History Characters / CodeVeinSuccessors

* BalefulPolymorph: Inverted; [[spoiler: while he was initially too frenzied to comprehend his transformation into a Lost, Nicola is more than happy to remain a big and burly knight forever if you restore his memories. Talking to him after achieving the "Dweller In The Dark" ending will have the kid express disappointment that his body reverted back to his original, diminutive form.]]

* HumanityEnsues: UpToEleven in her case. If the Protagonist restores [[spoiler:Eva Roux's]] Vestiges in time, they not only get their life and memories back, but they're also restored to their former glory as a Revenant, instead of being stuck inside a Successor body. This can be explained as the party being able to provide treatment for [[spoiler: Eva Roux's]] recent transformation much earlier, in contrast to the other Successors who were permanently mutated into their forms by the time they were encountered.

The Successor that was recently sent into frenzy by Mido and awaits at the Crown of Sands. An angelic figure with a flower in one of its eye sockets and purple halo-like appendages sprouting out of her shoulder blade.

* AnIcePerson: He uses a lot of ice attacks, such as pulling giant icicles from the ground with his headbutt and creating several homing projectiles of ice that is suspiciously identical to Mia's Guard of Honor. [[spoiler: Justified since his real identity is Nicola, the younger brother of Mia.]]

* PlayingWithFire: Wreathed in flames and uses a variety of fire based attacks.

* NoSell: Both the Skull King and Virgin Born are immune to {{Standard Status Effect}}s and highly resist elemental damages. While the Skull King is weak to Fire, Ice and Electricity, the Virgin Born resists all elements, including Blood.

[[Characters/CodeVeinRevenants Revenants]] | [[Characters/CodeVeinLost The Lost]] |'''Successors''']] -]]]

* PlayingWithFire: Wreathed in flames and uses a variety pf fire based attacks.

* BalefulPolymorph: Inverted; [[spoiler: while he was initially too frenzied to comprehend his transformation into a Lost, Nicola is more than happy to remain a big and burly knight forever if you restore his memories. Talking to him after achieving the "Dweller In The Dark" ending will have the kid express disappointment that his body reverted back to his original, diminutive form.]]

* FisherKing: Each Successor was given the ability to alter their crypt to their liking. So they could make it into a place that put them at ease. As they began to lose themselves however, it had the opposite effect, spreading their corrupted influence to the land around them.
* HumanityEnsues: Zigzagged. Unlike in the case of [[spoiler:Eva Roux]], who's transformation could be undone since she was only recently turned into a Successor, the rest are permanently stuck inside their new bodies. Their sanity can be restored if the protagonist purifies their Vestiges. [[spoiler:In the "Dwellers in the Dark" ending, the Successors' bodies are returned to normal, due to the fact that all the Relics were pulled out of their bodies, and thus ridding them of their transformed selves]].

* ResurrectiveImmortality: Much like Revenants, the Successors can come back to life -- albeit ''extremely'' faster than they or any Lost can. The only way to actually kill them is to destroy the Relic inside their bodies, but the Relics are extraordinarily durable and can't be destroyed by conventional means.

* LuckilyMyShieldWillProtectMe: Wields a large, circular saw-edged shield that is genuinely functional and reduces all damage coming to his left side, but doesn't use it for blocking. He will just use it to bash your face in.

* TurnRed: Once his health is depleted enough, he will ditch his shield and power up and becomes much faster in attacking with the use of his jetpack.

* UseYourHead: One of his attacks is a quick headbutt. Him having antlers on his helmet gives the attack a bit more reach than it usually would have.

* AngryGuardDog: Guards the door of the Cathedral of the Sacred Blood.

* ElementalPowers: Can uses [[FireIceLightning multiple elemental Gifts]] such as [[PlayingWithFire fire]], [[AnIcePerson ice]] and [[ShockAndAwe thunder.]]
* GlassCannon: Uses a variety of powerful elemental Gifts to fight but have lower defense and health compared to most bosses. Good luck getting close enough to her to actually hit her in the first place though.

* WeaksauceWeakness: In defiance of all logic in a Soulslike, the best way to safely take on the Successor of the Ribcage is to get as close to her as possible. Specifically, she is mostly immobile throughout most of the fight, making it so that the player could sneak up behind the boss and [[GroinAttack literally smack her in the lady parts over and over again until she dies]]. She also has very little in the way of defense, as both of the attacks that could hit a player shanking her behind has obvious telegraphs that could simply be dodged out of the way in an instant.

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* BalefulPolymorph: Inverted; [[spoiler: While he was initially too frenzied to comprehend his transformation into a Lost, Nicola is more than happy to remain a big and burly knight forever if you restore his memories. Talking to him after achieving the "Dweller In The Dark" will have the kid express disappointment that his body reverted back to normal.]]

* EldritchAbomination: The Virgin Born form.

* LuckilyMyShieldWillProtectMe: Wield a large circular shield but doesn't use it for blocking. He will just use it to bash your face in.

* ManaBurn: Her attacks cause the Leak status, depriving you of Ichor and the ability to use gifts.

* MultiArmedAndDangerous: Has four arms and uses them to cast powerful Gifts to attack.

[[folder:Successor of the Claw]]
!!Successor of the Claw
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->Blood Code: Queen's Claw

The Successor who inherited Q.U.E.E.N.'s claws. It has deep red claws that shine like a crimson flame and two tails. Its head is fully masked, meaning that its facial expressions are unreadable, but the prey reflected in its eyes is undoubtedly invited to death.

* DualWielding: Uses a wakizashi and a katana. You get to use the katana itself once you defeated it, which is called "Blazing Claw".
* {{Expy}}: The boss fights a lot like the Dancer of the Boreal Valley from ''Videogame/DarkSoulsIII'', walking on all fours, having fire moves accompanied by a flaming sword which gets used more in a second phase, and ambiguously sexy parts. [[spoiler: Similarly, both were the results of cruel experimentation, the former by Juzo Mido and the latter by Pontiff Sulyvahn]]
* MsFanservice: Cat characteristics aside, she has a curvy physique, huge breasts and strikes sexy poses. [[spoiler: Emily Su's human form is also quite the eye candy herself, wearing a near skin-tight top with large breasts.]]
* {{Nekomata}}: Its mask resembles a cat and it possess the distinctive two split tails.
* PlayingWithFire: Wreathed in flames and uses a variety pf fire based attacks.
* NinjaPirateZombieRobot: A giant gas-masked CatGirl that also happens to shoot fireballs, be a super-agile predator, and also fights like a {{Ninja}}. Compared to the Successor of the Breath, this one doesn't exactly get an explanation [[spoiler: given that Emily Su was merely a Revenant soldier. At best, one could figure she was inspired by Yakumo's likes in an odd way.]]
* TragicMonster: [[spoiler: Emily Su was transformed into the Successor as an experiment by Juzo Mido, who lost control of herself and attacked the party. Thankfully, the protagonist intervenes and saves her, allowing her to regain her sense of self in her new Successor body.]]
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[[folder:Successor of the Breath]]

->Blood Code: Queen's Breath

The Successor that awaits in the Ridge of Frozen Souls. A large animated suit of armor whose helmet is adorned with large antlers that awaits the protagonist and company among the frozen wastes.
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* AnIcePerson: He uses a lot of ice attacks, such as pulling giant icicles from the ground and hurling them at his foes.
* LuckilyMyShieldWillProtectMe: He wields a large shield as his weapon.

[[folder:Successor of the Throat]]

->Blood Code: Queen's Throat

The Successor that was recently sent into frenzy by Mido and awaits at the Crown of Sands. An angelic figure with a flower in one of its eye sockets and purple halo-like appendages sprouting out of her shoulder blade.

* DishingOutDirt: She attacks primarily by flailing giant sand claws and creating sharp blades from the sand.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: As seen below in HumanityEnsues, she can be restored back to her original Revenant form. [[spoiler: Turns out that in the GoldenEnding, so can the other Successors once the Relics are finally pacified by the Protagonist once and for all.]]
* HumanityEnsues: UpToEleven in her case. If the protagonist restores [[spoiler:Eva's]] Vestiges in time, she not only gets her life and her memories back, but she's also restored to her former glory as a Revenant, instead of being stuck inside a Successor body. This can be explained as having the party seek treatment for her recent transformation much earlier, in contrast to the other Successors, who were permanently mutated into their forms by the time they were encountered.
* ManaBurn: Her attacks cause the Leak status, depriving you of Ichor and the ability to use gifts.
* MultiArmedAndDangerous: She has two pairs of arms, [[spoiler:one of them is holding Eva's body inside her chest.]]

[[folder:Successor of the Brain/The Skull King/The Virgin Born]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:''The Skull King''/''Successor of the Brain'']]
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[[caption-width-right:350:''The Virgin Born'']]
The mutated form of [[spoiler:Gregorio Silva]], and the source of the Red Mist separating Vein from the rest of the world. Juzo Mido forcibly introduces more Relics into the Successor's body so as to render him too insane to maintain the Gaol, and under the Queen's corruption [[spoiler: Gregorio]] is reduced to a bloodthirsty beast. [[spoiler:In all endings except for "Heirs", the lupine Lost summons the remaining unclaimed Relics throughout the land and absorbs them all in a last-ditch effort to preserve itself, transforming even further into a nearly-complete Queen.]]