

Single Tear: Sheds one from his intact eye upon finding out that Ashley is going to testify against him in court.Only Known By His Nickname: Sally Face was a name his bullies from his old town used to insult him with, so in retaliation, he decided to own the name and tells people to call him that.

In Episode 4, despite being college age and having grown a bit, he's still the shortest of his friends. He looks a lot younger than that, probably because of his short height. Older Than They Look: Sal is about Larry's age, who is obviously a teenager.Nice Guy: Polite, friendly, and always ready to help people if they need it.His mother died protecting him, and Sal's face was permanently disfigured by buckshot. Completing the side puzzle in Episode 5 reveals the truth: he and his mother were attacked by a shotgun-wielding man in a dog mask.The game heavily implies he was mauled by a dog. Mysterious Past: We don't exactly know what happened to Sal's mother or what caused him to get a prosthetic face.Missing Mom: It's heavily implied in the first episode that his mom died.It's revealed in Episode 5 that Gizmo was assigned to him as a therapy animal. Kindhearted Cat Lover: Friendly, nice, and has a pet cat.Sal decided to embrace the nickname to get back at the bullies and seems to have gotten into the habit of telling people that they can call him "Sally Face" if they want. Insult Backfire: His old bullies called him "Sally Face" to make fun of him.Starting with Episode 2, Sal interacting with ghosts becomes an integral part of the plot. I See Dead People: The Gear Boy bonus has him interact with the ghost of a young girl, and the homeless person who sleeps in 504 may also be a ghost, so that could also count.By Episode 4 Sal has gathered a small collection of glass eyes in a variety of colors. This can be seen in close-ups - his pupils are different sizes and face different directions. Glass Eye: His right eye is artificial.Girlish Pigtails: Even though Sal's a guy.Sal decided to embrace it and tells people he meets to call him "Sally Face." Gender-Blender Nickname: Sally is a girl's name and was used by Sal's old bullies to make fun of him.When he gets executed at the end of Chapter 4 we can see he's missing a nose, has a misshapen lower jaw, and has a scar running diagonally across his mouth.Even during shots where his face would be exposed, it's covered with his hair (or blood during the dream sequence at the beginning of Episode 2). The Faceless: We never see Sal's face.Quite possibly suffers it again at the end of Episode 4 as a result of electrocution. Eye Scream: Suffered one as part of his injury, since one of his eyes is artificial.Deadpan Snarker: He can be, though it's usually to himself (or the player).

Cut to several years later, he's been accused of murder and nearly everyone he's cares about is dead or worse. The game starts out with his mother dead and his face badly mauled to the point he has to wear a synthetic face.

He wears a very obvious prosthetic face, and it's ambiguous what exactly happened to his real face and what caused him to move in the first place. The protagonist of the game, Sal is a young boy with pigtails who recently moved to a new apartment complex with his father.
