The results of my Killer Concept Contest: Duality of Power

Killer Name: The Possessed

A Duality of Killers, one taking over from the other in times of need, Using their power "Unholy Blessing" , They are able to block off important tools for Survivors, and then go in for the kill once they deem it necessary.

Backstory:

Elisabeta Destinul Numeprrii and Luporius, Two different beings cursed into the same body, one, a, meek, simple nun living in a hut on the outskirts of Sibiu, the other, a aggressive, powerful beast from the deepest recesses of the nightmares of mankind, forced to share a body with each other, one always whispering in the other's mind, stuck like this ever since Elisabeta was a teenager after accidentally walking into the room when her sister was being exorcised. The spirit of Luporius, not being able to escape, hid in her, and the priests that were there, not knowing what to do, took Elisabeta into the order of nuns and began a cover-up, forbidding Elisabeta from ever speaking to anyone about what Luporius was or what happened that night.

So they were together for fifteen years and their relationship went from one of repression and torment to one of genuine respect for one another, Elisabeta was now a woman of Thirty-One, and had formed not only a bond with Luporius but something of a friendship with the beast, and Luporius learned to both respect and care for his new host, not only because she was his new host, but because she was the first on to accept him for what he was and didn't judge him for his wild tendencies, the two had continued to live together as friends, with Luporius taking over should Elisabeta be endangered, he had saved her life many times with this pact, and she was all the more thankful for it, for her beauty landed her in great trouble many times. No one missed those who encroached upon her, but the Church was always becoming more suspicious.

This arrangement worked for several years, until the day after the full moon, when a small group of the more zealous members of the church questioned what she did during the night and why she was always talking to herself. Before she was able to explain anything one of the members brought his torch a bit too close and Luporius, out of instinct, lunged. That was all it took, Elisabeta shifted and Luporius took over, running away as fast as he could as the rabid mob burned down their home, he ran as far as possible and ran further then that, all they way into the deepest part of the woods until he stopped and collapsed from exhaustion.

When Elisabeta woke up she was in a small underground building, decerped and worse for wear, but still homely and welcoming, surrounded by a small group of people, they were all as worse for wear as the place they called home, but were just as welcoming. They called themselves the Children of Erebus, Lycanthropes, suffering from a condition similar to Elisabeta's, they welcomed her in, assuring her that everyone there was more then happy to accommodate her, and that none of them bit, at least not much. Elisabeta was hesitant, but Luporius convinced her that the right thing to do was accept them in order to remain hidden and safe from the mob that was surely trying to hunt the pair of them down even now, she accepted and was embraced by this new pack.

The group spent a few months together, hunting, stealing, doing what they could to get by while the Church looked high and low for them with torches and pitchforks, Elisabeta saw them a few times, but her new family assured her they would be fine, and so they continued, until fate finally caught up with them, and a group of Zealots destroyed their home and slaughtered everyone with no words, just pure, unbridled malice. Elisabeta ran again, only this time, she had a plan, after witnessing the slaughter of her new family at the hands of the Church she had finally broken, she devised a plan with Luporius to take revenge on them.

They snuck in under the cover of night while the Church was partaking in prayer, Luporius tore through the congregate clergy with his fangs and claws, and when all of the bodies finally fell, only two remained, the priests that had exorcised her sister all those years ago, she took a small, one handed mace, and brutally beat the two men until their brains began leaking from their heads. She had enacted her revenge, all that was left was to go into hiding.

As she left the building a dark, eldritch fog enveloped her, transporting her to a realm of bloody meat-hooks and murder, whispers in her mind told her this place would allow her to enact revenge on those who wronged her, again, and again, for eternity, this time, Luporius didn't need to convince her, Elisabeta would serve this voice forever more, and get revenge for her years of torment.

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Power: Unholy Blessing

Elisabeta will be the default form of the Possessed. In this form she is a standard 110% speed killer, and she is able to channel divine power into 2 abilities

WINDOW BLOCKADE: By holding M2 over a window, that window will be blocked off for a maximum of 90 seconds, 5 windows can be blocked off at any time

DIVINE DOORWAYS: By holding M2 over a doorway or broken wall, you can set a trap, when a survivor enters proximity of this trap, a wall will spring up, blocking them from walking through, these walls will disappear 20 seconds after being triggered, up to 5 of these traps can be present at any time

UNHOLY INTERVENTION (credit to @JPA for this idea): Every 120 seconds, Elisabeta will relinquish control of the Trial to Luporius, this timer can be shortened by breaking pallets, getting stunned blinded or when survivors get off your shoulder, Luporius will remain in control for 120 seconds, unless all of the generators are powered, in which case he will automatically take control for the remainder of the trial.

Luporius has 2 modes: Prowl Mode and Hunt Mode

During Prowl Mode Luporius will be down on all fours, moving at 110% but having no terror radius and 1 ability, his presence being announced by quiet growling and snarling, when entering a chase he will stand up and switch to Hunt Mode, making him a normal killer with 115% and 32m terror radius as well as 2 abilities.

Prowl Mode:

HELL'S SCENTHOUND: By holding down M2 you will beginning sniffing around, revealing scratch marks that have previously disappeared, if survivors are close enough, their presence will be indicated by a 3 second killer instinct

Hunt Mode:

UNHOLY DASH: By hold M2 for a short duration you will enter a Blight-like dash, where you can bounce into objects, only instead of being able to chain 5 of these into a hit you can only chain 3 and move 10% slower then Blight, with the benefit of being able to actually angle your finishing attack and have better control, this ability has a cooldown of 10 seconds.

DEMONIC POUNCE: By holding CTRL you will crouch down on all fours, decreasing your speed to 95%, by then holding M2 you will charge a lunge like Victor, letting you jump over windows and break pallets by crashing into them like Demo, you can go back to normal mode by holding CTRL again.

OTHER IMPORTANT NOTES:

1. Switching between Elisabeta and Luporius is automatic and takes 3 seconds when switching to Luporius and 5 seconds when switching to Elisabeta.
2. Missing a attack with Unholy Dash and Demonic Pounce gives you a stun of 3 seconds, running face first into a object gives you a stun of 5 seconds
3. Luporius has a mini Enduring (15%) and Brutal Strength (10%) that does not stack with actual Enduring and Brutal Strength, you can override the mini effects with those perks though

DIFFICULTY: Hard: while it can boiled down to "block off dangerous loops then go tear out survivor's throats with a easier to control Blight mixed with a actually useable Victor", this Killer WILL take practice in order to get consistent kills, easier then Nurse but harder then Spirit

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PERKS (Credit to @dspaceman20 for the perk effects, I just changed the names)

DEMONIC STRENGTH

You cripple survivors who try to escape

After hitting a survivor with your basic attack 5/4/3 times the next survivor you hit will move 50% slower for 3 seconds

"They were my family, they must be avenged" - Elisabeta

HEX: HELL COME FORTH

A hex that grants you powerful abilities to aid you in your hunt.

When this Hex is cleansed you gain a 10% increase in movement, breaking and attacking speeds for 10/15/20 seconds

"I will protect you Elisabeta, not just for my sake, but for yours as well" - Luporius

MARKED BY DARKNESS

You become obsessed with one survivor

Anytime the obsession performs a cooperative action they suffer from the exposed status effect for 15/20/25 seconds

Marked By Darkness has a cooldown of 60 seconds after downing the obsession.

"They started all of this, they must pay" - Elisabeta

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ADDONS

COMMON

Torn Out Verses: Old pages from the holy texts: slightly increases how long Window Blockades can be in the environment

Pew Piece: A broken shard of wood: increases the number of Divine Doorways you can place by 1

Torn Meat: A small piece of meat: Increases how many objects you can bounce off of during Unholy Dash by 1

Matted Fur: Some old fur: Slightly increases movement speed while charging Demonic Pounce

UNCOMMON

Burnt Book: What remains of her personal copy: Increases how many Divine Doorways you can place by 2

Wood Splinter: A shard of her home: Moderately increases how long Divine Doorways remain when triggered

Broken Tooth: One of his teeth: Slightly decreases Unholy Pounce charge time

Wolf Flesh: A wolf tried to kill Elisabeta while Luporius was controlling her, it didn't end well for it: Moderately decreases the cooldown when switching to Luporius

RARE

Torn Robes: A part of her nun robes: Considerably increases how long Divine Doorways remain when triggered

Priest Robes: Battered robes from one of the exorcists: Increases the number of Window Blockades you can place by 2, Moderately increases how long Window Blockades remain in the environment

Shifting Skin: Skin that changes from human to animal: Moderately decreases the cooldown when switching during Unholy Intervention

Pound of Meat: Meat from a kill or bought from the Butchers, who can say: Considerably increases movement speed while charging Demonic Pounce

Deer Liver: The liver of a dead deer: Moderately increases the distance Demonic Pounce can send you

VERY RARE

Priest's Head: The caved-in head of one of the priests, it's brain is still leaking and it's tongue has been ripped out: Increases the number of Divine Doorways you can place by 5, moderately decreases how long Window Blockades remain in the environment

Priest's Tongue: The Tongue of the Priest: Decreases the number of Holy Pallets you can place by 3, Tremendously increases the time Window Blockades and Divine Doorways remain in the environment

Code of Erebus: While it has become Illegible, the memories are as clear as crystal: Considerably decreases the cooldown while shifting during Unholy Intervention

"They killed my family, now I pray the Lord forgives me for what I know I must do"

Exorcist's Head: The head of the Exorcist that started this all, the eyes have been ripped out: Considerably increases movement speed while charging Demonic Pounce

Exorcist's Eyes: The eyes of the Exorcist: Increases the number of objects you can bounce off of during Unholy Dash by 2, Moderately increases speed during Unholy Dash

ULTRA RARE

Iridescent Scripture: A glassy copy of the Holy Texts, it pulsates with a eldritch power, it strengthens Elisabeta but weakens Luporius: You can place any combination of Window Blockades and Divine Doorways up to a maximum of 15, the total cannot be increased or decreased past 15, Moderately decreases Luporius' movement speed, moderately increases how long it takes for Unholy Intervention to activate

Iridescent Meat: Glass-like meat from a unknown creature, it pulsates with a eldritch power, It greatly strengthens Luporius but weakens Elisabeta:, Moderately decreases how long Divine Doorways and Window Blockades remain in the environment, Tremendously increases how long it takes for Unholy Intervention to activate, Unholy Dash and Demonic Pounce now instantly down Survivors

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MAP

SHROUDED CHURCH: Transylvanian Wilderness

"A one magnificent Church dedicated to spreading the good word of God, it was abandoned after a vicious massacre tore through the collected masses and members of the clergy, it fell into decay, and while it and the surrounding woods still haunts the memories of the sole person alive who was there"

LAYOUT (please excuse the bad drawings, I am not a artist and the best I could do was use shapes in PowerPoint, if I could make something better I would)

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DESIGN

Elisabeta:

HEAD: Romanian Beauty: A near perfect face, the only imperfections being scars from surprise...encounters

BODY: Robes of Shadow: Robes worn by the Children of Erebus, designed to help blend into the darkness of the woods

WEAPON: Nun's Mace: a small one-handed mace, stained with the blood and viscera of those who ruined her

For the design I was thinking something like the Vestal from Darkest Dungeon, only in black and without the book and armour, basically, imagine Ghostface if he was a nun, something along those lines

Luporius:

HEAD: Beast's Visage: Sensitive ears, sharp teeth and piercing white eyes, He's as perfect a hunter as anything can be

BODY: Fur from Hell: Blackened fur segmented with dark purple stripes, few lived to tell the tale when he comes out

WEAPON: Demon's Claws: Sharp white claws stained with blood and gore from countless prey, both human and animal alike

For the design I was thinking something like Sabrewulf from Killer Instinct mixed with the colour scheme of Erebus's old design from the Ultranium mod from Terraria

As the 2 different forms both play incredibly major roles during the Trial I think it would be quite cool to give both of them individual customisation options, meaning they would have double the skins, but in order to not be even more of a money sink the individual skins would be sold as a 2 pack, meaning you get double the skins for the same price.

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MUSIC

while I am not a musician nor can create music to save my life, I can provide a small description for the music themes the Possessed will have, both Elisabeta and Luporius have different themes for the lobby and in a chase

LOBBY THEME

Elisabeta: A slow-paced and sombre iteration of DBD's main theme, with the primary instruments being a violin and a tárogató (for those not knowledgeable on Romanian instruments, the tárogató is this thing), backed by a flute and a small choir

Luporius: A fast-paced and high-energy iteration of the DBD theme, with the primary instruments being a guitar and organ, backed by a choir as well, the theme is meant to inspire a sense of panic, like you're being chased by a wild animal.

CHASE THEME

Elisabeta: At 24m the survivors will begin to hear faint church bells, at 16m the church organ and choir will begin to be heard, at 8 they will come to a crescendo and in the chase they will all come to a head, making you feel like you're in the presence of a divine and merciless being.

Luporius: While Luporius doesn't have a terror radius he can still have a chase theme, composed of guitars, a organ and a choir, with high energy through the whole thing, you're being chased by a werewolf-demon and this theme will definitely make you feel like you are

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And that's it, a thank you to everyone who voted, and a massive thank you to both @Jacoby2041@JPA and @dspaceman20 for helping with both the power concept and the perks, there will be a thread in General Discussions where I'll be doing a AMA as long as it continues to get questions, want to ask me a question? Head over there.

-DMD