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| Kenward County | |
| Continuity: | Evil Dead |
| Category: | County |
| Continent: | North America |
| Country: | United States of America |
| State: | Michigan |
| Residents: | Amanda Fisher; Ash Williams; Brock Williams; Cheryl Williams; Kelly Maxwell; Pablo Simon Bolivar; Vivian Johnson |
| Points of interest: | Ashy Slashy's Hardware & Sex Emporium; Elk Grove; Kenward County Asylum; Kenward High School; Pablito's Fish & Chips |
| 1st appearance: | "El Jefe" |
Kenward County is a fictional location featured in the Evil Dead multimedia franchise. It is associated with the Ash vs Evil Dead television series on Starz and first appeared in the series premiere of the series, "El Jefe". Kenward County serves as the primary setting of the series.
Points of Interest[]
- Ashy Slashy's Hardware & Sex Emporium
- This was formerly known as Brock's Hardware, and was inherited by his son, Ash Williams, upon his father's death. When Ash became the hero of Elk Grove, he re-opened the hardware store, and diversified its product to include adult toys. Ash performed in his own commercials for the shop, taking ownership of the formerly negative nickname "Ashy Slashy", and marketed it as a term used to describe slashing prices. His commercials showed an attractive assistant acting alluring while wearing the company smock. Even Ash wore a smock with a hand-written name tag scribbled in Sharpie.
- Elk Grove
- Elk Grove is one of the most notable towns in all of Kenward County, as this is the home of Ash Williams, and the late members of his family, father Brock, and sister Cheryl. Because Ash is prophecied to vanquish the Dark Ones, Elk Grove has become a veritable haven for the forces of the Evil Dead - demonic Kandarian spirits who possess the living, turning them into zombie-like creatures called Deadites. Ash's foray into battling these foes began more than three decades ago when he first came into the possession of the Necromonicon Ex Mortis - The Book of the Dead. During this affair, several of his friends had died, including his sister. The people of Elk Grove however, believed that Ash had gone insane and butchered his friends, thus earning him the unfavorable nickname "Ashy Slashy". Ash became a pariah in Elk Grove and everyone spoke his name with venomous hatred. Thirty years later, little had changed, and even the town's sheriff, Thomas Emery grew to hate him. Ultimately however, Ash not only defeated a recent incursion of Deadites, but also proved to the people of Elk Grove that he was innocent. He became the hero of the town and re-opened his late father's hardware store.
- Elk Lounge Bar
- The Elk Lounge Bar is a country-western themed restaurant and bar located in the town of Elk Grove in Kenward County, Michigan. At one point, it catered to an an older male clientele, but eventually, the bar began drawing in a younger crowd. One of the features at the bar is a mechanical bull. Chet Kaminski worked there as a bartender.
- Kenward County Asylum
- Every town has at least one looney bin in it. The Kenward County Asylum was shut down many years ago, but the Dark One known as Baal made use of it when he had Ash Williams committed. Baal took on the form of a psychiatrist named Doctor Peacock, and gave Ash an "Ashy Slashy" puppet, which he used as tool for brainwashing Ash as part of a larger scheme to destroy the Necronomicon. Ash's allies, Kelly Maxwell, Linda Emery, Lacey Emery and Ruby Knowby infiltrated the asylum to rescue him. Lacey Emery became possessed by a Deadite and killed her father. Kelly Maxwell managed to destroy the Lacey Deadite as well as the Ashy Slashy puppet. Ash proved that he was never truly brainwashed, but was merely biding his time until he could Baal into a position so he could be defeated.
- Kenward High School
- Kenward High School was a public school located in the city of Elk Grove in Kenward County, Michigan. Students who attended school at Kenward High include Lacey Emery, Brandy Barr, her best friend Rachel Manning, and a team mascot named Cougie. Brandy and Rachel were serving detention when Cougie approached them in a threatening manner. They were unaware that he was possessed by a Deadite, until Ash Williams, Kelly Maxwell and Pablo Simon Bolivar arrived and killed him. Rachel also became a Deadite and killed Brandy's mother, Candy Barr.
- Mossy Haven trailer park
- Located just outside of Elk Grove, the Mossy Haven trailer park was a residential community of mobile homes. Ash live there for a time with a trailer that was hitched to his 1973 Oldsmobile Delta 88. His neighbor was an older woman named Vivian Johnson. Ash's pet iguana, Eli, lived in the trailer with him. Ash left Mossy Haven after Vivian turned into a Deadite.
- ValueStop
- ValueStop was a home appliance and renovation center located in Kenward County. Ash Williams and Pablo Simon Bolivar both worked there as stock-boys, which is where the two first met one another. Their boss was Mister Roper. Kelly Maxwell worked in the checkout lane as a trainee. Ash's employment at ValueStop came to an end when the spirits of the Evil Dead took possession of some dolls and attacked him, wreaking untold havoc and substantial product loss.