“We are not that different, are we? Both youthful and full of zealous ardor, both willing to endure whatever painful contingencies required to achieve triumph – whether it be on the field of battle or inside a laboratory. In a different time, I think, we could have been comrades – friends, even… had it not been for the blood that courses through my veins. The same blood you so brutally spilled two years ago in the Crucible.
My name is Zunn, Second Archsophos of the Inquest. You killed my father. Prepare to die."
Name: Zunn, Second Archsophos of the Inquest
Backstory: Kudu’s son. Having survived the fall of the Crucible of Eternity, Zunn is now one of the Inquest’s highest-ranked members, continuing Kudu’s research in dragon energy and leading Inquest operations om Mordrem territory.
Character: Brash, abrasive, but at the same time, not smug like his father. Very willing to undergo risks – both when it comes to his own life and the lives of his comrades. Rather touchy about his father (in a similar way to Zojja/Snaff). Will probably face the main character a few times without his golem before the dungeon/raid because of the aforemented things.
Boss battle: Without his golem, Zunn fights mostly with conventional weaponry like a warrior/thief mix – dual swords/dual pistol combination – nothing particularily dangerous. He also uses experimental Mordrem energy technology to bolster himself in battle such as barriers and life-draining beams (cast on one of the NPCs and, if multiple players are presents, PCs – to stop the beam, one has to stand between Zunn and the victim, resulting in a short circuit that damages the player but breaks one of Zunn’s shields). Overall, however, he is not so dangerous alone.
The REAL kitten starts when Zunn is faced inside his massive quadrapedal (see last picture) Mordremothic golem, which would require an actual raid team. At the first phase, the upper part of the golem is invincible, and the large “legs” of the boss have to be broken first. However, as the kitten thing IS ACTUALLY MOVING AND CAN STOMP YOU, doing so is no simple task. As the golem moves, it also shoots lasers at the random member of the group (announced in the chat) – forcing that party member to move constantly for as long as the laser is active (circa 6 seconds) lest he/she be killed instantly by the beam. After the laser barrage is over, an impassable bramble patch (or trail of burning ground) is left where it struck. The team’s task is to damage both large legs of the golem to slow it sufficiently and to trick Zunn into being trapped inside impassable terrain – at that point, the golem’s legs are broken and it is incapacitated, starting phase 2.
This phase shall be far more add-heavy, as more Inquest troops appear to help their leader. The golem can no longer stomp people or fire his laser repeatedly, but can concentrate its energy into a huge, powerful bolt that, should it hit the player, not only kill him/her but also turn him/her into another add (a Mordrem). Also, due to being damaged, the legs of the golem start leaking Mordremothic energy, creating several puddles of energy that continue expanding as the fight progresses. Aside from buffing the adds turning them into Mordrem, these pools also deal severe damage if a player steps into one. The only way to destroy these pools is to trick the golem into exploding them with its laser beams; to do so, one must kill adds, take their shields that provide invulnerability, and then step into the puddles.
Finally, when the golem’s hull is broken, Zunn leaves the kittenpit and starts attacking like crazy, using his weapons and magic much like in previous encounters but now leaping from enemy to enemy, choosing targets randomly, and increasing his attack speed significantly. He will also use more Mordremothic abilities, such as creating puddles of energy (similar to those in phase 2) and pools of transfiguration – which, if a player steps in, increase his/her stats and heal him/her, but also turn him/her into a Mordrem add if he/she stays there for too long.
That’s it. Come up with your own encounters!
