Forgotten One (Lords of Shadow)

The Forgotten One is the final boss of the Castlevania: Lords of Shadow Resurrection downloadable content.
==History==
===Early life===
Befitting his name, the identity and origins of the Forgotten One are a complete mystery. Whether he was once an angel like Satan, one of the Old Gods, or something entirely different is unknown. What is known is that he was the sovereign of the elemental Plane of Darkness and was summoned by the ancestors of the Bernhard Family thousands of years ago.
The demon was, at the time, the single most powerful entity ever encountered by mankind, surpassing even the Devil, Satan himself. With this power, the monster easily shook off the control of the summoners who brought him to Earth, before setting his sights on nothing short of the destruction of the entire world and every living thing in it.
The three founders of the monster-hunting organization known as the Brotherhood of Light –Cornell, Carmilla and Zobek– stood in its path to defend mankind, but though they were among the mightiest warriors and spellcasters the Brotherhood would ever know, as well as the greatest champions of the light, even with their strength combined, the founders discovered that even they couldn't hope to destroy him.
With this in mind, the three of them put their power to another use, and instead of fighting him, they returned to the summoning chamber in the heart of Bernhard Castle, where they re-opened the portal to the Plane of Darkness and managed to force the monster back through it and then sealed it shut with an immensely powerful spell tied directly into the life force of the three founders, trapping him in his home dimension.
Because the seal was tied into the life force of Cornell, Carmilla and Zobek, and would fade and break if they died, it was this event which encouraged them to use the God Mask to try and become immortal beings of good, accidentally creating the evil Lords of Shadow at the same time. However, even though a great evil was unleashed upon the world, with the Lords of Shadow being immortal, it still served to trap the demon in the Shadow Realm for many centuries, so long that the only name the monster was known by in the mortal realm was the "Forgotten One".
Meanwhile, as the centuries passed, the demon bode his time within his home realm in the Plane of Darkness, impatiently waiting for his chance to return and avenge his suffering on all of Humanity.
===Events of Lords of Shadow===
In the year 1047, Gabriel Belmont, a warrior of the Brotherhood of Light, set forth on a journey to kill the Lords of Shadow and free Humanity from their control, unaware that he was being manipulated by Zobek, now the "Lord of the Necromancers". By the end of this journey, Gabriel had slain both Carmilla and Cornell in personal combat, and Satan, who had himself been manipulating Zobek to serve his own agenda, casually seemingly put the last Dark Lord to death.
With all three of the Brotherhood founders thought dead, the seal on the Forgotten One's prison was weakened, and in the Realm of Darkness, he began to prepare for his escape. Laura, the vampire "daughter" of Carmilla, who still dwelled within Bernhard Castle, became aware of this and summoned Gabriel to fight the creature, and together, they underwent the trials set in place by the founders to protect the portal room and successfully opened the gateway to the demon's prison so that Gabriel could enter and slay him before he was able to return to Earth.
However, in order to enter the portal, Gabriel was forced to surrender his humanity, drinking all of Laura's blood and becoming a vampire, mercy-killing her in the process. As the Forgotten One began his journey to the portal, Gabriel, now beginning the transformation into a vampire, followed him discreetly, avoiding directly encountering the demon, who could effortlessly vaporize him. Gabriel waited until the Forgotten One had focused almost all of his energy into breaking down the weakened seals holding him in the Shadow Realm and then engaged him in combat while he was at only a fraction of his full strength.
Although in their first battle, Gabriel only succeeded in damaging the Forgotten One's armor, and not actually hurting him, the demon acknowledged Gabriel as a worthy opponent and continued on his way. Once he was standing before the gateway to the land of the living, the Forgotten one began to once more weaken the seal by transferring almost all of his demonic power into it. Gabriel caught up to him and they did battle once more; however, before either of them could kill the other, the Forgotten One's power succeeded in destroying the seal, opening the way to Earth.
Nevertheless, just as the seal was opened and the Forgotten One's power made its way back to him, Gabriel leaped into its path and absorbed it instead, much to the demon's surprise and horror. Now just as hopelessly outmatched as his own enemies had been centuries earlier, the Forgotten One dropped to one knee, offering to serve Gabriel and begging for mercy, saying "I yield to you... Mercy, my liege... Mercy!" Instead, Gabriel, whose human emotions had been consumed by the darkness of the vampire and power of the demon, lashed out with his new-found power and utterly destroyed the Forgotten One, before returning to Earth by himself.
Although the Forgotten One played no further part in the story of Lords of Shadow, after absorbing his power, Gabriel, who changed his name to "Dracula" upon becoming the Dark Lord of the Vampires, was far more powerful than all three of the original Lords of Shadow had ever been combined. It was this power that made Dracula a feared menace to mankind, able to wipe out entire armies of Brotherhood soldiers single handed, and which made the resurrected Zobek and even Satan himself afraid to come out of hiding and stand against the might of Dracula.
==Personality==
The Forgotten One is a boastful being, constantly ranting of his power having no limits and claiming he cannot be defeated. He is also considerably arrogant, like any typical immortal, as he looks down on mortals. The Forgotten One also revels in the defeat of his opponents and only lets them live in order to see their failure. Despite this, he is willing to admit underestimating Gabriel's prowess, acknowledging him as a worthy rival.
Furthermore, the Forgotten One can recognize when he is outmatched, begging for mercy in an apparent show of humility when Gabriel steals his power.
==Powers and abilities==
The Forgotten One's immense power was so great that he broke free from the Bernhard's control and was sealed by the founding members of the Brotherhood since they couldn't defeat him.
*Unlimited power: In Resurrection, he boasts that his power is unlimited, as he can survive in lava and can use his superhuman strength, speed and size to destroy seals. His power was indeed so great that Gabriel had to hide from him and his extrasensory ability if he wanted to live and could only fight him in his weaker state, as otherwise he would be vaporized instantly. In Reverie, Laura says the Forgotten One will burn the world to ashes; the Forgotten One's later boast supports this prediction. Despite his claim of limitless power, he had to summon the lion's share of his power in order to open the gate of the Underworld and to open the portal back to Earth, showing strain in the process. When Gabriel gained his power, the Forgotten One yielded and begged for mercy as Gabriel literally destroyed him by slashing him in two with the swipe of his hand.
*Clairvoyance: The Forgotten One could see into Gabriel's soul.
*Electrokinesis: He could summon and control mystical electricity.
*Superhuman strength: The Forgotten One was as strong as Cornell, if not stronger. He could smash steel and crush iron with his might.
*Superhuman speed: The Forgotten One was as fast as Cornell.
*Superhuman stamina: The Forgotten One was seemingly tireless. Even after losing the lion's share of his power, he was still full of vigor.
*Superhuman durability: While battling with Gabriel and taking damage, he thought it was nothing more but a scratch as his armor was breaking apart.
*Superhuman agility: The Forgotten One could jump high into the air.
*Immortality: The Forgotten One is immortal.
*Wall-crawling: He is shown to have the ability to cling to walls using his claws.
*Umbrakinesis: He has control over elemental darkness.
*Energy projection: The Forgotten One's able to launch large energy balls.
*Telekinesis: The Forgotten One can throw objects without using his hands.
*Weapon summoning: The Forgotten One can summon weapons from darkness, including a chained mace, a pair of swords, a chained blade, and throwing daggers that explode in fire, all of them of massive size.
*Regeneration: The Forgotten One seems to have limited regenerative abilities, mostly associated with his armor. As Gabriel chops his armor and inflicts damage solely to his exposed parts, eventually that place hardens once more, forcing Gabriel to tear apart his armor again.
*Elemental mastery: The Forgotten One was able to excavate boulders that ignite, and then later burst when struck with the Forgotten One's lightning.
==In battle==
For the first phase, the Forgotten One's right leg is his weak spot. If you're up close to the Forgotten One, he'll launch his morning star chain upward, and then pull it back down to release a shockwave, stomp his foot to release a shockwave, or slash at you with either of his claws. If you're a moderate distance from the Forgotten One, he'll attack by either slashing at you with his chain sword, slamming a sword into the ground, which generates a fire wave, or slamming two swords into the ground, and then clapping them together, which also generate fire waves. If you're far away from the Forgotten One, he'll attack by slamming his morning star chain into the ground, which generates a shockwave, or by slamming his morning star chain to the side, and then sweeping it across the ground. He can also attack by jumping up, and then landing to try and crush you, with the landing also releasing a shockwave.
After draining about 20% of his health, the Forgotten One's leg will harden, and then he'll start launching energy balls at you, which you'll have to knock back at him. Then, you'll have to engage in quick-time events, in which if successful, Gabriel will use the Dark Gauntlet to break the armor on the Forgotten One's chest, opening up another weak spot, proceeding to the second phase. He'll use the same attacks as before, but this time he has a new attack where he'll charge at you.
After losing another 20% of his health, the Forgotten One's chest will harden. He'll now slam his chain into the ground, which this time has a rock at the tip of it, also generating a shockwave. Then you'll go through a quick-time event, in which Gabriel will punch the rock into the Forgotten One's face, concluding the first part of the fight.
The second part of the fight is fought at the gateway between the Underworld and the Earth. You'll start with a quick-time event, in which Gabriel scrapes away the armor on the Forgotten One's left arm with the Dark Gauntlet. The third phase starts after the quick-time event is complete. The Forgotten One gains a new close-range attack where he summons a giant dagger, and then throws the dagger into the ground, in which the dagger explodes in fire, while sending out a shockwave.
When the Forgotten One's down to 40% health, his left arm hardens, and then he jumps to the center of the arena, brings boulders down from the sky, and then spreads them across the arena. The Forgotten One will fire electricity at the boulders, igniting them into molten boulders, in which you have to use the Dark Gauntlet to punch two molten boulders into the Forgotten One before all of the boulders have burst into large patches of lava. Once that is done, you must head toward the Forgotten One to start quick-time events, in which Gabriel will break off the armor on the Forgotten One's right shoulder and forearm, opening up another weak spot, starting the fourth phase.
When the Forgotten One's down to 20% health, his right shoulder and forearm harden, and then he'll throw three daggers into the arena, which generate fire bursts. You have to grab the daggers and throw each of them back at the Forgotten One before he gets to you. After the third dagger is successfully thrown at the Forgotten One, head to the Forgotten One to engage in quick-time events, in which Gabriel will use the Dark Gauntlet to break the armor on the Forgotten One's head, opening up the highest, and final weak spot, leading to the final phase. The Forgotten One gains a final long-range attack, in which he summons five daggers and launches them in a wide pattern, in which they burst into fire waves. The Seraph Shoulders should be used to reach the Forgotten One's head when he's standing up. Keep dodging the Forgotten One's attacks, while attacking his head until his health bar is fully depleted.
==Enemy Data==
==Trivia==
*The Forgotten One is based on another character from the original Castlevania series.
**In the end of the Resurrection downloadable content, Gabriel kills the Forgotten One by slicing him in half. In his original appearance in Castlevania: Lament of Innocence by Leon Belmont, he is fought while skinned alive, missing an arm and ripped in half as well, it's worth noting that both were defeated by the first known Belmont of each timeline.
*In their first in-person encounter, Gabriel claimed that the Forgotten One would beg for his life at the end. After Gabriel claimed his powers, the demon did just that.
*The claiming of the Forgotten One's power made Gabriel one of the most powerful characters in the Lords of Shadow series. This power is seen in Mirror of Fate and Lords of Shadow 2.
**Where exactly the Forgotten one stands in comparison of power with Satan is unknown. While Satan was defeated by Gabriel with relative ease, the Forgotten One was far too powerful for Gabriel to confront until it had expended most of his energy in destroying the seals. While this might make the Forgotten One seem more powerful, it should be remembered that Satan was only able to manifest a portion of his power on Earth and thus Gabriel only fought a shadow of him.
*The Forgotten One somewhat resembles the Dahaka, a shadow beast from the game Prince of Persia: Warrior Within.
*With his unknown origins and predated existence, the Forgotten One could possibly be an Old God.
*A painting resembling the Forgotten One exists in the Forbidden Wing of Dracula's castle in Revelations. This can be found in the last puzzle involving the broken shield, since it resides in the hallway leading to the gate's switch.
*The Forgotten One was the sovereign over the elemental Plane of Darkness, which is different from Hell. One of the primary reasons why Dracula is called the "Prince of Darkness" throughout Lords of Shadow 2, is due to him defeating the Forgotten One and claiming most of his power, thus inheriting his title by right of combat. The Daemon Lord from Mirror of Fate is heavily implied to have been the Forgotten One's original successor, as he commanded legions of shadow stalkers before his eventual defeat at Gabriel's hands.
==See also==
* Bound Giant
==External links==
*Forgotten One (Lords of Shadow) at the Villains Wiki
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