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* A number of the backstories of both the Hunters and Survivors are both fairly disturbing and [[{{Tearjerker}} quite depressing]].
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** It is implied, in his character deductions, that the Ripper is a SplitPersonality of a painter who takes over his host's body when his host falls asleep and the host seems to be aware of his presence. Even worse, it is also implied that the Ripper personality was present within his host since he was a child. Alternatively, the personality is a PsychopathicManChild.
*** In addition, it seems that Jack is one of the few Hunters who actually ''enjoys'' killing people and watching them suffer.
---> '''Jack:''' [[{{Sadist}} I love watching them shiver. So cute.]]
*** In addition, it seems that Jack is one of the few Hunters who actually ''enjoys'' killing people and watching them suffer.
---> '''Jack:''' [[{{Sadist}} I love watching them shiver. So cute.]]
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** Margaretha Zelle/The Female Dancer is heavily implied to have been responsible for, or at least played a large role in, the Moon River Tragedy.
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** Leo Beck was allegedly, at one point, a Survivor. After refusing to write in his diary, however, he was transformed into a Hunter and was later forced to hunt his daughter who he appears to have had come to the manor searching for.
** Bane Perez/The Gamekeeper was once an affable and friendly man, who was charged with watching over the manor's surrounding forest. During a hunting season, however, Bane was attacked by hunters (one of them a boy Bane had previously shown mercy and kindness to when he had previously snuck into the forest) who proceeded to cut out his tongue and outfit his dying body with the severed head of a moose Bane had raised. Upon being dragged back to the manor by the manor's dogs, Bane was transformed into a Minotaur. From that day forth, Bane became a vicious Hunter, who would show no mercy to anyone who set foot on his land.
*** What makes his story even worse is the [[FridgeHorror crushing realisation]] that Bane is effectively forced to wear the corpse of what was basically ''his own child''.
** Hastur/The Feaster is a deity who once resided at the bottom of the lake in Lakeside Village, a village that was the site of several missing children cases. The villagers would often gift their 'lake god' with offerings in return for having their (menial) wishes granted. One day, however, everyone in the village mysteriously disappeared. The only thing investigators found was a mysterious sigil, drawn with blood, within the apparent residence of a visiting author researching the village and its enigmatic traditions.
*** Out of the seven missing children, only one is reported to have been found. Said child was said to have been drenched, speaking gibberish and so mentally damaged that the people who found them required the intervention of clinical psychologists.
*** One of Hastur's deductions reveals that a bottle, containing a letter, was found near the lake. The letter's message?
---> Insanity shall destroy the last reign, The Old One shall control the world.
*** In his 2021 Character Day letter, it is revealed in one of the cultist's journals that the offerings [[HumanSacrifice were the villagers themselves.]] It is also implied that others such as the author and Margeretha Zelle's Uncle Eugene and Aunt Marjorie were burned alive for being "blasphemous".
** Joseph Desaulnier/The Photographer was a French aristocrat who, after the tragic death of his brother Claude (a child at the time) during the French Revolution, became obsessed with finding a way to eternally preserve the lives of others. After years of experiments, Joseph believed he had found a way to capture souls in his pictures, a claim that he would tell to anyone willing to listen. Nobody believed him, but, finding themselves enraptured by the eccentric aristocrat, a large amount of people would agree to play model for Joseph. As time passed, however, the number of people in the village where Joseph resided slowly began to dwindle. When a panic-stricken mob forced their way into Joseph's residence, all they found were the lifelike portraits of people who had previously modelled for Joseph, [[AndIMustScream who appeared to be looking right at them.]]
** Luchino/The Evil Reptilian was an eccentric scholar who, after agreeing to help study a mysterious reptilian creature, was betrayed by his colleague and transformed into a reptilian monster.
** Ann/The Disciple, a former nun, was a woman whose eyes were horrifically altered by a mysterious disease at the same time a plague broke out in her village. Believed to possess the eyes of the Devil, Ann was accused of spreading the plague and made a pariah. One night, while seeking salvation from the Church, Ann was stabbed through the heart and left to die in the woods, becoming fresh pickings for the forces behind Oletus Manor.
** Antonio/The Violinist, based on enigmatic composer Niccolo Paganini, was a borderline supernaturally skilled musician, who was rumoured to have obtained his talent from the Devil himself.
** Yidhra/The Dream Witch. Unlike most hunters, she doesn't have a tragic backstory or StartOfDarkness. She possesses others to be her followers and [[BlueAndOrangeMorality does whatever she pleases.]] She is also heavily implied to be responsible for Luchino's transformation. Oh yeah, and her bio states that she's been around since before the existence of the first microorganism.
*** [[https://www.reddit.com/r/IdentityV/comments/cv7sh3/this_is_why_the_dream_witch_is_blindfolded_to/ Here]] is a [[SarcasmMode delightful]] image of her face without the blindfold.
*** Her first two deductions focus on Volcker Berglund (implied author of Lakeside Trail) and his attempts to enter a "fiery cave" (which he would seemingly see whenever he slept). It is implied that potentially coming into contact with '''two''' [[EldritchAbomination Eldritch Abominations]] did not lead to him having a happy life.
---> '''Madness''': The first step to madness is thinking you're smart.
** An example that is terrifying due to how it can actually happen in real life. Violetta/The Soul Weaver put up with the abuse that she suffered at the hands of Max (the owner of the freak show she used to perform at) because she viewed him as a father figure and liked how he didn’t pity her. Also doubles as a {{Tearjerker}}.
** When Robbie White's/The Axe Boy's deductions aren't heartbreaking, they're pure horror. Imagine dying only for your children to be forced into child labor and then transferred to an asylum for apparent mental disorders. The way Robbie dies is also terrifying: being decapitated by a broken window.
** After accepting a commission from Baron [=DeRoss=], Galatea/The Sculptor's sculpting abilities greatly improved. However, her family soon became concerned as they noticed that she would talk to her statues. After seeing her do it again one night, her father threw one of her statues off a terrace and she decided to jump off as well to go after it, resulting in her becoming hemiplegic. Following this incident, she was sent to a mental institution where she was assigned a single nurse to look after her. Said nurse was later killed by Galatea and turned into one of her works of art.
** Philippe/The Wax Artist was a French scientist who specialized in the (nowadays discredited) practice of Physiognomy, which involves assessing a person's character and personality solely from their outer appearance; specifically, a person's face. As part of his studies, he enlisted the help of his artist sister, Christina, to make wax faces for him, without disclosing what exactly he was using them for. Soon, Philippe left to showcase his research on a scholarly trip, but when he returned home, he was horrified to discover that his controversial practices resulted in the brutal murder of his completely innocent sister. Losing Christina caused Philippe to snap, and he now appears as a hunchbacked figure with half of his body entirely encased in wax, with a wax copy of Christina's upper torso (or maybe even [[BodyHorror part of her actual body]]) attached to her brother's body.
** For as horrifying and disturbing as the aforementioned examples are, what is perhaps most scary are [[NothingIsScarier the deductions that only raise more questions about the]] DarkAndTroubledPast [[NothingIsScarier of several of the Survivors and Hunters, or what we didn't see in the Character Diaries.]] Examples include:
*** Pursuit and Escape (Gardener)
** Bane Perez/The Gamekeeper was once an affable and friendly man, who was charged with watching over the manor's surrounding forest. During a hunting season, however, Bane was attacked by hunters (one of them a boy Bane had previously shown mercy and kindness to when he had previously snuck into the forest) who proceeded to cut out his tongue and outfit his dying body with the severed head of a moose Bane had raised. Upon being dragged back to the manor by the manor's dogs, Bane was transformed into a Minotaur. From that day forth, Bane became a vicious Hunter, who would show no mercy to anyone who set foot on his land.
*** What makes his story even worse is the [[FridgeHorror crushing realisation]] that Bane is effectively forced to wear the corpse of what was basically ''his own child''.
** Hastur/The Feaster is a deity who once resided at the bottom of the lake in Lakeside Village, a village that was the site of several missing children cases. The villagers would often gift their 'lake god' with offerings in return for having their (menial) wishes granted. One day, however, everyone in the village mysteriously disappeared. The only thing investigators found was a mysterious sigil, drawn with blood, within the apparent residence of a visiting author researching the village and its enigmatic traditions.
*** Out of the seven missing children, only one is reported to have been found. Said child was said to have been drenched, speaking gibberish and so mentally damaged that the people who found them required the intervention of clinical psychologists.
*** One of Hastur's deductions reveals that a bottle, containing a letter, was found near the lake. The letter's message?
---> Insanity shall destroy the last reign, The Old One shall control the world.
*** In his 2021 Character Day letter, it is revealed in one of the cultist's journals that the offerings [[HumanSacrifice were the villagers themselves.]] It is also implied that others such as the author and Margeretha Zelle's Uncle Eugene and Aunt Marjorie were burned alive for being "blasphemous".
** Joseph Desaulnier/The Photographer was a French aristocrat who, after the tragic death of his brother Claude (a child at the time) during the French Revolution, became obsessed with finding a way to eternally preserve the lives of others. After years of experiments, Joseph believed he had found a way to capture souls in his pictures, a claim that he would tell to anyone willing to listen. Nobody believed him, but, finding themselves enraptured by the eccentric aristocrat, a large amount of people would agree to play model for Joseph. As time passed, however, the number of people in the village where Joseph resided slowly began to dwindle. When a panic-stricken mob forced their way into Joseph's residence, all they found were the lifelike portraits of people who had previously modelled for Joseph, [[AndIMustScream who appeared to be looking right at them.]]
** Luchino/The Evil Reptilian was an eccentric scholar who, after agreeing to help study a mysterious reptilian creature, was betrayed by his colleague and transformed into a reptilian monster.
** Ann/The Disciple, a former nun, was a woman whose eyes were horrifically altered by a mysterious disease at the same time a plague broke out in her village. Believed to possess the eyes of the Devil, Ann was accused of spreading the plague and made a pariah. One night, while seeking salvation from the Church, Ann was stabbed through the heart and left to die in the woods, becoming fresh pickings for the forces behind Oletus Manor.
** Antonio/The Violinist, based on enigmatic composer Niccolo Paganini, was a borderline supernaturally skilled musician, who was rumoured to have obtained his talent from the Devil himself.
** Yidhra/The Dream Witch. Unlike most hunters, she doesn't have a tragic backstory or StartOfDarkness. She possesses others to be her followers and [[BlueAndOrangeMorality does whatever she pleases.]] She is also heavily implied to be responsible for Luchino's transformation. Oh yeah, and her bio states that she's been around since before the existence of the first microorganism.
*** [[https://www.reddit.com/r/IdentityV/comments/cv7sh3/this_is_why_the_dream_witch_is_blindfolded_to/ Here]] is a [[SarcasmMode delightful]] image of her face without the blindfold.
*** Her first two deductions focus on Volcker Berglund (implied author of Lakeside Trail) and his attempts to enter a "fiery cave" (which he would seemingly see whenever he slept). It is implied that potentially coming into contact with '''two''' [[EldritchAbomination Eldritch Abominations]] did not lead to him having a happy life.
---> '''Madness''': The first step to madness is thinking you're smart.
** An example that is terrifying due to how it can actually happen in real life. Violetta/The Soul Weaver put up with the abuse that she suffered at the hands of Max (the owner of the freak show she used to perform at) because she viewed him as a father figure and liked how he didn’t pity her. Also doubles as a {{Tearjerker}}.
** When Robbie White's/The Axe Boy's deductions aren't heartbreaking, they're pure horror. Imagine dying only for your children to be forced into child labor and then transferred to an asylum for apparent mental disorders. The way Robbie dies is also terrifying: being decapitated by a broken window.
** After accepting a commission from Baron [=DeRoss=], Galatea/The Sculptor's sculpting abilities greatly improved. However, her family soon became concerned as they noticed that she would talk to her statues. After seeing her do it again one night, her father threw one of her statues off a terrace and she decided to jump off as well to go after it, resulting in her becoming hemiplegic. Following this incident, she was sent to a mental institution where she was assigned a single nurse to look after her. Said nurse was later killed by Galatea and turned into one of her works of art.
** Philippe/The Wax Artist was a French scientist who specialized in the (nowadays discredited) practice of Physiognomy, which involves assessing a person's character and personality solely from their outer appearance; specifically, a person's face. As part of his studies, he enlisted the help of his artist sister, Christina, to make wax faces for him, without disclosing what exactly he was using them for. Soon, Philippe left to showcase his research on a scholarly trip, but when he returned home, he was horrified to discover that his controversial practices resulted in the brutal murder of his completely innocent sister. Losing Christina caused Philippe to snap, and he now appears as a hunchbacked figure with half of his body entirely encased in wax, with a wax copy of Christina's upper torso (or maybe even [[BodyHorror part of her actual body]]) attached to her brother's body.
** For as horrifying and disturbing as the aforementioned examples are, what is perhaps most scary are [[NothingIsScarier the deductions that only raise more questions about the]] DarkAndTroubledPast [[NothingIsScarier of several of the Survivors and Hunters, or what we didn't see in the Character Diaries.]] Examples include:
*** Pursuit and Escape (Gardener)
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** Bane Perez/The Gamekeeper was once an affable and friendly man, who was charged with watching over the manor's surrounding forest. During a hunting season, however, Bane was attacked by hunters (one of them a boy Bane had previously shown mercy and kindness to when he had previously snuck into the forest) who proceeded to cut out his tongue and outfit his dying body with the severed head of a moose Bane had raised. Upon being dragged back to the manor by the manor's dogs, Bane was transformed into a Minotaur. From that day forth, Bane became a vicious Hunter, who would show no mercy to anyone who set foot on his land.
*** What makes his story even worse is the [[FridgeHorror crushing realisation]] that Bane is effectively forced to wear the corpse of what was basically ''his own child''.
** Hastur/The Feaster is a deity who once resided at the bottom of the lake in Lakeside Village, a village that was the site of several missing children cases. The villagers would often gift their 'lake god' with offerings in return for having their (menial) wishes granted. One day, however, everyone in the village mysteriously disappeared. The only thing investigators found was a mysterious sigil, drawn with blood, within the apparent residence of a visiting author researching the village and its enigmatic traditions.
*** Out of the seven missing children, only one is reported to have been found. Said child was said to have been drenched, speaking gibberish and so mentally damaged that the people who found them required the intervention of clinical psychologists.
*** One of Hastur's deductions reveals that a bottle, containing a letter, was found near the lake. The letter's message?
---> Insanity shall destroy the last reign, The Old One shall control the world.
*** In his 2021 Character Day letter, it is revealed in one of the cultist's journals that the offerings [[HumanSacrifice were the villagers themselves.]] It is also implied that others such as the author and Margeretha Zelle's Uncle Eugene and Aunt Marjorie were burned alive for being "blasphemous".
** Joseph Desaulnier/The Photographer was a French aristocrat who, after the tragic death of his brother Claude (a child at the time) during the French Revolution, became obsessed with finding a way to eternally preserve the lives of others. After years of experiments, Joseph believed he had found a way to capture souls in his pictures, a claim that he would tell to anyone willing to listen. Nobody believed him, but, finding themselves enraptured by the eccentric aristocrat, a large amount of people would agree to play model for Joseph. As time passed, however, the number of people in the village where Joseph resided slowly began to dwindle. When a panic-stricken mob forced their way into Joseph's residence, all they found were the lifelike portraits of people who had previously modelled for Joseph, [[AndIMustScream who appeared to be looking right at them.]]
** Luchino/The Evil Reptilian was an eccentric scholar who, after agreeing to help study a mysterious reptilian creature, was betrayed by his colleague and transformed into a reptilian monster.
** Ann/The Disciple, a former nun, was a woman whose eyes were horrifically altered by a mysterious disease at the same time a plague broke out in her village. Believed to possess the eyes of the Devil, Ann was accused of spreading the plague and made a pariah. One night, while seeking salvation from the Church, Ann was stabbed through the heart and left to die in the woods, becoming fresh pickings for the forces behind Oletus Manor.
** Antonio/The Violinist, based on enigmatic composer Niccolo Paganini, was a borderline supernaturally skilled musician, who was rumoured to have obtained his talent from the Devil himself.
** Yidhra/The Dream Witch. Unlike most hunters, she doesn't have a tragic backstory or StartOfDarkness. She possesses others to be her followers and [[BlueAndOrangeMorality does whatever she pleases.]] She is also heavily implied to be responsible for Luchino's transformation. Oh yeah, and her bio states that she's been around since before the existence of the first microorganism.
*** [[https://www.reddit.com/r/IdentityV/comments/cv7sh3/this_is_why_the_dream_witch_is_blindfolded_to/ Here]] is a [[SarcasmMode delightful]] image of her face without the blindfold.
*** Her first two deductions focus on Volcker Berglund (implied author of Lakeside Trail) and his attempts to enter a "fiery cave" (which he would seemingly see whenever he slept). It is implied that potentially coming into contact with '''two''' [[EldritchAbomination Eldritch Abominations]] did not lead to him having a happy life.
---> '''Madness''': The first step to madness is thinking you're smart.
** An example that is terrifying due to how it can actually happen in real life. Violetta/The Soul Weaver put up with the abuse that she suffered at the hands of Max (the owner of the freak show she used to perform at) because she viewed him as a father figure and liked how he didn’t pity her. Also doubles as a {{Tearjerker}}.
** When Robbie White's/The Axe Boy's deductions aren't heartbreaking, they're pure horror. Imagine dying only for your children to be forced into child labor and then transferred to an asylum for apparent mental disorders. The way Robbie dies is also terrifying: being decapitated by a broken window.
** After accepting a commission from Baron [=DeRoss=], Galatea/The Sculptor's sculpting abilities greatly improved. However, her family soon became concerned as they noticed that she would talk to her statues. After seeing her do it again one night, her father threw one of her statues off a terrace and she decided to jump off as well to go after it, resulting in her becoming hemiplegic. Following this incident, she was sent to a mental institution where she was assigned a single nurse to look after her. Said nurse was later killed by Galatea and turned into one of her works of art.
** Philippe/The Wax Artist was a French scientist who specialized in the (nowadays discredited) practice of Physiognomy, which involves assessing a person's character and personality solely from their outer appearance; specifically, a person's face. As part of his studies, he enlisted the help of his artist sister, Christina, to make wax faces for him, without disclosing what exactly he was using them for. Soon, Philippe left to showcase his research on a scholarly trip, but when he returned home, he was horrified to discover that his controversial practices resulted in the brutal murder of his completely innocent sister. Losing Christina caused Philippe to snap, and he now appears as a hunchbacked figure with half of his body entirely encased in wax, with a wax copy of Christina's upper torso (or maybe even [[BodyHorror part of her actual body]]) attached to her brother's body.
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* For as horrifying and disturbing as the aforementioned examples are, what is perhaps most scary are [[NothingIsScarier the deductions that only raise more questions about the]] DarkAndTroubledPast [[NothingIsScarier of several of the Survivors and Hunters, or what we didn't see in the Character Diaries.]] Examples include:
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*** Cat and Mouse (Hell Ember)
---> Leo Beck has found joy in this dull position as a hunter.
*** New Face (Smiley Face)
---> People often say that there is nothing new if the old remains.
---> Thank you, this face is suitable.
*** The Joke (Ripper)
---> Hey this looks fun. I don't think it'll cause any harm, will it?
---> I love watching them shiver. So cute.
*** A Gift You Can't Refuse (Ripper)
---> There is only one way to deny the coming fate, and that is to die.
---> '''Wooden gift box:''' Contains a piece of dark red meat wrapped in a newspaper. The note says: Send!
*** Pursuit (Ripper)
---> Causing a bit of minor trouble is an easy way to destroy order.
---> Do you know the benefit of chaos? It can turn into peace. The bad half? Hold on, does he still exist?
*** Prescription (Axe Boy)
---> Shock and terror are all a part of healing.
---> '''Hydrotherapy:''' Water can cleanse the most violent and extreme parts of life. Wash the heads of the patient repeatedly with cold water, and cool their insane heads. Be warned that this operation requires at the very least more than one medical staff.
*** Secret (Axe Boy)
---> Every person has a good heart in them.
---> What would you do if you learned that everyone's "good heart" varied from person to person?
---> Leo Beck has found joy in this dull position as a hunter.
*** New Face (Smiley Face)
---> People often say that there is nothing new if the old remains.
---> Thank you, this face is suitable.
*** The Joke (Ripper)
---> Hey this looks fun. I don't think it'll cause any harm, will it?
---> I love watching them shiver. So cute.
*** A Gift You Can't Refuse (Ripper)
---> There is only one way to deny the coming fate, and that is to die.
---> '''Wooden gift box:''' Contains a piece of dark red meat wrapped in a newspaper. The note says: Send!
*** Pursuit (Ripper)
---> Causing a bit of minor trouble is an easy way to destroy order.
---> Do you know the benefit of chaos? It can turn into peace. The bad half? Hold on, does he still exist?
*** Prescription (Axe Boy)
---> Shock and terror are all a part of healing.
---> '''Hydrotherapy:''' Water can cleanse the most violent and extreme parts of life. Wash the heads of the patient repeatedly with cold water, and cool their insane heads. Be warned that this operation requires at the very least more than one medical staff.
*** Secret (Axe Boy)
---> Every person has a good heart in them.
---> What would you do if you learned that everyone's "good heart" varied from person to person?
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---> Leo Beck has found joy in this dull position as a hunter.
*** New Face (Smiley Face)
---> People often say that there is nothing new if the old remains.
---> Thank you, this face is suitable.
*** The Joke (Ripper)
---> Hey this looks fun. I don't think it'll cause any harm, will it?
---> I love watching them shiver. So cute.
*** A Gift You Can't Refuse (Ripper)
---> There is only one way to deny the coming fate, and that is to die.
---> '''Wooden gift box:''' Contains a piece of dark red meat wrapped in a newspaper. The note says: Send!
*** Pursuit (Ripper)
---> Causing a bit of minor trouble is an easy way to destroy order.
---> Do you know the benefit of chaos? It can turn into peace. The bad half? Hold on, does he still exist?
*** Prescription (Axe Boy)
---> Shock and terror are all a part of healing.
---> '''Hydrotherapy:''' Water can cleanse the most violent and extreme parts of life. Wash the heads of the patient repeatedly with cold water, and cool their insane heads. Be warned that this operation requires at the very least more than one medical staff.
*** Secret (Axe Boy)
---> Every person has a good heart in them.
---> What would you do if you learned that everyone's "good heart" varied from person to person?
[[folder: Hunter Backstories/Deductions]]
* Leo Beck was allegedly, at one point, a Survivor. After refusing to write in his diary, however, he was transformed into a Hunter and was later forced to hunt his daughter who he appears to have had come to the manor searching for.
* It's implied, in his character deductions, that the Ripper is a SplitPersonality of a painter who takes over his host's body when his host falls asleep and the host seems to be aware of his presence. Even worse, it is also implied that the Ripper personality was present within his host since he was a child. Alternatively, the personality is a PsychopathicManChild.
*** In addition, it seems that Jack is one of the few Hunters who actually ''enjoys'' killing people and watching them suffer.
---> '''Jack:''' [[{{Sadist}} I love watching them shiver. So cute.]]
* Bane Perez/The Gamekeeper was once an affable and friendly man, who was charged with watching over the manor's surrounding forest. During a hunting season, however, Bane was attacked by hunters (one of them a boy Bane had previously shown mercy and kindness to when he had previously snuck into the forest) who proceeded to cut out his tongue and outfit his dying body with the severed head of a moose Bane had raised. Upon being dragged back to the manor by the manor's dogs, Bane was transformed into a Minotaur. From that day forth, Bane became a vicious Hunter, who would show no mercy to anyone who set foot on his land.
** What makes his story even worse is the [[FridgeHorror crushing realisation]] that Bane is effectively forced to wear the corpse of what was basically ''his own child''.
** Hastur/The Feaster is a deity who once resided at the bottom of the lake in Lakeside Village, a village that was the site of several missing children cases. The villagers would often gift their 'lake god' with offerings in return for having their (menial) wishes granted. One day, however, everyone in the village mysteriously disappeared. The only thing investigators found was a mysterious sigil, drawn with blood, within the apparent residence of a visiting author researching the village and its enigmatic traditions.
*** Out of the seven missing children, only one is reported to have been found. Said child was said to have been drenched, speaking gibberish and so mentally damaged that the people who found them required the intervention of clinical psychologists.
*** One of Hastur's deductions reveals that a bottle, containing a letter, was found near the lake. The letter's message?
---> Insanity shall destroy the last reign, The Old One shall control the world.
*** In his 2021 Character Day letter, it is revealed in one of the cultist's journals that the offerings [[HumanSacrifice were the villagers themselves.]] It is also implied that others such as the author and Margeretha Zelle's Uncle Eugene and Aunt Marjorie were burned alive for being "blasphemous".
* Joseph Desaulnier/The Photographer was a French aristocrat who, after the tragic death of his brother Claude (a child at the time) during the French Revolution, became obsessed with finding a way to eternally preserve the lives of others. After years of experiments, Joseph believed he had found a way to capture souls in his pictures, a claim that he would tell to anyone willing to listen. Nobody believed him, but, finding themselves enraptured by the eccentric aristocrat, a large amount of people would agree to play model for Joseph. As time passed, however, the number of people in the village where Joseph resided slowly began to dwindle. When a panic-stricken mob forced their way into Joseph's residence, all they found were the lifelike portraits of people who had previously modelled for Joseph, [[AndIMustScream who appeared to be looking right at them.]]
* Luchino/The Evil Reptilian was an eccentric scholar who, after agreeing to help study a mysterious reptilian creature, was betrayed by his colleague and transformed into a reptilian monster.
* Ann/The Disciple, a former nun, was a woman whose eyes were horrifically altered by a mysterious disease at the same time a plague broke out in her village. Believed to possess the eyes of the Devil, Ann was accused of spreading the plague and made a pariah. One night, while seeking salvation from the Church, Ann was stabbed through the heart and left to die in the woods, becoming fresh pickings for the forces behind Oletus Manor.
* Antonio/The Violinist, based on enigmatic composer Niccolo Paganini, was a borderline supernaturally skilled musician, who was rumoured to have obtained his talent from the Devil himself.
* Yidhra/The Dream Witch. Unlike most hunters, she doesn't have a tragic backstory or StartOfDarkness. She possesses others to be her followers and [[BlueAndOrangeMorality does whatever she pleases]] and it's malicious even by Lovecraftian god standards. She is also heavily implied to be responsible for Luchino's transformation. Oh yeah, and her bio states that she's been around since before the existence of the first microorganism.
** [[https://www.reddit.com/r/IdentityV/comments/cv7sh3/this_is_why_the_dream_witch_is_blindfolded_to/ Here]] is a [[SarcasmMode delightful]] image of her face without the blindfold.
*** Her first two deductions focus on Volcker Berglund (implied author of Lakeside Trail) and his attempts to enter a "fiery cave" (which he would seemingly see whenever he slept). It is implied that potentially coming into contact with '''two''' [[EldritchAbomination Eldritch Abominations]] did not lead to him having a happy life.
---> '''Madness''': The first step to madness is thinking you're smart.
** An example that is terrifying due to how it can actually happen in real life. Violetta/The Soul Weaver put up with the abuse that she suffered at the hands of Max (the owner of the freak show she used to perform at) because she viewed him as a father figure and liked how he didn’t pity her. Also doubles as a {{Tearjerker}}.
* When Robbie White's/The Axe Boy's deductions aren't heartbreaking, they're pure horror. Imagine dying only for your children to be forced into child labor and then transferred to an asylum for apparent mental disorders. The way Robbie dies is also terrifying: being decapitated by a broken window.
* After accepting a commission from Baron [=DeRoss=], Galatea/The Sculptor's sculpting abilities greatly improved. However, her family soon became concerned as they noticed that she would talk to her statues. After seeing her do it again one night, her father threw one of her statues off a terrace and she decided to jump off as well to go after it, resulting in her becoming hemiplegic. Following this incident, she was sent to a mental institution where she was assigned a single nurse to look after her. Said nurse was later killed by Galatea and turned into one of her works of art.
* Philippe/The Wax Artist was a French scientist who specialized in the (nowadays discredited) practice of Physiognomy, which involves assessing a person's character and personality solely from their outer appearance; specifically, a person's face. As part of his studies, he enlisted the help of his artist sister, Christina, to make wax faces for him, without disclosing what exactly he was using them for. Soon, Philippe left to showcase his research on a scholarly trip, but when he returned home, he was horrified to discover that his controversial practices resulted in the brutal murder of his completely innocent sister. Losing Christina caused Philippe to snap, and he now appears as a hunchbacked figure with half of his body entirely encased in wax, with a wax copy of Christina's upper torso (or maybe even [[BodyHorror part of her actual body]]) attached to her brother's body.
* For as horrifying and disturbing as the aforementioned examples are, what is perhaps most scary are [[NothingIsScarier the deductions that only raise more questions about the]] DarkAndTroubledPast [[NothingIsScarier of several of the Survivors and Hunters, or what we didn't see in the Character Diaries.]] Examples include:
** Cat and Mouse (Hell Ember)
---> Leo Beck has found joy in this dull position as a hunter.
** New Face (Smiley Face)
---> People often say that there is nothing new if the old remains.
---> Thank you, this face is suitable.
** The Joke (Ripper)
---> Hey this looks fun. I don't think it'll cause any harm, will it?
---> I love watching them shiver. So cute.
** A Gift You Can't Refuse (Ripper)
---> There is only one way to deny the coming fate, and that is to die.
---> '''Wooden gift box:''' Contains a piece of dark red meat wrapped in a newspaper. The note says: Send!
** Pursuit (Ripper)
---> Causing a bit of minor trouble is an easy way to destroy order.
---> Do you know the benefit of chaos? It can turn into peace. The bad half? Hold on, does he still exist?
** Prescription (Axe Boy)
---> Shock and terror are all a part of healing.
---> '''Hydrotherapy:''' Water can cleanse the most violent and extreme parts of life. Wash the heads of the patient repeatedly with cold water, and cool their insane heads. Be warned that this operation requires at the very least more than one medical staff.
** Secret (Axe Boy)
---> Every person has a good heart in them.
---> What would you do if you learned that everyone's "good heart" varied from person to person?
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* Leo Beck was allegedly, at one point, a Survivor. After refusing to write in his diary, however, he was transformed into a Hunter and was later forced to hunt his daughter who he appears to have had come to the manor searching for.
* It's implied, in his character deductions, that the Ripper is a SplitPersonality of a painter who takes over his host's body when his host falls asleep and the host seems to be aware of his presence. Even worse, it is also implied that the Ripper personality was present within his host since he was a child. Alternatively, the personality is a PsychopathicManChild.
*** In addition, it seems that Jack is one of the few Hunters who actually ''enjoys'' killing people and watching them suffer.
---> '''Jack:''' [[{{Sadist}} I love watching them shiver. So cute.]]
* Bane Perez/The Gamekeeper was once an affable and friendly man, who was charged with watching over the manor's surrounding forest. During a hunting season, however, Bane was attacked by hunters (one of them a boy Bane had previously shown mercy and kindness to when he had previously snuck into the forest) who proceeded to cut out his tongue and outfit his dying body with the severed head of a moose Bane had raised. Upon being dragged back to the manor by the manor's dogs, Bane was transformed into a Minotaur. From that day forth, Bane became a vicious Hunter, who would show no mercy to anyone who set foot on his land.
** What makes his story even worse is the [[FridgeHorror crushing realisation]] that Bane is effectively forced to wear the corpse of what was basically ''his own child''.
** Hastur/The Feaster is a deity who once resided at the bottom of the lake in Lakeside Village, a village that was the site of several missing children cases. The villagers would often gift their 'lake god' with offerings in return for having their (menial) wishes granted. One day, however, everyone in the village mysteriously disappeared. The only thing investigators found was a mysterious sigil, drawn with blood, within the apparent residence of a visiting author researching the village and its enigmatic traditions.
*** Out of the seven missing children, only one is reported to have been found. Said child was said to have been drenched, speaking gibberish and so mentally damaged that the people who found them required the intervention of clinical psychologists.
*** One of Hastur's deductions reveals that a bottle, containing a letter, was found near the lake. The letter's message?
---> Insanity shall destroy the last reign, The Old One shall control the world.
*** In his 2021 Character Day letter, it is revealed in one of the cultist's journals that the offerings [[HumanSacrifice were the villagers themselves.]] It is also implied that others such as the author and Margeretha Zelle's Uncle Eugene and Aunt Marjorie were burned alive for being "blasphemous".
* Joseph Desaulnier/The Photographer was a French aristocrat who, after the tragic death of his brother Claude (a child at the time) during the French Revolution, became obsessed with finding a way to eternally preserve the lives of others. After years of experiments, Joseph believed he had found a way to capture souls in his pictures, a claim that he would tell to anyone willing to listen. Nobody believed him, but, finding themselves enraptured by the eccentric aristocrat, a large amount of people would agree to play model for Joseph. As time passed, however, the number of people in the village where Joseph resided slowly began to dwindle. When a panic-stricken mob forced their way into Joseph's residence, all they found were the lifelike portraits of people who had previously modelled for Joseph, [[AndIMustScream who appeared to be looking right at them.]]
* Luchino/The Evil Reptilian was an eccentric scholar who, after agreeing to help study a mysterious reptilian creature, was betrayed by his colleague and transformed into a reptilian monster.
* Ann/The Disciple, a former nun, was a woman whose eyes were horrifically altered by a mysterious disease at the same time a plague broke out in her village. Believed to possess the eyes of the Devil, Ann was accused of spreading the plague and made a pariah. One night, while seeking salvation from the Church, Ann was stabbed through the heart and left to die in the woods, becoming fresh pickings for the forces behind Oletus Manor.
* Antonio/The Violinist, based on enigmatic composer Niccolo Paganini, was a borderline supernaturally skilled musician, who was rumoured to have obtained his talent from the Devil himself.
* Yidhra/The Dream Witch. Unlike most hunters, she doesn't have a tragic backstory or StartOfDarkness. She possesses others to be her followers and [[BlueAndOrangeMorality does whatever she pleases]] and it's malicious even by Lovecraftian god standards. She is also heavily implied to be responsible for Luchino's transformation. Oh yeah, and her bio states that she's been around since before the existence of the first microorganism.
** [[https://www.reddit.com/r/IdentityV/comments/cv7sh3/this_is_why_the_dream_witch_is_blindfolded_to/ Here]] is a [[SarcasmMode delightful]] image of her face without the blindfold.
*** Her first two deductions focus on Volcker Berglund (implied author of Lakeside Trail) and his attempts to enter a "fiery cave" (which he would seemingly see whenever he slept). It is implied that potentially coming into contact with '''two''' [[EldritchAbomination Eldritch Abominations]] did not lead to him having a happy life.
---> '''Madness''': The first step to madness is thinking you're smart.
** An example that is terrifying due to how it can actually happen in real life. Violetta/The Soul Weaver put up with the abuse that she suffered at the hands of Max (the owner of the freak show she used to perform at) because she viewed him as a father figure and liked how he didn’t pity her. Also doubles as a {{Tearjerker}}.
* When Robbie White's/The Axe Boy's deductions aren't heartbreaking, they're pure horror. Imagine dying only for your children to be forced into child labor and then transferred to an asylum for apparent mental disorders. The way Robbie dies is also terrifying: being decapitated by a broken window.
* After accepting a commission from Baron [=DeRoss=], Galatea/The Sculptor's sculpting abilities greatly improved. However, her family soon became concerned as they noticed that she would talk to her statues. After seeing her do it again one night, her father threw one of her statues off a terrace and she decided to jump off as well to go after it, resulting in her becoming hemiplegic. Following this incident, she was sent to a mental institution where she was assigned a single nurse to look after her. Said nurse was later killed by Galatea and turned into one of her works of art.
* Philippe/The Wax Artist was a French scientist who specialized in the (nowadays discredited) practice of Physiognomy, which involves assessing a person's character and personality solely from their outer appearance; specifically, a person's face. As part of his studies, he enlisted the help of his artist sister, Christina, to make wax faces for him, without disclosing what exactly he was using them for. Soon, Philippe left to showcase his research on a scholarly trip, but when he returned home, he was horrified to discover that his controversial practices resulted in the brutal murder of his completely innocent sister. Losing Christina caused Philippe to snap, and he now appears as a hunchbacked figure with half of his body entirely encased in wax, with a wax copy of Christina's upper torso (or maybe even [[BodyHorror part of her actual body]]) attached to her brother's body.
* For as horrifying and disturbing as the aforementioned examples are, what is perhaps most scary are [[NothingIsScarier the deductions that only raise more questions about the]] DarkAndTroubledPast [[NothingIsScarier of several of the Survivors and Hunters, or what we didn't see in the Character Diaries.]] Examples include:
** Cat and Mouse (Hell Ember)
---> Leo Beck has found joy in this dull position as a hunter.
** New Face (Smiley Face)
---> People often say that there is nothing new if the old remains.
---> Thank you, this face is suitable.
** The Joke (Ripper)
---> Hey this looks fun. I don't think it'll cause any harm, will it?
---> I love watching them shiver. So cute.
** A Gift You Can't Refuse (Ripper)
---> There is only one way to deny the coming fate, and that is to die.
---> '''Wooden gift box:''' Contains a piece of dark red meat wrapped in a newspaper. The note says: Send!
** Pursuit (Ripper)
---> Causing a bit of minor trouble is an easy way to destroy order.
---> Do you know the benefit of chaos? It can turn into peace. The bad half? Hold on, does he still exist?
** Prescription (Axe Boy)
---> Shock and terror are all a part of healing.
---> '''Hydrotherapy:''' Water can cleanse the most violent and extreme parts of life. Wash the heads of the patient repeatedly with cold water, and cool their insane heads. Be warned that this operation requires at the very least more than one medical staff.
** Secret (Axe Boy)
---> Every person has a good heart in them.
---> What would you do if you learned that everyone's "good heart" varied from person to person?
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* In the Magician's Character Diary, if the player chooses to make Servais Le Roy/The Magician not respond to Kurt Frank/The Explorer, Kurt will become frustrated and '''fucking stab Servais!''' Especially jarring given that Kurt's 2020 Character Day letter had described him as being non-violent. It doesn't just seem like something meant to be random since Kurt also knocks out William Ellis/The Explorer in his '''own''' diary if William refuses to listen to him.
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** Mike Morton/The Acrobat is implied to have sadistic tendencies, and is noted to have frequently experimented with Nitre and acid (the latter of which he, or another member of the circus, may have used to scar Joker/Smiley Face's face). There is even one point in his deductions where he mentions wanting to put his cold hands down the Ringmaster's collar, whatever that is supposed to mean or imply.
*** Murro's Character Day Letter reveals that Mike was a frequent customer of what appeared to be an organisation specialising in assassination. His comments about being unable to locate the cranial remains of an unspecified individual, and the fact that man he contacted (Arthur Russel) had previously been implied to research supernatural oddities, doesn't make things look good for Murro, nor does it appear to paint Mike in a very good light.
*** Murro's Character Day Letter reveals that Mike was a frequent customer of what appeared to be an organisation specialising in assassination. His comments about being unable to locate the cranial remains of an unspecified individual, and the fact that man he contacted (Arthur Russel) had previously been implied to research supernatural oddities, doesn't make things look good for Murro, nor does it appear to paint Mike in a very good light.
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** Mike Morton/The Acrobat is implied to have sadistic tendencies, and is noted to have frequently experimented with Nitre and acid (the latter of which he, or another member of the circus, may have used to scar Joker/Smiley Face's face). There is even one point in his deductions where he mentions wanting to put his cold hands down the Ringmaster's collar, whatever that is supposed to mean or imply.
***Murro's Character Day Letter reveals that Mike was a frequent customer of what appeared to be an organisation specialising in assassination. His comments about being unable to locate the cranial remains of an unspecified individual, and the fact that man he contacted (Arthur Russel) had previously been implied to research supernatural oddities, doesn't make things look good for Murro, nor does it appear to paint Mike in a very good light. Although the file letters reveal that Mike actually had nothing to do with Murro's death.
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** While not as horrifying as the other examples, take a close look at Orpheus' neighbours. The husband, in particular, bears a striking resemblance a [[AmoralAttorney character we've seen before,]] while his wife resembles a woman connected to said character. [[FridgeHorror And given that]] [[KarmaHoudini said character was the only Survivor to have avoided danger during his assigned game]], [[TheBadGuyWins and we were never told what the prize was for winning a game...]] Judging by the Mainstory Recall video, however, which replaces the couple with a young boy, it would appear that this part of the storyline may have been retconned.
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** While not as horrifying as the other examples, take a close look at Orpheus' neighbours. The husband, in particular, bears a striking resemblance to a [[AmoralAttorney character we've seen before,]] while his wife resembles a woman connected to said character. [[FridgeHorror And given that]] [[KarmaHoudini said character was the only Survivor to have avoided danger during his assigned game]], [[TheBadGuyWins and we were never told what the prize was for winning a game...]] Judging by the Mainstory Recall video, however, which replaces the couple with a young boy, it would appear that this part of the storyline may have been retconned.
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** Joseph Desaulnier/The Photographer was a French aristocrat who, after the tragic death of his brother Claude (a child at the time) during the French Revolution, became obsessed with finding a way to eternally preserve the lives of others. After years of experiments, Joseph believed he had found a way to capture souls in his pictures, a claim that he would tell to anyone willing to listen. Nobody believed him, but, finding themselves enraptured by the eccentric aristocrat, a large amount of people would agree to play model for Joseph. As time passed, however, the number of people in the village where Joseph resided slowly began to dwindle. When a panic-stricken mob forced their way in to Joseph's residence, all they found were the lifelike portraits of people who had previously modelled for Joseph, [[AndIMustScream who appeared to be looking right at them.]]
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** Joseph Desaulnier/The Photographer was a French aristocrat who, after the tragic death of his brother Claude (a child at the time) during the French Revolution, became obsessed with finding a way to eternally preserve the lives of others. After years of experiments, Joseph believed he had found a way to capture souls in his pictures, a claim that he would tell to anyone willing to listen. Nobody believed him, but, finding themselves enraptured by the eccentric aristocrat, a large amount of people would agree to play model for Joseph. As time passed, however, the number of people in the village where Joseph resided slowly began to dwindle. When a panic-stricken mob forced their way in to into Joseph's residence, all they found were the lifelike portraits of people who had previously modelled for Joseph, [[AndIMustScream who appeared to be looking right at them.]]
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** Bane Perez/The Gamekeeper was once an affable and friendly man, who was charged with watching over the manor's surrounding forest. During a hunting season, however, Bane was attacked by hunters (one of them a boy Bane had previously shown mercy and kindness to when he had previously snuck into the forest) who proceeded to cut out his tongue and outfit his dying body with the severed head of a moose Bane had raised. Upon being dragged back to manor by the manor's dogs, Bane was transformed into a Minotaur. From that day forth, Bane became a vicious hunter, who would show no mercy to anyone who set foot on his land.
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** Bane Perez/The Gamekeeper was once an affable and friendly man, who was charged with watching over the manor's surrounding forest. During a hunting season, however, Bane was attacked by hunters (one of them a boy Bane had previously shown mercy and kindness to when he had previously snuck into the forest) who proceeded to cut out his tongue and outfit his dying body with the severed head of a moose Bane had raised. Upon being dragged back to the manor by the manor's dogs, Bane was transformed into a Minotaur. From that day forth, Bane became a vicious hunter, Hunter, who would show no mercy to anyone who set foot on his land.
