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The Trapper

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The Trapper (Evan MacMillan)
Lore Overview

Evan MacMillan was born into wealth, power, and a legacy built on industry. As the only son of Archie MacMillan, owner of the vast MacMillan Estate, Evan idolised his father—not just for his status or fortune, but for the ruthless control he held over his empire. From an early age, Evan was molded into the perfect heir: obedient, strong, and utterly loyal.

Under Archie’s strict guidance, Evan learned to rule with an iron grip. Together, they kept production high and profits flowing, no matter the cost to those beneath them. The workers toiled under grueling conditions, and Evan ensured that discipline was absolute.

But behind the scenes, Archie’s mind was beginning to unravel. Paranoia, delusions, and a growing fear of betrayal clouded his judgment. And still, Evan obeyed. He shielded his father from scrutiny, silenced dissent, and carried out whatever demands were made of him—without question.

Then, Archie finally broke.

What followed was one of the darkest chapters in modern history. It’s said that Evan led over a hundred men deep into the tunnels beneath the estate—miners, workers, all loyal to the MacMillan name. And there, he sealed them in. Explosives collapsed the passages, entombing them alive. Whether Evan acted alone, or at his father’s command, remains a chilling mystery.

The incident was buried—like the victims themselves—under layers of corporate denial and missing records. No charges were ever filed. No body was ever recovered. Evan MacMillan simply vanished.

As for Archie… his story ends in madness. Found locked in the basement of one of his own warehouses, starved and forgotten, he died alone.

The tale of the MacMillan Estate is a grim reminder of how easily power can rot into monstrosity—and how loyalty, when taken to the extreme, can become a weapon sharper than any trap.

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You get excited in anticipation of hooking your prey.

When carrying a Survivor, you benefit from the following effects:

  • Increases your Movement speed by 6/12/18 %.
  • Increases your Terror Radius by +12 metres.

“At some point, the excitement of hooking one of us becomes more important than the desire to kill us.”

Agitation

Brutal Strength

Your great strength allows you to shred through your prey’s defences.
Increases the Action speeds for breaking Breakable Walls and dropped Pallets, and damaging Generators by 10/15/20 %.

“It is more than muscles. A dark power motivates the beast.”

Your presence alone instils great fear.

Survivors repairing or healing within your Terror Radius suffer from the following effects:

  • Increases the Trigger odds of Skill Check by 10 %.
  • Decreases the Success zone of Skill Checks by 40/50/60 %.

“Its presence befalls us.”

Unnerving Presence

Trapper Builds

“Harbinger of Doom”

Plague Perk

Your prayers invoke a dark power that meddles with the Survivors’ chances of survival.

  • At the start of the Trial, the 3 Generators located farthest from you are blocked by The Entity for 80/100/120 seconds.

Corrupt Intervention deactivates prematurely once the first Survivor is put into the Dying State.

 

“It shall be known across the land that the Gods curse the unfaithful.” — (The Tablet of Adiris, 3.7)

Artist Perk

(Strong early pressure and slowdown when used right with your birds.)

Overwhelming pain reverberates outwards.

At the start of the Trial, 4 random Hooks are changed into Scourge Hooks:

  • The Auras of Scourge Hooks are revealed to you in white.

You start the Trial with 4 Tokens on Scourge Hook: Pain Resonance.

Each time a Survivor is hooked on a Scourge Hook for the first time, 1 Token is consumed and the following effects apply:

  • The Generator with the most Progression explodes and instantly regresses by 10/15/20 % of its total Progression.
  • Normal Generator Regression applies afterwards.
  • All Survivors repairing that Generator will scream, but not reveal their location.

 

Scourge Hook: Pain Resonance is disabled for the remainder of the Trial once all Tokens are consumed.

“The pain spills beyond flesh/darkness staining the horizon.” — Girl in the Shadow by Carmina Mora

Artist Perk

Your act of servitude to The Entity has not gone unnoticed.

Each time a Survivor is hooked for the first time, Grim Embrace gains +1 Token and activates once you are at least 16 metres away from the Hook:

  • 1-3 Tokens: Blocks all Generators for 6/8/10 seconds.
  • 4 Tokens: Blocks all Generators for 40 seconds and the Aura of the Obsession is revealed to you for 6 seconds.

 

“Are we nothing but prisoners to our sorrow?” — Carmina Mora

Trapper Perk

You get excited in anticipation of hooking your prey.

When carrying a Survivor, you benefit from the following effects:

  • Increases your Movement speed by 6/12/18 %.
  • Increases your Terror Radius by +12 metres.

 

“At some point, the excitement of hooking one of us becomes more important than the desire to kill us.”

 

Add-ons

Bear Traps sharpened with the sickly gleaming stone seem to gain a life of their own.

  • Automatically resets and arms a random disarmed Bear Trap every 30 seconds.

A crude leather sack suitable for foraging.

  • Causes all Bear Traps to be carried in your inventory at the beginning of the Trial.
  • You can no longer pick up any placed Bear Traps, only reset them.

Stealth Trapper
“Silent Suffering”

Doctor Perk

Meticulous in your approach, terrifying in your application.

  • Increases the base value of your Terror Radius by 6/7/8 metres for the entire Trial.

Whenever you are not in a Chase with a Survivor, the following effect applies:

  • Reduces your Terror Radius by 12/14/16 metres.

“It’s time for your treatment!” — Herman Carter, The Doctor

Plague Perk

“The display of your Powers creates a whirlwind of panic that spreads throughout the land.”

Whenever the Obsession becomes injured by any means, Dark Devotion activates for 35/40/45 seconds:

  • Transfers your Terror Radius to the Obsession.
    • This Terror Radius is set to 40 metres.
  • Grants the Undetectable Status Effect.
You can only be obsessed with one Survivor at a time.

 

“And terror shall take hold of a defiant non-believer, who shall falsely announce my arrival.” — (The Tablet of Adiris, 48.9)

Executioner Perk

You guide your victims along a path of pain and punishment.

Performing the Damage Generator action on a Generator activates Trail of Torment:

  • Grants the Undetectable Status Effect until the Generator stops regressing.
  • The Aura of the damaged Generator is revealed to all Survivors in yellow.

Trail of Torment has a cool-down of 60/45/30 seconds.

Cenobite (General) Perk

“A Hex that toys with a victim’s suffering.”

Each time you hook a Survivor for the first time, if there is at least one Dull Totem in the environment, Hex: Fortune’s Fool activates and lights a Hex Totem:

  • Causes that Survivor to suffer permanently from the Oblivious Status Effect.
  • Blocks their Hex Totem from being cleansed by any other Survivor for 90 seconds.
  • The Aura of their Hex Totem is revealed to the Cursed Survivor within 24/20/16 metres.
All Hex Effects persist until their associated Hex Totem is either cleansed or blessed.

Add-ons

A black, matte and sticky substance that when applied to Bear Traps, makes them far less noticeable.

  • Darkens the Bear Trap.

Protective padded leather gloves.

  • Increases the Setting speed of the Bear Trap by +30 %.

Anti-Loop Trapper
“No Way Out”

Clown Perk

You benefit from the following permanent effect:

  • Increases your Vaulting speed by 5/10/15 %.

Whenever you vault a Window, Bamboozle calls upon The Entity for the following effect:

  • Blocks it to all Survivors for 8/12/16 seconds.
    • Vaulting it again within that time resets the timer.
    • Vaulting a different one transfers the effect to it instead.

Bamboozle does not extend its effects to vaulting a dropped Pallet.

Hillbilly Perk

“You are resilient to pain.”

You benefit from the following effect:

  • Reduces the duration of Pallet Stuns by 40/45/50 %.
    • This effect does not apply when stunned while carrying a Survivor.
 
“He stops at nothing.”

Spirit Perk

Each obstacle you break magnifies the wrath of The Entity.

After manually breaking a dropped Pallet by any means for a total of 4/3/2 times, Spirit Fury activates:

  • Causes The Entity to instantly break the next Pallet used to stun you.
    • The normal Stun penalty applies afterwards, unless it is mitigated by other effects.

Spirit Fury deactivates after use.

 

“Fury is her blood.”

Blight Perk

A Hex that gains the favour of The Entity when blood is spilt.

Whenever a Survivor loses a Health State by any means, Hex: Blood Favour triggers its effect:

  • Blocks all upright Pallets within 24/28/32 metres of that Survivor’s location at the time for 15 seconds.
    • Blocked Pallets cannot be dropped.

All Hex Effects persist until their associated Hex Totem is either cleansed or blessed.

 

“It would be no leap of the imagination to suggest that the Trials are a biological response of sorts.” — Journal of Talbot Grimes

Add-ons

These replacement trap jaws have saw-like blades, causing awful open wounds when they snap.

  • Survivors injured by a Bear Trap suffer from the Haemorrhage Status Effect until fully healed.

 

“Like a predatory beast, it can smell and track blood.”

A cured leather waist bag.
Large and sturdy to transport hunting equipment.

  • Increases the number of carried Bear Traps by +1.

Basement Trapper
"Pit of Despair"

Hillbilly Perk

You get excited in anticipation of hooking your prey.

When carrying a Survivor, you benefit from the following effects:

  • Increases your Movement speed by 6/12/18 %.
  • Increases your Terror Radius by +12 metres.

 

“At some point, the excitement of hooking one of us becomes more important than the desire to kill us.”

General Perk

“Your powerful grasp on Survivors causes escapes to be nearly impossible.”

While carrying a Survivor, they suffer from the following effects:

  • Reduces the strength of the Involuntary Strafing caused by their wiggling by -75 %.
  • Increases the time required to break free from your grasp by 4/8/12 %.

General Perk

“Your fervent care of the Hooks found in the Basement has aroused The Entity’s interest.”

At the start of the Trial, the 4 Hooks located inside the Basement and an additional 4 Hooks located throughout the Trial Grounds are all changed into Scourge Hooks:

  • The Auras of Scourge Hooks are highlighted to you in white.
Whenever you are farther than 24 metres from a Survivor hooked onto a Scourge Hook, the following effect applies:
  • Accelerates their Sacrifice Process by 10/15/20 %.
“Then you will know that there is no escape. When hanging in the depths, you face the dark one.”

Trickster Perk

You are not going to let just anyone into the VIP room.

For each Survivor you hook for the first time, No Way Out gains 1 Token.
Once the Exit Gates have been powered, No Way Out activates:

  • When a Survivor interacts with an Exit Gate Switch, you receive a Loud Noise Notification and The Entity blocks both Exit Gate Switches for 12 seconds and an additional 6/9/12 seconds per Token in your possession, up to a combined maximum of 36/48/60 seconds.

 

“That sound when you bleed… let me hear it again.” — Ji-Woon Hak

Add-ons

A cured leather waist bag.
Large and sturdy to transport hunting equipment.

  • Increases the number of carried Bear Traps by +1.

Part sticky, part slippery, this grim liquid makes handling the Bear Traps spring more dangerous.

  • When a healthy Survivor disarms a Bear Trap, the Bloody Coil exacts its price, putting the Survivor into the Injured State.

Sweat Build
“Perfect Pressure”

Artist Perk

Overwhelming pain reverberates outwards.

At the start of the Trial, 4 Hooks in the environment are changed into Scourge Hooks:

  • The Auras of these Scourge Hooks are highlighted in white.

Start the Trial with 4 Token.

Whenever a Survivor is hooked onto a Scourge Hook for the first time, Scourge Hook: Pain Resonance consumes -1 Token and applies the following effects:

  • Causes the Generator with the most progression to explode, damaging it.
    • Instantly regresses the damaged Generator by 10/15/20 % of its total Progression.
    • Causes the damaged Generator to start regressing afterwards.
  • Causes all Survivors repairing the damaged Generator to scream.
    • This does not trigger a Loud Noise Notification.

Scourge Hook: Pain Resonance is disabled for the remainder of the Trial once all Tokens are consumed.

 

“The pain spills beyond flesh/darkness staining the horizon.” — Girl in the Shadow by Carmina Mora

Cenobite (General) Perk

“You induce mental suffering by crushing any hope of escape.”

Each time a Generator is completed, No Holds Barred calls upon The Entity for the following effects:

  • Blocks the Generator with the most Progression for 15/20/25 seconds.
  • The Aura of the Blocked Generator is highlighted to you in white.

Plague Perk

Your prayers invoke a dark power that meddles with the Survivors’ chances of survival.

  • At the start of the Trial, the 3 Generators located farthest from you are blocked by The Entity for 80/100/120 seconds.

Corrupt Intervention deactivates prematurely once the first Survivor is put into the Dying State

 

“It shall be known across the land that the Gods curse the unfaithful.” — (The Tablet of Adiris, 3.7)

Xenomorph Perk

“When they spot you, they know the end is near.”

Whenever you search a Locker, Ultimate Weapon triggers its effects on all Survivors within 40 metres of its location:

  • Causes them to scream and reveal their location to you.
  • Inflicts the Blindness Status Effect for 30 seconds.
Ultimate Weapon has a cool-down of 55/50/45 seconds.

 

“I can’t lie to you about your chances, but… you have my sympathies.” — Ash

Add-ons

A crude leather sack suitable for foraging.

  • Causes all Bear Traps to be carried in your inventory at the beginning of the Trial.
  • You can no longer pick up any placed Bear Traps, only reset them.

Bear Traps sharpened with the sickly gleaming stone seem to gain a life of their own.

  • Automatically resets and arms a random disarmed Bear Trap every 30 seconds.

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