SEASON 3

BLOODWISH - Franny the Mismagius
RTTNCRPS - Kanja the Kecleon
OVERKILL - Yandil the Smeargle


BLOODWISH - Franny the Mismagius

Spoiler:
Backstory

For many years, Franny wanted to be the best doctor she could be. She had a passion for helping sick and injured Pokémon get better, but she was disappointed when she was forced to transfer to Southwarren. She wasn't very fond of the industrialized city, where poor health and lung damage would be an ongoing problem not just for others, but for herself as well. How was she was supposed to work at her best when she had to face these additional challenges?

BLOODWISH showed herself to Franny.

Franny, unfamiliar with the Enthrallers, thought Bloodwish was a ghost type similar to herself, so she didn't mind welcoming them in. Franny even though Bloodwish was a ghost-type she just hadn't ever seen before. Bloodwish, after having a pleasant conversation with Franny, offered some way to help, even though Bloodwish knew all about Franny through spying on her even though she acted like she didn't.

Bloodwish pretended to be a medical expert and claimed she knew of ways to "make sure those souls didn't go running off".

How Bloodwish twisted Franny's expectation

Franny trusted Bloodwish to "see things from her perspective" and that was when Bloodwish took over. At first, Franny seemed to be able to excel with the next few cases, but it only lasted about two months before she found herself losing control. Now, Bloodwish makes Franny target her most trusted patients and then kill them recklessly and in very bloody ways.

Murder process and signature

Absolute stabbing fiesta. In most cases, Franny's victims are cut up and lacerated in incredibly grizzly methods. The cause of death is guaranteed to be due to loss of blood.

Font:
Awe

Bloodwish's Stalker Route



Ultimately, the main goal in the Bloodwish route is to get the three pieces of the [Dagger of Blood] and use it on the {Unfinished Sacrifice: Blood Ritual Weapon}. This would reveal the dungeon where Franny has her twisted medical experiments.

PATH OF THE BLADE OF BLOOD

To get the [Blade of Blood], there is a creepy Eevee statue where the eyes are missing and the mouth is hanging open. The players need to ram a [Eye Rod] for each of the eyes and a [Mouth Rod] for the mouth. This will cause the Eevee statue to break open and reveal the [Blade of Blood]. The statue breaking is pretty freaky and will cause unavoidable Sanity damage (as well as a doppelganger account appearance).

(6b) Silverdike Manufacturing Floors 6-10
[Eye Rod]

(23) Lexin's House
[Eye Rod]

(10) Senger Manufacturing Exterior
[Mouth Rod]
=Wall Message= @Hellish Presence: 1 Damage to Sanity@

(2c) Jekker Park, Southern Field
{Macabre Eevee Statue: Eye Socket, Eye Socket, Mouth Socket}
@Dark Event Trigger: 2 Damage to Sanity@ (Eevee statue breaks with a mind howl, Nothing Vision)
[Blade of Blood] #Infernal Presence: One Damage to Sanity#

PATH OF THE INSIGNIA OF BLOOD

Look familiar? This involves the logic puzzle that was originally going to be used for Annul in Round 2, but that never happened. I figured I'd salvage it because this was a nutsy thing to setup. Also, because of how HARD logic puzzles are, this is the only puzzle in Bloodwish's route. The story behind this is the regular security door opening mechanism was tampered with and this creepy logic puzzle was placed over the control buttons. Finding what the right buttons are will realign the door mechanism controls.

(14a) Shalcomb Factory, Sublevels B3-B1
{Tampered Security Door Mechanism: =Technical Override= (Complete the Puzzle)}
[Insignia of Blood] #Infernal Presence: One Damage to Sanity#

PATH OF THE HILT OF BLOOD

Getting the [Hilt of Blood] requires getting the [Lamentation Nail] and the [Damnation Nail] and using it on the {Two Birds Statue: Salvation Starly Hole, Cheerful Pidove Hole}. The statue involves the players having to drive the [Lamentation Nail] in the chest of the Cheerful Pidove and the [Damnation Nail] into the chest of the Salvation Starly. This, of course, causes a fun Sanity-killing nightmare sequence.

(26) Vlock's House
[Lamentation Nail] #Woeful Presence: Deals 1 Damage to Sanity#

(30) Jayberry School
[Damnation Nail] #Hellish Presence: Deals 1 Damage to Sanity#

(37) Deckler Apartment Building
{Two Birds Statue: Salvation Starly Hole, Cheerful Pidove Hole}
@Dark Event Trigger: Deals 2 Damage to Sanity@ (Bird screaming and warped hallucinations after driving in the nails)
[Hilt of Blood] #Infernal Presence: One Damage to Sanity#

BRINGING IT TO THE END

They got this far! Time to use the completed [Dagger of Blood] on the Unfinished Sacrifice.

(41) Anclyne Public Library (Abandoned)
{Unfinished Sacrifice: Ritual of Blood}
@Dark Event Trigger: Deals 3 Damage to Sanity@ (Grim vision of the true nature of Bloodwish and where she is residing)

The Logic Puzzle for the Insignia of Blood


Solution to the Logic Puzzle


The Wall at Senger Manufacturing Exterior


Nothing Vision


Ending Vision





RTTNCRPS - Kanja the Kecleon

Spoiler:
Backstory

As a police officer, Kanja was a good cop in a world gone wrong. And she didn't think about the crimes she stopped or the murders she prevented. She kept thinking about the ones she didn't. The people she couldn't save. The children she couldn't find. It dug away at her soul and she kept having PTSD about all the crimes she wasn't able to prevent.

RTTNCRPS showed itself to Kanja.

Rttncrps was especially cruel, presenting herself to Kanja as a kind of kindred spirit named "Analon" that wanted to help Kanja be at peace. She offered to accompany Kanja and serve as a guide, giving Kanja tactical awareness and situational knowledge that would not be far off from clairvoyance. With it, Kanja would know of crimes that were about to happen and could be there to stop them before they did.

How Rttncrps twisted Kanja's expectation

Rttncrps immediately preyed on Kanja's desires. Instead of her stopping crimes, she was causing them, and they were messy, ugly, and vile. But the worst part was being under the control of the Enthraller. All she could do was watch as her body was taken over and put to horrible use. And the lies. The lies to her fellow police officers were horrible. And yet, all this time, she's simply pretending like nothing is wrong. Still doing the work of a police officer, but lightly, quietly, and silently sabotaging the SPD's efforts.

Murder process and signature

Rttncrps likes to turn victims into paste and then use it like clay to make perverse sculptures. Not a Pokémon you want to get killed by.

Font:
Mozugushi

Rttncrps's Stalker Route



The main goal in this route is to get access to the Grinding Pit. It's where Rttncrps does all her work. And it'll be horrifying as heck, but happy trails to whoever comes to that end. To get the [Rusty Key] that gets to there, the players need to collect three baby Pokémon figurines which are used for a Blast Furnace. And that little undertaking will do some sanity damage, also.

PATH OF THE PICHU FIGURINE

This figurine is lodged in a Broken 9DX Engine, which is an engine typically used for vehicles. It's a little broken because there's some bones and entrails stuck in it. It's not quite so obvious first, but the player who uses Repair will get a little Sanity damage upon the macabre discovery. They also need the [9DX Engine Ignition Key] to start it up. Once the bloody gunk is cleared, the [Pichu Figurine] will drop out of the engine.

(13b) Goldwell Tools Manufacturing Plant Floors 4-6
[9DX Ignition Engine Key]

(5) Machine Depot #2
{9DX Engine: <Repair>, 9DX Ignition Key]
[Pichu Figurine]

PATH OF THE IGGLYBUFF FIGURINE

This requires the Science perk, and it uses one of the hacking puzzles that was never picked up in Round 2.

(9a) Axlin Chemicals Floors 1-3
[Electronic Safe Lock: <Science>]
[Igglybuff Figurine]

PATH OF THE CLEFFA FIGURINE

This requires both the Nidoking Head and the Nidoqueen Head. They're made to look like they're made of metal, but there's a weird, heavy creepy feeling about them and as a result, they'll do a bit of Sanity damage when picked up. Some more Sanity damage happens when they place both heads on the display.

(12) Lockland Distribution
[Nidoking Head] #Disturbing Presence: Deals 1 Point of damage to Sanity#

(27) Southwarren Water Pumping Station
[Nidoqueen Head] #Disturbing Presence: Deals 1 Point of damage to Sanity#

(38) The Escapist Bookstore
{Head Display: Missing Head of the King, Missing Head of the Queen} #Disturbing Presence: Deals 1 Point of damage to Sanity#
[Cleffa Figurine]
@Dark Event Trigger: Hellish Evil Visions, Deals 2 damage to Sanity@

THE LAST STRETCH

With the three figurines, the Emissaries now need to take them to the {Blast Furnace: Missing Child Mount, Missing Child Mount, Missing Child Mount}. It definitely doesn't get pretty.

(11) Dwight Manufacturing (Abandoned)
{Blast Furnace: Missing Child Mount, Missing Child Mount, Missing Child Mount}
[Rusty Key]
@Dark Event Trigger: Screaming Children Trauma, Deals 2 damage to Sanity@

And now they take that [Rusty Key] to an even better place!

(24) The Tolbin House (Abandoned)
{Rusty Cellar Door: Rusty Keyhole}
@The Grinding Room: 3 Damage to Sanity@
=Savage Ramblings on the Walls=

Rttncrps Graphics

Hacking Puzzle for the {Electronic Safe Lock: <Science>}


Hacking Puzzle Solution


The Dark Hallucination




OVERKILL - Yandil the Smeargle

Spoiler:
Backstory

Coming from a very strict family, Yandil has always been the work-hard, play-never A-type personality that may seem dull simply because it seems like he's always working. His "hobby" of technical writing is more like a side-job than anything else. He has virtually no friends simply because he will never make time for them, only for his job.

Yandil, in fact, wanted to find ways to make more time for these tasks. But there's only so many hours in the day. Essentially, he has become his own slave driver, always thinking and berating himself that what he does is just never enough.

OVERKILL showed itself to Yandil.

Yandil had wished it was possible to work without sleep. Caffeine only helped a little bit, but it wasn't a cure. He had even tried to see if there was a way he could leverage sleep to be used for work, but it didn't happen.

Overkill saw an opportunity in Yandil's type A personality. He promised there were ways to remain active even at night. It was exactly what Yandil was hoping for. An extra six hours of working time and he wouldn't even need a bed anymore.

How Overkill twisted Yandil's expectation

Overkill gave Yandil what he wanted at first. A full, nonstop work-like-a-machine lifestyle that made Yandil feel like he was being more productive than ever. But then during the night hours, he lost himself to distractions. He became irritable at night and there were spurts of primal rage that drove Yandil to go into an uncontrolled fury.

Murder process and signature

As the name Overkill implies, not only does he kill his victims, but he breaks them down into pieces and scatters the pieces far and wide so it's impossible to put them back together. As a result, the full body is never fully recovered and buried.

Font:
Abysmal Gaze

Overkill's Stalker Route

Overkill DOES NOT HAVE A ROUTE!!!

This is a very different approach to the traditional Stalker setup to keep players on their toes, so it'll be interesting to see how it plays out. Overkill does not have pick-up key items, but there are a few graphics and it will be common to see messages and graffiti about Yandil being Overkill and things like that. In the meantime, many of the other townspeople will direct what may seem like unnecessary hate toward him during interviews. Problem is he's never been really liked, so that will throw the players off. Of course, there will be different levels of hatred when it comes to him.

There are a LOT of Pokémon that suspect Yandil of being a Stalker based on suspicions, but they're mostly unfounded. Things like "I saw him running about in the night" and "he looked at me strangely" are going to be very common. Some of them will be a lot more suspicious, but they'll still direct blame toward Yandil. He's a bit like Scrooge, but not quite as nasty.

Yandil, on the other hand, will seem like a down-to-earth, misunderstood guy who doesn't understand the accusations. The players will have to draw a conclusion and trust the rest of the town or they'll never get this guy. When the players realize the truth, they'll have to keep in mind every message and suspicion could be authentic.

WARNINGS AND RAMBLINGS

(29) Dern's Delicatessen
=The Wall Warning= (Anonymous)

(37) Deckler Apartment Building
=Note to Daki= (By Nillian)

(17) Dayshare Apartments
=The Paper Rambling= (By Overkill/Yandil)

(21) Guzzle Hustle Gas Station
=The Wall Rambling= (By Overkill/Yandil)

(43) Sunnytown Strip Mall (Abandoned)

Graphics:

The Wall Warning


Note to Daki


The Paper Rambling


The Wall Rambling


The Deranged Chalk Warning