Pretty Little Liars has a new villain to unmask, and their murderous foe will be closer than any of the Liars would ever guess.

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Just as with 'A', many of the season 6B/season 7 suspects will share a couple of similarities with at least one main characters - similarities of the double helix variety. Rosewood's new troublemaker will de related to one fan favorite in some way, shape, or form.

Luckily for fans, they will only have to wait 10 episodes to find out who's the unlucky relation.

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"By the end of [Season] 6B, you will pretty much know who or who's related to this big bad," series creator Marlene King teased, according to TV Guide.

Now that the Liars are older, their opponent won't be playing games. Whereas 'A' was often content to merely bat them around like a cat with a ball of yarn, the next villain to haunt Rosewood will be out for blood.

"It's definitely life or death, and it's smarter and edgier and deadlier," Lucy Hale (Aria) told MTV. "The stakes are definitely a lot higher. It's not 'I'm going to expose your secrets.' It's 'I'm going to kill you if you don't give me what I want.'"

Jump five-years forward when Pretty Little Liars returns to ABC Family (soon to be Freeform) on Jan. 12 at 8 p.m. ET.

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