Answers for June 21, 2026

The Huntress

Anna was still a child when an elk killed her mother during a hunt in the Russian forest, and she grew up taking girls from the villages nearby, none of whom survived the winter. Hunting Hatchets cross a whole loop, and Hex: Huntress Lullaby turns her humming into a penalty.

The Hillbilly

Max Thompson Jr. grew up bricked into a room of the family farmhouse, fed through a hole in the wall, and killed his parents the day he got out. He still crosses Coldwind Farm at a sprint behind his Chainsaw, with Enduring to shrug off the pallet that stops him.

The Spirit

Rin Yamaoka's father killed her mother with a katana and then turned on her, stabbing her repeatedly and putting her through a glass partition. Yamaoka's Haunting splits her into something you can only hear, and Hex: Haunted Ground waits for someone to cleanse the wrong totem.

Dustin Henderson

Dustin Henderson faced the Demogorgon and the Mind Flayer in Hawkins, Indiana, and went looking for answers when the gates tore the town open again. Bada Bada Boom and Teamwork: Full Circuit are exactly the kind of plan he would draw out on a whiteboard first.

Nicolas Cage

Nicolas Cage read a script called Descend Beyond, flew to a Pacific island for it, and was walked by armed guards to the director Pauline Stamper at an ancient temple, where the scene turned out to be a ritual. Dramaturgy rolls the dice on his next move, and Plot Twist lets him go down on purpose.

The Temple of Purgation

The Temple of Purgation is a three-storey stone temple in the Red Forest, taken straight out of the Plague's memories. A gold tablet inside carries Akkadian cuneiform reading Iddin-Sin, after the king of Simurrum.