Death (Darkest Dungeon II)

"Death is manifest, and will suffer no abnegation."

- The Academic

Death is a mini-boss hunting the Flagellant in Darkest Dungeon II.

Behaviour
Death has a 6% chance to appear at the end of a Resistance Encounter whenever the Flagellant is present.

She spawns with two indestructible, untargetable Gravestones. A number of her skills will cause her to move backwards through the Gravestones, and when she is in the back ranks she will use Trample, a devastating ability that Shuffles,  Bleeds, and applies  Stress to the entire party.

Not only do many of her skills apply Bleed, but she also has a permanent buff that boosts her damage against  bleeding targets. On the other hand, she is relatively less resistant against Blight and  Burn.

Rewards
In addition to the usual Relics and  Baubles, defeating Death will also reward  Mastery Points along with one of the following Death's Head trinkets:

Strategy

 * Death spawns upon the death of the last enemy in the Resistance Encounter, but does not take actions until the next round. Thus if the last enemy is killed early in the round (by a fast hero or damage over time), then the party will get a few free turns to damage Death before she can act.

Trivia

 * The design of Death seems to take inspiration from the Bible verse that describes one of the four horsemen. "And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him."
 * The move "Trample" is very similar to the move "Trample" used by the Plow Horse in The Color of Madness. They both are used from the back ranks and shuffle your party.
 * The "Deathblow" icon and text does not show up when a Deathblow is dealt to Death. Instead, she is blown away in the wind, indicating that she is unable to be stopped or killed.