takes a step back from the windowsill, terrified. Clay falls on the ground, and the hitchhiker hits Clay with the axe again, cutting into him and killing him. The hitchhiker then leaves to kill Wake.

Trivia

• His age is 33.
• He lived in Madison, Wisconsin before moving to Bright Falls.
• He had previously worked as a Library Assistant.
• At the end of The Alan Wake Files, he sees a man looking like Alan and chases after him. The man turns around showing a smile like he's hiding a big secret, before turning a corner and vanishing. It's possible the man he saw was Mr. Scratch.

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