New Stranger Things season 5 villain tease

Episode titles Stranger Things season 5 has been revealed and teases a potential new villain named Camazotz. The Duffers brothers have referenced countless movies, shows, and books in Stranger Things over the years, since Aliens to THIS and A Nightmare on Elm Street. Perhaps the strongest influence (outside of Stephen King, at least) is Dungeons and Dragons. The young heroes of the franchise are big fans of the fantasy RPG and labeled the various creatures they encountered in The Upside Down after D&D monsters.

This includes the Demogorgon or season 4’s big bad Vecna ​​(Jamie Campbell Bower). The final season will likely maintain this tradition, although story details will still be kept under lock and key. Netflix recently dropped the episode titles for the upcoming Stranger Things Season 5, with the first episode called “The Crawl” and the final episode titled “The Rightside Up”, an inversion of the season 1 finale “The Upside Down”. One of the most intriguing is episode 6 “Escape from Camazotz”, which sure feels like another Dungeons and Dragons monster reference Stranger Things’ presenters.

Stranger Things Season 5 Episode Titles Suggest Camazotz Is a New Villain

Could Camazotz also be a reference to A Wrinkle in Time?

It has been confirmed that Vecna ​​will return in Stranger Things Season 5, although it remains unclear whether he serves as the final antagonist. The series’ young heroes will undoubtedly have to face some new threats along the way, and a look at both D&D Mayan lore and mythology suggest they will fight a giant bat-like monster during “Escape from Camazotz.” Dungeons and Dragons, Camazotz is the bat god of the underworld Olman, also known by the name Zotzilaha..

Anyone still traumatized by the death of Eddie Munson (Joseph Quinn) in Stranger Things Season 4 will recall that he was attacked by a bunch of creatures dubbed Demobats. As the name suggests, they were essentially bat versions of the Demogorgans, with the creatures acting as Vecna’s minions in Dimension X. It’s possible that Season 5 will find some of the Stranger Things‘ set trapped in Dimension X and chased by Camazotzwhich is a kind of evolved Demobat.

Outside the D&D connections, Camazotz may also be a reference to the classic YA novel A wrinkle in time. The book features a passage involving the planet Camazotz, which was overtaken by the Black Thing. This entity is a giant, evil shadow that covers Camazotz and uses mind control on its residents. Instead of being a slimy bat, Stranger Things‘”Escape from Camazotz” could be inspired by this Wrinkles in time section instead.

The Mythological Camazotz: The Story of the Bat God Explained

“Escape from Camazotz” may be linked to a classic Mayan myth

According to Mayan mythology (via ATI), Camazotz is a deity known as the spirit of night, death and sacrifice. The name translates as “deadly bat“in the Quiché language, and was often described as a strange mixture of man and bat. The beast was said to live within the caves of the Mayan underworld, Xibalba, and fly to capture (or decapitate) those who came too close to its home , the priests would also perform human sacrifices to this being.

As told in the text Popol Vuh, the twins Hunahpu and Xbalanque had to venture to Xibalba for a series of trials to test their strength. This included spending a night in the “Bat House”, where they slept while hiding from Camazotz. However, Hunahpu was later decapitated by the monster, who then took the head to a court so the gods could play with it. Long story short, Hunahpu’s twin later retrieved his head from the gods and returned it and they finally escaped the underworld.

Why Camazotz Seems Like a Suitable Stranger Things Season 5 Villain

Will another Stranger Things hero have to sacrifice himself?

Assuming Stranger Things’ face Camazotz and in fact, a giant bat creature, could serve as a great thematic enemy in the final season. After all, the being is closely linked to themes such as death and sacrifice, and it is unlikely that the Netflix series will end without one or two fatalities on the heroes’ side. In the end, Eddie has already sacrificed himself to the Dimension X Demobats, so perhaps Camazotz wants to claim more blood.

Of course, with the lack of solid story details, this is all conjecture. Camazotz it could be it a creature or a new location in which the series’ characters find themselves trapped, which, like The Black Thing in A wrinkle in timeit is being controlled by a collective mind. Camazotz’s connection to Dungeons and Dragons makes it more likely to be a new villainhowever – and which will undoubtedly give Stranger Things‘ set a real challenge before the show ended.

Source: ATI