[Dev Blog] Backstory - The Cathedral Ruins
The Cathedral Ruins
The Cathedral Ruins is like the Misty Forest, a building from another dimension.
In the past, it was a huge and splendid cathedral, but one day, meteorites fell, leaving most of it crumbled. The great wizard, Koschei knew that the meteorites contained strange power and began to build a lab and labyrinth in the basement of the Cathedral.
Since then, people have often disappeared from the surrounding villages and the Misty Forest, and monsters have been witnessed around the Cathedral. What's Koschei doing?
Light leaking through a hole where meteorites fell
The temple of an ancient god with bizarre patterns on the walls
The Great Koschei
Koschei was once a magnificent wizard. He acquired a pagan scripture by chance and was fascinated by the pagan 'Goddess of Wealth' and its power. This was when Koschei began to serve the 'Goddess of Wealth' and sacrifice many people. He eventually abandoned humanity and became Lich, an immortal.
Koschei has a good command of forbidden magic, uses his skills to weaken enemies and summons 'Abominations'. Also, be aware that the summoned Abomination will use the instant-kill skill that will wipe out all Corps Crew if they turn into the Egg of Calamity!
Black Goat
In return for devotion and loyalty to the Goddess of Wealth, Koschei is now able to summon Black Goats, the children of the Goddess.
Black Goats use long tentacles to drag Corps Crew and strike a powerful attack on the target. They are one of the hardest enemies to deal with, as they paralyze a wide range of targets and regain health through the lifesteal skill.
Wraith
Wraiths are made of human bodies and absorb soul energy from every life they see. The collected soul energy is transmitted to Koschei, which leads him to live an immortal life.
Wraiths are debuff specific monsters that can continuously reduce Corps Crew's MP or replace health and buffs/debuffs with them.
Goddess of Wealth
Koschei succeded in summoning the avatar of the Goddess of Wealth through the meteorites in the cathedral.
She is the goddess who takes control of an otherworldly dimension. When facing foes, she creates Black Goats or deals strong damages with her tentacles. She lost some of her power when she was summoned to this dimension, be careful with her skills... it can lead to the annihilation of entire Corps Crew.
Abomination, a golem built with corpses, Scavenger which eats away the remaining bodies after Koschei's experiments, and Corpse Spider which heals the friendly forces; Koschei created most of these monsters in the cathedral borrowing the power of the goddess.
The Followers
There are additional monsters that can be found in all regions. As we mentioned in the previous post, they are religious fanatics so-called the Followers of God. They destroy all the living things in sight to steal life energy. Their main goal is to awaken an otherworldly god asleep in the Misty Forest.
They were human beings in the past, but they twisted to monstrous look as they repeat doing evil. They have webbed hands and faces resembling a fish behind their masks!
Executioner Shotel/Bow
Executioners specialize in executing enemies. They're threatening monsters carrying shotels or bows and can deal powerful blows to your Corps Crew.
Collector
They're performing the role of collecting life energy. They also can utilize the collected life energy to give debuff effects like bleeding, silence, stun to interrupt enemies and protect their side.
Torch
They are fire wizards who are in charge of incinerating dead bodies after collecting life energy. They can increase the attack power of friendly forces dramatically and mainly use ranged fire attacks.
We hope all the captains could safely complete the expedition to Cathedral Ruins.
Then, we'll be back with the stories about the Cursed Town next time!
Good Luck Surviving!