DLC
Ancient legends from the Witchdom of Pulchra claim these are former humans who opted out of society to live free and lawless. Their love of liberty is so extreme that merely implying they can’t do something will be met with angry insistences on doing that thing, which is why over 200 Hermits a year die eating poison berries, often using their famed “Lick and Cut” technique. A belief in freedom so zealous as to be indistinguishable from chains.
Base health
At spawn, minute zero, before the run scales it.
Contact damage
Move speed
XP dropped
Where it spawns
Health here is the base figure the game spawns it with. Enemies gain health every minute the clock runs, Curse multiplies it again, and Inverse doubles the whole stage before any of that.

Emerald Diorama
