ENTRY 08: THE HOUNDMASTER (Portia Maye)
"Cast adrift by a horrific tragedy, Portia Maye arose from the blood with renewed purpose: to inflict unspeakable pain on those who tore her family apart. With her loyal dog forever at her side, her insatiable lust for violence runs deeper than the darkest ocean trench.."
LORE SUMMARY: the daughter of a sailor who dreamed of adventure, and eventually bonded with Snug, the runt of her father's hunting dogs. When they were captured by pirates, her father was tortured to death and she was forced to help her captors navigate back to her homeland. Instead, she threw them off course to a chain of islands called the Dragon's Tooth, which was said to be cursed.
The pirate ship crashed, but Portia and her hound survived for many years on a strange island haunted by monsters and spirits, hardening into a lethal pair feared by the few other human inhabitants of the Dragon's Tooth. One day, Snug went missing, but her search lead her to a familiar ship approaching the island - the same one that had seemingly crashed all those years ago.
Portia would take over this ship and become a ruthless pirate hunter, convinced that the man who killed her father was still out there.
LORE SUMMARY: the daughter of a sailor who dreamed of adventure, and eventually bonded with Snug, the runt of her father's hunting dogs. When they were captured by pirates, her father was tortured to death and she was forced to help her captors navigate back to her homeland. Instead, she threw them off course to a chain of islands called the Dragon's Tooth, which was said to be cursed.
The pirate ship crashed, but Portia and her hound survived for many years on a strange island haunted by monsters and spirits, hardening into a lethal pair feared by the few other human inhabitants of the Dragon's Tooth. One day, Snug went missing, but her search lead her to a familiar ship approaching the island - the same one that had seemingly crashed all those years ago.
Portia would take over this ship and become a ruthless pirate hunter, convinced that the man who killed her father was still out there.
Portia's lore goes on quite a bit longer and more eventful, probably the most exceedingly detailed backstory crammed into a killer's main bio. In the end, it's the barking of her old dog that lures her into the fog, so maybe it's more likely that "Snug" is now a manifestation of the Entity...unless it really, actually claimed her dog first. Maybe Snug was just that murderous a dog? In any case, the player gets to control both, and can even have Houndmaster pet Snug for the heck of it.
She's a fairly badass character, and I do really like the idea of a killer whose main "weapon" is a dog. That's pretty damn frightening, and in theory should be really fun to play! I hear a lot of mixed things about her gameplay unfortunately, and she doesn't seem all that popular, which is really a shame considering how much thought and effort went into her backstory and flavor.
BEST SKIN(S):
"CAPTAIN IN EXILE:" Portia is a much newer killer, and unfortunately has only a couple of alternate outfits so far, with very little variety. Captain in Exile is at least pretty cool looking, made of mis-matched chunks of clothing and armor, a lot of metal spikes, and clusters of strangely tiny human skulls.
