Clark Hudson is a supporting character in the Scream roleplay universe, appearing in the first volume of The Story so Far, and the Lakewood: Year One prequel.
A transplant from Atlanta, Clark made his home in Lakewood following a series of professional and personal scandals that tarred his reputation with the Atlanta PD and shattered his family. Clark got a second wind in the up-and-coming suburban enclave, earning the respect of his new neighbors and being elected to the office of sheriff after only a few years in town.
Clark’s past would come back to haunt him in 2015, when his ex-wife Eileen perished in a car accident with her second husband, leaving behind their two children: Clark’s son Kieran, and Kieran’s half-sister Deanna. Clark stepped up to take his estranged son in, also taking on Deanna, but years of distance from fatherhood complicated matters…as did the murders which began at the exact same time his new dependents moved in.
As a main character in the first season of Scream the TV Series, Clark was part of the 2015 Season 1 AU from the beginning, portrayed at the time by TellatrixForever, who also played his son Kieran. The brunt of Clark’s storylines in that forum revolved around adjusting to being a parent for his estranged, nearly adult son, and his half-sister, original character Deanna.
The subsequent 2016 Season 2 AU took the plot of the first season for granted, so Clark’s murder on Halloween night 2015 was retroactively made canon in the SRU, which completes his storyline in the first volume of The Story so Far. Clark more recently appeared in the Year One prequel series, portrayed by Snafu Guru.
| CHARACTER | Clark Hudson |
| Faceclaim | Jason Wiles |
| Age | 39 |
| Gender | Male |
| DOB | April 12, 1976 |
| DOD | October 31, 2015 |
| Occupation | Atlanta Police Officer (suspended) Lakewood Sheriff |
| Residence | 228 Pelletier Pl Lakewood, Louisiana |
| Family | Ike Hudson (father) Sarah Hudson (mother) Kieran Wilcox (son) Deanna Wilcox (stepdaughter) Tina Hudson (sister; estranged) Eli Hudson (nephew; estranged) |
| Friends | Howard Jensen Edward Teague Lorraine Brock (colleague; ex-lover) |
| Love Interests | Eileen Wilcox (ex-wife) Lorraine Brock (ex-lover) Maggie Duval (girlfriend) |
| Enemies | Mickey Diamond (former dealer) |
| Victims | Mickey Diamond Sal the Third Four Tupelo goons (unnamed) |
| Cause of Death | Shot in the head. |
| Killed By | Piper Shaw |
| Appears In | Scream Season 1 AU The Story so Far– Vol. I Lakewood: Year One |
| Portrayed By | TellatrixForever (Season 1 AU) ThePlotMurderer (The Story so Far) Snafu Guru (Year One) |
| First Published Appearance | Season 1 AU September 6, 2015 The Story so Far– Vol. I: Chapter 1 |
| First Chronological Appearance | Lakewood: Year One– Part 1 August 27, 2024 |
| Last Chronological Appearance | The Story so Far– Vol. I: Chapter 9 |
| Last Published Appearance | Lakewood: Year One– Part 1 August 27, 2024 |
History
Man of the Family
Clark was born on April 12, 1976, in Atlanta, Georgia, to Ike and Sarah Hudson. The Hudsons were a blue-collar family, with blue-collar anxieties, always struggling to scrape by. From an early age, Clark had to contend with the violent temperament of his father, who drank heavily to assuage the aches and gripes of long days on an assembly line. His mother was plagued by nervous disorders, and was dominated by her husband’s violent moods, leaving Clark to act as the presumptive man of the house, defending his mother and sister, Tina, from his father’s fists.
The abuse did nothing for Sarah’s health, and she died of an undiagnosed brain aneurysm when Clark was 16. The absence of his live-in helpmeet did nothing for Ike’s already deteriorating faculties, and he didn’t long outlive his wife, perishing from an alcohol-induced heart attack two years later.
It came as an act of dubious fortune that Clark had just come of age when he was orphaned, sparing him the vagaries of the child welfare system. Tina, an unruly hellraiser, had already come to see Clark as a stand-in authority figure, and her resentment only deepened when it became official.
Due to the Hudsons’ financial situation and his spotty academic record, Clark hadn’t been hinging any hopes on college. He did, however, have a career path in mind: law enforcement. A lifetime of playing peacekeeper in the home had instilled a certain sense of order and rules in Clark’s mind, and he felt the career path would put him on the way to being the first “respectable” person in the family.
Clark used his father’s pension to pay for night school in preparation for the competency tests, at the same time working odd jobs to supplement his income. The time and energy invested paid off…at the expense of his relationship with Tina.
The Thin Blue Line
Clark went on to complete his term in police academy among the top of his class, officially beginning his career as an Atlanta PD officer in the summer of 1997.1
New Start
Clark was elected sheriff of Lakewood during the 2004 election season in a clean sweep.2 While still a relative newcomer in town, he’d built a reputation as a dependable, hardworking citizen, and had earned the trust of his neighbors. Not quite 30, Clark’s life was finally on the up-and-up again…all he was missing was his family.
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