Plague Doctor (Darkest Dungeon II)

"What is a physician if not a student of decay?"

The Plague Doctor is a Hero in Darkest Dungeon II.

Class Description

 * Back Rank
 * Blight
 * Blinds
 * Healer

Combat Skills
Note: The Plague Doctor will always start each run equipped with Noxious Blast, Blinding Gas, Incisiion, Battlefield Medicine, and Ounce of Prevention. All other skills must be unlocked through the Shrine of Reflection before they may be equipped.

Shrine of Reflection
The Plague Doctor gains access to 6 abilities over 5 chapters through accessing memories in the Shrine of Reflection.

Chapter One: The Good Student
"The jeers, the whispers... they pushed me deep into my studies."

- The Plague Doctor

"Brilliant and bold, her unconventional theories created nothing short of a scandal in her fourth year. The mocking whispers and scornful glares of her peers and professors had an ironically invigorated effect upon her 'extracurricular experiments.' The mysteries of the human body - of life and death itself - hovered just above her scalpel's reach... If only she could acquire a corpse of sufficient freshness."

- The Academic


 * Unlocks Emboldening Vapours.

Chapter Two: Head of the Class
Objective: Disprove The Professor "I was the smartest, but wisdom was not on the syllabus."

- The Plague Doctor

"Her professor was a relic, hacking and wheezing his way through a hopelessly conventional curriculum!"

- The Academic

"The delighted in the combative debate, and, behind her bookish glasses, reveled in their outrage and confusion."

- The Academic


 * Unlocks Plague Grenade.

Chapter Three: Extra Credit
"Ostracized, I had to prove myself, no matter the cost."

- The Plague Doctor

"By the second semester, her research was at a critical point. And regular supply raids of the University laboratories had become necessary. During one such expedition, she stumbled upon her professor, awkwardly slumped over his podium, a bloody kerchief on the floor. Here, then, was her ideal cadaver, her long-awaited opportunity. And she would not waste it."

- The Academic


 * Unlocks Indiscriminate Science.

Chapter Four: Failing Grade
Objective: Stabilize The Patient "I could not say if it was madness, revenge, or naked ambition."

- The Plague Doctor

"Success! Vindication. The human machine, restored to action!"

- The Academic

"The shrieking was horrible, but the silence that followed... was even worse."

- The Academic


 * Unlocks Cause of Death.

Chapter Five: Do No Harm
"Those screams will never leave me."

- The Plague Doctor

"Disposal of the body was a procedural affair, a carboy of acid would dissolve the thing, and no evidence would remain. In the weeks that followed, however, she found herself unable to focus, instead sitting motionless at her desk, paralyzed by the ceaseless wailing that reverberated in her mind."

- The Academic


 * Unlocks Disorienting Blast and Magnesium Rain.

Trivia

 * The Plague Doctor is one of eight Heroes returning from Darkest Dungeon, and one of the first nine Heroes to be available in the sequel.
 * The Plague Doctor is the only class able to apply all 3 status effects (Bleed, Blight, and Burn) by herself.