Don't Starve Theory: Everyone is Related.

[FireThePyro]

Now, if this has been said and done already, I have never seen any speculation on this topic. So, if someone says:

"yah dumbass this have already ben done"

I DIDN'T KNOW. This is purely my own opinions and have not been influenced by anything other than the source material, Don't Starve and the character appearances. This will also be covering only the original 6 characters. So Wes, Maxwell, Wigfird, Woodie, and Webber are not included in this theory.

Wilson is our base character, the one who we base the family tree off of.

Willow is Wilson's sibling. This is supported by the similar colored hair and attire. And... thats really it. The attire could mean they had some sort of dress code? I think this is a weaker connection.

Other possibilites: Cousin,

Wolfgang is Wilson's uncle. Again, similar colored hair and attire. But this time, he looks older than most other characters. Also, MOUSTACHE.

Other possibilites: Dad, Grandfather,

Wendy is Wilson's cousin. Supported by their hair color being different. Wolfgang could or could not be the father of Wendy, as the mother could have blond hair, but eh what the hell? Genetics are confusing.

Other possibilities: Sibling,

WX-78 is not exactly related, but rather, an invention of Wilson's. He could be some rouge experiment, or some rusty robot Wilson found. I'll leave it up to you.

No other conceivable possiblilites.

Wickerbottom is Wilson's mother. She could be a reason why Wilson is a scientist.

Other Possibilities: Grandmother, Aunt, Great Aunt. I think these possibilites are more reasonable than her being Wilson's MOTHER.

I will leave Woodie, Wes, Maxwell, Wigfrid, and Webber up to the comments. Please, be nice to each other, and post your constructive critisism.

[Unodus]

Welcome to DS lore ^-^
I'm glad someone agrees with my bloodline idea, although- as your a bit late for the party, there are some tidbits you're missing out on ;3
First, while some characters are directly related- some aren't, or are just distantly related.
Secondly, when it comes to DS lore- things are mostly speculation, so don't expect everything I say to be 100% right (although, most of things I say you could pick out from the wiki anyway... :V)

If you haven't already, I would suggest looking up the "William Carter" puzzles on the wiki. Immediatly. (seriously, stop reading this and tab out- if you don't like spoilers :P)

Consider this- Maxwell/William is the center of the tree.

His brother mentioned in the letters, is Woodie, his wife: Lucy- and his twins are Abigail and Wendy (This is before Lucy was axefied, and Woodie got his curse- but we'll get back to that later).

Wickerbottom is Maxwell/Williams mother- she is the mother mentioned in the brothers letters.

If Maxwell ever had a child, it would of had to have been with Charlie- who later becomes the Grue. If that were the case, Webber seems the most likely to be Maxwells son- as he is the youngest.

WX78 was a malfunctioning soldier from Maxwells Clockwork army (you can find more info on that on his Wiki page :V).

Wes and Wolfgang aren't directly related to Maxwell- but it was the three of them that were the cause for the mysterious train crash, as that was the first journey into "Interitus" (Ie: the don't starve world). The train crash is a very large subject, though- so I'm afraid I won't speak of it at length :P

Wilson is an odd case. At some point, Maxwell decided a good way to bring people into his world (for reasons I am skipping over intentionally to save time, sorry :P) using a "trojan horse" in the form of some very specific radio (http://dont-starve-game.wikia.com/wiki/Radio). Wilson and Willow were both brought in using the radio (You can see how in the cinamatic video of Wilson). The company that made the radio was burnt down, which I believe was Willows doing (Wilsons "temptation" was knowledge, he was brought into the world through a machine- Willows "temptation" was burning stuff, she was brought into the world through a fire- every character has their own temptation). Its also worth noting Willow may be based on "The Firestarter" novel from Stephen King.

Wigfrid, I believe- is the only character missing from the puzzle. It is my personal opinion though, that she was also in the same circus as Wolfgang, Wes, Maxwell, and Charlie. There is little mention of her outside of Interitus, though

Theres more, but thats enough infomation for now :P
I am leaving out a lot of evidence, mind- so if you disagree with something, say so and I'll explain it at length. Hope this helps! ^-^

[UNBREAKABLE]

There's actually some stuff in Maxwell's hidden backstory that suggest he is Wendy's uncle, but it's only assumed based of Maxwell's brother mentioning twins (presumably Wendy and Abigail) and it's not really confirmed 100% nor developed yet.

[p0lsin]

Don't Starve is a good game for me.

[FireThePyro]

You made a bit of a typo.

Originally posted by Unodus:

The company that made the company was burnt down...

[Unodus]

Originally posted by FireThePyro:

You made a bit of a typo.

Originally posted by Unodus:

The company that made the company was burnt down...

All that info, and that's the part you pick up on...? XD
fixed it :P

[FireThePyro]

Originally posted by Unodus:

Originally posted by FireThePyro:

You made a bit of a typo.

All that info, and that's the part you pick up on...? XD
fixed it :P

Yeeup. But I would say your argument is more convincing, while I only went off character designs.

[Kantoor]

I doubt it, considering that when Webber examines a Meat Effigy, he says "Who is that suppose to be?" and generally, the characters arent similar enough for me to say they're related. Still though, it's a theory.

[Unodus]

Originally posted by Kantoorwolf:

I doubt it, considering that when Webber examines a Meat Effigy, he says "Who is that suppose to be?" and generally, the characters arent similar enough for me to say they're related. Still though, it's a theory.

If you apply my theory- that quote would still make sense, as I mentioned that Wilson and Willow are special cases and aren't in the family tree at all. They were brought in using the Trojan horse Radios.
Also, there can be a lot of variations in family's- but there are lots of traits that most of the characters share (black hair, red hair, ghost-like eyes, bones in peculiar places, facial hair, etc). I doubt there's a single character who doesn't share traits with another (aside WX78, who's another special case). So are you sure the characters aren't similar enough to be related?

[Kantoor]

Originally posted by Unodus:

Originally posted by Kantoorwolf:

I doubt it, considering that when Webber examines a Meat Effigy, he says "Who is that suppose to be?" and generally, the characters arent similar enough for me to say they're related. Still though, it's a theory.

If you apply my theory- that quote would still make sense, as I mentioned that Wilson and Willow are special cases and aren't in the family tree at all. They were brought in using the Trojan horse Radios.
Also, there can be a lot of variations in family's- but there are lots of traits that most of the characters share (black hair, red hair, ghost-like eyes, bones in peculiar places, facial hair, etc). I doubt there's a single character who doesn't share traits with another (aside WX78, who's another special case). So are you sure the characters aren't similar enough to be related?

I still don't quite believe it. The characters just don't seem to... "mention" eachother enough. I wish I believed this theory though, the characters just say "lol they're locked up" when examining somebody on the throne. Quite boring. Now that you mention that though, they are abit similar. and I actually might believe Wendy and Maxwell're related, who knows? Anyways, good day sir! *tips fedora*

[Unodus]

Originally posted by Kantoorwolf:

Originally posted by Unodus:

If you apply my theory- that quote would still make sense, as I mentioned that Wilson and Willow are special cases and aren't in the family tree at all. They were brought in using the Trojan horse Radios.
Also, there can be a lot of variations in family's- but there are lots of traits that most of the characters share (black hair, red hair, ghost-like eyes, bones in peculiar places, facial hair, etc). I doubt there's a single character who doesn't share traits with another (aside WX78, who's another special case). So are you sure the characters aren't similar enough to be related?

I still don't quite believe it. The characters just don't seem to... "mention" eachother enough. I wish I believed this theory though, the characters just say "lol they're locked up" when examining somebody on the throne. Quite boring. Now that you mention that though, they are abit similar. and I actually might believe Wendy and Maxwell're related, who knows? Anyways, good day sir! *tips fedora*

Well, before you go- I should probably mention...
It's probable that the characters were "augmented" before being dropped in Interitus. Due to the nature of the unnatural skeletons- its not unlikely that Maxwell (or some darker forces ;3) has a way of removing certain memories. A likely reason for this is because they don't want the characters to recognize each other- perhaps this has to do with the darker forces to goal ;3.

However, there is one quote worth noting-
"I feel a certain kinship with him" Wendy observing Maxwell- because he might be her uncle.

Other than that, the William Carter puzzles provide the most information on the characters background.

[Kantoor]

Originally posted by Unodus:

Originally posted by Kantoorwolf:

I still don't quite believe it. The characters just don't seem to... "mention" eachother enough. I wish I believed this theory though, the characters just say "lol they're locked up" when examining somebody on the throne. Quite boring. Now that you mention that though, they are abit similar. and I actually might believe Wendy and Maxwell're related, who knows? Anyways, good day sir! *tips fedora*

Well, before you go- I should probably mention...
It's probable that the characters were "augmented" before being dropped in Interitus. Due to the nature of the unnatural skeletons- its not unlikely that Maxwell (or some darker forces ;3) has a way of removing certain memories. A likely reason for this is because they don't want the characters to recognize each other- perhaps this has to do with the darker forces to goal ;3.

However, there is one quote worth noting-
"I feel a certain kinship with him" Wendy observing Maxwell- because he might be her uncle.

Other than that, the William Carter puzzles provide the most information on the characters background.

I always thought that there were ALOT of people in the Don't Starve world. the ones we play as arent all of them. Oh, and speaking of interesting quotes, Webber says "That jerk tricked us." and "That's the man who said he could help us." when examining maxwell/his statues. Not related, but interesting.

[Unodus]

Originally posted by Kantoorwolf:

Originally posted by Unodus:

Well, before you go- I should probably mention...
It's probable that the characters were "augmented" before being dropped in Interitus. Due to the nature of the unnatural skeletons- its not unlikely that Maxwell (or some darker forces ;3) has a way of removing certain memories. A likely reason for this is because they don't want the characters to recognize each other- perhaps this has to do with the darker forces to goal ;3.

However, there is one quote worth noting-
"I feel a certain kinship with him" Wendy observing Maxwell- because he might be her uncle.

Other than that, the William Carter puzzles provide the most information on the characters background.

I always thought that there were ALOT of people in the Don't Starve world. the ones we play as arent all of them. Oh, and speaking of interesting quotes, Webber says "That jerk tricked us." and "That's the man who said he could help us." when examining maxwell/his statues. Not related, but interesting.

There are a few characters outside Interitus, as mentioned in the William Carter puzzles- plus Wagstaff, the owner of the company who built the radios :V
There's also the unimplemented characters, some also have backstories- but I don't think any of them are related to the family tree .3.
Also, Webber always refers to himself as "us" instead of "me", probably because he's talking rhetorically to the conjoined spider.

[Kantoor]

Originally posted by Unodus:

Originally posted by Kantoorwolf:

I always thought that there were ALOT of people in the Don't Starve world. the ones we play as arent all of them. Oh, and speaking of interesting quotes, Webber says "That jerk tricked us." and "That's the man who said he could help us." when examining maxwell/his statues. Not related, but interesting.

There are a few characters outside Interitus, as mentioned in the William Carter puzzles- plus Wagstaff, the owner of the company who built the radios :V
There's also the unimplemented characters, some also have backstories- but I don't think any of them are related to the family tree .3.
Also, Webber always refers to himself as "us" instead of "me", probably because he's talking rhetorically to the conjoined spider.

"Wagstaff"? I was just about to go, but I can't find anything about that on google. Where'd you hear about it? (not denying, curious.)

[Unodus]

http://dont-starve-game.wikia.com/wiki/Radio
As stated by a developer:

"The radio is a Voxola PR-76, manufactured in 1919 by the Voxola Radio company of Sidney, Ohio. The radio offered revolutionary sound and reception quality for the time, and was promoted by an intense national marketing campaign. Very few units were actually produced, because the factory was destroyed in a fire only days after production began. Voxola founder Robert Wagstaff went missing the night of the fire, and the company declared bankruptcy soon thereafter."

"The plot in this piece of speculation has similarities to the Doctor Who episode, The Idiot's Lantern.
It can be inferred that Wagstaff was abducted by Maxwell on the night of the fire. All Don't Starve characters, short of Maxwell himself (and this may be debated due to the previous existence of William) possess a first or last name beginning with W. "
The wiki is full of cryptic hints like that :V

[Kantoor]

Oh, but on point. What makes this theory, "believable"? What would lead you to believe that everyone was related? If they were all less-important NPC's, would you say "What if these characters are related?" It's a fun thing to think about, but there's really no thing that would actually make you believe it's true.