Line #148 Characters/KingdomDeath


1	'''There are Unmarked spoilers below''', you have been warned.
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6	[[folder:Quarries]]
7	Quarries make up the bulk of the hunts within Kingdom Death, being the monsters that survivors actively seek out and hunt for resources. All quarries have three different levels of power that determine not only their statistics and special traits, but the quality of the rewards they provide upon defeat.
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9	!!White Lion
10	The first quarry that survivors encounter in the base game, the White Lion serves both as an introductory fight and the source of materials for many early game items. The White Lion appears at first to be in stark contrast with the bizarre horror of the other monsters in the game, but further encounters and closer inspection will reveal the strange human-like hands it has for front-paws, and the apparent sapience it possesses, as well as hints at a lost civilization of White Lions.
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12	* CradlingYourKill: With human hands, no less!
13	* MamaBear: A random event has a chance where you can kill a White Lion cub which will provoke the mother or father into attacking your hunt party early.
14	* ScriptedBattle: In the tutorial it has a pre-set AI deck
15	* SenseFreak: Loved the feeling of the human it killed so much that it grew a pair of human hands
16	* StarterVillain: A ScriptedBattle with a White Lion is the subject of the game's tutorial, and White Lions in general are the simplest monster battles in the game.
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18	!!Screaming Antelope
19	The second quarry survivors encounter in the base game. The Screaming Antelope acts similarly to a startled herbivore in combat to contrast the White Lion's predatory nature. The Screaming Antelope is notable not only for its size, but for the massive, toothy maw that runs along the length of its underbelly, and the small grabbing hands that line it, seeking to draw in anything or anyone that gets too close.
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21	* BellyMouth: Has a massive maw on its underside. Get too close to it and it can indeed [[SwallowedWhole swallow a survivor whole]].
22	%%* ScaryTeeth
23	%%** FangsAreEvil
24	* MooksAteMyEquipment: Their "Ravenous" ability will eat a piece of gear from the survivor if it connects.
25	* TooManyMouths: In this case, ''one'' more mouth is too many, and it's a horrifying BellyMouth too.
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28	!!Phoenix
29	The third and final quarry survivors encounter in the base game. It is significantly more powerful than the earlier quarries. The phoenix is a massive beast possessed of reasoning and apparent control over time, able to see into the future, selectively age, or de-age its opponents and teleport around the combat arena at will.
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31	* BirdPoopGag: Some of its Hunt Events involve the survivors encountering its droppings (including being bombed by it), and it even has a move called "Excrete" where it defecates on survivors behind it.
32	* EasyExp: Some of its abilities ''give'' Hunt XP to affected survivors. This, however, is ''not'' a good thing, as survivors whose Hunt Exp exceeds the cap when affected by Spiral Age (one of said abilities) will [[RetGone cease to exist]].
33	* RetGone: It has a few abilities that can kill survivors on a temporal level. Survivors whose Hunt Exp exceeds the cap after Spiral Age affects them will cease existing, and all their family members lose weapon proficiency levels. Survivors with 6+ age tokens when hit by [[AssShove Analtorium]] cease to exist to the point where all their gear and resources are lost.
34	* TimeMaster: It has control over time and can even age/de-age the survivors at will. It can even cause unlucky survivors to cease existing on a [[RetGone temporal level]].
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36	!!Gorm
37	An expansion monster that can be fought from the first year onwards, replacing the White Lion. An enormous fusion of a pachyderm, angler fish and human infant, the Gorm provides an encounter as horrific as its grotesque appearance.
38	* AcidAttack: It pukes out acid vomit extremely often, and can even use it as a reflex action upon being attacked in certain parts.
39	* BodyHorror: If a survivor is killed by their Ancient Bite, the microbes in the bite cause them to gorily and messily melt in front of the other survivors, horrifying them.
40	* VomitIndiscretionShot: Gorms vomit often and a few images of them have them spewing their stomach contents out.
41	* WeatherManipulation: During their mating season, Gorms cause foul weather characterized by acid rain, strong winds and seizure-inducing lightning.
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43	!!Spidicules
44	An enormous forest dwelling spider-like creature that uses a human corpse as a lure for its prey, the Spidicules is an expansion monster that replaces the Screaming Antelope.
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46	* AnArmAndALeg: Should the survivors remove all the Spidicules' legs while leaving it alive, it'll be left as a legless ball that the survivors can take home as a BattleTrophy and silk generator.
47	* FlunkyBoss: Is aided by Spiderlings during its battle.
48	* LuringInPrey: It uses the corpses of dead survivors to try and lure them in as prey.
49	* {{Revenge}}: Should a Spidicules be defeated, a new one will kidnap one of the victorious survivors as revenge. The survivors will need to initiate a showdown against it to save their ally before they're killed in four lantern years.
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51	!!Flower Knight
52	The first of Kingdom Death's many Knight expansions, the graceful Flower Knights patrol and protect the abyssal woods from threats to its ecosystem. The Flower Knight fights from within a mystical fairy ring that can increase its martial power.
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54	!!Lion God
55	The Lion God was once the ruler of the Silver City. Now, inhabited by a large parasite known as the Knowledge Worm, the ruler has taken on this monstrous form and stalks angrily through the abandoned streets of his city. As its name would indicate, it is extremely powerful.
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57	!!Sunstalker
58	Bizarre and unsettling in appearance, the light-producing sunstalkers usually live high in the clouds of the Kingdom Death world. They serve as a powerful quarry that can manipulate light and create living shadows, as well as provide exceptionally strong weapons and armour. In the "People of the Sun" campaign a special Sunstalker serves as the final encounter.
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60	* YinYangBomb: It's capable of manipulating both light ''and'' shadow and has attacks that affect survivors in the light as well as attacks that affect survivors in the shadow.
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62	!!Dragon King
63	An enormous wyvern hosting a radioactive core within its exposed rib cage, the Dragon King is currently the largest monster model in Kingdom Death. In the "People of the Stars" campaign, a unique Dragon King serves as the final encounter.
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65	%%* GoingCritical
66	* LastOfHisKind: And ''you'' have to kill him. [[YouBastard Bastard.]]
67	* OurDragonsAreDifferent: This one is radioactive
68	%%* VoluntaryShapeshifting
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70	!!Crimson Crocodile
71	The first quarry survivors encounter in the Dream Keepers campaign, replacing the White Lion in the Prologue.
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73	* BloodyMurder: The crocodile can affect the blood flow of its enemies, as well as using its own scabs as armor. Defeating it can grant special pieces of glass with blood contained within.
74	* RustproofBlood: In a more literal sense of the phrase than most, certain weapons made from the crocodile's bloodglass can make themselves far more resistant to becoming worn out or damaged if its user is bleeding. Of course, the blood inside bloodglass is always red, as well.
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76	!!Smog Singers
77	The second quarry survivors encounter in the Dream Keepers campaign, replacing the Screaming Antelope. Fought as a group, instead of one at a time like most monsters. Battling the Smog Singers tends to fill survivors with guilt at what they are doing.
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79	!!The King
80	Originally planned as part of the scrapped "Lantern Festival" event, The King serves as a Node 4 quarry in the Dream Keepers campaign, encountered after the Phoenix.
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82	[[/folder]]
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84	[[folder:Nemesis]]
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86	Nemesis monsters are brutal beings that attack settlements directly.
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88	!!The Butcher
89	The first Nemesis in the base game. The Butcher is a survivor from outside the settlement who lost their mind, first forsaking their own people, and then becoming consumed with fear and insanity until only a pure white-hot rage was left. Decked in heavy armor and wielding massive, axe-like cleavers, the Butcher is reminiscent of [[SlasherMovie slasher]] villains, appearing suddenly to brutally mutilate the defenders of the settlement, or else raid and empty their resources for his own use. The Butcher is covered in stolen lanterns, which have in turn, the faces of their former owners draped over them like shawls.
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91	* BattleTrophy: He keeps the lanterns of every survivor he kills, each bearing the skinned face of its previous owner.
92	* WasOnceAMan: Originally just another human survivor, until he went insane and somehow became a huge bestial humanoid.
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94	!!The Kingsman
95	Encountered soon after the Butcher, a troop of armored soldiers arrive in the settlement, seemingly taking census and brutally punishing the settlement if there are too many survivors, rounding up the strongest and the bravest for culling. Or potentially aiding the settlement instead, providing resources to encourage their brutal lifestyle. Regardless, a lone Kingsman will arrive some years after to engage the strongest survivors in combat. Although outwardly human in appearance, the Kingsman slowly reveals itself during the battle to be otherworldly, the finishing blow revealing that the armor was empty the entire time.
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97	* AndThenJohnWasAZombie: The survivor that lands the killing blow will slowly start to turn into a Kingsman themselves, ultimately resulting in this.
98	* AnimatedArmor: Although it wasn't always.
99	* BodyHorror: The King's Curse, inflicted upon any survivor that lands the killing blow on a Kingsman, will begin to gradually, forcibly change the victim's body into living armor. The story event page's illustration for this is particularly horrific.
100	* DanceBattler: The Kingsman fights with a rhythmic, dance-like style, making them very difficult to pin down. Survivors can catch on to this rhythm themselves, becoming this trope, as well, while making the Kingsman easier for them to fight.
101	* WasOnceAMan: While it is unknown if this is true of every Kingsman, the King's Curse will slowly turn survivors into Kingsmen themselves, applying this trope to them.
102	* YouKillItYouBoughtIt: Killing a Kingsman will cause the killer to turn into a Kingsman themselves.
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104	!!The Hand
105	Presumably, the Hand of the King. The Hand is one of the most powerful and unusual combatants in the game. The Hand sees through the eyes of all the Kingsmen, and it is for this reason that he arrives at the settlement, first to visit it personally. He then proceeds to pass judgement on it, killing survivors or destroying resources as he wills, unless the settlement cleaves towards a particularly brutal lifestyle, where he may instead provide various benefits before leaving. On his return, despite being fully willing to kill, the Hand sees the battle that ensues as more of a test, or tempering of the settlement, applauding the survivors as they do well, and feigning weakness and injury at times to give them advantages.
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107	* BerserkButton: If it's forced to perform its instinct action because there was no valid target (or if it misses with certain moves), it will use "The Penalty" where it deals an attack that can OneHitKill a survivor on a successful save (if they have no survival to spend) and ''will'' OneHitKill a survivor on a failed save.
108	* ExtremityExtremist: It only uses its hands to fight despite having a sheath and weapon.
109	* GracefulLoser: Depending on the result of the survivors' victory dice roll, The Hand may bow graciously and vanish, leaving a package behind with a lot of resources.
110	* SoreLoser: Depending on the result of the survivors' victory dice roll, The Hand may throw a fit in defeat and punt a lantern at a random survivor's head in frustration.
111	* TheOmniscient: Implied by the introduction blurb given in its Showdown rules.
112	* WeaksauceWeakness: {{Groin Attack}}s. Hitting him in the codpiece will knock him down, and if he's wounded during this period, he gains 20 tokens to Impossible Eyes, turning it to Respect and ending in the survivors' victory no matter his level.
113	* WorthyOpponent: If the survivors survive long enough for him to use Applause, or if they manage to actually wound him once for him to use Respect (wounds normally go to his Impossible Eyes ability until a limit), the fight ends with the survivors victorious. In the former case, he even heals the survivors, albeit painfully enough to possibly kill them.
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115	!!The Man Hunter
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117	!!The Lion Knight
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119	!!The Slender Man
120	Yes, [[Franchise/TheSlenderManMythos THAT one]].
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122	!!The Tyrant
123	A special Nemesis monster found in the Dragon King expansion, to be used in the "People of the Stars" alternate campaign.
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125	!!Atnas
126	A new Nemesis added as part of the Dream Keepers campaign from the Gambler's Chest expansion. Atnas is also known as the Child Eater.
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128	* PutTheLaughterInSlaughter: Atnas is depicted with a crazed, open mouth smile on his face, as if laughing. One of his abilities is called "Spark of Joy".
129	* SdrawkcabName: Atnas is [[SantaClaus Santa]] spelled backwards.
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131	[[/folder]]
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133	[[folder:Final Bosses]]
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135	The final bosses of each campaign function similarly to nemesis fights, though you will only ever fight them once on the final lantern year.
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137	!!The Watcher
138	* AlwaysABiggerFish: [[spoiler:The Watcher is the reason most monsters avoid the settlement. [[LoadBearingBoss This leads to]] [[DownerEnding issues]] when it dies.]]
139	* HopeCrusher: [[spoiler:It can cause the Stolen Dreams status on survivors without max courage and understanding, which [[DespairEventHorizon knocks down a survivor and prevents them from getting back up]] unless helped up by at least two other Survivors or retinues]].
140	%%* InTheHood
141	%%* LifeDrain
142	* LightIsNotGood: [[spoiler:The heart of the Lantern Hoard, without which the survivors would be doomed, is a horrible monster that intends to devour the settlement after emerging from its cocoon.]]
143	* NoOntologicalInertia: [[spoiler:Its cocoon is the source of the lanterns and their light. When the Watcher is slain, [[DarknessEqualsDeath all of the lanterns in the settlement go out]].]]
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145	!!The Gold Smoke Knight
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147	!!The Gambler
148	The namesake character of the Gambler's Chest expansion, The Gambler takes over The Watcher's node in the Dream Keeper campaign made of new materials added in the Gambler's Chest. As the Keeper of Dreams, he takes the place of the Lantern Horde at the center of the settlement.
149	* TheGambler: Naturally, it's right there in the name! [[spoiler: He even gets his own special dice.]]
150	* LuckManipulationMechanic: He has several of these, including changing the rules of critical rolls. [[spoiler: A major key to defeating him is for survivors to take his Luck Manipulation abilities for their own use]]
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152	!!The God Hand
153	The new ultimate final boss of the Dream Keeper campaign, part of the Gambler's Chest expansion.
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155	* OffWithHisHead: The God Hand's model is depicted holding a stack of decapitated survivor heads in his right hand.
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157	[[/folder]]
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159	[[folder:[=Encounters=]]]
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161	Encounters, a system added in the Gambler's Chest Expansion, are battles against monsters that will randomly ambush the survivors while out on the hunt.
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163	!!Bone Eaters
164	The very first Encounter added to the game. Bone Eaters are large humanoids, roughly twice the size of survivors.
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166	* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: They are Bone Eaters. They eat bones.
167	* SlasherSmile: Several of the Bone Eaters have very wide, unsettling grins on their faces.
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169	[[/folder]]
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171	[[folder:[=NPCs=]]]
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173	!!Twilight Order
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175	!!White Speakers
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177	!!Bone Witches
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179	!!Great Game Hunters
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181	!!The Gambler
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183	!!The Scribe
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185	!!The Ethereal Dreamer
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187	!!Satan
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189	!!The Goblin
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191	!!The Golden Entity
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