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[[File:Arkus-Mugshot.png|frame|right|Guardian Knight Arkus]]
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{{NPCInfo
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|name      = Arkus
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|type      = trojan
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|role      =
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*[[Miniboss]]
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|location  =
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*{{mission|The Silent Legion}}: [[The Silent Legion/Cryptic Statuary|Cryptic Statuary]]
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|abilities=*Increased damage resistance to frontal attacks
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*Two-hit sword Combo {{attack|normal}} {{attack|shadow}}
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*Sword Slam {{attack|normal}} {{attack|shadow}} {{status|stun}}
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*Revive + Energy Blast (beginning of Phase 2, 3) {{attack|normal}} {{status|stun}}
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*Shadow Orbs (Phase 2, 3; passive) {{attack|shadow}}
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*Shadow Spikes (Phase 3; Sword Slam) {{attack|shadow}}
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|weak= none
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|resist= none
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|drops= *None
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}}
  
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Guardian Knight '''Arkus''' was one of the finest warriors serving the Spiral Knights until some time shortly after the crash and one of the first to search for the Alpha Squad.
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==Appearance==
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Guardian Knight '''Arkus''' was one of the finest warriors serving the Spiral Knights until some time shortly after the crash and one of the first to search for the Alpha Squad. When he is encountered during the {{mission|The Silent Legion}}, he has transformed into something very similar to a [[Trojan]].
  
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==Background==
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==About==
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Arkus was a well know and highly ranked Guardian knight in the order. When the skylark crashed, he was assigned to one of the several squads to look for the now missing [[Alpha Squad]]. However, his squad was mauled to death by a gang of Dust Zombies. Feeling guilty of their death and not living on to the Guardian's oath, he went solo, so no other knights have to suffer under his protection.
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Arkus was a well known, respected and highly ranked Guardian Knight in the Spiral Order. When the Skylark crashed, he was assigned to one of the several squads to look for the missing Alpha Squad. However, his squad perished in a fierce battle at the hands of a gang of [[Zombie#Dust_Zombie|Dust Zombies]]. Feeling incredibly guilt of their deaths and for not living up to the Guardian's Oath to protect his squad, he decided to wander the Clockworks alone, so no other knights would have to suffer under his protection.  
  
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Recently, he has dissapeared around Depth 25, and a squad of knights were sent to find him.  
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He disappears around Depth 26 and you are dispatched to find him. You arrive in a sanctuary, where you locate a recon module left by Arkus; he states that he is drawn to the sanctuary, and continues by saying that the loss of his Squad haunts him in his sleep and every waking thought, evidently tormented by his guilt. When he is first encountered face-to-face, he refuses to return to Haven and renounces his role in the Spiral Order. When encountered at the end of the level he shows clear signs of increasingly losing his sanity; the screams he had heard have turned into whispers and he mourns over the fact that everyone has left him. He then notes that all those close to him have perished and tells you and your party that you are about to suffer the same fate, engaging you in battle.
  
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After the party fought through a Devilish Drugery and Candlestick Keep, they arrive in a santuary where Trojan statues littered the area. They locate a recon module explaining that he could hear wails of knights, and he feels at him here, not wanting to ever return to either Haven or the order.When Arkus is finally seen later in the sanctuary, his color scheme had changed to a grim magnetta and his armor to a grim black and grey; a crystal replaced his guardian Banner, similar to to a Trojan, indicating that he had been transformed into a fiend monster.
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===Details===
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Arkus, a fallen ex-knight of the Spiral Order. Despite the fact that he seems to have transformed into a [[Trojan]], he retains the attack style of a Spiral Knight. A few aspects of him differ from a regular T3 Trojan:
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*Extraordinary weapon reach - this Trojan's attacks seem to be able to reach twice as far as any other's.
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*No immunity to frontal damage - all frontal damage is substantially reduced rather than negated entirely.
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*Wider array of possible attacks - a normal Trojan has only three attacks available. This one has five.
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*No abrupt dashing - Arkus is not capable of dashing, unlike other trojans. He is also incapable of buffing his attack power.
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*When he is defeated, he "revives" like a regular Spiral Knight; however he can only do this twice, resulting in the fight taking place in 3 phases. Each time he revives, the crystal on his black glows more fiercely, two more Shadow Orbs encircle him and [[fiend]] family monsters appear to aid him (some [[Beryl Greaver]]s and a [[Silkwing]]).
  
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He tries to persuade the party to leave him alone, renouncing his role in the order. He fails, and in pursuit of the former Guardian the party must fight through more monsters until they finally reach Arkus.
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==Notes==
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This character was introduced with {{release|2012-03-07}}.
  
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By the time the knights catch up to Arkus still deeper in the sanctuary, he was losing his grip on sanity. The screams he had heard had turned into whispers and he mourned over the fact that everyone had "left" him; he then notes that all those close to him perished and tells the party that they are about to suffer the same fate, engaging them in battle.
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Arkus resembles a [[Spiral Warden]]. Some key differences include his armor and [[Leviathan Blade]] which are both a combination of black, magenta and grey, and instead of a Guardian banner he has a magenta crystal embedded into his back, like the ones found on regular Trojans.
  
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Arkus's attack patterns bear a disturbing resemblance to those of a normal spiral knight, with three-hit sword combos and a charge attack identical to (but larger in effect than) that of a [[troika]] line sword (unlike most trojans, Arkus cannot dash). During the battle, he is slain twice, yet he revives(CE) and the crystal on his starts to glow and emit energy, again similar to a trojan; each revival spawns greavers and a shadowy ball of energy that orbits him. By the peak of the transformation, his sword can emit red crystals that deal shadow damage. Upon being defeated a third time, Arkus collapses to the ground; all color fades from his eyes as he dies, being the first named spiral knight in the game to die on-screen.
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The circumstances regarding Arkus' (at least partial) transformation into a Trojan are unknown, and the subject isn't touched upon. However, his transformation gives evidence that at least some Trojans are corrupted Spiral Knights.
  
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==Battle==
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Unlike a regular Trojan, Arkus can be damaged from all angles. However, all damage taken from the front is significantly reduced.
  
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{{Hidden header|Arkus}}
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As Arkus can only be fought in one level and the map is unique to the mission he appears in, he could arguably be considered a [[boss]].
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{{Monster
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|name=Arkus
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|location=
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*<span style="background:#000000;color:#000000">The Silent Legion: Cryptic Statuary</span>
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|description=<span style="background:#000000;color:#000000">Arkus, a fallen ex-knight of the Spiral Order. Despite the fact that he seems to have transformed into a trojan, his attack style is eerily similar to that of the knights attacking him...</span>
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|abilities=
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*Sword Combo {{attack|normal}} {{attack|shadow}}
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*Sword Slam {{attack|normal}} {{attack|shadow}} {{status|stun}}
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*Revive + Energy Blast {{attack|normal}} {{status|stun}}
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*Shadow Orbs {{attack|shadow}}
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*Shadow Spikes {{attack|shadow}}
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|drop=*None
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}}
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==Trivia==
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He is the first and currently ''only'' named Spiral Knight in the game to die on-screen.
  
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- Arkus' transformation into a trojan-like monster confirms that, as previously suspected, Trojans are some sort of corrupted form of a spiral knight.
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==Dialogue==
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{{:Recon Module: Cryptic Statuary}}
  
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- Unlike a normal trojan, Arkus can still be damaged on his front side. However, his defense is far higher on his front and therefore this is not generally a useful trait for the knights attacking him.
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{{Dialogue/Showhide
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|title  = {{mission|The Silent Legion}}
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|content = {{:Arkus Dialogue/The Silent Legion}}
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}}
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{{Exploration/Showhide
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|title = Arkus Defeated
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|content = If the player inspects Arkus after he is defeated, some information appears:<br><br><center>''An intense sadness radiates from his fallen form. His eyes fade and a darkness washes over him. Arkus is lost.''</center>
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}}
  
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- As Arkus can only be fought in one stage and the stage type he is fought in is found nowhere else in Spiral Knights, he could arguably be considered the fifth clockworks boss in Spiral knights (the others being the [[Roarmulus Twins]], the [[Royal Jelly]], the [[Snarbolax]], [[Vanaduke]], and [[Schemer Razwog]]), not counting shadow lair or expansion bosses.
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==Gallery==
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<gallery heights=175px widths=175px perrow=3>
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File:Arkus-Comlink.png|Guardian Knight {{PAGENAME}} via Comlink.
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File:Monster-Arkus.png|{{PAGENAME}} in the Cryptic Statuary in the {{mission|The Silent Legion}}.
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</gallery>
  
 
== See Also ==
 
== See Also ==
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* [[List of missions]]
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{{miniboss see also}}
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{{NPC see also}}
  
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[[Category:Knights]]
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[[Category:Monsters]]
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{{stub}}
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[[Category:Bosses]]

Latest revision as of 11:23, 10 April 2020

Arkus
Arkus-Mugshot.png
NPC: Trojan
Role(s):
Primary Location(s):
Abilities:
  • Increased damage resistance to frontal attacks
  • Two-hit sword Combo Attack normal icon.png Attack shadow icon.png
  • Sword Slam Attack normal icon.png Attack shadow icon.png Icon status stun.png
  • Revive + Energy Blast (beginning of Phase 2, 3) Attack normal icon.png Icon status stun.png
  • Shadow Orbs (Phase 2, 3; passive) Attack shadow icon.png
  • Shadow Spikes (Phase 3; Sword Slam) Attack shadow icon.png
Defenses:
  • Weak to: none
  • Resistant to: none
Drops:
  • None

Arkus is an NPC.

Appearance

Guardian Knight Arkus was one of the finest warriors serving the Spiral Knights until some time shortly after the crash and one of the first to search for the Alpha Squad. When he is encountered during the 9-1 Interface-icon-PvE.png Mission: The Silent Legion, he has transformed into something very similar to a Trojan.

About

Arkus was a well known, respected and highly ranked Guardian Knight in the Spiral Order. When the Skylark crashed, he was assigned to one of the several squads to look for the missing Alpha Squad. However, his squad perished in a fierce battle at the hands of a gang of Dust Zombies. Feeling incredibly guilt of their deaths and for not living up to the Guardian's Oath to protect his squad, he decided to wander the Clockworks alone, so no other knights would have to suffer under his protection.

He disappears around Depth 26 and you are dispatched to find him. You arrive in a sanctuary, where you locate a recon module left by Arkus; he states that he is drawn to the sanctuary, and continues by saying that the loss of his Squad haunts him in his sleep and every waking thought, evidently tormented by his guilt. When he is first encountered face-to-face, he refuses to return to Haven and renounces his role in the Spiral Order. When encountered at the end of the level he shows clear signs of increasingly losing his sanity; the screams he had heard have turned into whispers and he mourns over the fact that everyone has left him. He then notes that all those close to him have perished and tells you and your party that you are about to suffer the same fate, engaging you in battle.

Details

Arkus, a fallen ex-knight of the Spiral Order. Despite the fact that he seems to have transformed into a Trojan, he retains the attack style of a Spiral Knight. A few aspects of him differ from a regular T3 Trojan:

  • Extraordinary weapon reach - this Trojan's attacks seem to be able to reach twice as far as any other's.
  • No immunity to frontal damage - all frontal damage is substantially reduced rather than negated entirely.
  • Wider array of possible attacks - a normal Trojan has only three attacks available. This one has five.
  • No abrupt dashing - Arkus is not capable of dashing, unlike other trojans. He is also incapable of buffing his attack power.
  • When he is defeated, he "revives" like a regular Spiral Knight; however he can only do this twice, resulting in the fight taking place in 3 phases. Each time he revives, the crystal on his black glows more fiercely, two more Shadow Orbs encircle him and fiend family monsters appear to aid him (some Beryl Greavers and a Silkwing).

Notes

This character was introduced with release 2012-03-07.

Arkus resembles a Spiral Warden. Some key differences include his armor and Leviathan Blade which are both a combination of black, magenta and grey, and instead of a Guardian banner he has a magenta crystal embedded into his back, like the ones found on regular Trojans.

The circumstances regarding Arkus' (at least partial) transformation into a Trojan are unknown, and the subject isn't touched upon. However, his transformation gives evidence that at least some Trojans are corrupted Spiral Knights.

Unlike a regular Trojan, Arkus can be damaged from all angles. However, all damage taken from the front is significantly reduced.

As Arkus can only be fought in one level and the map is unique to the mission he appears in, he could arguably be considered a boss.

He is the first and currently only named Spiral Knight in the game to die on-screen.

Dialogue

Gallery

  • Arkus-Comlink.png

    Guardian Knight Arkus via Comlink.

  • Arkus in the Cryptic Statuary in the 9-1 Interface-icon-PvE.png Mission: The Silent Legion.

See Also

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