Ji-Woon Hak

' (Korean: 학지운) or "The Trickster" is one of '  currently featured in .

He was introduced as the Killer of CHAPTER XIX: All-Kill, a Chapter DLC released on 30 March of 2021.

Overview
The Trickster is a ranged Killer, able to quickly unleash a flurry of blades by using his power, Showstopper.

His personal Perks,, , and , allow him to quickly down would-be rescuers and block areas of the environment to his advantage.

Difficulty rating:  (based on the amount of time and effort that is required to properly learn to play him and use his Power effectively)

Lore
''Ji-Woon Hak thrived under the attention of others, energized by every eye that watched him and every tongue that spoke his name. Amidst the prestige, he had only one desire: more. Even as a child he found ways to draw crowds. Working at his family's restaurant, he attracted business with spectacles he performed using throwing knives. Gullible tourists believed this was a traditional South Korean experience, gladly parting with their money to witness it. Ji-Woon's father spent the restaurant's earnings on dancing and vocal lessons for his son, pushing him to attain the fame he never could.''

''Ji-Woon did not disappoint. After years showcasing his abilities to nobodies at talent shows, he hit the track to stardom. Yun-Jin Lee, a producer at Mightee One Entertainment, recruited Ji-Woon into her training program. He transferred to a dormitory in Seoul where, for fourteen hours a day, he was crafted into a star, taught how to move and sing, how to carry himself with the right balance of confidence and modesty.''

''Draining as the process was, it worked. Yun-Jin selected Ji-Woon to join the band NO SPIN, bringing a raw energy to their tracks. Fame was almost immediate. Ji-Woon lived in a daze of interviews and adoration, and though the frenzied schedule exhausted his bandmates, he was invigorated. Each day was an affirmation that he was greater than the mediocrity society spewed out.''

''But over time, the champagne grew stale. When he looked at his fans, he saw their joy and envy split five ways, thinned out between each band member. The validation that had surged through him left a desperate yearning for more.''

''Ji-Woon kept up impressions, mimicking a charm long buried under loathing. He recorded the latest NO SPIN album with his bandmates, never missing a beat. After a lengthy lunch break, he returned to the studio to discover fate had granted him a gift. The scent of burning wires was unmistakable. He rushed to the control room, finding the door blocked by fallen speakers. On the other side, his bandmates pounded on the door, their cries accompanied by the crackling of flames.''

''Ji-Woon called to them, dashing to the speakers, grabbing one and—stopping. He froze. Each breath was a conscious, deliberate process requiring all his attention, the nearby cries hardly audible until, slowly, he backed away. And then he heard it. They were screaming his name as they burnt. Screaming for him to save them. Ji-Woon! Ji-Woon! Ji-Woon Hak! It was the most beautiful thing he'd ever heard. When the fire crew arrived, his tears were genuine.''

''Ji-Woon was celebrated as a tragic figure, a hero who did all he could in a futile attempt to save his friends. Yun-Jin paraded him through interviews until it was time to rebrand. He was reborn as The Trickster, a solo artist who produced his own songs, sporting a soft heart beneath a wild exterior. But, away from concert set-ups and television stages, something darker grew.''

''He targeted those who lived alone, coming to them in the night. The first was a college music student with a captivating voice. Ji-Woon woke him with a baseball bat to the skull, binding his arms and legs, gagging him with a rag duct taped into his mouth. He tortured him for hours, dissecting him alive. Yet there was something missing—a sound, a connection. He wanted to hear the victim's wonderous voice pleading as he cut his belly open, but all he received was muffled cries through a rag.''

He learned and adjusted.

''Victims had to be abducted, driven to an abandoned building where he could let their voices carry unrestrained emotion. He made music from them, prodding in the right places to evoke different types of shrieks and howls. Stabbing the quadratus lumborum elicited a long, guttural wail, while slashing the carotid artery created a sound like a cat being strangled. There was honesty in their suffering. Ji-Woon recorded each session, synthesizing and working them into his songs, hiding them behind layers of melodies.''

''He was elated with his work. He left hints for police, arranging a mink boa from a recent photoshoot around a victim's slashed throat. For his next killing, he removed the teeth from a man that a boxer in one of his music videos was without. During a particularly audacious plea for attention, he killed a fan he had met during a VIP meet-up, replacing her eyes with his diamond cufflinks and writing I HAVE SEEN GOD in blood across her chest. Each scene was a dazzling spectacle.''

''Between music and murder, Ji-Woon's work was discussed globally. However, as violence became his preferred art style, his music career took a hit. Revenue was down and Mightee One executives pointed their fingers at him. Yun-Jin, with professional fury, came to his defence, but she was outnumbered. It was decided that Ji-Woon could no longer self-produce his songs.''

''The decision was devastating. His tracks fused genuine humanity into music, yet executives rejected anything that wasn't generic and expected. And so be it. If they couldn't understand his art, he would incorporate them into it until they did.''

''He had three months until he was to perform a private show for Mightee One's board members; three months to plan his magnum opus. He transferred obscene amounts of money to a veterinarian in exchange for cannisters of nitrous oxide, then bribed the stage technician of Mightee One's private theatre for access to the room. His celebrity granted him a benefit of the doubt no regular person could conceive. When the show was ready, gas seeped into the room as executives and stagehands awaited Ji-Woon, conveniently running behind schedule.''

''When he arrived, half-conscious bodies were splayed in their seats and crawling across the floor. He worked quickly, binding everyone, pausing only when he came to Yun-Jin—the woman who had plucked him from a mudhole and set him on the path he deserved. She would be rewarded, granted special access to the coming display of wonder. Even under sedation, she fought, a raging storm within her, far stronger than the others. He propped her up as the lone audience member, prying her eyes open. The others, snivelling and sobbing, were brought on stage to perform their final act. With a contemptable sneer, he slapped makeup onto their faces and shone stage lights upon them. They became his instruments.''

''To the sound of self-produced melodies, he tortured them, gracefully dashing from one body to another, conducting an operatic crescendo from their wailings. They shouted, whimpered, screamed, cried for their loved ones, cried for their mothers. It was a magnificent outpouring of emotion, of what it meant to be human, and they did it with eyes fixed on Ji-Woon.''

''Viscera drained from the stage until, with the toss of his throwing knife, the final human instrument fell silent and the music stopped. Covered in sweat and blood, an exhausted Ji-Woon looked to Yun-Jin and bowed. Curtain call. He had attained perfection. With blade in hand, he made his way to Yun-Jin, prepared to tie up loose ends before the credits rolled. But as he reached her—''

The Fog.

''From where, he didn’t know, but it billowed around them, damp, cool... comfortable. He saw the grand stage: hospitals and temples, forests and slaughterhouses—an eternal plane adorned with rusted hooks, sustained by the million eyes that would watch him, run from him, experience him. All he had to do was accept, become an implement of The Fog and, most importantly, make them scream.''

Encore!

The Trickster's Perks
These are Perks which start off only appearing in The Trickster's. After achieving Level 30, Teachable versions of these Perks can be found: Once obtained, other Killers will be able to find The Trickster's Perks in their respective Bloodwebs from that point onwards.
 * Starstruck - Level 30
 * Hex: Crowd Control - Level 35
 * No Way Out - Level 40

Weapon: Polished Head-Smasher
A customised aluminium bat with a sharp edge and an iconic grip.

Power Trivia
Showstopper:
 * Time to enter Throw State: 
 * Time to exit Throw State: 
 * Showstopper Charge time: 
 * Cool-down time between throws: 
 * Reload time at Lockers: 
 * Initial Movement speed at 0 Blades: 
 * Eventual Movement speed after 30 Blades: 

Throw Rates:
 * Default Throw Rate multiplier: 
 * Throw Rate multiplier after 4 Stacks: 
 * Throw Rate multiplier after 8 Stacks: 
 * It should be noted that each Blade is considered a "Stack". Add-ons affecting the initial Throw Rate will pre-set the Stack counter so that these thresholds are reached with fewer Blades.
 * Main Event Throw Rate multiplier: 
 * This multiplier applies to all thrown Blades.


 *  Movement speed: 
 * This Movement speed is fixed and will not change depending on the number of thrown Blades.
 *  Charges: 
 *  Charge bonus per Hit: 
 *  Depletion rate: 
 *  Duration: 
 *  Cool-down: 
 *  Activation threshold: 
 * This is the time the Active Ability button needs to be pressed for to initiate the transition.
 *  Activation time: 
 *  Deactivation time: 
 *  resets if The Trickster is stunned with a.

Blades:
 * Projectile speed: 
 * Projectile Lateral Spawn offset: 
 * Projectile Forward Spawn Offset: 
 * Left and Right Projectiles Path-Convergence distance: 
 * Projectile Maximum range: 
 * Maximum Consecutive Projectiles: 
 * Consecutive Projectiles Decay time: 
 * This refers to the time in-between Throw inputs after which the Game will not consider the throws consecutive anymore.
 * Low-on-Ammo threshold 

Recoil:
 * Recoil Effect duration: 
 * Recoil angle: 
 * This means that there is no immediate default deviation from where The Trickster aims.
 * Recoil Angle variation: 
 * This refers to the maximum variation from the base angle.

Laceration:
 * Laceration Meter capacity: 
 * Laceration Meter Decay rate: 
 * Laceration Meter Decay rate while running: 
 * Laceration Meter Decay delay: 
 * Laceration Charges bonus per Blade Hit: 
 * Laceration Charges penalty per Basic Attack: 

Rotation Scaling:
 * Adjustment Time: 
 * This is the time Rotation speed takes to reach a new value.
 * Throw State Yaw Rotation Scale: 
 * Throw State Pitch Rotation Scale: 
 * Throwing Yaw Rotation Scale: 
 * Throwing Pitch Rotation Scale: 

Score Event Combos:
 * Combo Buffer duration: 
 * Hit Grace Period duration: 
 * This applies to the Score Event "The Show Must Go On"
 * Base Hit score: 
 * Filled Laceration Meter: 
 * Close Range Hit multiplier:  (applied when Hit occurred within 16 metres of The Trickster)
 * Long Range Hit multiplier:  (applied when Hit occurred farther than 16 metres from The Trickster)
 * Max Score multiplier: 

Lullaby Trivia

 * The Trickster's Lullaby is unique amongst Killer Lullabies in that it varies its volume with distance in the form of a bell curve. The Lullaby ranges from  and is independent of his :
 * From ' away, the volume gradually increases from nothing to a medium level at ' away.
 * From ' away, the volume swiftly increases to its peak volume at ' away.
 * From ' away, the volume swiftly decreases back to a medium level at ' away.
 * From ' away, the volume gradually decreases from a medium level to nothing at ' away.

Add-ons for Showstopper

 * Add-ons support  (desktop version only): hovering over the modifier words with your cursor will reveal the values behind them. On mobile browsers, the values are displayed in small text after the modifier words. Desktop users experiencing issues with the mouse-over may temporarily switch to mobile view at the bottom of an Article page.

Achievements

 * Main article: Achievements

There are currently  Achievements related to The Trickster.

Customisation
Players may customise their Character by choosing one outfit style from each category. Blood-stained attire is obtained after The Trickster reaches Level 50 and prestiges.

The Trickster's attire includes:

DLC

 * Main Article: Downloadable Content

The Killer is currently part of  DLCs:
 * CHAPTER XIX: All-Kill
 * Killer Expansion Pack

Patch 4.6.1

 * : increased The Trickster's initial Throw State Movement speed from ' or ' to ' or '.
 * : increased The Trickster's eventual Throw State Movement speed from ' or ' to ' or '.
 * : increased The Trickster's Main Event Movement speed from ' or ' to ' or '.
 * : decreased the Recoil intensity by reducing the Angle variation while throwing Blades from ' to '.
 * : removed the random spread when throwing Blades.
 * : increased Laceration Meter Decay delay from ' to '.
 * : decreased Wind-up time from ' to '.
 * : reduced Main Event Cool-down time from ' to '.
 * : increased Wind-down time from ' to '.
 * : modified the Laceration Meter Artwork to make it clearer when the meter is full vs. partially full.

Patch 5.0.0

 * : fixed the ranges at which The Trickster's Lullaby is supposed to play at.

Trivia

 * The Trickster is one of the most human-looking Killers in the game, as he has no unnatural alterations from The Entity.
 * His various eye colours, depending on the chosen Cosmetic piece, come from him using contact lenses, as confirmed in the video “Consultation with Kevin Woo”.
 * In general, natural eye colours (and hair colours) of Koreans vary from dark brown to black.
 * In the Game's code, Showstopper and Main Event are respectively referred to as "Flurry of Knives" and "Super Mode".
 * The Trickster is the first Killer who has been in a prolonged professional relationship with his Survivor counterpart prior to them both entering The Entity's Realm.
 * The melody The Trickster hums to after hooking a survivor is "Ring a Ring o' Roses", an old English nursery rhyme.

Language Trivia

 * The Trickster is the first Killer to speak a contemporary language (Korean) and the second one to speak during his Memento Mori.
 * Before killing a Survivor, The Trickster says "간다!" (Ganda), which translates to "Go!".
 * After killing a Survivor, The Trickster says "감사합니다!" (Gamsahabnida), which translates to "Thank you!".
 * Upon getting stunned, The Trickster says "제기랄!" (Jegiral), which translates to "Shit!".
 * Upon getting stunned, The Trickster says "젠장!" (Jenjang), which translates to "Damn it!".
 * Upon getting stunned, The Trickster says "빌어먹을!" (Bileomeogeul), which translates to "Goddamn it!"
 * Upon getting stunned, The Trickster says "짜증나..." (Jjajeungna), which translates to "How annoying..."
 * Upon getting stunned, The Trickster partially says "아 씨발." (A ssibal), which translates to "Oh fuck."
 * While reloading his Blades at a Locker, The Trickster says "이거야!" (Igeoya), which translates to "This is it!".
 * Upon finding a Survivor inside a Locker, The Trickster says "찾았다!" (Chajassda), which translates to "Found you!".
 * Upon finding a Survivor inside a Locker, The Trickster says "여기 있네!" (Yeogi itne), which translates to "There you are!".
 * Upon hooking a Survivor, The Trickster says "좋았어!" (Johasseo), which translates to "Nice!".

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