The Duffer Brothers have revealed that the antagonist of Stranger Things season 4’s first quantity (and maybe mastermind of the entire darn factor) is Vecna, an historical god-like lich who hails from Dungeons & Dragons. We received a glimpse of him firstly and finish of right now’s ripping trailer for the Netflix hit.

In a dialogue about that new season 4 trailer with IGN, the Duffer Brothers likened their tackle Vecna to ‘80s horror titans like Hellraiser’s Pinhead, It’s Pennywise, and A Nightmare on Elm Street’s Freddy Krueger, full with haunted homes. “Those were the monsters that really inspired us this season,” Ross Duffer mentioned to IGN. “Something else we really wanted to do go back to season one and actually do a monster that we could do mostly practically. What you’re seeing here is 90% practical [effects]. And Vecna, throughout the season, is 90% practical. We wanted a presence on the set that our actors could react to, whereas in season three, they were reacting to a beach ball. We wanted something there that we could actually film, and I just think that that makes this villain scarier and more real and tangible and we’re just really excited for people to see him this season.”

Venca, for these unfamiliar with D&D,  is described by way of Critical Role’s wiki as “…calculating and ruthless when it suited him, able to manipulate people’s greatest fears to his own benefit and enjoy it. He sought to ‘play with the toys’ left by other gods beyond the Divine Gate and reshape the world, his Exandria, to his liking.” (He was a lately featured in a marketing campaign on the multi-platform RPG present.) And if his similarities to Game of Thrones’ Night King weren’t apparent sufficient, the Duffers famous to IGN that Vecna’s look comes from prosthetics artist Barrie Gower, who additionally labored on the HBO collection’ chilling antagonist.

Makes sense that the most important dangerous in the Upside Down could be reduce from fabric that our D&D-obsessed Hawkins heroes would perceive, and now we have a sense {that a} new season 4 character—Eddie, head of the highschool’s Dungeons & Dragons membership—will be concerned. We undoubtedly suspect he’s working with Vecna to convey him to life. And we don’t have too lengthy to attend to seek out out: Stranger Things season 4, volume one drops May 27 on Netflix.

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