Steve Dorian

No Title
Occupation	Stevedore
Eye Color	Blue
Hair Color	Red
Relatives	Unnamed Mother
Romantic Interests	Laura Bow (wife)
Likes	Laura Bow, Painting, St. Louis Cardinals, Baseball, the NYPD

Steve Dorian is a character in The Dagger of Amon Ra and the principle love interest of the main character.

Background

Act I

He is first encountered on the 12th Street Docks during Act 1: A Nose for News. He will be at work when Laura Bow arrives and can be asked questions. However, he only knows about the people who arrived on the Andrea Doria: Pippin Carter and Archibald Carrington. He comments that Dr. Pippin Carter was very fussy and irate and that Dr. Carrington had the weirdest smelling and heaviest crate he'd ever lifted. He then loaded the crate into a taxi, where Dr. Carrington was whisked away by the Countess Lavinia-Waldorf Carlton. This will unlock the Countess's name in Laura's Notebook if she doesn't already have it.

If Laura asks him about the Leyendecker Museum, he will ask her about the fundraiser, and the cost to get in. Laura doesn't know since the press don't have to pay to get in. He thanks her, and gets back to work. He will also leave if Laura spends a few minutes at the docks, or hails a cab to leave. Steve will not be present on any more subsequent trips to the docks. Laura must encounter Steve in order to advance the chapter.

Act II

Steve can be seen in the tail end of Act II: Suspects on Parade. He can be encountered speaking to Yvette Delacroix who offers him a tour of the Old Masters Gallery. Steve is very uncomfortable around Yvette and finds her too forward.

After Laura finds the odd dagger in the Museum gift shop, she can find Steve near the front door of the Museum, where he pulls her aside and asks to talk to her alone. He tells her that he wanted to catch her and talk to her, as he finds her to be a charming young woman and he enjoys her company, even renting a tuxedo to come to the event, although he didn't have enough money for formal shoes and had to wear his work boots. He also talks a little about himself, that he's trying to be a painter. Laura agrees to go on a date with him following the event, and they share a kiss before Laura remarks she had to go back to cover the event.

Act III

Steve stays in the Museum after the murder, and is given a private tour of the gallery by Yvette.

Act IV

He is later pulled aside by Dr. Olympia Myklos who wanted to see the scars he obtained from working as a dockhand. After this, he runs into Laura again, who tells him of the murders. He in turns, tells her that some of the paintings in the gallery are forgeries. However, before more conversation can be had, Yvette emerges from her office. She asks Steve to join her, as she would like some company after Ernie's murder.

Steve gives Yvette a backrub, and when Laura barges in, she gets very upset and leaves. Afterwards, there is a fight in Yvette's office, and Steve is nowhere to be found. However, in the European Antiquities armor exhibit, Laura can find one of Steve's boots in a small puddle of blood.

Act V

While Laura is being chased by the murderer, she ends up finding Steve unconscious in a coal bin. She can revive him with some smelling salts, and he can get up, only to step on a nail on his uncovered foot and be in severe pain. To prevent this, Laura must give him his work boot back. After this, she can tell him about their situation and he offers to help her. He can move an Egyptian stele to find a secret passage, in which the pair escape their predicament and eventually catch the murderer.

If Laura solves the murder correctly, Steve will gift her with a replica of the Dagger of Amon Ra, however, Laura mistakenly believes he had stolen it. However, when she learns the truth, she embraces him.

They would later get married, and live a long life together.

Steve's Epilogue

Worst and Bad Ending

Steve Dorian was quite upset by the unfortunate event that happened to Laura later that night.

Good Ending

Steve Dorian was quite impressed with Laura's murder investigation.

Best Ending

After Laura's successful completion of the museum assignment, she started dating Steve Dorian.

Steve's Unused Dialogue

• (Ask about Ernie Leach) Now, there's a nice fellow. Honest and hardworking. I have the feeling that if he's your friend, he's your friend for life.
• (Ask about Press Pass) I've never met a woman with a press pass before, Miss Bow. I'm imPRESSed. Ha ha. Sorry about that; it's what I get for spending so much time at the docks. Affects your brain after a while.
• (Ask about Pocket Watch) Lots of fellows carry pocketwatches these days. I see lots of passengers with them.
• (Ask about Skeleton Key)
  • Laura: Have you ever seen this key before, Mister Dorian?
  • Steve: No, Miss Bow. It certainly is strange!

• (Ask about Meat) Be careful with that stuff. Meat that's left out for more than two hours can go bad.
• (Ask about Wire Cutters) Be careful with those, Miss Bow. Those things are dangerous. You could put an eye out.
• (Ask about the Dagger of Amon Ra) It's supposed to be beautiful beyond belief. It's too bad we can't see it. I helped unload it from the Andrea Doria, but Dr. Carter wouldn't let anybody take it out of its crate.
• (Ask about Smelling Salts) You don't strike me as the kind of woman prone to fainting, Miss Bow.
• (Ask about Snake Oil) Snake oil? Does it come out of snakes?
• (Ask about Lantern) That's a fine brand of lantern, Miss Bow. It'll get you through many dark nights.
• (Ask about Cheese) I'm afraid I don't know my Gouda from my Brie, Miss Bow.
• (Ask about Garter) Umm...I don't know anyone who wears those, Miss Bow.
• (Ask about Dinosaur Bone) I don't know much about bones, Miss Bow, but I'm sure one of the curators could help you.
• (Ask about Snake Lasso) What in the world is that? Is it some kind of gardening tool?
• (Ask about Ankh Medallion) That's one of those Egyptian symbols of life. We learned about them in Art History.
• (Ask about Pippin's Notepad) I wouldn't know what a fellow like that would write in his notepad.
• (Ask about Magnifying Glass) I suppose your magnifier helps you in your investigations, Miss Bow? You're the most remarkable woman I've ever met.
• (Ask about Light Bulb) A lightbulb? You're certainly prepared for anything, aren't you?
• (Ask about Watney's File) Good grief! This fellow has a spotted past, doesn't he! I don't think I'd care to meet HIM.
• (Ask about Animal Hairs) Those look like some kind of animal hairs. They probably came from the Natural History part of the museum.
• (Ask about Bifocals) I'm saving up money to buy my mother a pair of bifocals. She has trouble reading sometimes.
• (Ask about Red Hair) Why, those are almost the same color as my hair!
• (Ask about Carbon Sheet) Sometimes I use that stuff to make double copies of my notes. That way I can study at home, and have a set of notes to look at on my lunch hour at work.
• (Ask about Yvette's Shoe) You found a woman's shoe somewhere loose in the museum? How odd, Miss Bow.
• (Ask about Grapes) I like grapes.
• (Ask about Evening Gown) That's a beautiful evening gown, Miss Bow. Of course, it wouldn't be half so pretty if it wasn't on you.
• (Ask about Charcoal) Most of the ships that come into the harbor burn coal.
• (Ask about Wire) That looks like some strong wire. It probably held up something heavy.
• (Ask about W-C's Diary) I don't know anything about diaries, Miss Bow. Sorry.
• (Ask about Pippins Death) That particular gentleman was a little too full of himself for my liking, but I don't want to speak ill of the dead. My mother always told me that if I couldn't say something nice about someone, it's better to say nothing at all.
• (Use Meat) No, thank you. I prefer my steaks well done.
• (Use Wire Cutters) Be careful, Miss Bow. I'd hate to see you get hurt with those things.
• (Use Dagger of Amon Ra) SD: You don't have to steal my heart at knifepoint, Laura. It already belongs to you.
  • LB: Oh...my...
• (Use Work Boot) Hey! My boot! Thank you, Miss Bow!
• (Use Smelling Salts) Phew! That stuff is strong!
• (Use Snake Oil) Oh, boy! That smells worse than the docks on a sultry summer day!
• (Use Lantern) Now, that's a fine lantern. Top quality, Miss Bow.
• (Use Cheese) Well, I am a little hungry...but no, thank you, Miss Bow. I can wait.
• (Use Garter) SD: My goodness, Miss Bow, that isn't yours, is it?
  • LB: Are you sure you don't recognize it?
  • SD: Well, I guess it belongs to Miss Delacroix.
  • LB: So, you DO recognize it!
  • SD: No...I just saw her name stitched on it.
  • LB: You must have sharp eyes...or something....
  • SD: Umm...yeah...I guess....
• (Use Dinosaur Bone) Try to control your violent impulses, Laura. Steve seems to like you.
• (Use Snake Lasso) Gosh, Miss Bow, I really wouldn't know what to do with it!
• (Use Ankh Medallion) Well, isn't that something! It probably belongs to one of those Egyptian fellows.
• (Use Light Bulb) No, thank you, Miss Bow. I have some at home.
• (Use Watney's File) If it's all the same to you, Miss Bow, I'd rather not get mixed up with a fellow like that.
• (Use Animal Hair) What strange hairs! Maybe Doctor Myklos' ferret is shedding.
• (Use Bifocals) Oh, no thank you, Miss Bow. I don't think they'd match my mother's prescription.
• (Use Red Hair) Why, those could be mine! But I don't think I can put them back, ha ha!
• (Use Carbon Sheet) No, thanks. I have some of my own.
• (Use Yvette's Shoe) SD: Yve---Miss Delacroix lost her shoe?
  • LB You're sure it belongs to Yvette Delacroix?
  • SD Um...well...I think so. It's pretty small. Could be yours, I suppose, but I don't think it would fit Dr. Myklos or the Countess.
  • LB :I didn't realize you were an authority on women's shoes....
  • SD: Well...I'm not. But I notice things.
  • LB: Like women's feet, for example.
  • SD: Um...sometimes, yeah. I guess so.
  • LB: You have any idea how she might have lost a shoe?
  • SD: Er...maybe she took it off?
  • LB: Or maybe someone took it off FOR her....
  • SD: Or maybe it fell off?
  • LB: Or maybe she got excited and KICKED it off....
  • SD: Um...I wouldn't know about that.
  • LB: Hmm. Of course not....
• (Use Grapes) Oh, no, thank you. Not right now.
• (Use Charcoal) No, thank you, Miss Bow. I don't really need it right at the moment.
• (Use Wire) My! That is some tough wire! It looks like the cables we use to move crates around on the docks, only a lot thinner.

Behind the scenes

Trivia

• Steve's work boot is a men's size 12EEE.
• Steve is liked by Archibald Carrington and considers him good at his job. Pippin Carter found him forgettable if not for the pun of his name.
• If Laura is killed at any point after reaching the furnace room where Steve's unconscious body is found (except for opening the furnace), Steve will also be killed.
• Steve serves as a red herring for Yvette's murder, as there are red hairs at the crime scene and clutched in her hand when Laura finds her corpse. Not to mention that Steve was the last person she was with. However, her murderer is actually Ryan Hanahran O'Reily, and Steve was attacked the same time that Yvette was.