Apostles

The Apostles are powerful beings that play a major role in DFO's backstory. The Apostles are a diverse group of 13, each with varying powers and abilities. They come from various worlds, and were given the name "Apostles" from the residents of Pandemonium. The Apostles came and claimed various parts of Pandemonium, calling them their own. However, an event occured causing several of the Apostles to "transfer" into various parts of Arad, generally causing problems for the land and setting up the events of the game.

It's somewhat difficult to gauge just how strong they truly are, but are considered somewhere along the lines of demi-gods. All of the Apostles are unified by a unique aura...it's also because of this aura that prevents any Apostle from killing another directly. Currently, only five of the Apostles can actually be fought in-game.

First Apostle: Cain the Fatality

Also known as The One Who Fears Death.

The strongest Apostle of all, Cain is the king of Pandemonium. No one dares to stand against him. No traps or magic can overcome his extreme strength and vitality. Even though he is the strongest being in all of Pandemonium, he doesn't care about the surrounding areas except Union Square where he resides, so he never invades another Apostle's territory.

Second Apostle: Crying Eyes Hilder

Unable to forget what happened to her beautiful homeland and her family, Hilder is considered to be the first being to use the forces of Nature to create magic. She holds all knowledge of Pandemonium's history and endeavors to rebuild Pandemonium to its original state. She has the power to stay out of harm's way and possesses telepathy, which is why she takes on the deed to unite Pandemonium's residents and prevent conflict. Although she has weaker fighting abilities than most of the other Apostles, due to the above traits, the people of Pandemonium still consider her as the Second Apostle.

Third Apostle: Isis - Prey in the Blue Sky

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Isis originally lived in a place that was ruled by a race that soars the skies. Due to the odd changes to his world, he flew to a height no others in his world could, and while scouting the azure skies, he discovered the existence of Pandemonium. There, he found Cain and during the fierce battle between the two, Pandemonium drifted away from his home. Thus, Isis became a resident of Pandemonium.

Kasijas the Conqueror

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Belonging to a race where battle is the meaning of life, Kasijas arrived at Pandemonium trying to find stronger opponents after defeating all others on his planet. He battled every Apostle he could find in Pandemonium (excluding Lotus and Isis) and found that he could barely defeat his opponents. However, upon fighting Cain, Kasijas lost to his overwhelming powers and now fears Cain. Whenever Pandemonium clings on to another world, he eagerly seeks opponents to battle with. He is about 1.5 times bigger than a regular human being, and wields two swords. From his battle experience, he can be seen as one of the strongest creatures that ever existed. Upon hearing that there are powerful creatures in the Land of Arad, he made a contract with Summoner Kate and is ready to be summoned to the Land of Arad, looking for a good challenge.

Siroko of Intangible

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The first of the Apostles to be transferred to Arad. In fact, it's because of her that many of the major events in Arad have come to fruition. Wherever her powers arrive, the world will change. She holds the power to change the world around her. She can only freely move around warm areas, so she resides in the Metro Center in Pandemonium. Because of this, she fights Anton for energy often.

However, she was transferred to Arad, arriving in the Screaming Cavern. There, she went insane, nearly wiping out the Nugols living there, and creating an unstable environment. Eventually, the Empire sent its best soldiers, including the four Legendary Weapon Masters, to investigate the cavern. Unfortunately, most of the investigating party succumbed to Siroko's overwhelming power, and Roxy, a Dark Elf Beserker, unleashed the full power of Kazan's Blood Curse to put an end to Siroko once and for all. However, this act ended up costing Roxy her life in the process...

Delezie, Plagued Apostle

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The source of all diseases, Delezie has the power to turn living things into dust. It was rejected by the residents of Pandemonium after spreading the flu and black death, so he is controlled by the other Apostles where it resides in the Bronx area. He chooses not to pick fights with the other Apostles unless his life is on the line. Delezie is another one of the Apostles that were transferred to Arad. It appeared in North Myre, literally turning the place into a living hell.

A portion of Delezie's power also appeared in Noire Ferra, ruining the Dark Elf city and transforming much of Aphelia into monsters cursed by Delezie's Plague. There, a phantasm of Delezie materialized, causing much torment and destruction before eventually being defeated by adventurers.

Delezie met its end in Reshpon, Village of Pain, after being defeated by heroes wielding the divine protection of Hilder. After being defeated, Delezie was cast into an Interdimensional Rift and thrown into a space vacuum, utterly annihilating him.

Flame Eater Anton

The largest Apostle in Pandemonium, Anton's body is large enough to cover a whole area in Pandemonium. Just before his world was destroyed, he used all his power to pull himself onto Pandemonium, which had appeared around his world when it was destroyed. He resides in Metro Center and consumes the energy that is generated every once a while. Whenever he falls asleep, Pandemonium will glow like it is on fire. This is the only time where people in the land of Empyrean can see Pandemonium, which the Empyreans call "the mirage of an upside down city."

Anton was later transferred to the land of Empyrean, and went to the Power Station to continue his feast on energy. Because of Anton, the Kartels were able to obtain a major advantage over the forces in Ghent due to the loss in power.

Gangling Lotus

Originally from an ocean world. Lotus is also transferred to Arad while hibernating but lands on the Behemoth, startling it and sending it to the skies. From there, Lotus wakes up to find he is in an unfamiliar place. After finding out where is exactly, Lotus uses his mind-control powers to take over the minds of the GBL who resided on Behemoth. What's very interesting is that Lotus manages to do all of this while being in an incredibly weakened state. When you eventually fight and defeat Lotus, he's only at ~10% of his true power.

Lotus met his end after heroes overcame his many forces and mind control abilites. However, with his parting words, he mentioned that his death was already foretold by Siroko...

Luke the Constructor

Ever since his birth, Luke's blood drove him into a life of endless building. The Second Apostle, Hilder, saw his abilities and asked him to rebuild Pandemonium. The progress is slow because he is doing this job alone. He is currently rebuilding Metro Center. Pandemonium can receive a constant supply of energy, all thanks to him. Due to being pressured by Bakal 1000 years ago, he built the City of Death, which connects the land of Pandemonium and the land of Empyrean.

While much about Luke still remains unknown, it was he who showed Bakal many events of the future, including the death of the Apostles, and what that entailed.

Dragon King Bakal

One of the former Apostles, Bakal tried to take over the land of Empyrean. However, he was eventually defeated and killed.

Due to his wish to conquer the whole land of Pandemonium, Bakal was no longer considered an Apostle. Because of this, Bakal declared the Dragon War with his Dragonoid army to gain the Water of Life, which would make him immortal. However, he was fought off by the combined efforts of Hilder, Kasijas, and Luke. He then escaped to the land of Empyrean using the City of Death that he had Luke made, and sealed away all means of getting to the Land of Empyrean from the land of Arad, causing the Sky Tower to disappear from Arad. He then conquered the land of Empyrean and forbade the use of magic as it was a threat to him. He built a castle for himself and made an army out of the Soldiers of Light. Since magic was forbidden in the land of Empyrean, the people developed high quality technology, especially machines. The Mechanics of Empyrean eventually defeated Bakal and his Army of Light, ending his reign of terror. Bakal's scream before his death split Empyrean into several pieces. Many parts fell on the land of Arad around where North Myre is. Bakal's castle floated away from Empyrean and can sometimes be seen on a sunny day, and it is now known as the Floating Castle.

However, it turns out that Bakal was merely acting on behalf of the beings on Arad. After being shown visions of the future in which many of the other Apostles and himself were to be slain along with the world of Arad to be sacrificed in order to revive Pandemonium, Bakal took it upon himself to take over Empyrean and make its inhabitants strong enough to prevent their eventual destruction. However, Bakal didn't count on Hilder sending heroes from 500 years in the future to come back in time and defeat him...

Bakal also had four sons: Ash Core, Numak, Itrenok and Neiser and created the the three legendary dragons, Skasa the Ice Dragon, Death Dragon Spirazzi, and Hismark.

Michael of the Holy Eye

The 11th Apostle, the creator of the priest arts, and the leader of the Order of the Holy Eye, he is the General of the war against the Black Bible. Michael is also responsible for sealing away Ozma many years ago. Due to unknown reasons, Michel has the appearance of a young man despite being much older than he appears.

Michael currently holds guard over Ozma in Dark Side, unable to truly kill him. However, he stands ever present of the plans already set in motion, aware that Ozma's death could spell destruction for the rest of the world...

Ozma of Chaos

The 12th known Apostle. Formerly a human wielder of magic, Ozma accepted evil powers from a Dark God and became the God of Chaos. With his powers, he brought much destruction and chaos to Arad before being eventually being sealed by Michael in another dimension. It is because of Ozma that the Impostors were created and the Cosmos Demons descended to Arad. Ozma was also the one who cursed Kazan and brought about his Blood Curse, and was responsible for giving the Priest a grave curse, making the priest become an Avenger. The same effect also took turn to Grandis's brother, Nilvas Gracia, who is a foe in Black Chapel.

Ozma was eventually defeated by heroes who had wandered into the Dark Side.

The 13th Apostle - The One Who Knows All Secrets

While the identity of the 13th Apostle remains yet unknown, they are identified in the Book of Creation as "The One Who Knows All Secrets"...