We Already Know What Stranger Things 5's Monster Looks Like
Warning: This article contains spoilers for Stranger Things season 4, volume 2.
After the cliffhanger ending of Nancy being taken by Vecna in Stranger Things season 4, volume 1, the show gave audiences a sneak peek of season 5's monster through her encounter, which continued in season 4, volume 2. Stranger Thingshas used Dungeons& Dragons monsters throughout the series' run, utilizing the characters' knowledge of the iconic roleplaying game to explain the unknown creatures of the Upside Down. Nancy's vision of Vecna's intended future hinted that a new Dungeons & Dragons monster is coming — and it's something big and bad.
Starting with the Demogorgon in Stranger Things season 1, the show has a long history of using the names of Dungeons & Dragons monsters to codify and explain various creatures in the Upside Down. While these creatures rarely look like their Dungeons & Dragons counterparts, there's generally a thematic link between the two that justifies the use of the name. The Demogorgon is bipedal, terrifying, and the apex evolution of its line — it evokes something of the Prince of Demons from Dungeons & Dragons that it's based on, even if it's substantially shorter and doesn't have two heads. The Mind Flayer is an intelligent creature that plans to destroy the reality in which it suddenly finds itself, something akin to the Mind Flayers of Dungeons & Dragons. Vecna may be the most like his Dungeons & Dragons counterpart: a wizard-become-undead-lich who attempts to ascend to godhood.
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In season 4, episode 8, Nancy's vision of a potential future suggests that another terrifying figure is coming in Stranger Things season 5, and Dungeons & Dragons has
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