Daniel Lamb

"I could be you, but I have a choice! A choice! And I choose to be me!"

- Danny to Leo

Daniel Lamb is the protagonist and main character in Manhunt 2.

Info
Daniel was a scientist with The Project but ended up locked away in the Dixmor Asylum for six years after failing a test subject, before escaping during a power outage in 2003. Daniel has a second personality in his mind by the name of Leo, a psycho killer who "helps" Danny in killing everyone the Project sends after him.

Early life
Daniel was born on May 29th, 1973 Gold Town until he graduated from Charleston University in 1985 with a degree in biochemistry. A year later he found work as lab technician for Green and Becker Pharmaceuticals Inc. and worked there for three years. After that, in 1989 he became a research associate for McKenzie Druchner Inc. until he begun working for the Dixmor Project.

He became one of the top scientists for the Dixmor Project and invented a drug called Cortexa. He was married and had two kids, a girl and a boy, but at some point went into great debt and volunteered for an experiment, which his wife disapproved. He had a second personality planted in his mind artificially called Leo, however Leo took control over Daniel.

Hanging with Leo
Leo now wants the Pickman Bridge removed so that he can control Danny fully and threatens Danny's friend Michael to do so. Leo kills Michael and many of the WV Militia who arrived to kill Danny because Leo is out of control. Leo decides to get revenge, so convinces Danny to kill a Project official, Stanley Grex Jr. at the Maibatzu Plaza with a sniper and later destroy his records so he/they can disappear.

Leo then takes control and makes Danny kill his own wife and is then locked away in the Dixmor Asylum.

Escaping the asylum and new life
Six years later, a power failure at the Asylum allows Danny to escape in the chaos, not remembering anything about his past. Danny kills many doctors and inmates as Leo helps him escape in the back alleys of Virginia Hills. They head to Danny's old house to collect some cortexa to help Danny remember, but run into the Spys and kill them. Danny decides to follow a clue he left behind and they arrive at the Strip Club and Fetish Dungeon in search of Judy but have to deal with the pervs first, who work for the Project. Judy tells Danny to go to the old safe house, so he makes his way past a gang called the Red Kings, some local cops and more Spies as he finds the safehouse where he changes clothes and has a shootout with the Spys at the Stalker's Theater. Danny goes to the Gold Town hotel searching for Judy again but the Rich boys call the Spys and Danny kills 'em but Judy is killed by Danny. Now Danny is chased through the nearby streets and the sewer system before reaching the auto shop and escapes. Now Leo tells Danny that they must capture Dr. Pickman, so they break into the Project Laboratories and tie him to a chair but Pickman says a hypnotic phrase that effects Danny's head and Leo kills him by accident.

Months later, Danny and Leo are searching through old records at the VVE Studios for something that can help them until the Bloodhunts arrive and he kills them all inside and outside the studio. Dr. Whyte turns up and injects Danny with a sedative, causing him to fall unconcious. Dr. Whyte reveals what Leo did to his family and now Danny fights Leo and many ghosts of his victims (including Michael, Slender Man and Pickman) inside his mind, burying his wife's body and back in reality, beating Leo to death with a Shovel to rid him from his mind.

Danny then wakes up in the middle of nowhere, with no memory. He is given an envolope with a old name, Daniel Lamb and a fresh start.

Personality and triats
Daniel shows much remorse for his victims (unlike Leo or Cash) and vomits after his first fatality. He also expresses anger at Leo at some points: for example, after killing many Spys in one level, he throws away his weapon, claiming he is sick of killing. However, as the game progresses, he gets more and more addicted to it, a sign that Leo is taking over his mind; forcing Dr. Whyte to cleanse his memories at the end of the game. He shows great care for his family and volunteers for an experiment just to support them.

Trivia

 * Danny's got a theme song "Frayed Ends of Sanity" by Metallica, as Dr. Whyte says the song really discribes him.
 * In the pictures at Daniel's house and safe house, he is not wearing glasses.
 * Daniel once had a room in Gold Town Hotel.
 * Danny's phone number is 510 612 673.