History Characters / DeadByDaylightKillersPart3

* DifficultButAwesome: The grenade-like arc to UVX's projectiles requires quite a lot of skill to hit with, even with the splash damage (which has a smaller radius than it looks). There's also very little margin for error; it only takes 10 seconds for a Survivor to remove the Weakened state by staring at the Unknown, and the cooldown on UVX is several seconds, plus over 1 second to actually charge it, leaving you with less than 2 seconds to actually fire an accurate shot before the Survivor removes Weakened and is no longer vulnerable to damage. That said, being a ranged-attack Killer that moves at normal speed is still pretty powerful if you're skilled enough to land the shots quickly enough.

* DoppelgangerSpin: Using its power will cause the Unknown to occasionally drop immobile copies of itself around the map, similar to the hallucinations of the Hag and Doctor. It can instantly teleport itself to one of its copies, but these can also be dispelled by survivors before it has a chance to do so.

* CardCarryingVillain: Possibly. A few of its lobby voice lines, such as referring to itself as "the nameless legend," claiming to "deal in strange," and asking with certainty if the sight of it is "terribly frightening," all suggest that the Unknown is aware of--and embraces--its horrifying reputation.

* BecomeARealBoy: Implied. Nobody could mistake the Unknown for human, but the fact that it wears human skin and speaks implies that on some level it wants to appear human. One of its lobby voicelines says it will get its "happiness" no matter what, adding more credence to the idea.

* VoiceOfTheLegion: In addition to a choppy distortion effect, a masculine and a feminine voice speak simultaneously when it talks.

-->'''Voiced by:''' TBA

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* JumpScare: When selected in the lobby, it will look hunched over on the ground. Then it suddenly comes to life and scrambles offscreen, before suddenly reappearing with its face close to the camera, complete with a ScareChord and a creepy one-liner.
** As a gameplay mechanic, it's rewarded for doing this to Survivors. If it teleports to a Hallucination that is being dispelled, the Survivor will instantly be affected by UVX and Killed Instinct.

* ParanoiaFuel: Induces this perhaps more than any other Killer. It can teleport to any of its hallucinations in an instant, which gives it excellent map presence and makes it able to ambush Survivors from unpredictable angles. To dispel an hallucination, Survivors have to stand right in front of one for several seconds, all while dreading it won't suddenly teleport to it and JumpScare them.

* ItCanThink: While much of its behaviour suggests the Unknown to simply be an animalistic predator using visual and vocal mimicry to lure its human prey to their deaths, some of its dialogue indicate that the creature possesses an ego and is bordering on sapient.

* {{Leitmotif}}: Aside from a few stray banjo strings at the start, its main theme is an incoherent mess of out of tune instruments trying to put together a medley and resulting instead in a chaotic drone, matching to how the killer attempts to look human and instead looking incredibly inhuman. Its chase theme has the same idea with it getting faster and more chaotic the closer it gets.

* {{Cult}}: Suggested to have been summoned by one.

* {{Leitmotif}}: Aside from a few stray banjo strings at the start, its main theme is an incoherent mess of out of tune instruments trying to put together a medley and resulting instead in a chaotic drone. Its chase theme has the same idea with it getting faster and more chaotic the closer it gets.

* {{Foil}}: To the Dredge, after a fashion. Both are Killers with appearances that are rife with BodyHorror, both are capable of [[VillainTeleportation teleporting around the trial]], and even the maps associated with their respective chapters share the Withered Isle as a realm. Compared to the Dredge, an EldritchAbomination with a BodyOfBodies which teleports to fixed points on the map (those being lockers) or a Remant it manually places, the Unknown is a HumanoidAbomination with a body resembling that of a singular, if [[CreepyAsymmetry horrifically distorted]] person, and which teleports to [[DoppelgangerSpin decoys]] that periodically and automatically form as it traverses the map, with the caveat that said decoys can be dispelled by Survivors. Furthermore, the Dredge has an easier time sneaking up on Survivors and attacking them directly via ''Nightfall'', while the Unknown is capable of injuring and downing Survivors from a distance via ''UVX''.
** In a story sense, they compare and contrast quite a bit. They're both inhuman monstrosities using human bodies and body parts for their appearance, and both happen to be decidedly eldritch. However, the Dredge has a defined backstory and origin, and was explicitly summoned as a result of a cult's repressed darkness being impossible to contain anymore, with it manifesting to feed. The Unknown, on the other hand, is scary because it has no definite origin, and it has a MultipleChoicePast as a result.

* BecomeARealBoy: Implied. Nobody could mistake the Unknown for human, but the fact that it wears human skin and speaks implies that on some level it wants to appear human.

* {{Creepypasta}}: Its horror thematic. The Unknown is inspired by AnalogHorror and internet urban legends such as the [[Literature/TheRake Rake]], the [[Franchise/TheSlenderManMythos Slender Man]], and fleshgaits.

* LuringInPrey: Survivors weakend by ''UVX'' start hearing coherent versions of its voice lines, implying it has some psychological effect that helps lure victims towards it.

* {{Foil}}: To the Dredge, after a fashion. Both are Killers with appearances that are rife with BodyHorror, both are capable of [[VillainTeleportation teleporting around the trial]], and the maps associated with their respective chapters even share a realm in the Withered Isle. Compared to the Dredge, an EldritchAbomination with a BodyOfBodies which teleports to fixed points on the map (those being lockers), the Unknown is a HumanoidAbomination with a body resembling a singular, if [[CreepyAsymmetry horrifically distorted]] person's, and which teleports to [[DoppelgangerSpin decoys]] that periodically form as it traverses the map (yet can be dispelled by Survivors). Furthermore, the Dredge has an easier time sneaking up on Survivors and attacking them directly via ''Nightfall'', while the Unknown is capable of injuring and downing Survivors from a distance via ''UVX''.

* AlwaysABiggerFish: The Unknown was active for decades, killing dozens of people as an unstoppable HumanoidAbomination whose existence became urban legend, the investigators of which quickly falling victim to the creature in horrifying ways. Then, while in the process of claiming another victim, it got [[EldritchAbomination The Entity's]] attention. Its lore describes it as taunting the investigator by turning off the lights of her home and talking in the copied voices... only for the lights to suddenly turn back on and the words replaced by noises of frenzied panic. The investigator opens the door it was hiding behind and watches as it's dragged, kicking and screaming, into the Entity's realm.

* ShoutOut: One of it's lines is "[[WebOriginal/WinterOf83 Can you help me lift this?]]".

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--> '''Voiced by:''' Viky Boyer

* ConfusionFu: When she deploys a drone, she immediately becomes Undetectable for a short period of time, so if she drops a drone at a loop[=/=]maze tile during a chase it will suppress her heartbeat and red glow, making it harder for survivors to tell which direction she's coming from. In addition, she can also change the rotation of her drone's scanning lines to keep survivors guessing.

* MsFanservice: She's the most conventionally attractive female Killer, with a curvy figure and a SupermodelStrut walk, a mild CleavageWindow, and no obvious deformities[=/=]mutations.

* WorthyOpponent: Her "Game Afoot" Perk targets the "strongest" survivor (the one that's been in chase against her the longest), making them the Obsession and giving her a speed boost against them whenever she breaks a pallet[=/=]barricaded door.

--> '''Voiced by:''' Unknown

* TheAssimilator: He extracts desirable [=DNA=] strands from his victims and incorporates it into his own genetic structure in pursuit of creating a more "perfect" being.
* AwesomeButImpractical: The Singularity is one of the more engaging Killers to play as since he's constantly doing things; placing biopods, switching from camera to camera to find survivors, and teleporting to and chasing them with Overclock mode. However, he's not particularly ''effective''; Overclock mode requires him to jump through a lot of hoops to achieve (finding a survivor with a camera, slipstreaming them, then shooting them again to teleport to them), and while it does make him stronger than a normal M1 Killer with no power or chase perks it only lasts a few seconds and ''is by no means'' a guaranteed hit (it's comparable to a regular killer with Brutal Strength + Spirit Fury + Superior Anatomy, which means survivors can't be as greedy but can still loop him consistently by playing optimally). To top it off, [=EMPs=] are easily obtained and completely nullify his power by curing slipstream and disabling biopod cameras. His performance was apparently so weak that the developers decided to deploy a hotfix buffing him (by reducing the number and frequency of available [=EMPs=] and slowing down survivors who fire an [=EMP=] during a chase) almost immediately after he was released.

--->'''Chucky''': Get back here! I'm not freakin' done with you!

--> '''Voiced by:''' TBA

--> '''The Unknown:''' "''No one will hurt you... no one but me...''"

* {{Foil}}: To the Dredge, after a fashion. Both are Killers with appearances that are rife with BodyHorror, both are capable of [[VillainTeleportation teleporting around the trial]], and the maps associated with their respective chapters even share a realm in the Withered Isle. Compared to the Dredge, an EldritchAbomination with a BodyOfBodies which teleports to fixed points on the map (those being lockers), the Unknown is a HumanoidAbomination with a body resembling a singular, if [[CreepyAsymmetry horrifically distorted]] person’s, and which teleports to [[DoppelgangerSpin decoys]] that periodically form as it traverses the map (yet can be dispelled by Survivors). Furthermore, the Dredge has an easier time sneaking up on Survivors and attacking them directly via ''Nightfall'', while the Unknown is capable of injuring and downing Survivors from a distance via ''UVX''.

* {{Foil}}: To the Dredge, after a fashion. Both are Killers whose appearances are rife with BodyHorror, both are capable of [[VillainTeleportation teleporting around the trial]], and the maps associated with their respective chapters even share a realm in the Withered Isle. Compared to the Dredge, an EldritchAbomination with a BodyOfBodies which teleports via fixed points on the map (those being lockers), the Unknown is a HumanoidAbomination with a body resembling a singular person’s, but one that is [[CreepyAsymmetry horrifically distorted]], and which teleports via [[DoppelgangerSpin decoys]] that periodically form as it traverses the map (yet can be dispelled by Survivors). Furthermore, the Dredge has an easier time sneaking up on Survivors and attacking them directly via ''Nightfall'', while the Unknown is capable of injuring and downing Survivors from a distance via ''UVX''.

* VerbalTic: Most, if not all of The Unknown’s voice lines contain unnatural punctuation in the form of briefly pausing mid-sentence (or even mid-word), as if to emphasize its [[HumanoidAbomination deeply flawed]] [[BecomeARealBoy attempts to appear human]].