History Characters / DarkestDungeonMonsters

* CaptainErsatz: Bears a heavily physical resemblance to a Shoggoth, but functions more or less like a lesser Great Old One.

* ThievingMagpie: While it's a raven and not a magpie, it occasionally steals from your Trinket Inventory, forcing you to engage in a boss battle against it if you want your valuable trinkets back.
* TimeLimitBoss: Downplayed; to complete its related quests, you have to [[HoldTheLine survive for four turns]], after which it flees the battle, and you can reap the rewards. However, if you want even better rewards, the trope plays itself in full — in these four turns, you have to either kill the Shrieker or destroy its nest. Doing the former gives you better odds of gaining powerful quirks, while doing the latter will yield valuable treasure.

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A new enemy added in the Radiant Update, the Swine Skiver is the result of The Swine taking the time to acknowledge their slow, lumbering nature when it comes to chasing down intruders. To alleviate this, they've breed and trained members of their kind into mastering the art of the javelin, and how they can be used to cripple their prey from a distance. Experts of impaling targets and fond of tipping their weapons with poison, they're ready to end conflicts with just the throw of a javelin.

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Giant spiders that mutated from the corruption, they are encountered in hallways in Warrens, Weald, and Ruins where they'll ambush your heroes, the Spitters attacking with blighted spit and the Webbers with their movement-slowing webs.

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* {{Expy}}: Its design is highly reminiscient of descriptions of a [[Literature/AtTheMountainsOfMadness Shoggoth]], although instead of being an amorphous, ever-shifting mindless BlobMonster it's some kind of [[SuperPersistentPredator hyper-predatory]] LivingShadow being that lives in a realm between the dark places humans cannot see.

* KaizoTrap: In ''II'', the Shambler Tentacles are no longer considered Minions that disappear when the Shambler is killed, meaning you can ''still lose after killing it'' if you're unlucky.
* KeystoneArmy: {{Averted}}. Unlike the Necromancer, killing the Shambler doesn't cause its tentacles to disappear. The party can still die to its spawn if they haven't been taken care of during the fight.

* DifficultButAwesome: In both games, beating the Shambler offers some truly stellar rewards, but it's not by any means going to be easy, even with a heavily buffed party that just rested.

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''[[caption-width-right:250:"The space between worlds is no place for mortal men."]]''
A primeval nightmare summoned from the darkest recesses of the unknown, a star-spawned horror, an infinite malignity of the stars that inhabits the Void between Worlds that was never meant to be seen by mortal men. The Shambler is a truly nightmarish beast that lurks in the shadows, waiting until all forms of light are extinguished so that it can enter the world to hunt its prey and feed its spawn. It is guaranteed to drop an [[InfinityPlusOneSword Ancestral Trinket]] upon defeat. As long as one keeps ample torchlight, however, it will never be encountered this way.

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Huge, bloodied undead monsters that are said to have been men transformed into something horrible after an unfortunate encounter. They can be encountered everywhere in the Estate, preferring no single location.

* OurGhoulsAreCreepier: They sure are. And bigger than most other examples, too.

[[folder:That which came from the portal ('''SPOILERS''')]]

[[folder:They Lurk Within Every Shadow]]

[[folder:They Haunt The Ruins]]

[[folder:They Hide Within The Weald]]

* BewareOfViciousDog

* BlobMonster

[[folder:They Rule The Warrens]]

[[folder:They Inhabit The Cove]]

[[folder:They Wait At The World's End ('''SPOILERS''')]]

* ArcSymbol: Wears the game's stress symbol on their backs.

* AlluringAnglerfish: She has a glowing lure on her head and can control people's minds.

* GodIsEvil: Claims it created humanity and is all too willing to try to wipe it out.

* BonusBoss: A random encounter in dungeon hallways, he has about as much health as a Shambler and can summon some fairly potent Mooks, but killing him gives some fairly powerful trinkets.

Eventually, the Ancestor's reputation got to the ears of the people of the Hamlet. When rumors of his experiments and rituals stopped being fascinating and became heretical, they started to rebel against him. To ease the pressure on him, the Ancestor hired bands of mercenaries, killers, and bandits to suppress and cut down the population, most terrifyingly with the help of their [[{{BFG}} giant cannon]] and [[BonusBoss commanding leader]]. Now that the Ancestor is dead and there's no one to pay them, they've set up camp and are there to milk the Estate for all it is worth. These bandits can be encountered most commonly in the Weald, but they're capable of popping up anywhere.

* WhipItGood: Two of his attacks, ''Punishment'' and ''Rain of Whips''. One is single-target, the other hits your whole party, and both inflict bleed.

* TheLeader: Of the Cultist faction, serving as the [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin prophet]] of their master's cause.

* BonusBoss: It's a random encounter at complete darkness, but it can also be summoned at its altars if a torch is used. There is a ''very'' good reason why it's optional. It will also always catch the party by surprise, disrupting formations.

* AsskickingEqualsAuthority: The swine unanimously declared it their king because it was the biggest and strongest among them.

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* LongRangeFighter: Their best move, a multiple target attack called Cripple Them, is exclusive to their back rows. Unlike other fighters in the game, though, they'll actually move forward every few turns to use Spit To Roast, a single-target attack that deals a massive amount of damage before moving back to the back rows.
* PoisonedWeapons: The tips of their javelins have been tipped with blight, meaning they can blight 3 heroes at once.

* ArcSymbol: The game's stress symbol is scattered everywhere in the Swines' home, from flags hung up on the walls to stone statues erected in the center of rooms; even the Swine Drummer carries it around on their backs. One of the possible missions to do in the Warrens is to find and destroy the effigies that they worship in an effort to demoralize them.

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[[folder: The Necromancer]]

[[folder: The Prophet]]

[[folder: The Swine King]]

[[folder: The Formless Flesh]]

[[folder: The Hag]]

[[folder: The Brigand Cannon]]

[[folder: The Siren]]

[[folder: The Drowned Crew]]

[[folder: Brigand Vvulf]]

[[folder: The Collector]]

[[folder: The Shambler]]

Deep within the heart of the Weald stands a gigantic tree that towers above all other trees, and hidden within the gnarled and twisted branches of this tree is the Shrieker's Nest. Like the Noble Raven depicted on the Heir's family’s coat of arms, this poor creature has seen better days, for the corruption that plagues the estate has twisted this feathered bird into a {{feathered fiend}}. Despite being corrupted, this feathered fiend is still a raven at heart and has an eye for everything that glitters and shines. The Shrieker scavenges corpses of your fallen heroes for trinkets and may even directly steal from the Hamlet's Trinket Inventory on occasion. It can be pursued it in a town event quest to retrieve them.\\

* BrownNoteBeing: The Shrieker's stress damaging cries are an innate part of its being, and not a voluntary choice.

* DirtyCoward: While the Shrieker is horrifying, it still has the mentality of a crow; if it knows it can't win ([[TimeLimitBoss or just gets bored]]), it'll fly away, screaming.

* HoldTheLine: Although the Shrieker is a difficult boss that can turn up before you have a party capable of defeating it outright, completing the quest only requires that you outlast the Shrieker. After four turns have passed, it will simply fly away, allowing you to retrieve the trinkets it took as long as at least one of your heroes survived.
* LightningBruiser: The Shrieker has an absolutely ridiculous Dodge attribute which makes even laying a glove on it a challenge. Meanwhile, it can inflict all manner of mischief to your party, including the ever-popular method of disease-laden projectile vomit.

* ScrewThisImOutOfHere: Once the fight turns against it, the Shrieker will simply fly away from the battle, ending it immediately.

* TimeLimitBoss: Downplayed; to complete its related quests, you simply have to [[HoldTheLine survive for four turns]], after which it flees the battle and you can reap the rewards. However, if you want even better rewards, the trope plays itself in full — in these four turns, you have to either kill the Shrieker or destroy its nest. Doing the former gives you better odds of gaining powerful quirks, while doing the latter will yield valuable treasure.

[[folder: Shuffling Horror]]

[[folder: That which came from the portal ('''SPOILERS''')]]

[[folder: They Lurk Within Every Shadow]]

[[WMG: Brigands]]

[[WMG: Madman]]

[[WMG: Maggots]]

[[WMG: Spitters and Webbers]]

[[WMG: Bone Rabble]]

[[WMG: Gargoyles]]

[[WMG: Ghouls]]

[[folder: They Haunt The Ruins]]

[[WMG: Bone Soldier]]

[[WMG: Bone Defender]]

[[WMG: Bone Courtier]]

[[WMG: Bone Captain]]

[[WMG: Bone Spearman]]

[[WMG: Bone Bearer]]

[[folder: They Hide Within The Weald]]

[[WMG: Fungal Scratcher]]

[[WMG: Fungal Artillery]]

[[WMG: Unclean Giant]]

[[WMG: Crones]]

[[WMG: Rabid Gnasher]]

[[WMG: Ectoplasm & Giant Ectoplasm]]

[[folder: They Rule The Warrens]]

[[WMG: Swine Chopper]]

[[WMG: Swine Drummer]]

[[WMG: Swine Wretch]]

[[WMG: Swine Slasher]]

[[WMG: Swinetaur]]

[[WMG: Carrion Eater]]

[[WMG: Large Carrion Eater]]

[[WMG: Swine Skiver]]

[[folder: They Inhabit The Cove]]

[[WMG: Pelagic Shaman]]

[[WMG: Pelagic Guardian]]

[[WMG: Ucas]]

[[WMG: Sea Maggot]]

[[WMG: Deep Stinger]]

[[WMG: Drowned Thrall]]

[[WMG: Squiffy Ghast]]

[[folder: They Wait At The World's End ('''SPOILERS''')]]

[[WMG: Ascended Brawler]]

[[WMG: Ascended Witch]]

[[WMG: Rapturous Cultist]]

[[WMG: Cultist Priest]]

[[WMG: Malignant Growth and Defensive Growth]]

[[WMG: Flesh Hound]]

[[WMG: Polyp]]

[[WMG: Mammoth Cyst and White Cell Stalk]]

* FishPeople: They come in 2 variations, from piranha-like swordsmen and shaman to shield-bearing Cephalopods. The odd members out are the Ucas, who are [[GiantEnemyCrab Giant Enemy Crabs]].

* TheRuntAtTheEnd: They are the one enemy faction who the Ancestor's narration doesn't describe as being created or summoned to our world by him. It seems that they were sorta just already there, and all he did was engage in less-than-ethical business transactions with them. In fact the only reason the game gives for why you're fighting them is a brief mention that the territorial jerks are sinking merchant ships trying to bring the hamlet much-needed supplies.

* ShoutOut: Of course a self-described lovecraftian game were going to have [[Literature/TheShadowOverInnsmouth Deep Ones]].

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* JackOfAllStats: The Groupers have a mixture of stats that allow them to do well in any composition you'll find them in. They're not as healthy as the Guardians, but they're definitely not frail. They're not as fast as a Deep Stinger, but they aren't slow. The only real distinction they bring is that their sword and harpoon provide a consistent source of damage compared to the status debuffs, stress attacks, and damage-over-time abilities of their cousins.

* YouWillNotEvadeMe: An effect that the move Spearfishing can have, as in they'll pull a hero in the back of the party towards the front and disrupt the synergy, or pull them in range of their stronger Seaward Slash.

* ShootTheMageFirst: They have a massive amount of utility for the Pelagics with their magic, making them high priority targets in any fight. Also, unlike most other enemy supports in the game, [[ShootTheMedicFirst they're actually capable of healing.]]
* SquishyWizard: As usual, they can employ magic to their side's benefit but don't have much in the way of HP.
* SupportPartyMember: Most of their abilities are designed to directly help their allies.

* TentacledTerror: They're hostile octopus standing upright.

* DeadWeight: While probably not overweight in its time while alive, time spent decomposing in the water has made them big and bloated.

* EvilCounterpart: To the Jester. Both have extremely high mobility, play stringed instruments and spend a lot of their time changing the party's stress levels. As if to recognise this, there's an achievement called "[[Film/ThisIsSpinalTap Mine Goes To 11]]" for killing a Squiffy Ghast with a Jester attack. It's even written into the games code: If there is a Jester in the party and the Ghast uses Maddening Shanty, it is guaranteed to target the Jester. This is the ''only'' attack in the game programmed to target a specific class.

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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Weird example — maggots are the larval forms of flies, yet you never see any adults born from these particular monsters. Perhaps the corruption halts the normal process.