Is someone able to explain The Unknown's lore?
So with the fact the unknown is semi out and about(PTB) I like the look of them?...him? The voice really throws me off but well is someone able to explain the lore in just a quick and simple way? Because looking at it all I'm thinking is just parasite infected some guy and well he know kills. But I have a feeling that's not it.
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It’s seemingly based on cryptids and urban legends. While its true origin is unknown, there are several prevailing theories about where it might be from (extraterrestrial, man-made, etc). Given its true form and the fact that it is from the same realm as the dredge I would guess it to be some sort of eldritch horror-like creature from another dimension.
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From what I understand, the lore is trying to explain The Unknown is exactly that, unknown. Trying to uncover the unknown makes you it's target, and becomes a problem in missing people's cases due to the very nature of the creature. Most of it's addons also seem to be keepsakes or referring to people it's taken away and/or killed ranging from children to even serial killers (based on the sketch attempt addon coming from a boy and homemade mask for the latter.) It's Iridescent addons are also based on solid evidence or a documentary on The Unknown itself.
At the very end of it's lore, it's explained the Entity and it's mysteries are pretty similar but entirely different, even ending with the Entity taking it into their realm right before an investigator is killed by The Unknown.
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Excellent analysis. It is also evidently a creature that “steals” the essence of people and either mimics or, I guess more accurately, assimilates them & uses their voices to lure other potential victims. Offline I think it’s inspired by several popular horror concepts: The Thing (body stealing), the bear from Annihilation (it consumed/assimilated victims and then used their voices to attract other potential victims), cryptids, and urban legends.
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Yeah I did a quick read through since the dbd wiki makes it easy to read unlike the actual game where the text is small the voices part made me think of skin walkers since they mimic victims voices to lure people in. Plus the idea that it's technically doesn't have a form by the looks of it instead relying on what it's next victim/s think it looks like is cool so I am thinking that outfit wise maybe other then the usual recolors and such it might have a legion thing where it will appear as different people hopefully they do something like Leatherface(minus the major problem that got the masks removed) and release an outfit or two of the Unknown but as for example Dwight just extremely twisted up.
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I've actually been wondering if the creature we see in-game is using a 'Dwight' outfit. It's pretty similar, and we know The Realms involve multiverses due to Haddie's lore. It would be nice to see if this is the case, with future skins being the others.
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Just hopefully we don't get a Leatherface repeat since that ruined the fun for everyone still find it ridiculous people who do that.
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I hope the killer's skin is different people, not just different outfit. It has to be, because the killer has so simple outfit, like a normal 9-5 working man. Can be men, women, elders, or even animals.
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I have been musing this myself, if The Unknown is Dwight lost to The Entity, devoid of any hope. The visuals are there and with a bit of work all perks can be seen as corrupted version of base Dwight:
The perk that damages and blocks gens is corrupted Proof Thyself
The perk that allows it to quickly follow a survivor through windows is corrupted Bond.
The perk that scares survivors away from gens exuding a terror radius is corrupted Leader.
It all makes sense. Maybe we will get couple of other corrupted skins of survivors, but poor Dwight makes a lot of sense. He was been through so much.
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It's an urban legend and a cryptid crossed with an SCP. Its origins are a subject of debate and no one really knows what it is or where it came from. All that's certain is that it makes people disappear (its Mori reveals it turns people to dust and absorbs them), and witnesses are often traumatized or delusional (likely due to the venom The Unknown produces). Most of its add-ons reference missing persons and unsolved crimes and mysteries connected to it.
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I think the reason why it looks so similar to Dwight is because as DBD players, we merely perceive it to be something default that represents DBD, and such default thing is the poster survivor boy of the fog. After all, The Unknown is anything its victims percieve it to be, is it not?
I hope to see a mangled Trapper skinsuit for Unknown, it would look sick.
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