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| “ | I have nothing but a fear for the feeling of blunt trap spikes grinding against my bones or for the heavy and deliberate footsteps which always inevitably reveal a plastered, sadistic grin. With the traps and the Trapper, it has so far been a constant battle between looking up and looking down. | „ |
| ~ Benedict Baker in his journal on The Trapper. |
Evan MacMillan, better known as the Trapper, is the mascot and one of the playable killers in Dead by Daylight. He was a wealthy heir who snapped after being used as an enforcer by his abusive father.
He was voiced by Filip Ivanovic, who also voiced the Wraith, the Hillbilly, and the game's versions of Freddy Krueger and Leatherface.
Appearance[]
Evan MacMillan is a tall, muscular Caucasian man. His skin is cracked, and his arms are covered with scars that suggest self-harm. His hands are bloody to the point that he can be mistaken for wearing gloves. He wears green rubber overalls that appear to have been poorly repaired some time in the past. His face is covered with a bone mask with small eye openings and a sharp-toothed grin fashioned on the front. His weapon is a long, rusty cleaver which he made. When The Trapper is prestiged, bloody cosmetics of his weapon, body and mask can be unlocked.
Biography[]
Evan MacMillan was originally the loyal son of Archie MacMillan, a cruel man who ran his mining company and his estate. Evan worked as his main enforcer, helping his father run his company in a productive state. Even when his father's health degraded, Evan still cared for him and followed his orders. It was when his father finally snapped when Evan truly became murderous, as he lead over a hundred men into a tunnel before sealing them inside with explosives. Archie was later mysteriously murdered himself, left to die in the basement of his house. Ever since then, Evan worked for the Entity as its plaything, used to sacrifice an endless amount of survivors.
Blood, Brass, and Grit[]
The first Tome goes into detail about the relationship between Evan, his father, and the workers in the mine. Archie is a cruel boss who works his employees to the bone in dangerous conditions for minimal pay, and Evan is becoming sympathetic to them. Evan has learned that the workers are planning to created a union.
Archie is also very abusive of Evan, throwing him to the ground and telling him how he shouldn't treat the workers with kindness, because if you give them an inch they'll take a mile. Evan recalls how his father broke his jaw a year prior and keeps quiet about the union and his friends.
Evan secretly enjoys sketching and drawing. While Archie is trying to break his spirit, and teaching him how to break the spirits of his workers or his future wife, Evan continues his tiny defiance of drawing.
Evan watches Archie yelling at one of the workers. This worker is sick and wishes to get off work earlier, but Archie threatens to fire him, which would ruin the workers life. Evan wishes he could do something but he needs to bide his time and wait for the union to come. The worker collapses, and Archie kicks him in the guts before ordering Evan to drag him outside. As Evan moves the worker, he starts to feel angry at the worker, calling him a maggot and wanting to put him out of his misery. He starts to worry that he is becoming like his father.
Evan and his father are setting up bear traps in the woods. Archie has always been obsessed with hunting bears, and he starts to tell Evan a story he has told him many times before. Archie and his brother (Evans uncle) are out hunting, when a bear attacks. It attacks his uncle, tearing off his arm and eating his head. Archie violently attacks the bear before cutting it open and pulling the head out of its guts. Archie says he had to carry his brothers body ten miles back to the house, but last time it was five. Evan is starting to think that Archie had murdered his brother.
Evan starts to draw his father in a bear suit, murdering his uncle. His uncle was a kind man, a philanthropist who would have run the family business with fair wages and "all that socialist crap". He knows keep down that his uncle was murdered, but he doesn't have any proof. He suspects his father of these terrible things but doesn't feel disgusted or ashamed at him. He continues to worry that he is becoming like his father.
Evan is looming over his fathers bed, watching him sleep. He hates him, and loves him at the same time. He wonders what life would be like without his father around. He holds a giant stone up in the air, holding it for minutes. He considers murdering his father right here, but considers other options. Mining accidents, hunting accidents, so many ways he could eliminate his father. But he can't bring himself to perform any of them.
Evan starts to draw his father in a bear suit again, this time drowning his mother. He never believed the story his father told, about her being swept away by a current and disappearing. His mother was beautiful, kind, and compassionate. But his father wouldn't let anyone get in the way of his business, especially not family. He needs to be obedient to his father, or he will die. But he is tired of it. He has other friends, like the workers. They encourage him and really talk with him about things. They deserve better.
Archie stares Evan down across the dinner table with a look that tells Evan he's in for it. Archie knows, or maybe just suspects, that something is wrong. Evan knows he shouldn't keep anything hidden from him. Last year, Evan ruthlessly beat a man with a wood 2x4 for saying things about his mother. And as the police dragged Evan away, Archie just smiled. Because he knew that Evan didn't attack the man out of anger or to defend his mom. He knew that Evan attacked the man to feel power over him.
Evan finds his drawings torn to pieces. He manages to put them all back together except for one, the drawing of his mother being drowned. As his father enters the room, he prepares to be beaten or shouted at, but it never comes. Instead, Archie reveals that his friends sold him out. Archie says that tomorrow he will learn a lesson. Evan stares at his father and feels hate, but not for Archie. He hates the maggots, the people who pretended to be his friend and then sold him out. For his father, he feels respect and admiration.
In Other Media[]
The Trapper appears in the spin-off game Hooked on You, alongside the Spirit, the Wraith and the Huntress, and being some of the options for the game.
The Trapper also appeared in a crossover event with For Honor, as a powerful boss enemy,
Gallery[]
In Game[]
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Miscellaneous[]
Trivia[]
- The Trapper was the first killer made in Dead by Daylight. Naturally he became the mascot for the game appearing the most trailers and merchandise.
- He may be based on Jason Voorhees, as both are large, muscular men that wear masks, wield simple yet crude bladed weapons, and are fiercely loyal to one of their parents. Also, Jason has been known to use bear traps from time to time, whereas the Trapper uses it as his staple attack style. His status as a former miner also brings mind to Harry Warden from My Bloody Valentine.
External Links[]
- The Trapper on the Dead by Daylight Wiki
