Highwayman (Darkest Dungeon II)

"Violently versatile, ruthlessly pragmatic."

The Highwayman is a Hero in Darkest Dungeon II.

Class Description

 * Any Rank
 * High Dmg
 * Versatile
 * Riposte

Combat Skills
Note: The Highwayman will always start each run equipped with Wicked Slice, Pistol Shot, Duelist's Advance, Tracking Shot, and Take Aim. All other skills must be unlocked through the Shrine of Reflection before they may be equipped.

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

Chapter One: Freedom
Encounter: Defeat The Guards to Escape

"Walls will never again hold me."

- The Highwayman "A prison riot! A fleeting chance to escape incarceration!"

- The Academic "He would be a fugitive, a hunted man, but a free one nonetheless..."

- The Academic


 * Unlocks Point Blank Shot.

Chapter Two: Laying Low
"Freedom was nothing like what I'd hoped for."

- The Highwayman "Harried by a pursuing garrison, he took refuge in the foetid canals of the city. Concealment took its toll, and soon he began to see himself in the furtive, scurrying pests that formed an unfortunate portion of his meager diet. Freedom, once so fondly imagined, had become a vortex of degradation."

- The Academic


 * Unlocks Open Vein.

Chapter Three: One Last Job
"Can't teach an old dog new tricks."

- The Highwayman "He was sick and starving. And in desperation, offered his expertise to an unscrupulous malefactor. Shackled once more to an unsavory task by an advance of gold, he lined his belly, girded himself, and prepared for one, final, heist."

- The Academic


 * Unlocks Highway Robbery.

Chapter Four: Highway Robbery
Encounter: Rob The Coach

"Was I desperate? Yes. Was I greedy...?"

- The Highwayman "The stagecoach arrived, and he set himself to the business of bloodshed and robbery!"

- The Academic "He fulfilled his obligations with exceptional lethality, but his grim satisfaction would prove short lived..."

- The Academic


 * Unlocks Grapeshot Blast.

Chapter Five: Shackled
"Regret binds fiercer than any manacles."

- The Highwayman "The lifeless bodies of a woman and child, horribly mutilated by errant gunfire, stared spectrally through the remnants of the coach door. Arrested by the ghoulish sight, he felt the cold chains of remorse tighten around his heart. Guilt was a pursuer he could never outrun, a prison he would never escape."

- The Academic


 * Unlocks Double Cross and Double Tap.

Trivia

 * The Highwayman is one of eight Heroes returning from Darkest Dungeon, and one of the first nine Heroes to be available in the sequel.