Lady ZZL Tryks is visible before you even get into a game of Dead by Daylight. Her voice welcomes you to the party in several different ways. If playing as a Survivor, she will appear behind a rock to wave at you. If playing as a killer, she will blow you a kiss from behind a tree. Her face is plastered on the loading screen and she pops in and out of existence in the event to notify Killer and Survivor of the changes she’s made to the playing field.
While she may seem like a new character, she has been in Dead by Daylight longer than one might think. Despite her strange name, she is known as a character named Jezabel. The character goes by many names such as The Mad Designer, Tryks-C, Zzl, and others. What can we learn about this character?
Lady ZZL Tryks and The Observer
While she has not appeared in the game until this event, she is mentioned in the Observer’s Lore. The Observer is a character trapped in a tower who can see events occurring in different dimensions and points in time. This ability helps fill in lore concerning The Entity, in-game characters, and events with seemingly no connection to the game.
Lady ZZL Tryks is first mentioned in Tome 3. The Observer hears a knock at his tower door. He answers only to find an invitation to celebrate a birthday party being held for The Entity. While this doubles as an advertisement for the upcoming Anniversary event, later tomes speak of this party being thrown by Lady Tryks. In Tome 6, The Watcher finds a room he calls The Chamber of Blood. This room contained writings of the tower’s previous occupants. One such writer is our lovely lady.
The Observer finds another note in Tome 15. This note refers to the “Sweet Darkness” and is signed by Lady Tryks. Tome 18 sees The Observer finding a new realm. This one is composed of people wearing clothing made of cardboard boxes and living in moldy gingerbread homes. When the Observer kicks one of these homes, it disappears in a swirl of blue energy. This, The Observer surmises, is the work of Lady ZZL Tryks.
Lady ZZL Tryks and The Anniversary Event
Every event tends to have tomes deleted after they have ended. While not found in-game, these Anniversary Event tomes for 2022 and 2023 give more insight into this mysterious figure. These tomes focus on Captain Pierce and a group of soldiers searching for towers while in the realm. The group discovers journals filled with drawings of characters dressed in costumes. Pierce even finds a drawing of himself dressed as The Chesire Cat.
This crew eventually finds a room filled with masks and costumes from the drawings. Afterward, a disembodied voice begins speaking to them. This feminine voice tells the group to abandon hope and wish the “Sweet Darkness” a happy birthday. Pierce tells the voice they would wish this darkness a happy birthday if the voice left them alone.
It was not until the 2024 Anniversary Event that Lady ZZL Tryks made herself visible. Upon entering The Trial, Tryks appears overhead to introduce the changes made to the trial. After any combination of two anniversary generators or hooks is activated, Tryks makes changes. Party chests may appear at random parts of the map. She may heal Survivors but also expose (Killers only require one hit to put Survivors in a killing state) them in the process.
What Can We Know about Lady ZZL Tryks?
Lady Tryks is a big fan of the Entity. The Anniversary Event, while known as the birthday of Dead by Daylight, is also in-game the birthday of the Entity. She is the orchestrator of every celebration. This includes inviting characters like The Watcher to come to the celebration as well as encouraging characters to embrace the “Sweet Darkness,” ZZL’s name for The Entity.
Lady ZZL Tryks’ devotion has earned the favor of The Entity. The Watcher’s gingerbread expedition left him thinking The Mad Designer was the creator. The same blue energy is found throughout The Trials. Totems light up with blue as do chests, pallets, and invitations. Her ability to make quick changes mid-trial to help/hinder Killers and Survivors proves that Lady Tryks is somewhat powerful. While in-game lore reveals nothing, her power could have been given as a show of favor by The Entity.
As evidenced by her name Lady ZZL Tryks is a designer. Namely, she is a fashion designer. She created the masks and outfits Killers and Survivors can earn during the event but that’s not all she created. Two outfits belonging to Vittorio Toscano bear her insignia in their description as do the Alice in Wonderland outfits. The 2024 Anniversary Event lore has not been completely revealed as of yet. We may learn more about Lady ZZL Tryks before the end of it. Until then, we can only speculate.
What role will Lady ZZL Tryks play in Dead by Daylight in the coming months? Nothing is set in stone but fans of the game are referring to Tryks as the best part of the Anniversary Event. With this in mind, we might see more of The Entity’s devoted designer. Until then, we can enjoy her quips during the trials and see what the lore may say.
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