Oblivious Aslan

Oblivious Aslan

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Lore

Profile - Aslan:

Male, aged 37.

An Exorcist who uses rosaries as a main weapon. He specializes in fighting mages because he hates magic. He's made it his duty to defeat the Apostles such as Delezie and Anton. Recently, he's been seen in Pandemonium. He even helped Niu and her party when they were in danger. No one knows how he ended up in Pandemonium or why he's staying there.

Aslan swore at the Death Temple that he would fight and eradicate all evil, but deep down inside, he was attracted to the power of darkness. One day, the Black Nightmare slipped in through interdimensional rifts and confused him. He succumbed to his desire and used the eradication of evil as an excuse to accumulate power.

Aslan became incredibly strong, fueled by anger and hatred derived from his extreme delusion. The Order, oblivious to this, started relying on him heavily.(1)(2) Then, Aslan disappeared from Arad all of a sudden. His last message was that the Black Reaper was calling him.

Later, he was sighted in an unexpected place: Pandemonium. More surprisingly, he was with Niu, a young mage, despite his hatred toward her kind. It's not known how and why he went to Pandemonium, but it might have to do with the Black Reaper that he mentioned before his disappearance. The last time he was seen, he was in the Castle of the Dead. He couldn't remember anything from his past, and his body was a patchwork of torn flesh and mechanical parts.

(1) Only Michael noticed his inner darkness. (2) Michael sensed the energy of an Apostle from Aslan. He checked him to see if he was an Imposter and learned that his power was not of Ozma.

As an Enemy

Aslan made his boss debut in Luke Raid's Altar of Light, mainly battling with his own version of Exorcist's skills.

Move Set

•  Red Phoenix Amulet: Aslan will charge up his arm cannon and shoots out a giant flaming bird projectile that flies forwards and randomly places fire pits on the ground. While the bird itself is avoidable, touching those fire pits will cause moderate damage, hitstun including  Burn (Status).

•  White Tiger: This attack is similar to Red Phoenix, except that he'll pull in players and shoots out a slow moving white tiger projectile for moderate damage.

• File:Black Tortoise.png Black Tortoise: Aslan slams ground with his arm cannon and summons three purple turtle shells, coming in contact with this move holds players and activates a green shield that'll randomly spawn around the room with a gauge below saying "Activated the reaper's call." which also makes Aslan invulnerable. This must be destroyed immediately or if the casting is full, he'll use Blue Dragon.

• Melee: In close range, Aslan can either hit players back with his arm cannon or use a close ranged shockwave in the center room for minor damage.

• Black Sphere: Aslan becomes invulnerable and summons a black sphere. This sphere follows one player throughout the room for awhile and if they come in contact, that player is captured as Aslan teleports behind them and attack at close range.

• Magic Circle: Aslan will enter a charging up position where his Rosary starts to spin around him and a circle beneath him appears. If players are in close range of the circle, they'll be inflicted with a silent status which prevents them from using skills. This can be removed by using a  Toy of Sparkling World.

• Berserk
  • Magic Absorption: Although Aslan is vulnerable to magic damage, but each time he is damaged by a magical-specific skill, Aslan goes into a invulnerable state for 3 seconds as he absorbs the attack converting it into his berserk gauge. If the gauge maxes out due to constant absorption, he'll prepare Blue Dragon.
  • Blue Dragon: Aslan will charge up his cannon and slams the ground, creating black spikes that can juggle players for minor damage. Then he'll bring a blue dragon out of his body and performs an identical  Oracle: Dragon Thunderstorm room-wipe attack to kill the entire party. Before this, there are four barriers spawned in the corner similar to Annihilator Nerbe's Lighting Flash pattern. So each player must occupy their own respective corner to be protected from it. Those who aren't in one will receive a  Confusion (Status), with lightning bolts dropping down to inflict moderate to heavy damage with hitstun.

Strategy

• Aslan himself, is not a very difficult boss fight with non-fatal attack patterns, but magic-specific classes can have a hard time trying to prevent him from using his berserk.
• It's recommended that you bring a physical-specific class that's able to dispatch of him without any issues.
• Using holds are also encouraged which can keep Aslan from using any of his patterns which can make things a lot more easier.

Appearances

• Altar of Light

Drops

•  Black Arkous in Altar of Light (all difficulties)
•  Cotti Crux in Altar of Light (all difficulties)
•  Four Sealed Guardians in Altar of Light (all difficulties)
•  Machina Kor in Altar of Light (all difficulties)

Trivia

• Aslan is actually a very old character that existed during the pre-Metastasis story at one point.
• He represents the Hierophant tarot card.
• His name is Turkish for Lion.