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[New Killer's Power/Ability, Lore, Map Theory]

CL4P_TRAP_ER
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This thread is mainly going to be a theory on what the New killer's power is, what his/her lore could be and what the map could be like/play into the new killers lore.

Killer's Power
Now ever since this killer has been teased I started doing research on them. Now as everyone has noticed, there are multiple people that you see in the mirror of the killer. I put a picture of the killer and a picture of the map down below for reference. Now as many people are guessing that multiple people must mean he must have multiple personalities. Which might mean a couple of things when it comes to his power

  1. Multiple Stances: Like the Doctor, this killer could have the ability to have multiple stances. However, unlike the Doctor this killer could have 4 because of each image you see. The first image looks like a regular reflection of the killer. The rest must be his other "personalities" aka stances. His other stances must change his stats. For example, in one stance his terror radius is shorter in another, he can move slightly faster. Each stance gives a different benefit. Add-on wise, however, this could be hard. Having add-ons that effect only a certain stance wouldn't make much sense. They could have add-ons that effect all stances. A multiple stance killer would make sense but since add-ons would sound extremely complicated, it might not be. It would all depend on the stances.
  2. Attack/Stealth Stances: A lot of killer now have abilities where killer go into stealth mode. Wraith has to ding a bell to go in and out of stealth. The Pig can crouch. Myers has a small terror radius and can have smaller one with add-ons and/or perks. Two of these killers have to have to push a button to go into stealth and Myer's stealth is passive which is what makes him a good killer. This next killer might have a passive stealth abilities in one stance and normal abilities in another stance. For example, in his regular stance, he could have a 32 meters terror radius and normal movement speed. And in his stealth stance, his terror radius is much smaller terror radius and and slower movement speed. The thing is we don't have many passive stealth killers. Myers is the only one. Having another passive stealth killer would make sense.
  3. Scout Ability: You also have to consider that the true killer might not be the person with the mask. The person behind the mask could be a regular person that was possessed by the killer and is using them to kill other people. You notice that in the first two reflections, the person has a normal smile mask but the last two look like the grime reaper. The names scratched in the wall are the people that this killer have possessed before and the tally marks are the amount of people that the possessed people have killed. This could mean the killer can possess survivors but I doubt that. I think the killer will have an ability much similar to the spirit's. He could have the ability to have this force, who's possessing him, to go scout out a head where the survivors could be then the force teleports back into the possessed killer. This way the killer can view areas where the survivors could be without moving. However this power would be too similar to the spirit's. But any thing is possible.
  4. Deathgarden?: The first time I saw the mask in the mirror, it immediately reminded me of the mask runners wear in Deathgarden with a smile painted or carved on. If you don't know, Deathgarden is another game the developers at Dead by Daylight have made. The concept is somewhat similar to DBD but with guns and parkour. It wouldn't shock me if DBD put in a killer making a reference to their other game. If this were the case we have to think what the ability could be. In Deathgarden, runners are fast and agile which could be his ability. Runners have many abilities from reveling the Hunter to others to blinding/slowing the hunter down. And since the killer could have multiple personalities, each runner class could be a personality or stance. The names carved in the wall could be his former friends and the tallies are how many rounds they made it. BUT, this theory might not be possible. The map wouldn't make sense because each map relates to the killer and it would be pretty cheesy if they did, but it best to keep your options open. I'll leave a link to the runner tab from Deathgarden below, so you can see what ability the killer could have.

Killer's Lore
Now the killer's lore could be about a man who was the son of the man who owned to Ski Resort on the map. The son could've been going through multiple personalty disorder growing up. The father could have either ignored his condition, abused him because of his condition or not known of his condition. One day, one of the personalities was darker than the others and started killing people at the lodge without any one knowing including the son. Eventually the son must have been found out and went into hiding. And the ski resort closed because of the killings.

New Map
In the picture of this map, there's a large snow cabin, a ski lift and a outlook tower in the back right. The ski lift might not have any thing to do with the layout of the map and might be there to tell us the background story of the map. The snow cabin has stair so there must be a upper level and a mid level. The outlook tower in the back might be in the layout of the map. It would act like upstairs drop like in the Game map (Where you vault over railing into a cylinder drop). Meaning there's only one way up and you can vault through the window in case the stairs are blocked by the killer.

Summary
Overall, a couple things can be confirmed. I have a high feeling that the killer has a multiple personality disorder. But there's always that possibility that it could be a trick. DBD likes to throw curve balls and deceive us with pictures so nothing can be certain. The person in the picture might not even be the killer and could be a victim. However, with the PTB coming this Tuesday, they might just be giving us an actual tease of the killer. What's your guess? Are my theory's logical? Do you have more to add?

https://www.deathgardengame.com/en/game/runners