The Hunters

Sophia’s story begins with two words that shape everything: on the run. Someone — or several someones — wants her dead, and the pursuit is part of what drives her out of Venice and across the sea. We’re grouping those human antagonists here as the Hunters: the pursuers, soldiers and enemies who stand between Sophia and the truth she’s chasing.

A note on certainty: Asobo hasn’t named a single central villain in the material released so far, so this entry treats the antagonists collectively and is marked expected. As the studio reveals specific named characters, we’ll give them their own profiles.

Who’s chasing her

What we know is that Sophia is a wanted woman. As a smuggler raised in a feared Venice gang, she’s accumulated enemies, and the framing of her being “on the run, determined to uncover the secrets of her past” implies people actively trying to stop her. Reports point to pursuers driven by the bounty on her head and by her connection to forces larger than a simple criminal grudge.

On Crete, that human threat takes a more martial form. The trailers show Sophia fighting soldiers and warriors — figures in bronze and crimson, with shields and spears, battling in marble courtyards. Whether these are the same pursuers from Venice, local forces guarding the island’s secrets, or something tied to the ancient curse isn’t fully clear yet. What’s clear is that they’re the human enemies the combat system is built around: the foes you parry, counter and finish.

The two kinds of threat

It’s worth drawing a line here, because Resonance seems to deliberately split its dangers into two categories. On one side are the Hunters and soldiers — human, fightable, the targets of Sophia’s blade. On the other is the presence that stalks the island, a supernatural threat the game wants you to flee and survive rather than fight. (We cover that separately in the bestiary.)

This split is central to how the game balances power and dread. Against the Hunters, Sophia is empowered — she can win, and the combat is a release. Against the presence, she’s vulnerable again, and the old Plague Tale horror returns. The Hunters are where you get to feel dangerous; they’re the proving ground for everything in the combat guide.

What we’re still waiting to learn

The big gaps: whether there’s a single named antagonist driving the pursuit, how the human enemies connect to the island’s deeper mystery and the Prima Macula, and whether any of Sophia’s pursuers become more than obstacles — rivals, foils, or even reluctant allies. The series has a history of morally complicated antagonists, so it would be no surprise if the Hunters turn out to be more than faceless soldiers.

We’ll update and split this entry as Asobo names names. For now, understand the Hunters as the human face of Sophia’s danger — the enemies she can answer with steel, set against the island’s older, stranger horror.

Learn how to handle them in the combat guide, and read about the island’s other threats in the bestiary.