Winona (Origin)

Winona

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Origin

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About the character

Full Name	Winona W.
Born	September 13, ??.
Location	Ohio
Favorite Food
Curio Cabinet Bio	Winona is a former assembly line worker with a boisterous attitude and a love of all things mechanical.
Motto	"Anything can be fixed with hard work and elbow grease."
Friends and Relatives	Charlie (Little Sister), Father and Mother

Before Charlie Left

"Growing up, Winona always looked out for her younger sister. Even now, she can't help but feel that one day she'll be able to reach out into the darkness and pull Charlie back."

As the story from Stage makes clear. Previously, Winona was overprotective of her younger sister Charlie. After some time, Charlie left Winona for San Francisco, where she began working as Maxwell's assistant. Winona moved to Ohio. Then she received a letter from Charlie:

Dear Winona,
How are you?! Congratulations on the new job! I knew you would find something soon. Have you settled in alright? Are you taking care of yourself?
I'm still here in San Fran and things are going well. My magic act partner has taught me so much about showmanship in such a short time. I think you two would really get along! You're both very stubborn. Haha!
Anyway, please write back soon. I want to hear all the latest news from Ohio. Don't leave anything out!
OXO,
Charlie"

Hitting Constant

The events of this short were later officially summarized in DST's Compendium:

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"There is nothing Winona wouldn't do for her family. When her younger sister Charlie disappeared under mysterious circumstances, Winona refused to let the case grow cold and dedicated herself to finding her. For over a decade she tracked down every clue, followed every lead, poked, prodded, and questioned anyone who might have a connection to the case, until all the loose strings started to come together. There was a radio factory, founded by a peculiar old man whose genius was only matched by his secretiveness, that might hold the answers she had sought for so long. Shortly after securing employment at the factory, the building was destroyed in an accident caused by a malfunctioning portal. Having caught sight of someone getting caught in the portal and vanishing, Winona hastily repaired it in the hopes of rescuing them, only to come face to face with her missing sister. Unfortunately, Charlie seemed to be held under the sway of a shadowy influence, and she dragged Winona into the Constant."

After Charlie went missing in 1916, Winona began an investigation. She studied Maxwell's posters, the disappearances of many other characters (on the board you can see the portal into which Wes fell, the poster about the disappearance of Woodie), as well as the activities of Wagstaff including the world exhibition and the opening of the company. In order to get closer to the solution, she got a job at the Voxola plant, which was founded by Wagstaff. The Voxola plant that produced the RP-76 radio could not survive for long and burned down a couple of weeks after opening in 1919. On that day, destruction began at the plant. Winona was able to save Genny. Winona also ran to the office of the boss (Wagstaff) from where all the destruction began. There she noticed a silhouette in a mysterious portal. The man nevertheless flew into the portal, and Winona retained the glove. Then she decided to repair the portal. After activating the portal, Charlie emerged from it. Thinking Charlie was in danger, Winona tried to pull her out of the portal, but she ended up in Constant instead.

Don't Starve Together

During the pig raid on the survivor base (among them are Woodie, Warly, Wigfrid, Wickerbottom, Winona, WX-78, Wendy and Wurt). WX-78 was damaged, so Winona wanted to try and repair them. While repairing, Winona noticed a disconnected empathy module, plugging it in; WX-78 suddenly woke up, and retrieved memories that they were once a human. Because of this, they stirred up even more hatred for Wagstaff.

Trivia

• She was first hinted at in the William Carter Puzzles, in which Charlie writes to Maxwell that she has a sister, then left unnamed.
• In the Metheus Puzzles, there was a small piece of writing that read 13/9/17, a hint at what would be Winona's release date.
• She may be the silhouette briefly seen through the Ancient Gateway in the What Lies Beyond? clip. In addition, her name can be seen in Charlie's dress.
• Several of her old speech file quotes reveal that she was a coal miner, and she didn't like the job. When she was released, the coal aspect was omitted from her quotes.
  • In addition, a few of her leaked speech file quotes directly referenced the Great Depression (such as Hoover Stew in the Crock Pot examination), but in her official release, the more direct references were removed. This may be due to the canonical fact that she was transported to the Constant when the Voxola factory was destroyed in 1919, about ten years before the Great Depression started.
• She may have found Charlie somewhat annoying, according to her quote for a live Mandrake ("This is exactly what having a little sister's like.").
• Given her quote for a Maxwell Statue ("So THIS is 'Maxy'"), she appears to have known of Maxwell (presumably from Charlie's letters to her) but has never met him before entering the Constant.
• As confirmed in the Next of Kin animated short, Winona entered the Constant to save Charlie and possibly find Robert Wagstaff. Her quote for the Ancient Gateway in The Gorge is "I might not be good at rescue missions."
  • In The Forge, she says that the Ancient Gateway is similar to the one she came through.
• As written in Charlie's second letter to Maxwell in the William Carter Puzzles, she and Winona have a "family cabin up in BC" (likely British Columbia, Canada). In examining a Bug Net, Winona is quoted "Just like vacations at the cabin."
• Winona's quotes for a Winter Hat ("Perfect for winters in the tenement house") and for an occupied Pig House ("Fuller than a downtown tenement house") suggest that she lived in a tenement.
• In her unused Adventure Mode quotes, Winona identifies the head of the Divining Rod as a Voxola radio. She also says of the Divining Rod that "[She's] probably one of the few left that knows how to use [it]." This was the earliest indication of her work in the Voxola factory.
  • In examining the Divining Rod Holder, she says "Just like in the bossman's workshop," possibly talking about the Voxola founder Robert Wagstaff.
  • Her original speech file contained a different examination quote for the unlocked Divining Rod Holder: "Is... this how the bossman disappeared?" referring to the disappearance of perhaps Wagstaff. Her latest examination quote is "At least I assembled this right."
  • She has an especially negative relationship with fire. Her quotes for another Winona as a fire starter ("Haven't we lost enough to fires?") and for a burnt Rainometer ("Must fire take everything I love?"), plus Maxwell's quote for her as a fire starter ("You were the last one I expected to start fires"), likely all refer to the Voxola factory's destruction.
• Winona's birthday is listed as September 13 in the Compendium. September 13, 2017 was the day Winona was added to DST.
• Sometimes a message like this may appear during the loading screen: "Growing up, Winona always looked out for her younger sister. Even now, she can't help but feel that one day she'll be able to reach out into the darkness and pull Charlie back."