The Onryō

The Onryō

Lore

A powerful and lethal onryō, Sadako Yamamura was the daughter of a famed seer from Izu Oshima, Japan.

Her mother left many questions unanswered. In her hometown, sailors disliked the way her mother would spend days on the beach, her eyes fixed on the foaming waves of the sea. Some said, frolic in brine, goblins be thine--if you keep playing in the water, the monster will come for you.

Nine months later, Sadako was born. As a child, her immense powers seemed impossible to control and flared in anger. This became apparent when she was unable to control her rage during a public demonstration of her mother's powers. When a journalist called her mother a fraud, Sadako's powers surged, and the journalist collapsed on the floor, struck dead.

Then everything went wrong. Her mother passed away and shortly after Sadako was lured to an old, crumbling well. As she leaned over the rim, a long shadow fell over her. She turned and a sudden jolt of pain hit her over the head, cracking it open. Her vision dimmed and her mind swirled into unconsciousness. She felt two hands pushing her over the rim.

Pain exploded in her skull as she hit the cold ground. A grinding noise came from above and the well darkened, all light obscured like a midday eclipse.

Every inch of her body screamed in pain. Looking up, she saw the only way out. She dug her nails into the muddy ground and slowly crawled toward the cobbled wall. She gripped the stones to climb but had neither hold nor strength. Each time she clawed up a few inches, her nails slid against the wet wall and she slipped down. Her fingers gushed with blood as the coarse cobblestone tore off her nails and lacerated the flesh underneath. And yet she tried, again and again.

Decades later, the meadow became a resort, and a log cabin was built above the well. When a visitor rented the cabin, Sadako found an opportunity for revenge. She summoned all her nensha power and projected a terrible curse on a videotape that killed its viewer after seven days.

Her wrath was like the tides of a stormy sea, violent and unforgiving. As she plunged into a fury, a dark fog coiled at her feet. The sound of crashing waves echoed through the old stone well.

Suddenly, a tidal surge came crashing down on the cabin's walls, wrecking its logs into a torrent of mud and filth. The black current flooded the well underneath and swallowed Sadako at once.

When she opened her eyes, she stood on a desolate beach facing a vast, stormy ocean. A thick, black fog caressed the water's surface.

Sadako walked into a coming wave and slowly disappeared into the opaque fog.

Perks

Call of Brine

Your psychic abilities influence technology in devastating ways.

After damaging a generator this perk becomes active for 60 seconds.

The generator regresses at 115/120/125% of the normal regression speed and you can see its aura in yellow.

Each time a Survivor completes a good Skill Check on a generator affected by this perk, you receive a loud noise notification.

Scourge Hook: Floods of Rage

You form a psychic connection with The Entity and alter the rules of the trial.

At the start of the trial, 4 random hooks are changed into scourge hooks. You see their auras in white.

When a Survivor is unhooked from a scourge hook, all other Survivors have their auras revealed for 5/6/7 seconds.

Merciless Storm

Your horrible trauma is felt by everyone.

When a generator reaches 90% progress, Survivors working on the generator will be faced with continuous Skill Checks. If they miss or stop repairing, the generator is blocked by the Entity for 16/18/20 seconds.

Merciless Storm can only trigger once per generator per trial.

Power

Deluge of Fear

Through the medium of a mysterious videotape, Sadako spreads her curse to unwitting viewers and causes their untimely deaths.

SPECIAL ABILITY: MANIFESTATION

Before Manifesting, The Onryo becomes Undetectable and invisible to Survivors, but intermittently visible when within 24 meters of them. The Onryo must Manifest to attack Survivors. Press and hold the Power button to Manifest in your current position. Briefly after Manifesting, The Onryo will continue to be intermittently visible to Survivors when within 24 meters. Afterward, she will be fully visible within 24 meters for as long as she remains Manifested. The Onryo can Demanifest by pressing and holding the Power button.

SPECIAL ABILITY: PROJECTION

The Onryo can also take material form by Projecting herself through a TV. Press the Ability button while looking at a powered TV to Project into it, shutting the TV off in the process.

Survivor AFFLICTION: CONDEMNED

Survivors can temporarily turn off TVs with the Retrieve Tape action. At the TV furthest from their position, Survivors can spread The Onryo's message by inserting their Tape, which reduces their Condemned progress; this also turns the TV off.

When the power meter is full and The Onryo Projects, any Survivor near a powered TV will gain Condemned progress.

Hooking a Survivor affected by Condemned locks in 2 of their stacks, making it impossible to remove them for the rest of the trial.

A fully Condemned Survivor is revealed by Killer Instinct and can be killed once downed.