
The Flagellant will also feature a fleshed-out, playable backstory like the other characters, and will be coming to Darkest Dungeon 2 when the game leaves early access May 8. Surviving her attack will reward players with a special item: the Death's Head flower."

"The uncertainty of her appearance, and her lethal combat potential make Death a real threat to any expedition. "Her skills are particularly designed to bypass the Flagellant's considerable deathblow resistance," Red Hook told us. This miniboss encounter has a chance of triggering after every battle victory with the Flagellant in your party. The Flagellant also brings the promise of a new enemy: having cheated death one too many times, tsk tsk, he's now pursued by Death herself, armed with a scythe astride a pale horse.


Punish: A brutal flail strike to damage and blight an opponent.In a shift from Darkest Dungeon 1, the Flagellant is all about Blight now, inflicting the damage over time effect with many of his abilities, which Red Hook broke down with brief descriptions for us:
