fierce fern
Inspired from suggestion and concept art by @pale thunder
Refer to: https://discord.com/channels/851842678340845600/1205620726753656922
I'm back with more Cavelings! I love the names Wilgamesh came up with, so I've kept those and decided to expand on the roles to have more functionality that made sense to me to have in game.
WARNING: the character descriptions contain some spoilers for post-wall, newer players please read with caution!
Botan - Keeper of The Blade
A fast attacking melee boss that can parry attacks and inflict poison status effects, they protect the Chipped Blade Temple. (They probably have anger management issues from being around mold and poison lol)
Botan's equipment includes a thorny vine whip tipped off with poison and a Rafflesia Shield that emits a poison status inducing gas when they parry an attack.
Defeating Botan drops Botan's Rafflesia, Raged Vine, and Rune Parchment. (normally bought by the Cloaked Merchant)
Reju - Keeper of The Glyph
A ranged miniboss that guards the Treasury of Admin Keys. I'm not really sure where to go for this one attack wise, but I had the lore idea of Reju being born with abnormally large ears and lost their sight from a crab bubble incident, allowing Reju to grow up with highly sensitive hearing. Their great hearing allows them to snipe the player when the player's moving around.
Defeating Reju will drop Reju's Pearl, a ranged weapon, and the Empty Crystal (an item that's normally purchased by the Cloaked Merchant).
Slag - Keeper of The Forge
A tanky melee boss that guards the Ancient Forge - attacks include shockwave inflicted by hammer that coats the ground with magma as well as burning status effects from flamethrower.
The weapons differ from the original concept; I gave Slag a massive hammer encrusted with magma and decorated with some galaxite - the idea being it was their very first creation so it looks a little rough but the functionality is there. The flamethrower is Slag's more advanced creation, drawing inspiration from the decorative accents on the Ancient Forge.
Defeating Slag will drop Slag's Hammer, Ancient Flamethrower (working name lol), and the Cipher Parchment (normally dropped by Igneous the Molten Mass).
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Fun little tidbit about Botan's shield, Slag and Reju picked on Botan a lot when they were kids and decided to gift Botan a rafflesia. Botan initially thought it was a nice gift and when they discovered it was a prank, Botan decided to turn it into a shield just to spite Slag and Reju. (because who in their right mind would normally see a rafflesia and think, "wow that'd make a great shield")
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