Josephine Vance

Josephine, a character from the It Lives Beneath book, is your maternal grandmother. She is first seen in Chapter 1.

Personality
From her journal entries, it appears that Josephine was a loner who enjoyed being away from other people. She actively worked against the Land development group that tried to pressure her into selling her land, especially after learning about The Power. It was during this time that she met Arthur, a member of the development group. The two of them fell in love and had a daughter named Marie.

However, Arthur later told the developers about The Power, which caused Josephine to feel betrayed and vow revenge on the people who would eventually be known as The Society.

Decades of being tortured and killed repeatedly caused her to lose her sanity and she eventually lashed out, becoming an angry spirit that drowns innocent people.

She is shown to be extremely vengeful, given that she killed Vincent and willingly transformed into her skeletal form in order to avenge Marie, who was her daughter and the MC's mother.

In Chapter 15, it is revealed that she wants to make all of Pine Springs suffer for The Society's crimes, believing that all of them are guilty. It's shown that upon learning of Marie's death, Josephine lost most of the humanity in her and deliberately destroys Pine Springs without regard for human lives in the town. She even warns your Character to leave while they still can and said even Elliot could be killed if he interferes with her plans for revenge.

It Lives Beneath

 * Chapter 1: Dead in the Water
 * Chapter 2: Out of Your Depth
 * Chapter 8: The Floodgates
 * Chapter 9: Any Port in a Storm
 * Chapter 12: Riptide
 * Chapter 14: Under Pressure
 * Chapter 15: Sink or Swim

Main Character
After learning the truth about the Lake Ghost, you vowed to find a way to help Josephine and put her spirit at peace. The two of you finally meet face to face in Chapter 14, where Josephine accepts you as her grandchild, wrapping you in an embrace and wishing she could have seen you grow up. You attempt to reason with her in Chapter 15, but realise that there's nothing left to save that she's a monster who needs to be stopped.

Marie
Josephine really cares about her daughter, Marie. When she found out that her child is dead, she got enraged and willingly reverted back to her lake monster form despite remembering who she is. She tells her grandchild that she will make Astrid and Arthur pay for what happened to her and Marie before taking off to pursue them.

Trivia

 * Unlike Redfield,she merged with the Power differently. While Redfield attempted to absorb the Power for himself and got absorbed instead, Josephine was murdered and forced to become a conduit to the Power. In other words, whenever a cultist from the Society receives abilities from the Power, Josephine is spiked,killed and merged with the Power over and over again on the cultist's behalf. This caused her tremendous pain. As a result, her mental stability and humanity progressively deteriorates,turning her into a vengeful, bloodthirsty ghost.
 * Like Redfield, she is weak against sunlight,which is why she strikes late afternoon or night time to drown potential victims. This is also shown in chapter 15 when she created thick foggy weather in order to emerge from the water and begin her plans for revenge against the Society and all of Pine Springs.