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"Been a long time since humans had any proper sense of our place on the food chain. I mean, we haven't been prey for, what, thousands of years?"
"But I mean, hunting, killing each other? That's just how wild animals work. It's natural."
"So's death. But we're still afraid of it."
- Gerard Keay and Jonathan Sims, MAG 111

The Hunt is one of the Entities. It is one of the most primal powers,[1] the animalistic and instinctual fear of being hunted or chased, of becoming prey. It doesn't affect humans too much due to their self-removal from the natural food chain but still manifests through with an affinity or love for tracking, finding and hunting.  

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This article contains information from later episodes of The Magnus Archives and may contain major spoilers for the setting and plot. Continue at your own risk.

 

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  • Hunters: Avatars adept at finding and killing monsters and Avatars with a predatory, feral savagery. [2] Hunters often feel a sense of satisfaction when hunting, with some viewing this feeling as a kind of addiction.[3][4] The need to Hunt is also sometimes described as being able to feel or sense "blood," guiding them towards victims, giving Hunters a predatory bloodlust. Hunters seem to have the ability to injure and kill Avatars of other entities using conventional methods,[5] able to tear apart other avatars with their bare hands[6] or using conventional weapons like knives and guns. [7] As a result, Hunters are often hired or coerced into serving other Entities.
  • Vampires: Creatures hunted by Trevor Herbert and killed by the explorers in The Everchase, with an unknown connection to The Hunt.
  • 'Werewolf': Monster that stalked and killed hikers in a forest. Considering the fact that some Hunters have shown animalistic qualities when they fully commit to a hunt, and it is possible that this creature may have once been a Hunter.
  • The Admiral: Georgie Barker's cat who, after The Change, ended up in a Hunt domain as a more monstrous form of himself.
  • "Crusading Hunter of the Reformation": Killed a servant of The Web and resident of Hill Top Road, possibly an avatar of The Hunt.[8]

Artefacts[]

There are no known artefacts associated with the Hunt.

Locations[]

  • The Forest Domain: A domain in the post-Change world where a pack works as a collective to hunt a common prey, turning on each other whenever they need a new target.
  • Cat Domain: A domain where monstrously transformed cats chase "prey." The Admiral resides in it post-Change.

Ritual[]

The Hunt's ritual is potentially called the Everchase.[9] Little is currently known about it; Gertrude Robinson was considering the US as a potential location for it, though "not completely sold", and thought it would likely take place sometime after that of The Buried.[10]

Connections to other Entities[]

  • Adelard Dekker mentions that if an avatar of The End becomes strong enough, only a Hunter could defeat it (and he finds them too unpredictable to make that his first choice).[5]
  • Daisy Tonner spends a significant amount of time killing mannequins belonging to The Stranger while she is forced to work for The Eye via Elias.[11]
  • When necessary, an avatar of The Slaughter can defend a place or group of people from other Entities. However, while Hunters thrive on the role, avatars of The Slaughter seem to devolve into constant rage and unhappiness (at least in the case of Melanie King).[12]

Trivia[]

  • Jonny Sims cites Bloodborne as "a little bit of an influence" on the development of the Hunt as a concept.[13]
  • Police officers seem especially prone to the Hunt, notably Daisy Tonner and other Section 31 officers.
  • According to MAG 200, the Hunt was part of the "original" Fear, from which the other Entities split off from as humanity evolved.

References[]

  1. ↑ MAG 111: Family Business
  2. ↑ MAG 109: Nightfall
  3. ↑ MAG 56: Children of the Night
  4. ↑ MAG 132: Entombed
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 MAG 113: Breathing Room
  6. ↑ MAG 119: Stranger and Stranger
  7. ↑ MAG 91: The Coming Storm
  8. ↑ MAG 196: This Old House
  9. ↑ MAG 133: Dead Horse
  10. ↑ MAG 99: Dust to Dust
  11. ↑ MAG 112: Thrill of the Chase
  12. ↑ MAG 125: Civilian Casualties
  13. ↑ Jonny's Twitch
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