History Characters / TerrariaCalamity

* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Kind of comes with being named after the Greek god of death.

* CognizantLimbs: Much like its namesake, it has four independent superweapon-wielding arms that each use their own methods of attack. Each arm can be targeted individually, but [[SharedLifeMeter all of them contribute to Ares' main health bar.]]

A massive mechanical serpent Draedon designed with the intent of being completely invincible. Thanatos is armed with dozens of high-power pulse lasers and covered in impenetrable armor that deflects even the mightiest blows, only providing openings when the metal serpent opens its vents to avoid overheating.

* ArmoredButFrail: It's totally immune to harm when its armor is closed, but Thanatos actually has the lowest HP out of the trio as well as its open segments taking ''increased'' damage instead of reduced. Combined with its segmented nature making it vulnerable to piercing weapons, hitting Thanatos with heavy firepower when it's exposed can practically tear through it. In-universe, this was a NecessaryDrawback for cramming it full of weaponry.

A pair of aerial war machines utilizing highly unstable but powerful energy reserves, trained extensively with advanced simulation technology and specialized for agility. Their designs are mostly similar, but Artemis (orange) is tuned for precision with its deadly laser cannon, while Apollo (green) utilizes an explosive plasma cannon and missiles.

A serpentine terror Draedon designed with the intent of being completely invincible. Thanatos is armed with dozens of high-power pulse lasers and covered in impenetrable armor that deflects even the mightiest blows, only providing openings when the metal serpent opens its vents to avoid overheating.

-> ''Fungus and a sea crab. One sought a host; the other, a new home. These mushrooms possess a disturbing amount of tenacity. Nothing that lays down to die in their domain is left to rest.''

-> ''These creatures were unique, for they wielded the slain Gods' power as purely as possible, veins flowing with spilt ichor. All that exists in the Crimson is truly the divine turned inside out; their gore now glistens with its perverse treachery, for all to bear witness.''

-> ''He yet lives…?! I thought him slain by Calamitas. It appears she imprisoned the Archmage to spare his life. I assumed that frigid mass was an old construct of his, running amok without its master to shepherd it.''

-> ''A peculiar being. Until recently, she had laid dormant for ages, posing as the city's silent matron. As its economy boomed, traces of brimstone found their way all across the known world. It was never clear why her slumber ended. At first she stirred. The people were cautiously optimistic. When she woke, it was horrific. Her inferno billowed through the streets. None were safe.''

One of the once-dormant Elementals, beings who wield the power of nature. After awakening in Azafure, the First City, she attacked the city before being fought to a standstill by Calamitas, with the fierce battle completely annihilating the underworld civilization. She now stands vigil in the mod-exclusive Brimstone Crags, where she must be fought in. Drops a number of brimstone weapons and accessories.

A mechanical monster created by Draedon, which houses a clone of the Brimstone Witch herself created in secret. It aimlessly wanders the night, driven insane by even a mere fragment of its inherited power.\\

The Water Elemental, a being of great power who was forced out of her Abyssal home by Silva, the Goddess of Life. She fled to shallower waters, accompanied by the great beast known as the Leviathan, where the two of them live in solitude as she wishes to see the whole world become her watery domain.\\

->''While nominally for reconnaissance, the Aureus model is heavily armed and can scale any terrain. It performed admirably, at least until it was assimilated into the Infection. Sapient minds have enough willpower to resist the Infection's call indefinitely. However, even the finest silicon is not beyond its reach. ''

A horrific amalgamate created from countless ardent sacrifices fused together as one to reincarnate the God of Sacrifices, the Ravager was created as a last resort against Yharim's troops by a desperate group of faithful, using their own lives as the catalyst. Designed solely for the purpose of killing and with nothing remaining of its old Godly mind, the Ravager aimlessly roams the land doing just that. Gains an immense stat buff (and unique loot drops) after Providence is killed.\\

-> ''On our world, this being is revered as the God of the night sky. It is said to devour dying stars and birth new ones in turn. Unlike the many Gods you or I know, it is guiltless. An important distinction, for it was equally as diseased as they. The infection that tainted its body is from beyond Terraria.''

-> ''The Guardians are rather simple constructs, extensions of the Profaned Goddess' power. They are given partial autonomy to hunt down threats and are rarely seen outside of temples sanctified in her name. She has been attempting to expand her domain, and it is no surprise she sees you as her largest threat.''

Three of the four soldiers who slew the Dragon of Flame and allowed Providence to devour its Auric Soul, becoming her stalwart guardians in their next lives empowered by her flames. They now work together to eliminate threats, defend her shrines, and expand her territory. They are meant to be the first boss you fight after Moon Lord, and can only be fought in the Daytime Hallow/Underworld.\\

* ShockAndAwe: Uses electrified feathers to attack, and later summons lightning bolts and pillars of lightning. Its body is also wreathed in red lightning.

-> ''Providence was perhaps one of the wickedest Gods, hellbent on purification through erasure. Her worshippers saw little value in life. Pain was not a price they felt justified to pay.''

One of the mightiest Gods of Terraria who slew and devoured the Dragon of Flame in a time long gone, Providence is a fiery deity who seeks to end all inequality and pain by reducing all things to impartial ashes. She enthralled countless worshippers to her side, eluded and decimated the Godseeker's forces for decades…and now, she has you in her crosshairs after you slew her Guardians.\\

->''An aberration that defies all explanation, borne of the Distortion and revered by the Onyx Kinsmen. Almost all information about this entity is sourced from that enigmatic clan. All else is hearsay.''\\

-> ''Fishrons were one of the original offshoots of pure-blooded Auric Dragons. They are so old and venerated that many historians are convinced they are the original sea monsters of folklore. This particular Duke's guile is self-evident; it evaded centuries of hunting, and until now had survived a most thorough poisoning.''

A pair of aerial war machines, trained extensively with advanced simulation technology and specialized for agility. Their designs are mostly similar, but Apollo (green) utilizes an explosive plasma cannon and missiles, while Artemis (orange) is tuned for precision with its deadly laser cannon.

A hardmode miniboss found in the Underground and Cave layers, a clockwork construct created in a futile attempt to bind an Elemental's powers to a mechanical body.Drops several earth-themed weapons and a consumable which allows you to summon a Sandstorm.

A huge shark that miraculously evolved to thrive in the desert, found during post-Plantera sandstorms in the Desert every time you kill 20 Sand Sharks. It can also be spawned manually using a Sandstorm's Core.

!!Juvenile Eidolon Wyrm

->''Traces of them appear even in records as far back as the early Draconic Era… They may very well be a glimpse into the full potential of nature.''

** Calamitas has a fire motif, which fits as she is more emotional and angry, and because she is a mage rather than an engineer, while Draedon has a lightning motif, which fits as he is more cold and logical, and that he is an engineer rather than a mage.

** Their associated armors and exclusive accessories contrast with each other, with the Demonshade Armor and Calamity accessory focusing on [[GlassCannon massively increasing your damage with no regard for survivability]], and the planned Exo Armor and Draedon's Heart [[StoneWall heavily boosting durability at the cost of lowered damage output]].

Draedon's ultimate creations, a quartet of nightmarish war machines capable of surpassing the Gods themselves through his unfathomably advanced technology alone. Instead of fighting Draedon himself, he'll send these behemoths to test your strength once you prove yourself worthy by fully completing the Codebreaker and contacting him.[[note]]You actually only need the Decryption Computer and Auric Quantum Cooling Cell to contact him, but in a regular playthrough you'll need to sequentially research and build every part over the length of the entire playthrough.[[/note]]\\

The two Exo Mechs representing The Twins, with Artemis (orange) representing Retinazer and Apollo (green) representing Spazmatism. Artemis and Apollo are nimble aerial fighters who attack in tandem with withering gunfire.

The Exo Mech representing The Destroyer, Thanatos is an enormous metal serpent whose armor makes it invincible to attack, only providing openings when its dozens of pulse cannons open fire.

The Exo Mech representing Skeletron Prime, Ares is an enormous armored colossus whose four independent superweapons each pose a different and serious threat.

Monsters born from the corpse of the slain god that spawned the Crimson, who attempt to wield their raw power in the form of their blood and viscera. They can spawn naturally after killing a Perforator Cyst, which is an uncommon enemy that spawns in the Crimson.\\

A God formerly worshiped as a being of purity before being corrupted, the Slime God is an elusive and cowardly being who delegates its protection to guardians fashioned from whatever biomass it can manipulate, such as the Ebonian and Crimulan Slime Gods.[[note]]The Slime God proper is the core in the center[[/note]] It is the final Pre-Hardmode boss in the mod, and is intended to be fought right before [[DiscOneFinalBoss the Wall of Flesh]].\\

A construct of the Archmage Permafrost, which eventually became his prison after Calamitas sealed him away out of mercy instead of killing him following his desertion from Yharim. It has since aimlessly haunted the place of its creation, the Snow biome where it must be fought.\\

The Aquatic Scourge drops beefed-up versions of Desert Scourge's equipment, and also unlocks the second tier of the Acid Rain.

A mechanical monster created by Draedon, which houses a clone of the Brimstone Witch herself created in secret. It aimlessly wanders the night, seething with malice and deadly brimstone magic.\\

The Water Elemental, a being of great power who was forced out of her Abyssal home by Silva, the Goddess of Life. She fled to shallower waters, accompanied by the great beast known as the Leviathan, where the two of them live in solitude.\\

A horrific amalgamate created from countless ardent sacrifices fused together as one, the Ravager was created as a last resort against Yharim's troops by a desperate group of faithful. Designed solely for the purpose of killing, it slaughtered its creators soon after its conception, and without any purpose but to destroy, the Ravager aimlessly roams the land doing just that. Gains an immense stat buff (and unique loot drops) after Providence is killed.\\

Simple golem-like constructs created by the Profaned Goddess as extensions of her power, made for the purpose of eliminating threats, defending her shrines, and expanding her territory. They are meant to be the first boss you fight after Moon Lord, and can only be fought in the Daytime Hallow/Underworld.\\

One of the mightiest Gods of Terraria, Providence is a fiery deity who seeks to end all inequality and pain by reducing all things to impartial ashes. She enthralled countless worshippers to her side, eluded and decimated the Godseeker's forces for decades…and now, she has you in her crosshairs after you slew her Guardians.\\

One of the oldest living beings on Terraria and last living relatives of the Auric Dragons, revered in the past as a legendary apex predator. Even weakened by the passage of time and the poisoning of its home, this living legend still persists to fight another day. It appears at the end of a Tier 3 Acid Rain or when fished up using a Bloodworm, and drops a number of sulphur-themed weapons.

The last of the Auric Dragons, whose egg was destined to be consumed by Yharim to cement his position as an eternal GodEmperor. Yharim rejected this destiny and was thrown into the underworld's lava along with the egg as punishment, but the heat caused Yharon to hatch and save him, before revealing the truth behind the Gods and giving Yharim his life's goal. Yharon saw the start of Yharim's crusade, served as his closest partner and strongest ally during it…and now, witnessing Yharim's fall from grace, will see the end of it as well.\\

* PlasmaCannon: Apollo's main weapon is a chemical-based plasma cannon, which fires superheated blasts that explode into smaller bolts after flying for long enough.

* LogicalWeakness: Thanatos' armor is impenetrable and its vast arsenal of laser weaponry is extremely powerful, but it also generates so much internal heat as a result that it has to periodically cool itself off, giving itself a weak spot. If it ''didn't'' vent the heat, though, it would more likely than not destroy itself from the strain of merely firing its own weaponry.
* MoreDakka: If its Bestiary entry is to be believed, ''every one'' of its armor plates has a laser weapon beneath it.

* HandicappedBadass: Ares' Bestiary entry seems to suggest that its flamboyant design came at the cost of leaving it somewhat incomplete. [[note]]This may also refer to how its original design was going to have six arms instead of four.[[/note]] This does not compromise its destructive power in the slightest.

The famed Brimstone Witch, taken in by Yharim and Permafrost at a young age because of her unfathomable latent power. Burning with wrath against the Gods and flames that could burn away all things, Calamitas served as Yharim's ace in his crusade against the Gods, but eventually fled due to her increasingly tyrannical lord and the guilt of her countless atrocities. Now, although Yharim has no desire to punish her, she still lives in fear of the Godseeker's wrath. Summoned by sacrificing Ashes of Calamity (or using a Ceremonial Urn) at an Altar of the Accursed, she's meant to be fought alongside Draedon before taking on Yharim himself.\\

A hardmode miniboss with domain over the skies, who has become angered due to abandonment. Found at the [[FloatingContinent Floating Islands]] or the Ocean. Drops a beam sword and an accessory which allows you to summon her as an ally.

* GodNeedsPrayersBadly: In the same boat as the other Elementals. She's grown vengeful from being abandoned by her followers.

A hardmode miniboss found in the Underground and Cave layers, a clockwork construct created in an attempt to create an artificial elemental. [[WhatCouldHaveBeen Originally a part of a scrapped boss idea.]] Drops several earth-themed weapons and a consumable which allows you to summon a Sandstorm.

An unmaintained mechanical worm formerly used to excavate caves for lab construction, which starts spawning underground after Plantera is slain. Drops Demonic Bone Ash, material for Draedon's Arsenal, and Draedon's Remote.

A radioactive crustacean miniboss that spawns in the Acid Rain event post-Polterghast. Drops a Summoner and Melee weapon.

A massive, mutated shark which appears in the last stage of the Acid Rain event. It uses incredibly dangerous melee strikes and can also spit acid blasts. If lured out of the water long enough, it'll explode violently. Drops Shark Fins and a ranged weapon.

* {{Leitmotif}}: They were meant to have [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_zPaC5xqns Threats of the Ocean Floor]] until the theme got scrapped, and later repurposed for the Adult Eidolon Wyrm.

A gigantic, pale squid which resides in the third layer of the Abyss. A deceptively fast, bulky creature, it attempts to crush players underneath it with large leaps towards them. Uniquely drops Black Ink and a powerful summon weapon post-Polterghast.

A predatory beast that spawns in the third and fourth layers of the Abyss, armed with a potent cloaking ability. Reaper Sharks will remain invisible until provoked, upon which it will aggressively ram into players. Always drops a Cloaking Gland to make Anechoic Coating, and can drop Reaper Teeth used for certain equipment. Post-Polterghast, it will begin dropping a deadly throwing weapon as well.

Massive, ghastly sea serpents that spawn in the third and fourth layers of the Abyss, actually one of the few remaining descendants of the original Auric Dragons. They will only attack if struck first. They will drop a number of items post-Polterghast, most notably an extremely dangerous magic gun and sword.

* AnimalisticAbomination: They resemble deep sea creatures, but their Bestiary entry proposes that they are the creatures furthest from human understanding, suggesting unknown and otherworldly origins.
* ArtEvolution: Twice, the first resprite having the Juveniles and the Adults getting their separate sprites while making them look less like [[VideoGame/{{Subnautica}} Ghost Leviathans]], then another resprite that gave them a more intricate and detailed look.

* GentleGiant: Despite their enormous size and deadly combat abilities, Eidolon Wyrms are completely harmless until you attack them first - which stands out since most Abyss enemies will attack you if you draw too close. The only exception to this rule is the Adult Eidolon Wyrm spawned by using the Rod of Discord in the Abyss, which is always aggressive.

[[folder:Adult Eidolon Wyrm]]

An impossibly ancient beast from the early Draconic Era and one of the closest living descendants to the Auric Dragons, fully matured compared to the Juveniles in the Abyss. It has remained unchanged over its centuries in the deepest regions of the Abyss, and still wields some of the Dragons' unbridled power over nature.\\

* {{Expy}}: In terms of their behavior and purpose, the Adults were designed to resemble the Dungeon Guardian from the first game - seemingly unstoppable entities with obscene defense, blocking you from performing a task (entering the Dungeon early for the former, using the Rod of Discord in the Abyss for the latter) and punishing you with a world of pain if you attempt it anyways. However, the Adults are ''leagues'' more powerful than the Dungeon Guardian due to their higher damage, wider variety of attacks and massively increased health.

* LightningBruiser: With titanic health, sturdy damage reduction, very fast movement, and a myriad of devastating magical attacks, an Adult Eidolon Wyrm isn't going down without significant effort on the player's part.
* ScareChord: If you aggro an Adult Wyrm with the Rod of Discord, it will play a shrill sound before its boss music kicks in.

--> It's not over yet!

* FaceFramedInShadow: The top half of Siren's face was hidden in her old sprite, with only her eyes visible. Her new sprite settles for PeekABangs.

* FourElementEnsemble: Anahita is part of this with the Cloud Elemental, Brimstone Elemental, and two Sand Elementals when the Heart of the Elements accessory is equipped, representing [[MakingASplash water]]. Notable in that she's the only elemental with an actual name, though Amidias will sometimes refer to her as the Water Elemental when speaking to him.

* BladeOnAStick: Anahita wields Atlantis, a legendary halberd that grants her control over water. After felling Anahita and Leviathan, Atlantis is one of their possible drops.

* MightyGlacier: While it can constantly keep up with the player, Ares doesn't move much, is an huge target with multiple damageable parts, and attacks relatively infrequently. It instead compensates with a lot of bulk and some of the most dangerous attacks of the group, particularly the Gauss Nuke and Laser Cannon.

* InterspeciesFriendship: [[OurMermaidsAreDifferent A]] [[SirensAreMermaids Mermaid]] and a giant [[AlluringAnglerfish Anglerfish]] in the past, but retconned into a Water Elemental and a just-as-giant ancient sea predator in the present lore. A little [[DownplayedTrope downplayed]], as they both are aquatic beings.

* AlluringAnglerfish: Originally the case, with Anahita just being a mermaid-shaped lure for Leviathan. Subverted in modern versions of the mod however, where Leviathan isn't specifically stated (or even modeled after) an anglerfish and Anahita is actually the world's Water Elemental, but forced out of her home.

* SignatureRoar: A harsh roar that also features a distinct, high-pitched whining sound.

* TacticalSuicideBoss: The Guardian Healer can fire spreads of damaging stars, but will also fire green stars that heal players that collect them. Averted in Death Mode, where it will no longer fires healing stars.

* TacticalSuicideBoss: In one of her phases, she summons a number of deadly stars. Along with them, she summons green orbs that heal players that collect them. Averted in Deathmode, where she no longer fires healing stars.

* NonStandardGameOver: Dying to Holy Inferno will provide a unique death message:
--> ''[Player] was turned into ashes by the Profaned Goddess.''

Providence drops many weapons which revolve around holy fire, Divine Geodes used to make Tarragon Armor among other things, and also drops the Rune of Kos, used to summon the Sentinels of the Devourer. Her death also causes Uelibloom Ore to generate in the world. In addition, she drops a unique accessory depending on where she's killed (the Elysian Aegis for the Underworld, and the Elysian Wings for the Hallow). Killing her also buffs up Dungeon and Brimstone Crag enemies (along with Ravager), while allowing them to drop Phantoplasm and Bloodstone respectively.

One of the once-dormant Elementals, beings who wield the power of nature. After awakening in Azafure, the First City, she attacked the city before being fought to a standstill by Calamitas, with the fierce battle completely annihilating the underworld civilization. She now stands vigil in the mod-exclusive Brimstone Crags, where she must be fought in.\\
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Drops a number of brimstone weapons and accessories, and allows Infernal Suevite to be mined after her defeat.

Calamitas drops a number of useful brimstone items and Ashes of Calamity, a late Hardmode crafting material. Killing her also makes enemies in the Abyss start dropping materials among other changes to the biome.

* BattleInTheRain: A storm starts when the spawn.

* ArtEvolution: It was formerly a giant, purple slime called the Astrageldon Slime. Now, it's a biomechanical, flaming spider.

* TookALevelInBadass: Gains a large boost in stats when Providence is defeated.

* BroughtDownToNormal: If you kill her for the first time, Providence will drop the Profaned Core Fragment (a shard from her core sustained by her will to live and petty spite), which when used, brings her back... as a harmless talking bird.

* KnowWhenToFoldEm: Described as the only one in Yharim's forces smart enough to know fighting [[InvincibleHero the player]] is a bad idea. Once he tests his Exo Mechs on you and gets them defeated for his trouble, he just stops trying to kill you and teleports away, seeing no reason in directly confronting the player, with his goal of testing his creations on you being completed anyway.

A mysterious machine with an unknown origin, Draedon is a genius researcher and inventor without equal. whose sole goal is to sate his curiosity for experiments and knowledge at any cost. He was employed by Yharim as a means of creating weapons for his God-slaying crusade, but eventually earned his ire as the Godseeker came to realize the scope of his amoral obsession.\\

* LightIsNotGood: They're a divine being who wields the power of Primordial Light, but they ''stole'' that power from a dying deity out of seemingly selfish desire, and have been callous at best regarding the fallout of their actions.
* KickThemWhileTheyAreDown: Instead of helping the dying Zeratros or even easing his passing, Xeroc instead opted to kill them in cold blood and devour their soul to attain Godhood.
* PhysicalGod: They're the first of the Deific Era's Gods, and by devouring Zeratros and obtaining power over the Primordial Light, they're likely a ''God among Gods'' and the most powerful being on the entire planet.

A hero of unparalleled might and bravery, who earned the respect of even the Godseeker he battled against to defend the Gods. He fought Yharim himself to a standstill, but was ambushed by the Devourer of Gods and dragged into the Distortion, where his whereabouts remain unknown.

* PosthumousCharacter: By the time the player arrives, he was already presumed killed in the Distortion.

The first and strongest of the Auric Dragons, who was gravely injured in their great battle against the Moon Lord. A monk rose from the mortals to save their king, only to betray him and consume his Auric soul to become Xeroc, starting the fall of the Dragons.

** When firing its laser walls, the player is given infinite flight time to avoid putting them into an unwinnable situation/

* UnskilledButStrong: According to Amidias, the Devourer is extraordinarily strong (especially with its theoretically infinite potential for growth), but this is upset by his young age, foolhardiness, and extreme laziness. In game, this is reflected in him having a very simple attack pattern compared to the other bosses around his level, offset by immense damage output and defenses.

* TurnsRed:
** When below half health, it will activate the Plague Nuke Barrage, which allows it to rain down large quantities of missiles from above the player.
** In Expert and above, its defense will ramp up as it nears death.

* FastballSpecial: Its Expert drop, the Dynamo Stem Cells, gives your ranged weapons a 20% chance to fire miniature Dragonfollies, with their damage increasing the slower said weapon is.

* BadassTransplant: His Expert drop is the aptly named Draedon's Heart, which can utilize nanomachines, not unlike a [[VideoGame/MetalGearRisingRevengeance certain senator.]] It gives significant defensive buffs (notably halving Defense Damage taken) while replacing the Adrenaline meter with a Nanomachines meter which will heal the player for a good chunk of health instead of giving them a damage boost.

* OptionalBoss: Formerly, she was the first and only "superboss", an abnormally difficult foe even for her endgame tier who was completely optional to defeat outside of intentionally-overpowered gear and bragging rights. However, she was eventually knocked down a peg and demoted to a regular boss alongside Draedon, and will be necessary to defeat in order to battle Yharim when he's added.

* CallBack: Her theme incorporates parts of "The Step Below Hell" and her previous Leitmotif "Raw, Unfiltered Calamity" - the former because of her connection to the Brimstone Crags, and the latter because...well, it was her doppelganger's theme. More notably, it includes parts from [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oU1tRoaZe4Q Now Stop Asking Where]], which was her previous placeholder theme.

* TitleDrop: Her Expert Mode drop is an accessory simply named ''Calamity''. When equipped, it ignites your cursor, causing any enemies merely in its radius to take massive damage and be inflicted with Vulnerability Hex.