The Black Serpents

The Black Serpents are an elite enemy group. Members of Khaenri'ah's royal guard who once served under their captain, Dainsleif, they have been since affected by the curse and have lost their memories and honor.
Outside of quests and the Spiral Abyss, they are found in The Chasm: Underground Mines.
In combat, the Black Serpents are fairly durable enemies that use slow elemental attacks. When one of their attacks is fully absorbed by a player's Shield, they will grant themselves and/or other nearby Black Serpents a buff at the cost of a percentage of their current HP.
==Drops==
==Types==
The Black Serpents, while considered one group in the Adventurer Handbook, have two subclasses: Shadowy Husks and Black Serpent Knights.
;Shadowy Husks
* — Wields a bow and will create a shield that protects itself from attacks from the front and obtain a stackable ATK increase upon hitting a shielded player.
* — Wields a lance and will heal nearby Black Serpents upon hitting a shielded player.
* — Wields a war banner and will create a shield for nearby Black Serpents upon hitting a shielded player.
;Black Serpent Knights
* — Wields dual axes and will enter a rampage state where their damage is converted to and gain a massive defensive improvement when hitting shielded players. Similarly to Fatui Anemoboxers, they can dart to nearby Shadowy Husks and protect them with a shield.
* — Wields a greatsword and will obtain an ATK increase and the ability to blink away from the next attack upon hitting a shielded player.
==Dialogue==
Buliwyf, Guardian of The Desolation - Black Serpent Knight: Windcutter - Stony Halls 	Buliwyf, Guardian of The Desolation - Black Serpent Knight: Windcutter - Stony Halls
Spotting the Traveler 	Craven trespassers... the majestic one's dark curse... is inescapable...
Defeated 	...In death... there is awakening...
Skeld, Augur of the Mirrors - Shadowy Husk: Defender - Ad-Hoc Main Tunnel 	Skeld, Augur of the Mirrors - Shadowy Husk: Defender - Ad-Hoc Main Tunnel
Spotting the Traveler 	Enter not, outlander... Do not disturb the sleeping stone from the heavens...
Defeated 	...You... do not belong here...
Herger, Jester of Bloody Tears - Shadowy Husk: Line Breaker - The Glowing Narrows 	Herger, Jester of Bloody Tears - Shadowy Husk: Line Breaker - The Glowing Narrows
Spotting the Traveler 	Depart! Depart...! The shadow of the omnipresent struggle is not something you can bear!
Defeated 	...The echoes of the end... will never... subside...
Haltaf, The Young - Shadowy Husk: Standard Bearer - The Serpent's Cave 	Haltaf, The Young - Shadowy Husk: Standard Bearer - The Serpent's Cave
Spotting the Traveler 	...O guest from the false land, it is time to face the truth...!
Defeated 	...Truth voided, justice inverted... O partisan heavens...
Hyglacg, Rebuked Servant - Shadowy Husk: Line Breaker - Underground Waterway 	Hyglacg, Rebuked Servant - Shadowy Husk: Line Breaker - Underground Waterway
Spotting the Traveler 	...Even the ominous thing that came down from the heavens shall be ours to use...
Defeated 	...Shatter... Shatter... this chaotic illusion... our resurgence... shall not be barred...
Roneth, Banished Knight - Shadowy Husk: Defender - The Glowing Narrows 	Roneth, Banished Knight - Shadowy Husk: Defender - The Glowing Narrows
Spotting the Traveler 	...Who art thou to stop us... We shall cleanse the tainted things from the skies... with sacred blood...!
Defeated 	...The heaven's judgment... the needle of retribution... Never... forget...
Edgetho, Breaker of the Oath of Silence - Black Serpent Knight: Windcutter - Underground Waterway	Edgetho, Breaker of the Oath of Silence - Black Serpent Knight: Windcutter - Underground Waterway
Spotting the Traveler 	...Companion of that tyrant, "fate," the traveler known as "calamity"...
Defeated 	...No one remembers... that which has passed away...
Serkir, Scribe of Swords - Shadowy Husk: Defender - Nameless Ruins 	Serkir, Scribe of Swords - Shadowy Husk: Defender - Nameless Ruins
Spotting the Traveler 	...Envoy of the heavens, allow me to greet you — with a vengeance!
Defeated 	...A hollow victory over despair... is the greatest dejection of all...
Rethel, Slain of the Split Bow - Black Serpent Knight: Windcutter - The Glowing Narrows 	Rethel, Slain of the Split Bow - Black Serpent Knight: Windcutter - The Glowing Narrows
Spotting the Traveler 	Why do you tarry in this place, Traveler? ...There is only death here, only memorials to injustice...
Defeated 	...Void emptiness... everything is... void...
==Lore==
These silent monsters were originally members of Khaenri'ah's Royal Guard under their captain Dainsleif before the nation's fall. Ever since the cataclysm, they have been suffering from their curse, losing most of their humanity in the process. Depending on their level of degradation, they're either referred to as Shadowy Husks or Black Serpent Knights.
At some point in time, a group of Black Serpent Knights led by Halfdan gathered in the Chasm's mines. Although the group was suffering from the curse, they were still able to remember Dainsleif's order to protect the people of Khaenri'ah at all costs. Large groups of hilichurls, former civilians of Khaenri'ah, were making their way to the underground depths of the present-day Chasm, somehow aware of a special fountain inside, which was able to remove some of the curse. The group was eventually discovered by the Traveler and Dainsleif, the former who was investigating hilichurl activity, while the latter had been pursuing an Abyss Herald. They stumbled upon some hilichurls, before a group of knights attacked them, believing them to be hostiles and were unable to recognize Dainsleif. However, Halfdan recognized him and ordered the knights to retreat, sending them away to various areas in the Chasm.
At the same time, the Abyss Order, aware of the fountain's properties, attempted to use an amplification device in the hopes that they could restore the consciousness of those affected by the curse, despite being aware that the chances of success were low. The device instead caused pain to the knights and hilichurls, but Halfdan sacrificed his life to stop the device and passed on peacefully. The statuses of the remaining knights are not addressed, though in-game, they can be encountered and defeated in the Chasm.
In Sumeru, one of the Schwanenritter, Ynghildr, was presumably lost while fighting abyssal monsters during the cataclysm. She was corrupted into a Black Serpent Knight and eventually returns to the Ruin Golem in Devantaka Mountain, guarding a control module of the semi-operational golem. The Traveler encounters her while activating various relays in the golem and defeats her.
==Trivia==
* Most of the names and titles given to the Black Serpent Knights in The Chasm are references to the 1999 film .
==Gallery==
===Icons===
Shadowy Husk Standard Bearer Icon.png|Standard Bearer
Shadowy Husk Line Breaker Icon.png|Line Breaker
Shadowy Husk Defender Icon.png|Defender
Black Serpent Knight Windcutter Icon.png|Windcutter
Black Serpent Knight Rockbreaker Ax Icon.png|Rockbreaker Ax
===Archive===
Enemy Shadowy Husk Standard Bearer.png|Standard Bearer
Enemy Shadowy Husk Line Breaker.png|Line Breaker
Enemy Shadowy Husk Defender.png|Defender
Enemy Black Serpent Knight Windcutter.png|Windcutter
Enemy Black Serpent Knight Rockbreaker Ax.png|Rockbreaker Ax
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