The Flagellant will also feature a fleshed-out, playable backstory like the other characters, and will be coming to Darkest Dungeon 2 when the game leaves early access May 8. Surviving her attack will reward players with a special item: the Death's Head flower.' 'The uncertainty of her appearance, and her lethal combat potential make Death a real threat to any expedition. 'Her skills are particularly designed to bypass the Flagellant's considerable deathblow resistance,' Red Hook told us. This miniboss encounter has a chance of triggering after every battle victory with the Flagellant in your party. The Flagellant also brings the promise of a new enemy: having cheated death one too many times, tsk tsk, he's now pursued by Death herself, armed with a scythe astride a pale horse.

Necrosis: Strikes down all Blight-infected foes while his own flesh knits back together.

Undying: Injures himself to provide regeneration for another.

Sepsis: Inflicts tremendous Blight while recovering from the brink of death.

Suffer: Relieves a party member of their Blight, Bleed, and Burn by taking it upon himself.

More! MORE!: The Flagellant covets pain, using it to heal himself after drawing enemy attacks.

Acid Rain: Pummels his opponents with a virulent downpour, dealing damage and blight in equal measure.

Lash's Gift: Strikes himself with his flail, raising his own health while buffing an ally's strength and defenses.Endure: Relieves a party member of stress at the cost of his own mind.Deathless: The Flagellant sacrifices of his own body to restore another Hero's health.Fester: Destroys a corpse on the battlefield, blighting those around it.Punish: A brutal flail strike to damage and blight an opponent.

In a shift from Darkest Dungeon 1, the Flagellant is all about Blight now, inflicting the damage over time effect with many of his abilities, which Red Hook broke down with brief descriptions for us:

Flagellant guide darkest dungeon