Most of you already know of the roles the proxies play; their strengths, their flaws, their uses. Many of you, however, do not understand the connection between them.
The Hallowed are the hive mind. The swarm of angry bees whose nest we shook. They fight as one, striking not as individuals but as a team.
This is a weakness and a strength. You already know the strength, that they will ignore individuals being struck down and keep attacking. What you don't know is that is also a weakness. They will ignore individuals being struck down. Kill one at a time; they are mindless, and you are freeing them from their torment of ignorance and Slender Man.
The Agents are different; they serve willingly, without any control over their mind at all. This is bad for our Fighters, because they still can use their cognitive functions properly. This is good for us, because they aren't connected to the hive.
The Agents, for whatever reason, serve the Slender Man. I don't much care why, for they have sold their souls. However, they lack the connection to the hive mind, and have to get their information through more mundane means. The internet (through blogs, videos, and such), phone books, Q&A with the Hallowed. We can fight them by being like shadows. Don't let yourself be found. Get some pewter to ward yourself.
Revenants; the special operations units of the Slender Horde. They do not carry the sheer power that the Slender Man does, but they all have access to some of the creature's mind magic. They are like Agents who are tapped into the hive mind. They are our second greatest fear in this time.
However, they are hard for the Slender One to make; one has to have powerful mental defenses and a willingness to follow the Slender Man. They also share a weakness of his, and of mind magic's; pewter. Pewter wards against the direction of mind magic; mental magicians cannot find or use mind magic within such a ward. This doesn't affect their drones (Hallowed) much, however.
Lastly, I would like to discuss the Masked Ones. We have grown to equate them to the Hallowed, but are they? Why would they were masks, if they are Hallowed and masks can help fool the Slender Man? I would like to point you to Tim, or "Masky", as he is often known. Shown by J on MarbleHornets, the Masked Ones attacked Alex, who is obviously either an Agent or a Sleeper (a Hallowed when their mind is weak, like it is during sleep). Why would they do that if he is on their side?
I am of the belief that the true Masked Ones are some sort of cult, or something, dedicated to taking down the Slender Man. The masks are evidence of this. All wear one, and masks have been shown to function similarly to the operator symbol in that the Slender Man thinks they can see him.
The next time you see a Masked One, ask it this: "Who is the Operator of Death?"
You'll know by its answer whether or not it is Hallowed.
What will their reply be?
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