Happy Tuesday, my fellow strangers! It’s Mrs. Strange once more! On today’s episode for Stranger
Universe, I will talk about Vecna, the villainous monster that will appear in Stranger Things 4.
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The following was written by Showbiz Cheatsheet, and is a nice summary of
what the Vecna could be. When the world was introduced to Stranger Things in July 2016,
many audiences became a little more familiar with the popular ‘80s role-playing game Dungeons
and Dragons. The characters on the show are big fans of the game. The kids often
use names and terms from the game to describe the supernatural stuff happening in Hawkins,
Indiana. Now that the Stranger 4 titles have been released, we have a better idea of who the big bad
will be. It looks like the series is sticking with the Dungeons and Dragons theme for another season,
and Vecna could be the monster. For Stranger Things Day, Netflix revealed
the episode titles, with the name of the second episode being “Vecna’s Curse.”
According to the Forgotten Realms Wiki, Vecna “was a once-human lich from Oerth
who ascended to godhood.” Its history is a little more complicated than other monsters
because of the contradictory accounts of its origin. The wiki continues,
“Most accounts stated that he was originally a human wizard from Oerth, although some
reports claimed that he was a half-elf. After having become an extremely powerful wizard and
starting to fear for his own mortality, Vecna was taught by Orcus how to achieve undeath,
later becoming one of the most powerful liches ever in existence.” So far, none of the monsters
in Stranger Things are exact replicas of the monsters from D&D. Though, they seem to
have similar features. The Demogorgon in Stranger Things is indeed a vicious monster just like the
creature that it’s named after from Dungeons and Dragons. The Mind Flayer is also similar
to the one in D&D because it’s an intelligent being and being the big brain of the Upside Down.
As for Vecna, it was once a wizard but none of the characters from the series have dabbled in
any sort of wizardry. However, fans will remember that Will Byers’ character when playing Dungeons
and Dragons is Will the Wise, and he’s a wizard. Many fans believe that Will has to have some
connection to the Upside Down. Both the Demogorgon and the Mind Flayer seemed to seek Will out.
In Stranger Things 3, Will was able to tell when the Mind Flayer was near. Of course,
when the Demogorgon took him in season 1, it could have just been a case of wrong place, wrong time.
Season 4 introduces us to a handful of new characters, one of which is Peter Ballard.
Peter is described as “a caring man who works as an orderly at a psychiatric hospital.
Tired of the brutality he witnesses day after day, will Peter finally take a stand?”
There’s been some buzz about Peter on Reddit, and our beloved friends on the subreddit “Hawkins AV
Club” believe he could be Vecna. If you want to know more about who could Vecna be,
please check out our video where we delve into deeper spoilers about this.
Beware, there are massive spoilers in it, some of which are slowly being
proven to be correct by the show itself in the marketing campaign.
Here’s hoping that this Vecna doesn’t kill anyone major in our cast. Overall, very worrisome times.
And that is all that we have for today.
Do you think that Vecna will be the main villain of Stranger Things 4?
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