
Throughout the course of the game, Judgement is seen in disturbing visions as the disease plagues The Drifter, which worsen as time goes on. Its intimidating appearance, multiple times larger than the protagonist, is only the half of its looming, threatening nature. This entity appears at multiple points throughout the game as a haunting reminder to The Drifter of its presence, apparently composed of living shadow. The guardian found him in a worm-like form. Judgement appears to only antagonize those with the disease, and to appear to each diseased in a different, unique form, although always black and pink. The Immortal Cell remained festering beaneath the earth until the Drifter found a way to it, fought Judgement and destroyed the Immortal Cell, ending its infliction on the world and with the four-sided diamond shape on its body, seemingly representing the shape of the Immortal Cell. Eventually a war which the Cell was somehow involved in broke out, ending in a cataclysmic event. However some people were against this idea and corrupted its purpose. The "Immortal Cell" that Judgement was born out of was crafted by the four main species of the world long ago by harnessing the power of a "wellspring", in order to grant the people of the world immortality. Whether Judgement is truly a physical being, only visions projected psychically or a blend of both is unknown. Judgement is seemingly a form of artificial intelligence but is also somehow related to the disease that affects several of the drifters in the world, with Judgement showing itself in frightening and violent visions to anyone inflicted with it, attacking the diseased.

It is the main antagonist of the Drifter and the final boss of Hyper Light Drifter, residing deep beneath the Central Town. The Crystal, the Immortal Cell, Judgement or Hal is a malevolent entity. “ Ever-present, always watching, inevitable.
