Vecna

From his connection to the Upside Down, Victor Creel and more, here's your comprehensive guide to Vecna, Stranger Things 4's new villain.

It appears as though Vecna enters a dream-like state himself where he's able to hear the thoughts and confessions of everyone in the town. Once Vecna grabs their head within in the dream, their body on the outside world begins to float. As of episode 4, it's clear that Victor and Vecna are not the same person. Nancy and Robin then reveal what they learned from Victor: The victim's favourite song is able to pull them out of their trance. In their dream-like state, they will find themselves trapped and soon realise that Vecna is approaching them. In the show, his left hand is replaced by a Freddy Krueger-like claw and he has two very human-esque eyes. The victim will then start to hallucinate and see visions of dead relatives or their worst fears come to life. On the outside, they will remain unable to move but their eyes begin twitching and gloss over. Vecna is one of the greatest villains in Dungeons & Dragons history. All of Vecna’s victims appear to have one thing in common: They’re all harbouring some kind of deeply personal trouble. He is a powerful wizard who became a lich. But Stranger Things 4 has now introduced Vecna – a villain that makes Hawkins' previous threats look like child's play.

And the big baddie's name is Vecna, another Upside Down villain named after a Dungeons & Dragons monster. More than any other season of the show so far, this is ...

This is not a quick attack out of nowhere; he taunts his prey and hunts his prey and plays with them, and that's scary." This is where he becomes Vecna. And he has extended powers that help tie all the seasons together a little bit better. And while it seems like Henry has the upper-hand, Eleven turns out to be stronger, and uses her powers to seemingly disintegrate Henry. What's left in his place is a portal to the Upside Down. "Vecna is the puppetmaster of all these monsters, and the Demogorgon is like this wild, rabid dog that was attacking people," explained Charlie Heaton--who plays Jonathan Byers--during a press event. This is where Henry utilizes his powers to kill everyone he sees in the lab. That led to the doctor starting a program where he would try to recreate the boy--with all his powers. However, because he was so powerful, a chip was implanted in him called Soteria--which tracks him and weakens his powers. Virginia Creel--his mother--knew young Henry was behind this and wanted to get him some help from a doctor to "lock him away," according to Henry. So he decided to kill his mother. Born Henry Creel (played by Raphael Luce when he's a child, Jamie Campbell Bower as an adult), he grew up in Hawkins. Henry was the son of Victor Creel (Robert Englund), the man who supposedly murdered his family. Eventually, Vecna came back as a demigod, thanks to the cult that rose up in his absence. He mastered the dark arts, became a lich (an undead magician), and killed a whole lot of people. So we're giving a breakdown of who Vecna is and what he might want.