
As a result, the popular Netflix series has been able to shift toward some quite distinct horror clichés. The Demogorgon and the Mind Flayer were the main subjects of previous seasons, as well as the hive mind entity known as the Mind Flayer, but now evil has a name and a face. He was given the name "Vecna" by the Hawkins children after a Dungeons & Dragons spellcaster who defeated death and attained godhood. Vecna is the most faithful to the original material of all the D&D-inspired enemies from Stranger Things, therefore the moniker has proven to be an apt one.
The truth about this adversary has been steadily unveiled in Stranger Things season 4, shedding information on Vecna's identity, abilities, and background. As a result, it has prepared him to serve as Eleven's evil counterpart and a distorted version of the series' most admirable character, Eleven. Even though Vecna was momentarily vanquished in Stranger Things season 4, it was at best a Pyrrhic triumph, and for season 5, the world is in more danger than ever.