In an interview with Variety, the Duffer brothers were asked if there would be any major casualties in Volume 2 . “I don’t really want to say it, but I would worry about the characters going into Volume 2 for sure. I hope that’s the point because it’s a darker season and the kids aren’t kids anymore. So everyone is in danger.

And there is a kind of sinister feeling that things might not go well. Now, whether it is or not, you will have to see, “they revealed. Volume 1 has already claimed several victims: Vecna has killed Chrissy Cunningham ( Grace Van Dien ), Fred Benson ( Logan Riley Bruner ), and Patrick McKinney ( Myles Truitt ). Also, in the last chapter released to date, Nancy ( Natalia Dyer ) fell under her curse and Volume 2 will have to reveal her fate.

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Also, in the same interview, the creators gave some hints about season 5, which will be the last installment. The post asked the Duffers why time seems to have stopped in Upside Down World on the day Will was caught by the Demogorgon. “That’s a really good question. That’s actually one of the few questions we’ve raised this season that won’t be answered in Volume 2. We’re setting the stage for some big reveals in our final season,” they dropped.