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Discussions about the Entity's realm

Would you like to see a Story Driven Game about DBD?
Like a Telltale type game or just a game with a Campaign,I think it has a lot of potential with all the different characters
What happened to the doctor? (Herman Carter)
In the lore, they say that some killers kill willingly, and others are tortured to do it, (basically brainwashed into it). But my real question is, what is that THING the doctor has on his face? Those hooks holding his eyes and mouth? What are you guys' guess?
Has anyone translated the Plague?
I know people worked on her mori but I feel like people just gave up and stopped talking about it. I was wondering if anyone translated her voiceline while in the menu.
Lore wise not game wise
What would happen if a survivor gets hooked for his/her very first time and doesn't handle the pain and passes out on the hook.What would the entity do?
The Archives.
I really hope the backstorys for the original survivors Claudette, Meg, Jake and Dwight or even Nea get reimagined.Imo they are very bland and boring.Especially Claudette's lore.
How old are the survivors?
People always ask about the killers but what about the survivors? I mean in how many years they've been alive and how long ago the Entity absorbed them into the realm cuz it seems like Bill would be the oldest age wise but i dont have a clue about absorbed wise.
Why don’t killers throw down pallets?
Is there something from stopping them? They could ya know... just tip it over and then break it
Who do you consider to be The Main Character
Aside from saying your main, who do you think is the main character of this game, and don't say "The Survivors dude," i won't accept that, what i want to know is which survivor do you think is the main protagonist of this game, we already know our main Villain is The Entity along with The Killers, but who would be the main…
Killer hits vs Survivors
How does it come, that a survivor hit gets a speed boost but a killer hit gets stunned?
Is the Entity a "she" or an "it"?
I hear so many people on this forum call the Entity either a "she" or an "it". According to lore, is the Entity female or genderless?
Lore-wise where do the survivors get their cosmetics from?
Since we can't fully see the place at the store (where you decide what to buy for a character) is there some kind of abandoned clothes store near the campfire which can be looted from?
Is there any evidence supporting that outside people know about the entitys existence?
Apart from people who worship her in cults.And if she gets big enough can she start maybe like an apocalypse in the human world.Send all of her minions to create a big enough for her portal so she can enter in our dimension.If that were to happen then everyone and everything would be doomed.
The Entity's weakness revealed and proved.
Have a seat and have fun reading because we're going deep boyos. Part 1 - The Different Realms The first part of uncovering the Entity's weakness is to understand the world the Entity has created. We know that the Entity's realm is a realm of it's own. A nighmarish construct where the trials happens. The MAIN realm where…
If Devs didn't add a cosmetics shop, what would have happened with Legion?
I think they might just think only for Frank and Julie
Are Samination's DbD parody vids canon?
I really hope so, I'd love to see the Crapper as a new Killer or one of the Trapper's cosmetics
Question about Legions lore.
So, I'm kind of confused about Legions lore and have a few questions to ask. Their lore says: "Frank Morrison was nineteen and had little to show for it. He'd stopped attending school after being kicked out of the basketball team for shoving a referee into the stands." Then "His last move had been three years prior when…
Does Ghostface have contact with the outside world?
Ghostface's leaked mori shows him taking a selfie with the Survivor he just killed, and then fiddling with his phone for a bit before putting it away. Now, it can be safely assumed that Ghostface is doing one of two things: He is saving the picture to his phone, or he is sending it to others. While it's entirely possible a…
The Survivors' Age
I wondered how old our Survivors are when they were taken. I assume that the characters do not age once chosen by the Entity for The Realm is beyond the rules of space and time. Dwight: 30-35 (2000s) Meg: 20 (2000s) Jake: 25 (2010s) Claudette: 22 (1995-2005) Nea: 20 (2000s) Laurie: 17 (1978) Ace: 50 (1970s) Feng: 20…
Ghostface chasing Laurie strode
This would be kind of awkward in lore because the movie Halloween still exists in the Scream universe. Ghostface even watched Halloween and was a big fan of horror movies. So it would be really awkward and confusing for him to be chasing Larue Strode when she's not even supposed to be real for him. How can these two…
My loss of sanity
I could have sworn I read something about Feng being known on some forum and her friends/fans were worried about her becouse she stopped posting things on said forum?
How Final Destination and DBD are connected.
This took me awhile to come think up and try and connect, as i studied the lore of both DBD and the FD franchise and how they could be connected. So i went back to the beginning with Dwight, and his transition into the Entities realm. It made me wonder how that could interfere with Deaths design. Because as well know. When…
My problem with the Archives
I don't like the Archivist (or Overseer, or Prisoner, or whatever they'll end up being called). The idea of an independent NPC who exists in the Fog but apparently has a doctor's note excusing them from the trials or whatever doesn't sit right with me. To a lesser extent, I don't like the Archives as they were presented…
Interesting Grammar Learned from Researching Spirit's Description
I originally wanted to bring it to the dev's attention that in The Spirit's background, it says: "Someone had to be held accountable and Rin's father fitted the bill perfectly." I wasn't if it was a typo or an issue with translation if originally from another language, but I was adamant that it should have been "fit the…
Escaping The Entity
There was an apparent way to escape The Entity (honestly how to do this could be a discussion in itself) and it was successfully done. Would who escaped survivors and Killers included be returned back to their time frames or circumstances before they were taken away. Basically would people like Min and Kate return to the…
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Stranger things tie in
What if the entity is the same monster from stranger things. The entitys realm is basically the upside down.
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LGBTQ survivors and killers.
with cosmetics we can have ace, but I'd like to see a legit drag queen survivor (probably better killer, really.) and maybe a gay or lesbian killer. As a gaymer I dont mind stereotypes used when they're actually funny or fit the character, but it could be fun. Killers obsession could actually benefit if it's the same sex…
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Hope and Existence
As we continue to play survivor and killer, I have always pondered: As we continue to play, are we torturing the survivors or saving them? The survivors lore-wise repeats the same trials, suffering from fear and pain again and again. But if we stop playing survivor, do the survivors cease to exist and lose hope? When…
Hatch theory
Idk why but I was talking about dead by daylight with my friend and I created the crazy conspiracy that the hatch is actually a trick that the entity places and that survivors that use it don’t actually escape ( as if it’s a hole into the entity’s mouth or something like that ) Its a bit of a stupid theory but I thought it…
How does Benedict Baker know about the entity?
In his lore its says he was actively looking for The entity's realm and wanted to find out how to enter it and how it works.Isn't the entity a hidden being of some sorth.And how would he know about it if he hasn't entered the realm before?
The Hillbilly's torture room
Are we able to see the room the hillbilly was bricked off in on the coldwind farm? Where his parents kept him and tortured him
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Multiple copies of a survivor
So when joining a trial there can be, for example, multiple Dwights or Claudettes. I know this is probably not canon but maybe there is an explanation that makes it possible lore-wise. We know that time in the Entity's realm doesn't work like in the real world. Maybe the concept of time in the Entity's realm makes a…
so lore wise....
What exactly happens after the endgame collapse has ended (after all survivors have been sacrificed or they escaped the match) Does the realm start to decay for an example the killer shack gets torn up by the entity and everything else we see on the match grounds or the buildings stay in place or do they get re-created?
Are the legion the most evil?
Other than the clown that got rewarded with Maurice the horse, are the legion the most evil killers in the game? All other killers have visible torture to convince them to work for the entity (excluding licensed killers) and yet none of the legion seem to have this.
Is it ok for me to write a Pre-entity Huntress story?
I've been a fan of the game for 2 years now, and have found the lore to be rather interesting especially around the huntress. I have an idea/ story to tell regarding the final days of the huntress (before the entity arrives) I just wanna make sure that the developers/ people of authority at BEHaviour won't have a problem…
Ghost Face Real Identity
I have a small question. Is Ghost Face's real name Danny Johnson and he made up ,,Jed Olsen'' to use it to hide his real identity from people in Roseville, or the opposite? EDIT: So as I thought Danny Johnson is his real name but he uses Jed Olsen to hide from the world beacuse he's a serial killer as mentioned in new…
Working with The Entity
I've recently got to thinking of the multiple ways The Entity users to get The Killers to work for her. Torture. We know this is the most consistent or at least most frequently used method of getting The Killers to comply. Some of the killers tend to fall on this bubble for various different reasons but still tend to get…
Will Vigo ever become a survivor?
We are always hearing about him... but will he ever become a playable character
Any Reason Why The Legion Have to Preform Trials Separately?
The four of them seemed to start becoming a unit before they were taken away. They were a gang, a small team of brats who did mischief together. So why is it now that they are in the realm of the entity they don't preform trials together? Wouldn't it make sense to use the team, AS a team? And I know the obvious answer is…
DBD Survivor Timeline
In this timeline, I will be listing the year that a survivor was probably born in, the time they were taken, and some extra info providing why I thought of that. Keep in mind, this is still being edited and might need additional info from people who provide it. Thanks to some people for contributing to this! :) (PS: I…
Holidays and Events, but Lore-Friendly
Who do you think puts up the decorations for events? They're largely based on holidays in the real world, but they're mashups of culture rather than following a specific calendar. I wonder if The Entity herself puts them up. Holidays are, historically, celebrations or remembrances which bring people together in tradition.…
Why doesn't the Legion recognize Jeff?
I know it's probably a "Uhna he needed to kill 4 gameplay" but is there a loretic reason? Jeff did help tag the Legion's hideout for them, so why don't they recognize him in the trials?
Some things we maybe don't know about Lery's Memorial Institute?
The other day I wandered through this map I noticed that all the showerooms have a shitton of videocamers installed in every corner. The biggest showerroom had a whole of 6 CCTV in it. Any guesses what sort of untold story this map might want to share with us? In general there are way too many bathtubs and showers in…
Not the first Ghost Face?
Some very minor spoilers for the new dlc. The cape for Ghost Face's demon cape comments that 'all the other Ghost Faces should have worn it'. Can we assume then that Danny wasn't the first to wear the mask? Or shall we believe he is aware of his successors outside the entities realm?
Nurse on console
People always say that consone players are bad at nurse, and sometimes huntress. Not to blow my own trumpet, but I'm a decent nurse main who plays console, so why do PC players believe that us console players can't play nurse well?
The Plague
I don't think anyone is sure what exactly the year is in the Entity's Realm, but I realized something a second ago. Adiris is the High Priestess of Babylon, a kingdom founded in 2300 BC. Assuming The Plague was taken before she died, that would mean she was in the Entity's Realm for a VERY long time before we actually knew…
The real face of entity
Searching for lore, I have never seen the true face of the Entity, because we are the entity, a being who breaks the barrier of the third dimension and provides our will over the beings of that. - How did I find this out? When the Nurse executes her Mori, she ends with a gesture of affection for the survivors,…

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