Pursuer

Description:
"A dangerous Apex Predator of unknown origin, its speed and hunting abilities are unmatched. With its unique ability to turn completely invisible, it is able to sneak up on unsuspecting prey before quickly dispatching of them without a trace. By the time you hear its howl far off in the distance, it's already too late."

About:
Pursuer is an original Die of Death character and is the first Killer in Die of Death. He is also currently the fastest Killer in-game.
He serves as the generic rush-down Killer possessing relatively simple yet powerful abilities. Despite this, he still requires a bit of thinking and skill to use effectively, mainly through stamina management and persistence.

Gender: Male
Pronouns: He/Him (But Government Scientists and Civilians refers to him as It.)

Pursuer appears as a Robloxian figure with a black slateskin body except their head. His head is pure white, with the Ahenobarbus Henocied face in a lightish teal shade, The texture of the said face is cut off at the edges of the front side head. Pursuer also wields the linked sword that is pitch black all around it.

Pursuer's design originates and/or takes inspiration from low-quality Roblox horror models from the late 2000s to early 2010s, judging by Pursuer's stiff movement and poorly cropped horror face decal.

Pursuer is a dangerous beast, little is known about his origins but what is known is his endless desire to consume the fresh meat of his victims.
Pursuer has a strange dietary habit in which he only takes a couple bites of a victim's flesh before he deems the meat spoiled and inedible, which causes him to discard the remains and to continuously hunt for his sustenance. This and his ruthless efficiency and persistence in hunting his prey makes him feared amongst Civilians and has situated himself as an apex predator at the top of the food chain.

Swing:
Pursuer quickly slashes forward with one of its claws after 0.25 seconds, dealing 20 damage.

"It's claws were like razors, it tore through [REDACTED] like he was paper..."

Cleave:
Pursuer receives a speed boost and quickly winds up his sword, slashing anyone unfortunate enough to be in range.
Upon hitting a Civilian, they'll take 20 damage and an additional 10 Bleed damage over 5 seconds. The Civilian is highlighted to Pursuer for the entirety of the Bleed duration. Bleed is not lethal, and it will stop at 1 health.
Once the attack is over, Pursuer puts his sword onto his back again and receives slowness for 1.5 seconds, leaving him incredibly vulnerable to attacks. This attack can hit multiple targets at once.

"As soon as it got it's hands on that sword, it seemed like it was second nature..."

Howl:
Pursuer stops in place for a second and howls, letting out a shockwave projectile forward. This shockwave applies Slowness to anyone it touches and highlights them to him for 4 seconds, Additionally, it grants Pursuer a very short speed boost. The shockwave initially starts off as a small and weak projectile. The duration and strength of the Slowness applied will increase the further the projectile travels.

"That piercing wall... nothing dare make any sound to contest it's call."

Stalk:
Pursuer stops in place for 2 seconds to rend back, readjusting its skeletal structure into an odd pattern, granting Pursuer full invisibility. If Pursuer uses this ability while within a 25 stud radius of a Civilian, it will be sped up by 75%. While this invisibility is active, Pursuer will:
Receive increased movement capabilities.
Receive the ability to see all Civilians globally.
Swing is completely locked and cannot be used.
The invisibility will naturally expire after 15 seconds, though Pursuer can recast this ability to end it early.

"I still remember it vividly... the feeling of it breathing down my neck... yet I couldn't see it."

Lunge (STALK):
Pursuer unshrouds and stops in place for 0.25s and dashes forward with his dagger, striking anyone infront of him. Any Civilian unfortunate enough to get hit will take 20 damage, and an additional 10 through Bleed.

"Many hear the tale of how Pursuer is defenseless while invisible..."

Chomp (STALK):
Pursuer quickly unshrouds and stops in place for 0.4s, before "chomping" forward. Any Civilian hit by this will take 10 damage, and an additional 5 through Bleed overtime. The Bleed will keep increasing by 5 for every Civilian hit by this attack at once.

"Its victims were found torn and thrashed mercilessly, yet there were very few bite marks on each."

Pursuer is male.
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Pursuer's pronouns are He/Him.
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But Government Scientists and Civilians refers to him as It.

Pursuer actually has a very specific dietary habit in which it is able to only eat "Fresh meat" which is essentially the flesh of a living being. After killing said being, it only has enough time for one or two bites before considering it as "unfresh" and discarding the remains.

Pursuer is very quiet as he stalks his prey.

Pursuer is capable of shifting his bone structure around. Scientists aren't able to conclude how he does it, but they suspect it is how he can turn invisible.

Pursuer is not a species, there is only one Pursuer.

Canonically his voice says 'Fresh meat' at the start of a round.

Pursuer's harmonica is actually from a hiker whom Pursuer killed. Pursuer discovered it made "funny noises" and eventually learned how to play it.
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Additionally, the harmonica has the initials of "H.A." engraved in it alongside a few bite marks from Pursuer.

Pursuer can do a backflip.
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Pursuer can only do three in a row.

Pursuer has no fur.
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Pursuer is flesh, a little scratchy/coarse but basically just human flesh.

Pursuer refuses to swim and doesn't know how to. If he fell or was dropped into a pool of water, he'd awkwardly and aggressively flail his way back to land as soon as possible to avoid drowning.
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This is due to a near-death drowning experience that occurred when he was little, which caused him to despise water. Thus, never learning how to swim.
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When Pursuer was little, he tried hunting fish, but he slipped into a lake and almost failed to get out. He then learned he didn't even like the taste of fish.

Pursuer understands English very little bit, and mostly mumbles or howls, but he can talk in broken English.
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He picked up the English primarily from the robloxians he hunted over the years.

Pursuer most likely originated from a game called "Game with killers" by the same creator, which is the old version of Die of Death.

Dead bodies in the Pursuer's intro are blocky because they are based off 2000s free models from the toolbox that are made out of parts and don't have "Humanoid" attached to them.

Pursuer's face comes from the Ahenobarbus Henocied image.

Pursuer had the most icon changes out of all Killers.

Pursuer is most likely based off old Roblox free models that attempted to look scary, but looked silly instead.

If all the Killers were in a free for-all-fight, Pursuer would win.

Pursuer's iconic line, "AHH, FRESH MEAT!" comes from Butcher from Diablo I. This includes every Roblox game outside Die of Death.

Pursuer is the only Killer that cannot ragdoll Civilians.

The color Pursuer's face uses is a mix of Jade green and Genoa green.

Max Stamina: 110

Walk Speed: 8.5

Sprint Speed: 27.5

Health: 900

Playstyle: Rushdown