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* Yagorath, a gigantic, acid spewing, spike-shooting, worm-like EldritchAbomination that's single-handedly responsible for destroying the future Atlas came from, and can devour champions in a single gulp as her ult. The sinister fallen guardian Vora is her herald, and her presence is dangerous enough to get the Magistrate and Paladins to unite against her, even getting the assassin lord Zhin to put aside his differences with others to protect the realm. Except that she shrugs off almost everything thrown at her, ignoring Cassie's crossbow bolts and Viktor's grenades and assault rifle.
* With the Abyss gaining more power in the Realm, an angelic Pyre Lord known as Azaan appeared and said that if the battle takes too long, he will come down and defeat them himself. Sounds like good news? ''Nope.'' That's not an offer of aid; it's a ''warning''. Azaan does not care about collateral damage, and is perfectly willing to kill innocents if they happen to be in the way of his attacks, as shown in [[https://webcdn.hirezstudios.com/paladins/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/CA_Azaan_Going-Beserk_800x800.png this card art]] where [[GoodIsNotSoft he's holding a demon's severed head]] as innocent bystanders are burnt alive in the crossfire.

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* Yagorath, a gigantic, acid spewing, spike-shooting, worm-like EldritchAbomination that's single-handedly responsible for destroying the future Atlas came from, and can devour champions in a single gulp as her ult. The sinister fallen guardian Vora is her herald, and her presence is dangerous enough to get the Magistrate and Paladins Resistance to unite against her, even getting the assassin lord Zhin to put aside his differences with others to protect the realm.Realm. Except that she shrugs off almost everything thrown at her, ignoring Cassie's crossbow bolts and Viktor's grenades and assault rifle.
* With the Abyss gaining more power in the Realm, an angelic a Pyre Lord known as Azaan appeared and said that if the battle takes too long, he will come down and defeat them himself. Sounds like good news? ''Nope.'' That's not an offer of aid; it's a ''warning''. Azaan does not care about collateral damage, and is perfectly willing to kill innocents if they happen to be in the way of his attacks, as shown in [[https://webcdn.hirezstudios.com/paladins/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/CA_Azaan_Going-Beserk_800x800.png this card art]] where [[GoodIsNotSoft he's holding a demon's severed head]] as innocent bystanders are burnt alive in the crossfire.

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* Yagoroth, a gigantic, acid spewing, spike-shooting, worm-like EldritchAbomination that's single-handedly responsible for destroying the future Atlas came from, and can devour champions in a single gulp as her ult. The sinister fallen guardian Vora is her herald, and her presence is dangerous enough to get the Magistrate and Paladins to unite against her, even getting the assassin lord Zhin to put aside his differences with others to protect the realm. Except that she shrugs off almost everything thrown at her, ignoring Cassie's crossbow bolts and Viktor's grenades and assault rifle.

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* Yagoroth, Yagorath, a gigantic, acid spewing, spike-shooting, worm-like EldritchAbomination that's single-handedly responsible for destroying the future Atlas came from, and can devour champions in a single gulp as her ult. The sinister fallen guardian Vora is her herald, and her presence is dangerous enough to get the Magistrate and Paladins to unite against her, even getting the assassin lord Zhin to put aside his differences with others to protect the realm. Except that she shrugs off almost everything thrown at her, ignoring Cassie's crossbow bolts and Viktor's grenades and assault rifle.rifle.
* With the Abyss gaining more power in the Realm, an angelic Pyre Lord known as Azaan appeared and said that if the battle takes too long, he will come down and defeat them himself. Sounds like good news? ''Nope.'' That's not an offer of aid; it's a ''warning''. Azaan does not care about collateral damage, and is perfectly willing to kill innocents if they happen to be in the way of his attacks, as shown in [[https://webcdn.hirezstudios.com/paladins/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/CA_Azaan_Going-Beserk_800x800.png this card art]] where [[GoodIsNotSoft he's holding a demon's severed head]] as innocent bystanders are burnt alive in the crossfire.
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* Androxus' curse has afflicted him with a hunger for souls. This means he has an urge to kill which he can never satisfy, making him kill more and more... Think what it must be for a man who was once a servant of justice to forcefully become an AxCrazy killer.

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* Androxus' curse has afflicted him with a hunger for souls. This means he has an urge to kill which he can never satisfy, making him kill more and more... Think what it must be for a man who was once a servant of justice to forcefully become an AxCrazy killer.killer.
* Yagoroth, a gigantic, acid spewing, spike-shooting, worm-like EldritchAbomination that's single-handedly responsible for destroying the future Atlas came from, and can devour champions in a single gulp as her ult. The sinister fallen guardian Vora is her herald, and her presence is dangerous enough to get the Magistrate and Paladins to unite against her, even getting the assassin lord Zhin to put aside his differences with others to protect the realm. Except that she shrugs off almost everything thrown at her, ignoring Cassie's crossbow bolts and Viktor's grenades and assault rifle.

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Fixed indentation. The bit about Inara sounds like Fridge Horror, and the bit about his ultimate is just danger rather than horror.


* [[https://youtu.be/Q6ZHc5mpE4A Terminus' champion teaser]] plays out like a monster movie, with Terminus as the unrelenting monster. Cassie and Talus are fearing for their lives for most of the teaser until they [[HopeSpot manage to slay him]]. Then the [[OhCrap fear comes back]] when he reanimates (as pictured on the right).
** Terminus in general. He is a surprisingly dark character for such a relatively light-hearted game. Unlike other morally-dubious characters like Zhin and Androxus, there are tons of implications that Terminus is [[FaceMonsterTurn actually a decent person forcibly turned into an undead abomination and mind-controlled to commit atrocities]]. Oh, and ''he is still completely conscious the entire time'', with his original self briefly resurfacing several times before getting overwritten again by his emotionless dominating personality.
** This gets ''worse'' if you look at it from Inara's perspective. To her, Terminus isn't just some unkillable stone abomination that the Magistrate uses as a bruiser. He's the corpse her fallen friend who died in her arms, stitched together with magic and turned against her. Every time she sees him would be a chilling reminder that the Magistrate could do that to ''her'' too.
** In-Game, Terminus' ultimate is Nightmare Fuel crossed with ParanoiaFuel for anyone fighting him. It can be only activated after he dies, it can happen ''very'' suddenly, due to its nature it can't be shut down like other Ults, and while you can tell when he has it[[note]]The health bar above his head has a white marker at the 0HP position only when he has the ultimate ready[[/note]], not everyone would know what it's signalling. You could finish defending against a vicious push and be licking your wounds only to hear a bellow of ''Once more I rise!'' and know that you likely won't survive Terminus' return. This is especially scary during Siege games since Terminus' Ultimate pulls double duty as a revive and an enemy clearer since it deals ''4000 damage'' over a surprisingly wide radius, more than enough to kill everything short of another Tank hero and even then they'll be brought down to the point where Terminus could easily wipe them out. Have fun guessing if that Terminus is actually down for the count or if he's just holding on to his Ultimate as long as he can to maximize damage!

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* Terminus is a surprisingly dark character for such a relatively light-hearted game:
** Unlike other morally-dubious characters like Zhin and Androxus, there are tons of implications that Terminus is [[FaceMonsterTurn actually a decent person forcibly turned into an undead abomination and mind-controlled to commit atrocities]]. Oh, and ''he is still completely conscious the entire time'', with his original self briefly resurfacing several times before getting overwritten again by his emotionless dominating personality.
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[[https://youtu.be/Q6ZHc5mpE4A Terminus' champion teaser]] plays out like a monster movie, with Terminus as the unrelenting monster. Cassie and Talus are fearing for their lives for most of the teaser until they [[HopeSpot manage to slay him]]. Then the [[OhCrap fear comes back]] when he reanimates (as pictured on the right).
** Terminus in general. He is a surprisingly dark character for such a relatively light-hearted game. Unlike other morally-dubious characters like Zhin and Androxus, there are tons of implications that Terminus is [[FaceMonsterTurn actually a decent person forcibly turned into an undead abomination and mind-controlled to commit atrocities]]. Oh, and ''he is still completely conscious the entire time'', with his original self briefly resurfacing several times before getting overwritten again by his emotionless dominating personality.
** This gets ''worse'' if you look at it from Inara's perspective. To her, Terminus isn't just some unkillable stone abomination that the Magistrate uses as a bruiser. He's the corpse her fallen friend who died in her arms, stitched together with magic and turned against her. Every time she sees him would be a chilling reminder that the Magistrate could do that to ''her'' too.
** In-Game, Terminus' ultimate is Nightmare Fuel crossed with ParanoiaFuel for anyone fighting him. It can be only activated after he dies, it can happen ''very'' suddenly, due to its nature it can't be shut down like other Ults, and while you can tell when he has it[[note]]The health bar above his head has a white marker at the 0HP position only when he has the ultimate ready[[/note]], not everyone would know what it's signalling. You could finish defending against a vicious push and be licking your wounds only to hear a bellow of ''Once more I rise!'' and know that you likely won't survive Terminus' return. This is especially scary during Siege games since Terminus' Ultimate pulls double duty as a revive and an enemy clearer since it deals ''4000 damage'' over a surprisingly wide radius, more than enough to kill everything short of another Tank hero and even then they'll be brought down to the point where Terminus could easily wipe them out. Have fun guessing if that Terminus is actually down for the count or if he's just holding on to his Ultimate as long as he can to maximize damage!
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* Androxus's curse has afflicted him with a hunger for souls. This means he has an urge to kill which he can never satisfy, making him kill more and more... Think what it must be for a man who was once a servant of justice to forcefully become an AxCrazy killer.

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* Androxus's Androxus' curse has afflicted him with a hunger for souls. This means he has an urge to kill which he can never satisfy, making him kill more and more... Think what it must be for a man who was once a servant of justice to forcefully become an AxCrazy killer.
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Terminus is not the only Nightmare Fuel in Paladins


** In-Game, Terminus' ultimate is Nightmare Fuel crossed with ParanoiaFuel for anyone fighting him. It can be only activated after he dies, it can happen ''very'' suddenly, due to its nature it can't be shut down like other Ults, and while you can tell when he has it[[note]]The health bar above his head has a white marker at the 0HP position only when he has the ultimate ready[[/note]], not everyone would know what it's signalling. You could finish defending against a vicious push and be licking your wounds only to hear a bellow of ''Once more I rise!'' and know that you likely won't survive Terminus' return. This is especially scary during Siege games since Terminus' Ultimate pulls double duty as a revive and an enemy clearer since it deals ''4000 damage'' over a surprisingly wide radius, more than enough to kill everything short of another Tank hero and even then they'll be brought down to the point where Terminus could easily wipe them out. Have fun guessing if that Terminus is actually down for the count or if he's just holding on to his Ultimate as long as he can to maximize damage!

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** In-Game, Terminus' ultimate is Nightmare Fuel crossed with ParanoiaFuel for anyone fighting him. It can be only activated after he dies, it can happen ''very'' suddenly, due to its nature it can't be shut down like other Ults, and while you can tell when he has it[[note]]The health bar above his head has a white marker at the 0HP position only when he has the ultimate ready[[/note]], not everyone would know what it's signalling. You could finish defending against a vicious push and be licking your wounds only to hear a bellow of ''Once more I rise!'' and know that you likely won't survive Terminus' return. This is especially scary during Siege games since Terminus' Ultimate pulls double duty as a revive and an enemy clearer since it deals ''4000 damage'' over a surprisingly wide radius, more than enough to kill everything short of another Tank hero and even then they'll be brought down to the point where Terminus could easily wipe them out. Have fun guessing if that Terminus is actually down for the count or if he's just holding on to his Ultimate as long as he can to maximize damage!damage!

* Androxus's curse has afflicted him with a hunger for souls. This means he has an urge to kill which he can never satisfy, making him kill more and more... Think what it must be for a man who was once a servant of justice to forcefully become an AxCrazy killer.

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** Terminus in general. He is a surprisingly dark character for such a relatively light-hearted game. Unlike other morally-dubious characters like Zhin and Androxus, there are tons of implications that Terminus is [[FaceMonsterTurn actually a decent person forcibly turned into an undead abomination and mind-controlled to commit atrocities]]. Oh, and ''he is still completely conscious the entire time'', with his original briefly resurfacing several times before getting overwritten again by his emotionless dominating personality.

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** Terminus in general. He is a surprisingly dark character for such a relatively light-hearted game. Unlike other morally-dubious characters like Zhin and Androxus, there are tons of implications that Terminus is [[FaceMonsterTurn actually a decent person forcibly turned into an undead abomination and mind-controlled to commit atrocities]]. Oh, and ''he is still completely conscious the entire time'', with his original self briefly resurfacing several times before getting overwritten again by his emotionless dominating personality.personality.
** This gets ''worse'' if you look at it from Inara's perspective. To her, Terminus isn't just some unkillable stone abomination that the Magistrate uses as a bruiser. He's the corpse her fallen friend who died in her arms, stitched together with magic and turned against her. Every time she sees him would be a chilling reminder that the Magistrate could do that to ''her'' too.
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There actually is an indication, but it can be easy to miss: Term's health bar has a thick white bar on the left of it marking the 0HP position when it's ready.


** In-Game, Terminus' ultimate is Nightmare Fuel crossed with ParanoiaFuel for anyone fighting him. It can be only activated after he dies, it can happen ''very'' suddenly, due to its nature it can't be shut down like other Ults, and while you can tell when he has it[[note]]The health bar above his head has a white marker at the 0HP position only when he has the ultimate ready[[/note]], not everyone would know what it means. You could finish defending against a vicious push and be licking your wounds only to hear a bellow of ''Once more I rise!'' and know that you likely won't survive Terminus' return. This is especially scary during Siege games since Terminus' Ultimate pulls double duty as a revive and an enemy clearer since it deals ''4000 damage'' over a surprisingly wide radius, more than enough to kill everything short of another Tank hero and even then they'll be brought down to the point where Terminus could easily wipe them out. Have fun guessing if that Terminus is actually down for the count or if he's just holding on to his Ultimate as long as he can to maximize damage!

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** In-Game, Terminus' ultimate is Nightmare Fuel crossed with ParanoiaFuel for anyone fighting him. It can be only activated after he dies, it can happen ''very'' suddenly, due to its nature it can't be shut down like other Ults, and while you can tell when he has it[[note]]The health bar above his head has a white marker at the 0HP position only when he has the ultimate ready[[/note]], not everyone would know what it means.it's signalling. You could finish defending against a vicious push and be licking your wounds only to hear a bellow of ''Once more I rise!'' and know that you likely won't survive Terminus' return. This is especially scary during Siege games since Terminus' Ultimate pulls double duty as a revive and an enemy clearer since it deals ''4000 damage'' over a surprisingly wide radius, more than enough to kill everything short of another Tank hero and even then they'll be brought down to the point where Terminus could easily wipe them out. Have fun guessing if that Terminus is actually down for the count or if he's just holding on to his Ultimate as long as he can to maximize damage!
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There actually is an indication, but it can be easy to miss: Term's health bar has a thick white bar on the left of it marking the 0HP position when it's ready.


** In-Game, Terminus' ultimate is Nightmare Fuel crossed with ParanoiaFuel for anyone fighting him. It can be only activated after he dies, it can happen ''very'' suddenly, due to it's nature it can't be shut down like other Ults, and ''there's no indication if he has it or not''. You could finish defending against a vicious push and be licking your wounds only to hear a bellow of ''Once more I rise!'' and know that you likely won't survive Terminus' return. This is especially scary during Siege games since Terminus' Ultimate pulls double duty as a revive and an enemy clearer since it deals ''4000 damage'' over a surprisingly wide radius, more than enough to kill everything short of another Tank hero and even then they'll be brought down to the point where Terminus could easily wipe them out. Have fun guessing if that Terminus is actually down for the count or if he's just holding on to his Ultimate as long as he can to maximize damage!

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** In-Game, Terminus' ultimate is Nightmare Fuel crossed with ParanoiaFuel for anyone fighting him. It can be only activated after he dies, it can happen ''very'' suddenly, due to it's its nature it can't be shut down like other Ults, and ''there's no indication if while you can tell when he has it[[note]]The health bar above his head has a white marker at the 0HP position only when he has the ultimate ready[[/note]], not everyone would know what it or not''.means. You could finish defending against a vicious push and be licking your wounds only to hear a bellow of ''Once more I rise!'' and know that you likely won't survive Terminus' return. This is especially scary during Siege games since Terminus' Ultimate pulls double duty as a revive and an enemy clearer since it deals ''4000 damage'' over a surprisingly wide radius, more than enough to kill everything short of another Tank hero and even then they'll be brought down to the point where Terminus could easily wipe them out. Have fun guessing if that Terminus is actually down for the count or if he's just holding on to his Ultimate as long as he can to maximize damage!
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** Terminus in general. He is a surprisingly dark character for such a relatively light-hearted game. Unlike other morally-dubious characters like Zhin and Androxus, there are tons of implications that Terminus is [[FaceMonsterTurn actually a decent person forcibly turned into an undead abomination and mind-controlled to commit atrocities]]. Oh, and ''he is still completely conscious the entire time'', with his original briefly resurfacing several times before getting overwritten again by his emotionless dominating personality.

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** Terminus in general. He is a surprisingly dark character for such a relatively light-hearted game. Unlike other morally-dubious characters like Zhin and Androxus, there are tons of implications that Terminus is [[FaceMonsterTurn actually a decent person forcibly turned into an undead abomination and mind-controlled to commit atrocities]]. Oh, and ''he is still completely conscious the entire time'', with his original briefly resurfacing several times before getting overwritten again by his emotionless dominating personality.personality.
** In-Game, Terminus' ultimate is Nightmare Fuel crossed with ParanoiaFuel for anyone fighting him. It can be only activated after he dies, it can happen ''very'' suddenly, due to it's nature it can't be shut down like other Ults, and ''there's no indication if he has it or not''. You could finish defending against a vicious push and be licking your wounds only to hear a bellow of ''Once more I rise!'' and know that you likely won't survive Terminus' return. This is especially scary during Siege games since Terminus' Ultimate pulls double duty as a revive and an enemy clearer since it deals ''4000 damage'' over a surprisingly wide radius, more than enough to kill everything short of another Tank hero and even then they'll be brought down to the point where Terminus could easily wipe them out. Have fun guessing if that Terminus is actually down for the count or if he's just holding on to his Ultimate as long as he can to maximize damage!
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* [[https://youtu.be/Q6ZHc5mpE4A Terminus' champion teaser]] plays out like a monster movie, with Terminus as the unrelenting monster. Cassie and Talus are fearing for their lives for most of the teaser until they [[HopeSpot manage to slay him]]. Then the [[OhCrap fear comes back]] when he reanimates (provider of this page's image).

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* [[https://youtu.be/Q6ZHc5mpE4A Terminus' champion teaser]] plays out like a monster movie, with Terminus as the unrelenting monster. Cassie and Talus are fearing for their lives for most of the teaser until they [[HopeSpot manage to slay him]]. Then the [[OhCrap fear comes back]] when he reanimates (provider of this page's image).(as pictured on the right).
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* [[https://youtu.be/Q6ZHc5mpE4A Terminus' champion teaser]] plays out like a monster movie, with Terminus as the unrelenting monster. Cassie and Talus are fearing for their lives for most of the teaser until they [[HopeSpot manage to slay him]]. Then the [[OhCrap fear comes back]] when he reanimates.

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* [[https://youtu.be/Q6ZHc5mpE4A Terminus' champion teaser]] plays out like a monster movie, with Terminus as the unrelenting monster. Cassie and Talus are fearing for their lives for most of the teaser until they [[HopeSpot manage to slay him]]. Then the [[OhCrap fear comes back]] when he reanimates.reanimates (provider of this page's image).
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* [[https://youtu.be/Q6ZHc5mpE4A Terminus' champion teaser]] plays out like a monster movie, with Terminus as the unrelenting monster. Cassie and Talus are fearing for their lives for most of the teaser until they [[HopeSpot manage to slay him]]. Then the [[OhCrap fear comes back]] when he reanimates.

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* [[https://youtu.be/Q6ZHc5mpE4A Terminus' champion teaser]] plays out like a monster movie, with Terminus as the unrelenting monster. Cassie and Talus are fearing for their lives for most of the teaser until they [[HopeSpot manage to slay him]]. Then the [[OhCrap fear comes back]] when he reanimates.reanimates.
** Terminus in general. He is a surprisingly dark character for such a relatively light-hearted game. Unlike other morally-dubious characters like Zhin and Androxus, there are tons of implications that Terminus is [[FaceMonsterTurn actually a decent person forcibly turned into an undead abomination and mind-controlled to commit atrocities]]. Oh, and ''he is still completely conscious the entire time'', with his original briefly resurfacing several times before getting overwritten again by his emotionless dominating personality.
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* [[https://youtu.be/Q6ZHc5mpE4A Terminus' champion teaser]] plays out like a monster movie, with Terminus as the unrelenting monster. Cassie and Talus are fearing for their lives for most of the teaser until they [[HopeSpot manage to slay him]]. Then the [[OhCrap fear comes back]] when he reanimates (See image).

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* [[https://youtu.be/Q6ZHc5mpE4A Terminus' champion teaser]] plays out like a monster movie, with Terminus as the unrelenting monster. Cassie and Talus are fearing for their lives for most of the teaser until they [[HopeSpot manage to slay him]]. Then the [[OhCrap fear comes back]] when he reanimates (See image).reanimates.
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* [[https://youtu.be/Q6ZHc5mpE4A Terminus' champion teaser]] plays out like a monster movie, with Terminus as the unrelenting monster. Cassie and Talus are fearing for their lives for most of the teaser until they [[HopeSpot manage to slay him]]. Then the [[OhCrap fear comes back]] when he reanimates.

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* [[https://youtu.be/Q6ZHc5mpE4A Terminus' champion teaser]] plays out like a monster movie, with Terminus as the unrelenting monster. Cassie and Talus are fearing for their lives for most of the teaser until they [[HopeSpot manage to slay him]]. Then the [[OhCrap fear comes back]] when he reanimates.reanimates (See image).
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[[caption-width-right:350:''[[BackFromTheDead Once more I rise!]]'']]
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* [[https://youtu.be/Q6ZHc5mpE4A Terminus' champion teaser]] plays out like a monster movie, with Terminus as the unrelenting monster. Cassie and Talus are fearing for their lives for most of the teaser until they [[HopeSpot manage to slay him]]. Then the [[OhCrap fear comes back]] when he reanimates.

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