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Discussions about the Entity's realm

Mikaela broke the Entity's own rules
The Entity exclusively uses dark magic and no Survivor in the game has been shown to have any supernatural powers while in the Entity's realm (except Cheryl, but she's just channeling the Entity). My theory is that the Entity is well aware of light magic and has intentionally kept any source of it out of its realm. Part of…
Julian confirmed to be an upcoming survivor?
read michaelas lore, theres someone named julian who dissaperred in it.
Pinhead and the Entity.
I don't quite understand Pinhead's story, does he really know that he is trapped in the entity realm? Even though the cube is there, does he have enough power to leave the entity's realm or go back to hell? Does he know that he is serving the entity instead of Leviathan? or does the entity have a hard time controlling…
A question about pinhead.
I’ve heard people calling him a BDSM demon. And I’m getting mixed ideas on if that’s a serious description of pinhead himself or if it’s just a joke. Obviously, he’s sadistic but some of his addons imply he’s also a masochist and on top of that the one green addon I can’t remember the name of says the cenobites made the…
Blighted Skin Tags
Does anyone have a full list of all the tags for blighted cosmetics for all the killers? Alchemical symbols, numbers, location, maybe even a picture?
Lisa Sherwood
As naive as it may sounds, I was genuinely hoping this latest Witch Survivor was the human version of the Hag, or at least connected to her in someway. I was hoping for this because I thought perhaps the Hag's lore would be revised. I love DBD's lore. Especially, the original survivors and killers stuff. But Lisa's story…
Who would win in a fight? Demo or Michael
What killer has the saddest backstory?
Memory 1751?
I read Blight lore "The Hunger" and "Doors Unknown" and memory 1751 is not there since "The Hunger" ends in memory 1750 and "Doors Unknown" start from memory 1752. Is memory 1751 completely skipped or the video at the end of "The Hunger" is truly the memory 1751? It really bothers me anyway...
Is Deathslinger a cannibal?
His default outfit looks pretty normal, but his p3 has blood everywhere, on his hair, on his hat, on his face, and even on his teeth somehow. Is that blood from eating corpses or something else?
Is the nurse dead?
I didn't see any mention of her dying in her lore but the way she appears and her behavior she seems more like a spirit than a living killer.
What is the entities favorite color?
There have been no clues I could find.
Hour of the Witch Character Lore
It's been a while since I could do this (Resident Evil had no lore on PTB and Hellraiser wasn't enough to be worth doing), but here's the lore for Mikaela Reid. Mikaela Reid was sixteen when her father passed away. She would always miss his sailing lessons at dawn, his colorful yet inedible tacos, and his warm, contagious…
Which is more powerful Mind Flayer or The Entity
Thoughts?
STRANGER THINGS: Sojourn
Steve marks another tally on a wall already full of tallies. Eight-hundred and eight. That's how many days he and his (ex) girlfriend Nancy had been trapped in the nightmare. He writes out the number and chuckles at it seemingly spelling out BOB. He shakes his head, remembering what they had to endure for each one. He…
How well do you think Ceno and PH would get along?
thoughts?
Why are there crows?
Why are there crows in DBD. Like I know why crows are in the game mechanically wise, I understand that. I'm just confused for lore reasons, why are there crows in the entity's realm? Idk its 4AM and I had too much to drink but this has been bothering me for a week now xD Does the entity just grab a bunch of crows after it…
Stranger Things from a lore perspective...
With the cancellation of the chapter, are we to assume that Nancy and Steve are the first to ever escape the Entity’s realm? Or have they had their Hope drained to the point that the Entity no longer has any use for them? Or is it just business as usual since people will still be able to use the characters, albeit no new…
Moved: Generators are so boring
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Why is bill's perk called "left behind"
It makes him sound like he was abandoned, he wasn't left behind, he sacrificed himself for this mates in L4D
Storytime
We all know and Love DBD but we also hate other players nothing new. But what we all want is to know even more about the Lore the Story and The background of everyone. We need a Singleplayer option with the bots they implemented for Tutorials. A storymode even coop playable. Even more Gamemodes are needed cuz its everytime…
DBD movies and web series
With all the lore in the game, why hasnt Behavior created horror movies that go into detail about the lore and origins of the killers in the game, and a web series that follows the survivors and their trials and also gives insight into their lore and origins? It just seems extremely long over due, and I am sure the…
Pyramid Head and The Entity.
so i was doing dbd talk with my friend, and he mentioned that pyramid head is possibly powerful enough to actually kill the entity. and i wasnt sure but i also didnt know if it was true since he knows alot about silent hill, where as i only know the characters (kind of). so i want to ask is it possible for pyramid head to…
Death is not an escape. What if
What if this has another meaning. When we see this we think about survivors and maybe killer dying in entity's realm but not escaping from this. BUT what if it's not the case, what if death of the entity is not an escape for people trapped in his realm? I was thinking about this some time. That means that there's no happy…
Newspapers in Autohaven
Anyone know if the headlines or photos of the newspapers hanging on the school bus in Autohaven Wreckyard are part of the in game lore?
Survivors escaping the entity
I was thinking about it and when you mori a survivor as pinhead, you dont kill them. Instead you send them through a portal which presumably leads to the labyrinth (hell). If this is the case, then wouldnt pinhead be saving the survivors and giving them their escape? Yeah they're going to be tortured and killed or turned…
Isn't it kind of funny that blight never chooses to instakill people?
I know it's: A: good game design he can't. and B: lorewise, the entity wouldn't approve. just, looking at his mori, if he can jab someone with an autoinjector needle filled with substances immediately lethal to humans, that's pretty valuable as a killer.
About Jakes lore from the rift
There are some spoilers here so you if you haven't finished the rift yet for Jake but here we go. So are we getting Jakes grandfather as a new survivor? It sounds like it was implied that his grandad was taken by the entity when he was saving villages, it would tie in real nice with the leak that we were getting a new…
Meg being in the Resident Evil trailer makes no sense.
Why is meg in the trailer where Jill and Leon have guns? Wouldn't that mean they are in a trial where guns are not allowed?
The entity is losing its grip
After seeing Pinhead confirmed my mind instantly wandered to comparing Pyramid Head and Pinhead. Two entities that seemingly exist and follow their own volition despite being in the entities realm. Pyramid Head existence is still a bit of a mystery since he technically has no reason to exist being he was a projection of…
Pinhead's dbd lore is confusing
I understand the devs change the lore around to fit the game, but if you think about how his powers translate from the game to his dbd it gets confusing. From his dbd lore: "A demon to some, an angel to others. Pinhead is an explorer in the further regions of experience, indulging in the limitless thrill of pleasure and…
The True Identity of the Entity
I am gonna put this thought under #halfawakethoughts but I think I figured out who the "Entity" actually is in theory. And the answer is simple. We, the player, are the entity. When we are playing as a survivor we are playing in third person. Now lets see this from another perspective. We aren't actually "Playing" the…
So is pinhead stealing the entity's victims?
with his mori he drags the survivor to hell. so unless the entity has hell within his realm then this means pinhead is literally stealing his victims?
could pennywise even be in this game?
If I recall pennywise is actually deadlights he isn't a clown at all the clown is his avatar. he is a being similar to the entity i don't see how the entity can contain a being similar to himself.
What are the potential Implications of the entity corruption all over RPD?
As we all know by now the entity manifests itself in a variety of ways throughout the trial, be it to the aid of the killer or exceptionally rarely the aid of the survivor. More prominently we are aware that the entiriety of any trial we partake in is "made" of the entity in a way. The ground we walk on is essentially its…
is it possible for ghostie to get an archives someday?
Ghostface is technically a licensed character, but his lore is entirely original. so do you guys think an archives for him is possible?
So I'm wondering this about the cosmetics
So the cosmetics are I know cosmetics so they don't affect the actual game but I always wondered, did any actual killer wear that stuff during their lifetime like Evans mining gear and doctors suit?
Nurse Lore retcon?
So now that we've had time to digest that horrific new Nurse lore from a few months back, do any of you folks on the forum (Or possibly devs lol) see that cutscene being changed at all to better reflect who the Nurse was in the original lore blurb? I'm seriously really disappointed that she was changed THIS MUCH compared…
Do you think Oni misses his wife & child?
I have no idea if he even cares about them because his lore hasn't been expanded upon yet, but I feel like its 50/50. There's a good chance he's insane & believes he was killing false samurais for the good if his family & would thus miss them or he didn't miss them at all because killing people was all that was important…
The Legion Julie's main outfit
Hello, I'm planning to make life size busts of all the legion members but I'm just wondering what Julie's main outfit/ mask is lore wise? I don't think it's the standard Julie cosmetic because its just a gender swapped Frank and that would be kinda weird if they would wear the same clothing. I honestly think the bush party…
Does Hopper know that Steve and Nancy disappeared?
Well, I was rewatching Stranger Things season 2 and I always wondered, how Hopper and the boys always got to the bottom of a whole mess like when they kidnapped Will or the appearance of the mind skinner. I always wondered, if in the alternate universe of Stranger Things, Hopper and the boys know that Steve, Nancy and…
Lore Dive: Meg Thomas
Overview: While being one of multiple survivors to have been focused more in the Archives, Meg Thomas is still one of the most mysterious survivors for a couple specific reasons. She may seem like a fairly simple character on the surface, being commonly depicted as someone who competes in competitive sports to obtain a…
Evolving to a new environment
I had a realisation today and discovered that 1 the demogorgon you play in the game is likely a random pick from the mind layers horde, and most importantly this demogorgon has been slowly changing to suit its new surroundings which is shown by the cosmetics it has received. If the demogorgon changes because it's under a…
The infection
What would happen to most of the killers if they were infected by the T-virus?
Jake's tome seems like a retcon...
I've been reading his tome for quite some time now (both leak & official, they are the same anyway) and it kind of annoys me that his character is kind of a retcon to his original storyline. - His "brother" was accepted to Yale while Jake was still in school, yet he's the older sibling? - He was told to be surviving in the…
which killer is the smartest?
I honestly dont know. they are all probably smart in their own way thou
I have so many questions that I don't have the answers to....
1: how did the blight putted his Medicine on a lot of killers like trapper and wraith and others without getting killed? 2:what is the whole story of dbd? (cuz i searched for it and i didn't find anything) 3: who is the observer? plz give me answers if you have 😘
What happened to Benedict Baker?
Truthfully, I always wondered what happened to him after his story, he was a journalist, something similar investigating the disappearances of the town of Weeks, Washington, home of Macmillan State, 300 cases of missing persons and later being him, one of them. There really were older survivors who were victims of the…
It's possible Clown could be racist in his tome
He's from the 30's & his father was a terrible parent. Guessing from the teaser his tome will take place during his childhood, but I wouldn't count that out just because he's young. Lastly, he collects fingers as a hobby which is a huge red flag for a terrible personality. Clown just looks like the kind of person who would…
The irony of the Descend Beyond chapter title
I'm not sure how many of you are aware of the significance of the chapter name. But for those of you who are unaware, it is a play on a quote from The Blight himself, which reads as follows. "To understand the human condition, one must rise above it." Talbot wished to rise above the human condition. Instead, with the…

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