Thread:ShamelessNitpicker/@comment-7931550-20171118041403/@comment-30053419-20171118073758

I know what you mean. I can easily imagine the ghosts: a heartless professional who obeyed without question and killed without remorse, emphasizing grim necessity over any sense of honour and justice... and a kill-crazy psychopath driven to madness by life on the front, having gradually grown to enjoy the brutal methods used to frighten the enemy.

Maybe the familiar ghost dynamic could be altered somewhat: rather than being emphasized as the lesser of two evils, as was the case with Copperfield, the Consumate Professional is actually much worse than the other ghost, and will gladly committ any kind of atrocity if it means accomplishiing his objectives - ieven if it means weaponizing Torque/Blackmore against the enemy. For this reason, he wants the player on his side.

By contrast, the kill-crazy psychopath has no desire to corrupt Torque - he just wants to kill him, having percieved him as another threat. However, as he follows Torque across the battlefield, he slowly begins to remember who he was before the war drove him insane; at first lashing out in grief and horror, by the end, he's become something of a cross between Horace and Ernesto - anxious to stop Torque from being corrupted, but much more standoffish and harsh than Horace.

Also I wouldn't doubt that Killjoy would find a way to follow Torque to the battlefield, but wouldn't it be interesting if he made a friend among one of the local ghosts, one similar to him? A medic employed by the interrogators, perhaps, or maybe a scientist conducting experiments on POWs ala Unit 731. Perhaps the two doctors would bond over their love of science and medicine - only to disagree over the proper course of treatment for Torque, and eventually oppose one another - forcing Torque to choose a side between the two.

And as for the Malefactors? The new spin on the Burrowers could have been really nasty - after all, there've been recorded instances of "casualties" being shovelled into mass graves while still alive. Care to share any grisly ideas for the Malefactors?