Board Thread:False Info and Speculative Discussion/@comment-24732895-20150413011915/@comment-86.184.104.161-20150415202052

SergeiBorokov1 wrote: Wow, lots of hardcore fans here lol

On note of this board discussion, I was wondering the same thing - are they related to the Hunters, or are they supernaturally-related? I have a theory that they may be Hunters who got so immersed in the supernatural that they became supernatural - a fighting fire with fire concept perhaps.

If not, then maybe the Doctors are something not specifically from any mythology or folklore, but from history. To note, there is the black goo in the trailers, and that made me think of the Black Death. During this time in Europe there were the Plague doctors who wore masks to conceal their faces and supposedly protect them from the disease - usually in the shape of birds. Now we've already seen Berzerkers who were a real group of people, so it would come as no suprise to me if now we see the Plague doctors. Interesting, considering the fan created monster is said to pass on bits of its soul to create more of its self perhaps they are connected somehow. They might be helping the creature spread or are Eichen's equivalent of the Oni and are checking people/ trying to remove the contamination; their suits could be a way to protect themselves from infection.