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Everyone has always expected Matthias to be "Louis", but Matthias himself and the person who sent the "invitation" were exceptions to that.

Matthias Czernin and "Louis", also known collectively as the Puppeteer, are a Contain/Rescue Hybrid Type and Difficulty 1 Survivor available for purchase after completion of the prologue. He is one of 43 playable Survivors added to Identity V.

People only care about what you appear to be.

—Matthias Czernin (Deduction Quest No. 9)


Appearance[]

Puppeteer[]

Matthias is a tall, slender doll with a slightly stooped figure and sickly, pale skin. The left side of his body is horribly damaged as compared to his right. His dark brown locks are styled into neat waves on the right, straggly and frayed on the left, and combed down in neat spikes to reach his neck on the back. What is left of his face is screwed into a tortured, worried expression, and his remaining brow on the right is furrowed. His right eye is a brown button, cross-stitched with white thread and half-covered by a droopy grey eyelid, while his left is nothing more than an empty cross-stitch of the same color. His mouth is pulled back by two rows of stitching on his upper and lower lip, and large, hollow tears are visible on the left side of his face and neck.

He wears a faded, dark grey tunic with long, billowing sleeves that are tapered to fit his wrists at the ends, with the left sleeve so tattered that it is held up with haphazard stitches and pins with round yellow heads. A loose, messily tied black tie is around the high collar of the tunic, and over this he wears a sleeveless black vest with silver details and buttons down both sides. He wears a leather belt with a rolled-up pouch attached around his waist, and he also wears skinny, dark grey trousers. Tall boots of black leather with metal heels are on his feet, with the left one heavily tattered and held up in a similar fashion to that of his sleeve. The index and middle fingers on his left hand are encased in braces of dark metal, and on his right is a black leather glove. Tears are visible in his left shoulder and wrist, showing cotton stuffing. He holds an old, wooden marionette cross brace in his right hand.

Puppet[]

"Louis" is a humanoid marionette, similar in size to a young human boy, a head shorter than his human form. He appears to be made out of wood and metal, and eerily resembles Matthias. His skin is painted the same sickly color, and his limbs have visible, neatly segmented joints of metal to aid his individual movements. His dark brown locks are styled into a neat wave parted into two even sides, and his thin eyebrows appear to be trimmed primly. His eyeholes each contain one large, glassy brown eye, with mechanical eyelids that can open and shut. His mouth is carved into a wide grin, showing off glossy, painted rows of white teeth.

He wears a tunic of white silk with intricately-embroidered, short sleeves that cover only his upper forearms, and shorts of yellow silk with similar, geometrical embroidery patterned on the waist in a different color. A red ribbon tied into a bow is around the collar of his tunic, and over this he wears a sleeveless black vest with red details and buttons down both sides. He wears white ankle socks, and on his feet are laced-up Rochelles of polished black leather.

Gameplay[]

The Puppeteer is a Contain/Rescue-type Survivor who specializes in tanking hits to prolong his containing duration excessively as well as rescue without the risk of suffering Terror Shock with his ability "Louis", but which increases his damage by 25%. "Louis" lasts for 8 seconds, during which state he can neutralize fear equal to that of a normal attack, after which if hit or the time ends, "Louis" reverts back into his original form. For every hit he takes, his movement speed will also increase slightly for 8 seconds. In relation to his great damage-sustaining abilities, he has a severe healing debuff, being unable to receive healing from teammates with exceptions to Empathize and Dovlin. The time taken to heal teammates is also prolonged, and each heal makes teammates take more and more time to heal once again. However, every teammate healed reduces his and other teammates' damage by 25%, and "Louis" can also heal minor injuries, though the healing time required is equal to that of a regular injury.

External Traits[]

Below is a list of Puppeteer's intrinsic traits. For more in-depth information, please check the individual pages.

External Traits and Abilities
External Trait Description
LouisTrait
"Louis"
Carries the puppet known as "Louis," also known as the perfect "self," enabling him to transform into "Louis" while increasing his Fear by 25%. While controlling "Louis," Fear equal to that of a normal attack can be neutralized. When a Hunter's normal attack hits "Louis," the recovery speed of this normal attack will reduce by 10%.

"Louis" lasts 8 seconds or until all damage has been neutralized. When there is a Survivor on a Rocket Chair within 20 meters, "Louis" will expire 100% faster.
As "Louis" is an inanimate puppet, Undaunted is available 1 time while controlling "Louis." The Puppeteer cannot move, take damage, or be affected by control effects while Undaunted is active.

FlexibleJoints
Flexible Joints
Each increase in Fear grants an 8% Movement Speed bonus for 8 seconds.
UselessFlesh
Useless Flesh
Although lifelike on the outside, "Louis" is made of wood and machinery. Unable to receive healing from other Survivors when wounded, and the time taken to heal other Survivors is increased by 30%. Every Survivor healed reduces the Puppeteer and other Survivors' Fear by 25%, and healed Survivors take 20% longer to heal when being healed again.

"Louis" can heal minor injuries, and the healing time required for minor injuries is the same as healing a regular injury.

Character Statistics[]

Below is a list of Puppeteer's statistics. To view other Survivors' gameplay data, please view this article.

Puppeteer Statistics
Chart Movement
Running Speed 3.8 m/s
Walking Speed 2.11 m/s
Crouched Speed 1.14 m/s
Crawling Speed 0.44 m/s
Speed Boost after Hit 2.0 sec
Footprint Duration 4.0 sec
Action Pallet Window
Dropping 0.73 sec /
Low Speed Vaulting 2.07 sec 1.27 sec
Medium Speed Vaulting 1.63 sec /
High Speed Vaulting 1.17 sec 0.87 sec
Decoding
Cipher Machine 81.0 sec
Electric Shock Progress Loss 1.0%
Electric Shock Decoding Inability 2.0 sec
Exit Gates 18.0 sec
Healing
Healing Teammate 21.43 sec
Being Healed N/A
Knockdown Self-Healing 30.0 sec
Others
Chest Opening 10.0 sec[6]
Ballooned Struggle 16.0 sec
Rocket Chair Duration 60.0 sec
Being Rescued from Chairs 1.0 sec

Abilities in Other Game Modes[]

Puppeteer Ability Changes in Other Game Modes
Modes Change
Duo Hunters Cannot use Syringe.
Blackjack Cannot use in this mode
Tarot Normal Cannot use in this mode
Crystal Ball Mode Cannot use in this mode

Concept / Design Notes[]

Official Website[7][]

Parents robbed, lives replaced, lives ruined... Behind all of this is a puppet. The resurrected "Louis" has become a permanent shadow. Will the manor crest that finally appears in the wooden box give him the answer he wants?

The puppet "Twins" are constantly entangled
"Louis" needs to experience every performance, and an exquisite costume is particularly important. A white short-sleeved shirt, a trimmed black vest, a neat bright red bow tie, and a carefully styled hairstyle all better reflect the young man's mental outlook. This puppet, created based on the puppeteer's childhood, expresses its confidence and assertiveness with its smile.

Matthias himself was just the opposite. He was dressed in black and looked unremarkable. His messy hair was ignored. The left side of his body, which was seriously injured due to the collapse of the stage, still bears traces of disability. If he were not holding a puppet, there would be no clue from his empty expression that he was a puppeteer in charge.

PuppeteerConceptArtCN

The ropes and background that spread from the front to the back all show the puppeteer's manipulated life. Matthias and "Louis" are both shrouded in shadows and trapped in the mud. No one can escape the shackles of fate.

Accompanied by puppets, fear is always present
Things have changed, but "Louis" remains the same!

Social Media[8][9][]

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Trivia[]

Other Languages[]

"Puppeteer (Matthias Czernin)" in Other Languages
🇨🇳 简体中文
(Simplified Chinese)
守夜人 (马蒂亚斯·切尔宁) Puppeteer (Matthias Czernin)
🇨🇳 繁體中文
(Traditional Chinese)
🇺🇸 English Puppeteer (Matthias Czernin)
español Español
(Spanish)
Titiritero Puppeteer
🇮🇩 Bahasa Indonesia
🇯🇵 日本語
(Japanese)
人形師 (マティアス・チェルニン) Puppet Master (Matthias Czernin)
🇰🇷 한국어
(Korean)
인형사 (마티아스 체르닝) Puppeteer (Matthias Czernin)
🇲🇾 Bahasa Melayu
🇹🇭 ภาษาไทย
(Thai)
🇻🇳 Tiếng Việt
(Vietnamese)
Người Điều Khiển Rối (Matthias Czernin) Puppet Master (Matthias Czernin)

References[]

  1. Characters (Survivors and Hunters) will have their first Birthday/Character Day Event only if 365 days have passed since their release. We are still waiting for an update on Puppeteer's Birthday.
  2. Matthias is stated to have been born in Prague, the capital of the Czech Republic. He would later move to Paris, France, with his family - Weibo
  3. Matthias was prompted to visit Oletus Manor after receiving a box engraved with the Muse Mark on his 24th Birthday - Weibo
  4. In Puppeteer's Character Trailer and as KING-h1 in the Season 30 Essence 2 Trailer. Announcement by the voice actor - Twitter, Twitter.
  5. In Puppeteer's Character Trailer and as KING-h1 in the Season 30 Essence 2 Trailer. Announcement by the voice actress - Twitter, Twitter.
  6. In game it is stated that his chest opening speed is 6.25 seconds but this is incorrect.
  7. Puppeteer Design Notes - Official Website
  8. English design notes - Twitter
  9. Chinese design notes -Weibo

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Tool External Traits
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