History Characters / TerrariaCalamity

* ForScience: Basically his sole motivation. He does all sorts of stuff just to see what would happen, morals be damned. This also applies to his motivation to
fight you once you fulfill the requirements to summoning him in the first place, intrigued by how mysterious and unpredictable you are.

* ThePerfectionist: His final goal seems to be to continously improve and refine his creations until they he succeeds in creating a perfect creation. However, he also seems to acknowledge that PerfectionIsImpossible, as he claims that the start of his quest for perfection was his first mistake.

* ActuallyADoombot: As revealed if you try to attack him, the Draedon you see in his fight is just a remotely controlled robot body, and a disposable one if its worn, rusty appearance is to be trusted. His actual, likely far more advanced body is never seen, and since he's heavily implied to be an AI or similarly digital entity, he probably doesn't even have a real body to begin with.

* BadassTransplant: His accessory 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.

** Calamitas' rewards focus on the "magical" damage types (Magic, Summoner), while Draedon's revolve around "physical" damage types (Melee, Ranged, Rogue). Calamitas' Enchantments also allow you to enhance and transform existing weapons to make them stronger, while Draedon focuses more on making entirely new equipment with his Forge and Miracle Matter.

* ForScience: Basically his sole motivation. He does all sorts of stuff just to see what would happen, morals be damned. This also applies to his motivation to fight you once you fulfill the requirements to summoning him in the first place, intrigued by how mysterious and unpredictable you are.

* MadScientist: He's not exactly okay in the head, and for all his inventions, he also seems to have a heavy tendency towards incredibly destructive weaponry for no real reason besides curiosity. Aside from crafting weapons for Yharim, he also built the Mechanical Bosses and Astrum Aureus.

* UltimateBlacksmith: Is more than capable of forging the most powerful weapons in the Calamity Mod. He has forged armor made of cosmic metal, has an entire line of weapons of his design, and helped create Yharim's PoweredArmor as well. Aside from this, he's responsible for the Draedon's Forge, which is even more powerful than the cultists' Ancient Manipulator from the vanilla game and is required to make the strongest items in the game. And that isn't even getting into his work on the Exo Mechs and their components, which include prisms that can generate seemingly infinite energy and can be used by the player to create a psuedo-organic supermaterial that can transform at will.

* ForceAndFinesse: Apollo and Artemis, respectively. Apollo's attacks deal more damage and cover a wider area, while Artemis' attacks are faster and extremely predictive.

* PlasmaCannon: Apollo's main weapon is a plasma cannon, which fires superheated blasts that explode into smaller bolts after flying for long enough. Its heat allegedly matches Calamitas' flames.

* ArmorOfInvincibility: Draedon specifically designed Thanatos' armor to be this by revising the Devourer of Gods' Cosmilite plating, and it was a complete success. As if to indicate this, Thanatos' armor is noticeably darker colored compared to that of Ares and Artemis/Apollo, and makes a different, more solid sound when hit.

* SegmentedSerpent: A massive, spined metallic worm just like its predecessor, and one even bigger than the Devourer of Gods to boot.[[note]]While they have the same number of segments, Thanatos' are much larger.[[/note]] While piercing weapons do give you an advantage against it, they'll still do nothing if its armor isn't open.

* ArtEvolution: Like her previous form, she went from a psuedo-resprite of Retinazer to a flaming, wood/metal eyeball like entity. A further update made her flames more polished, and added a more obvious tell when she's in phase 2. This was all replaced with a lore accurate humanoid form around the Draedon Update.

* InvincibleMinorMinion: At about 30% HP, she will summon several giant brimstone monsters that slowly chase the player. They're far from minor, however, since they'll likely be the thing limiting your mobility the most in the last stretch of the fight.

** In the current lore, it is implied that Calamitas deciding to leave Yharim's side was catalysed by her discovering the existence of Draedon's attempts to clone her, as well as her being forced by Yharim to hunt down and kill her adoptive father and mentor Permafrost after Yharim discovered he had defected.

** Twice during her fight (at the start and at 8% HP), she summons the Sepulcher, a large centipede that sprays shots and blocks projectiles, which makes her invulnerable while alive; the Sepulcher in turn is invincible until the ten Brimstone Hearts alongside it are destroyed. [[note]][[DevelopersForesight Somehow killing the Sepulcher without killing the Hearts will progress the battle as if the Hearts were destroyed.]][[/note]]

* TurnsRed: Exiting her arena with something like the Rod of Discord will cause her to enrage, massively boosting her projectile speed and making her take ScratchDamage from all attacks.

** To the player once the Auric Tesla armor is acquired. His official appearance shows him clad in what appears to be a mechanically augmented version of the armor, fueled by his Stims. Not only that, his armor still resembles the old MasterOfAll version of the armor that combined almost all the perks of the current variants into one set.
** Because he's directly attuned to an Auric Dragon instead of forcibly using Auric Soul Fragments as an substitute, the Auric Tesla metal of the armor itself is also far more powerful than the metal the player can make.

* BerserkButton: Forcing people or creatures to fight against their will. Although he readily admits his horrific actions later in his war, [[EvenEvilHasStandards slavery is where he draws the line]], as he believes that it's no better than what the Gods did to their followers. Draedon's Plaguebringer project enraged Yharim to the point where he immediately cut contact with the scientist after he discovered it.

* CoolSword: Wields a [[https://i.redd.it/2yinlqmusq901.jpg massive, flaming broadsword]] which bears a striking resemblance to the True Tyrant's Ultisword you can make in-game. It's even stated to be able to extend at will.

* AmbiguouslyEvil: Although he's regarded as a traitor by many and his actions kick-start both the end of the Draconic Era and almost all of the conflict in the present, it's not actually clear what his motivations are. Notably, since nobody knows exactly what happened on the day of Xeroc's ascension, it's left ambigous whether his consumption of Zeratros' soul was actually out of power-hungry malice, or if it was for some other reason yet unknown. The only current recount of his past comes from Yharim (who is heavily biased by his own admission), and although Yharon regards him as enough of a traitor to kick-start Yharim's crusade by telling him his story, Xeroc himself refers to Yharon as an old friend.

* WeHaveReserves: Even if its guardians are defeated, it can simply retreat and create new ones endlessly.

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

The Leviathan drops aquatic-themed weapons and accessories, and Anahita (both before and after activation) can drop some very useful acessories.

A colossal, spider-like machine designed by Draedon to research the Astral Infection. However, it eventually succumbed to the disease despite its inorganic nature, leading it to be abandoned in the Astral Infection as a mindless servant of the blight. Killing it spawns an additional Astral Meteor, but you need to kill Astrum Deus first in order to mine the Astral Ore contained within it.\\

* {{Reincarnation}}: Even after its death, Yharim speculates that a being such as it can't truly die, and that it may have been reborn among the stars.

A lesser serpent of the same species as the Devourer of Gods, which slipped into Terraria through one of the many rifts he created. Although it is currently little but an electrifying beast roaming the skies and devouring sky beasts for sustenance, the Devourer of Gods monitors it carefully in case it ever grows strong enough to threaten him.\\

* ThereIsAnother: A serpent of the same kind of the previously thought to be one-of-a-kind Devourer of Gods.

* HeroKiller: Launched a sneak attack on Braelor and Statis when they were locked in combat with Yharim, seemingly killing them both. On a meta level, the Devourer is [[ThatOneBoss notoriously competent at ripping unfamiliar players to shreds time and time again.]]

* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast:
** '''The Devourer of Gods.'''
** Even the names of its themes, '''Scourge of the Universe''' and '''Universal Collapse''', qualify in their own right.

* TrashTalk: Yes, really. The [[NinjaPirateZombieRobot interdimensional god-killing cosmic worm]] is not only the chattiest boss, but also very prone to throwing out taunts and snide remarks whenever the opportunity presents itself.

* VillainRespect: After reaching a stalemate with Signus, it eventually developed a grudging respect for the ethereal assassin.

* ResurrectiveImmortality: As a phoenix dragon with domain over rebirth, Yharon can resurrect indefinitely seemingly as long as his soul remains, even if fragments of it are spalled off. However, this takes a long enough time that Yharon said his last farewells to Yharim before facing the player, both of them knowing that by the time Yharon comes back, Yharim will be long gone one way or another.

* SignatureRoar: [[https://youtu.be/qfptiSXxAaQ A harsh roar that also features a distinct, high-pitched whining sound.]]

* TurnsRed: He ''very clearly'' defines that he wants the player to remain in a certain area (read: gigantic flame pillars), and should you leave the area he gets even more dangerous until you return.

* CanonCharacterAllAlong: In Calamity's lore, the Slime God would go on to create the Queen Slime, unwittingly becoming her core in the process .

--> '''A GOD DOES NOT FEAR DEATH!'''

** Exaggerated in the "get fixed boi" world seed, where her boss fight replaces the final fight against Calamitas, [[PhysicalGod with all the power]] [[BulletHell that intails.]]

* TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers: Runs on this trope. The Cloud, Sand & Brimstone Elementals and Anahita are [[CuteMonsterGirl Cute Monster Girls]] who focus on using ranged attacks and can be summonable minions. The Earth Elemental is a monstrous armored humanoid that likes to attack targets by ramming into them, and can't be summoned due to it lacking such an item. Fitting, since its Bestiary entry reveals that it's not actually a real Elemental, but an artificial simulacrum of one.

* TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers: The first and currently only NPC added by the mod who does not have a preset name.

* TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers: The only one of the pre-Hardmode bosses to have a leitmotif without a guitar in it.

** The lore items written from his perspective show that for all of his wrath, he can still feel pity and respect, as well as regret for his past actions.

* AmbigouslyEvil: Although he's regarded as a traitor by many and his actions kick-start both the end of the Draconic Era and almost all of the conflict in the present, it's not actually clear what his motivations are. Notably, since nobody knows exactly what happened on the day of Xeroc's ascension, it's left ambigous whether his consumption of Zeratros' soul was actually out of power-hungry malice, or if it was for some other reason yet unknown. The only current recount of his past comes from Yharim (who is heavily biased by his own admission), and although Yharon regards him as enough of a traitor to kick-start Yharim's crusade by telling him his story, Xeroc himself refers to Yharon as an old friend.

* ActuallyADoombot: As revealed if you try to attack him, the Draedon you see in his fight is just a remotely controlled robot body, and a disposable one if its worn, rusty appearance is to be trusted. His actual, likely far more advanced body is never seen, and it's unknown if he even ''has'' a real body or is just an AI.

* {{Foil}}: To Calamitas in both a thematic and gameplay sense. The latter is especially apparent, since they share a tier and can be fought interchangeably as the first boss based on the player's preferences.
** Calamitas fought for Yharim without much of a say in the matter and deeply regrets it, while Draedon gladly worked for Yharim out of personal interest and is uncaring of any harm he caused. While both of them survive their battles and gain respect for you, Calamitas joins you after her defeat while Draedon leaves without directly helping you.

The famed Brimstone Witch, taken in by Yharim and Permafrost at a young age because of her unfathomable inherited 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.\\

* {{Superboss}}: The Wyrm isn't required for progression, and at no point in the game does the game ever indicate that it's meant to be slain - in fact, it's not even considered a true boss outside of it having a health bar and Boss Zen, and it's possible to go through the whole game without ever encountering it. If you choose to fight it, its strength surpasses everything else before the actual FinalBoss, but it will drop an elusive weapon that is just as powerful.

Formerly a mortal monk sworn to the service of the Auric Dragons, they instead chose to betray the Light Dragon Zeratros in his time of great need, consuming his Auric soul before declaring themselves Xeroc, the First God. Emboldened by Xeroc's ascension, other beings started attempting to consume Auric souls to become Gods, leading to the genocide of the Dragons, the beginning of the Deific Era, and the origin of Yharim's crusade against the world and its usurpers, first and foremost being the Traitor Almighty. They also have an unspecified connection to the Boss Rush.\\

Slated to be the second and final Superboss, and therefore the strongest enemy in the entire mod.

* KickThemWhileTheyAreDown: Instead of helping the dying Zeratros or even easing his passing, Xeroc instead opted to kill him in cold blood and devour his 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 known being on the planet.

* MyNameIsQuestionMarks: Anahita's name at first, when stumbled upon in the Ocean as a dark silhouette with glrowing eyes, is three question marks. If the player approaches and damages her enough, she'll drop the disguise.

** The Aquatic Heart, which gives the player access to a SuperMode that grants them Anahita's powers and likeness. Its old name was the ''Siren’s Heart''.

* KillOneOthersGetStronger: Depending on which Slime God you take down first, the others get unique boosts.
** Killing the Crimulan Slime God first will massively increase the physical attack rate of the other.
** Killing the Ebonian Slime God first will double the defense of the other.
** Killing both large slimes before the Core will let the core enter its second phase much earlier.

Once a peaceful filter-feeder ocean worm, which was forced to become an aggressive predator to survive after the ocean kingdom Ilmeris was incinerated by Yharim's war. It's the first ''Calamity''-exclusive boss available when you start the game, and has to be fought in the Desert.

* AIIsACrapshoot: The first thing it did after its creation was turn on its creators and slay them. Perhaps making it's only motivation "mindless destruction" wasn't such a good idea...

* FluffyTheTerrible: Often referred to by it's community-given name, Doggo.

* VillainousBreakdown: It's not as evident, but the Devourer seems to mostly speak with a snarky or mocking tone for the entirety of the fight...except when it's at critical health, which it will hike up it's aggression and announces an enraged, denying cry of:

* ByTheLightsOfTheirEyes: The only thing on his face that's usually always visible. Except they're teeth.

* CallBack: The letters in their model names correspond to the Souls that their original variants dropped.

* KillerRobot: Unlike many of Draedon's other projects, which often had other intended functions besides combat, the Exo Mechs were designed specifically and solely for destruction.

* UpgradedBoss: ''Much'' more powerful versions of the Mech Trio, created after Draedon perfected their designs. However, their battle plays out completely differently in comparison to their weaker versions.

* SuperPrototype: Artemis was the last of the Exo Mechs to be made and only went through a single revision as opposed to the 3-9 of the other models, but is still capable of matching its brethren. By the time Draedon made Artemis, he had refined his craft so much that he simply didn't need any more iteration.

** Calamitas fought for Yharim without much of a say in the matter, while Draedon gladly worked for Yharim out of personal interest. While both of them survive their battles and gain respect for you, Calamitas joins you after her defeat while Draedon leaves without directly helping you.
** Calamitas is an extraordinarily powerful mage and necromancer who fights exclusively with her own arcane mastery, while Draedon is an engineer and blacksmith who exclusively uses his advanced technology.

** The more emotional Calamitas has a fire motif and powers described as unrestrained and furious, while the eerily logical Draedon has a lightning motif and is renowned for his perfectionism and precision.

* PollutedWasteland: Draedon's old homeworld, a lifeless planet choked by pollution and only inhabited by mechanical automata.

* UltimateBlacksmith: Is more than capable of forging the most powerful weapons in the Calamity Mod. He has forged armor made of cosmic metal, has an entire line of weapons of his design, and helped create Yharim's PoweredArmor as well. Aside from this, he's responsible for the Draedon's Forge, which is even more powerful than the cultists' Ancient Manipulator from the vanilla game and is required to make the strongest items in the game. And that isn't even getting into his work on the Exo Mechs and their components, which include prisms that can generate seemingly infinite energy and material that is somehow mechanical and organic at the same time.

* CallBack: Its Bestiary mentions that its armor was modified from the Devourer's, which was responsible for much of its strength by massively reducing any damage except its weak points. Thanatos' improved version serves the same purpose, with the weak points changed to its open vents instead of the head and tail..
* ColorCodedForYourConvenience: Any segments that are vulnerable will turn bright red to signify that you should target them.

* SuperToughness: With its vents closed, it's ''completely'' indestructible. Even a weapon that deals hundreds of thousands of damage per hit will fail to even dent it. Of course, when Thanatos is defeated, [[GameplayAndStorySegregation its armor will still be torn to pieces as it explodes]].

* GlassCannon: Its attacks hit hard and its Dark Energy swarms can rack up a ton of damage, but it has very low HP compared to other post-Moon Lord bosses, with health comparable to a late Hardmode boss. It circumvents this by turning invincible whenever a new horde of Dark Energy is summoned.

* VoidBetweenTheWorlds: It is a ''living version of this.'' It was created on accident by virtue of the fact the Devourer of Gods didn't instantly master its dimension jumping and ripped a hole into reality.

* NoSell: Its head and tail in phase 1 reduce all damage to 0 and 1 respectively, instead of using standard damage reduction - which means that the damage will still be negligible even if you use something from another mod that can deal ''several million'' damage.

* CallBack: Its Bestiary mentions that its armor was modified from the Devourer's, which was responsible for much of its strength by massively reducing any damage except to its head and tail. Thanatos' improved version instead ''completely'' nullifies damage on ''any part of its body'' that isn't open to vent.

* 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. Its Bestiary entry mentions that Draedon managed to turn this into a ''strength'' by weaponizing its vented heat to incinerate foes, although it thankfully doesn't do this in-game.