Herman Carter V3 | The Doctor | DBD

History

Carter and other top-tier recruits were transferred off-campus and into a secret black site facility in Illinois known as Léry's Memorial Institute. A protégé craves a mentor, and that's where Dr Otto Stamper stepped in, who taught Carter that information is everything and knowledge is power. Dr Stamper encouraged Carter to go further and not to consider this a normal medical facility — no eyes were watching them, there were no rules to abide. People that played a role in the troubles outside the facility. Prisoners held at the facility begged the guards to take them to any other lab but Carter's. Over the years, Carter became known as The Doctor and no one ever questioned if he had even held a medical certificate or even what happened to the prisoners after they had given up their information. Carter's experimental information extraction had turned to horrific and bizarre torture. The black site was condemned and all knowledge of the Léry's Memorial Institute redacted forever.

Lore

This is the Lore as it is present in Dead by Daylight itself. Showing exceptional aptitude in psychology, Herman was handpicked for special training in an advanced neuroscience program located in a secret black site facility in Illinois known as Léry's Memorial Institute, really a front for the CIA. This is where Herman met Dr Otto Stamper, where, under his guidance, Herman began to use strange and ever increasingly vicious methods to extract information from prisoners sent to the institute, which was also a covert prison and re-education centre for whoever was the USA's current nemesis. His liberal use of violent electroshock therapy revealed dramatic results and several threats to national security were uncovered. Over the years, Herman became known as The Doctor and no one ever questioned if he had even held a medical certificate or even what happened to the prisoners after they had given up their information. It was only after Léry's Memorial Institute went silent for a week that the true horror was finally discovered. The personnel, patients, and prisoners were all found dead with all types of head trauma. All personnel and prisoners' bodies were accounted for, including Dr Stamper, but no sign of Herman “The Doctor” Carter.

Trivia

The Doctor introduced Madness, a new Game Mechanic/Status Effect unique to him; The Doctor was the first Killer to have had two different stances, Punishment Mode for regular attacks and Treatment Mode to use his Power; Treatment Mode allowed The Doctor to perform grabs, but prohibited any attacks with his primary weapon; Since so-called Treatment grabs were virtually guaranteed to succeed, it made it extremely dangerous to go for an unhook against a Treatment mode Doctor in attack range; The Doctor's Memento Mori animation was the first one in which Survivors saw part of the animation from the Killer's perspective; Due to technical limitations, Illusionary Doctors originally used to wear the default customisation option of The Doctor, making them easily distinguishable from Doctors wearing either the Prestige or Project Awakening outfits; This was changed with Patch 2.0.0: Illusionary Doctors now wear the same customisation options as The Doctor; After receiving a rework with Patch 3.5.0, The Doctor received his own Main Menu Theme and unique Chase Music.

Lore trivia

The Doctor's' facial equipment is a reference to the 1971 Movie A Clockwork Orange where the protagonist undergoes brutal psychotherapy treatment in an attempt to cure his mania and bloodlust; The Doctor's' background story may be a reference to MKULTRA, a CIA research project that officially ran from 1951 to 1973 and experimented with unethical methods of interrogation and mind control; "Herman" was a widely popular name in the US in the 19th century and remained so throughout the first half of the 20th; "Carter" is a surname common among African Americans capable of tracing their roots back to the southern United States or Caribbean from the early 20th century onward; Some file names reveal that during development, The Doctor was originally called "Mu Yi", a name that sees The Doctor's likely original nationality as either Chinese or Korean; The terms "Mu" (無 in Japanese; 무 in Korean) or "Wú" (无 in Chinese) mean "not have; without" and are a key word in Buddhism, especially in Zen traditions; The term "Yi" (義 in Confucianism) means "justice, righteousness, meaning", a moral disposition to do good; When combined, Carter's original name literally translates to either "without justice" or "without meaning". Other file and WIP names of his Add-ons ("Jade Charm", "Nanmu Catapult", "Tiger Fang Charm") also reveal that The Doctor was generally supposed to be more Chinese-themed at an early point in development; This was later changed to his current name and ancestral descent.