Amanecida of the Chiselled Steel

"The Ancient Miracle never forgot the Five... It bound them by its holy whim, it cursed them, it condemned them. Yes... it has kept them asleep in case it needed them. And now it needs them."

**Amanecida of the Chiselled Steel** is a boss in Blasphemous added in the Stir of Dawn DLC. She is a mirror reflection of Laudes, this Amanecida has a golden skull alike the others, although sports a white robe and a golden sword.
The **Amanecidas of the Miracle** are both guardians and a set of bosses summoned by Jibrael. Every **Amanecida** bested will provide their weapon to the matching statue in Hall of the Dawning.

To summon her, the Penitent One must speak to Jibrael in the room at the left of the first Prie Dieu of the Archcathedral Rooftops.

They once guarded the Twisted One, although now put to rest in a coffin to lay in wait for what the Miracle has in store for them.

The arena consists of a small platform and flames underneath it. If The Penitent One falls off this platform, they instantly die and their guilt appears outside of the coffin.

## Behavior and Tactics

* **Crystal Shield**: The fight will always begin with a crystal shield active, damaging the shield will eventually break it and allow damage on the boss. Attacks on the shield do not count as "hits" so fervour will not be generated and the Saeta Dolorosa will be ineffective.
* **Crystal Regeneration**: She will quickly turn into an idle pose and float downwards. She will then begin spawning crystal shards from the ground, once completed she will create a large explosion, regaining the crystal shield in the process. Dealing enough damage will stop the regeneration. Later on in the fight, a slight red aura will appear on the Amanecida while they do this, and the action will be noticably quicker. The Amanecida of the Chiselled Steel uses this move more frequently than the others.
* **Sky Slash**: Attacks in the sky with three crescents slowly traveling downward in a diagonal direction (Five green circles later in the fight, which eventually becomes seven). The Penitent One can hit these back to prevent damage done to him.
* **Golden Lunge**: She teleports and rapidly lunges at the Penitent One. Golden threads will appear indicating the direction of the lunge before she attacks. This attack **can be blocked.**
* **Slow Strike**: Raising her blade in the air, she will halt for about a second before striking in the direction she is facing, the distance of the attack can vary. This attack **can be parried** or dodged.
* **Spiraling Crescents**: She will teleport at the center of the arena and start ascending slowly. Two opposite points of origin will spawn green circles, this will continue for a short time while the green circles slowly cover the entire arena. The Penitent One can wail on the boss as long as the green circles are being hit away from them. This attack is choreographed by a large coalescence of pink particles around the Amanecida as She crouches down in the center of the arena.
* **Spinning Dreidel**: They will spin left and right across the arena quickly, spawning green circle projectiles above, behind, and in front of her and damaging the Penitent One on contact. The projectiles can be crouched under or repelled by hitting them. The spinning Amanecida can be **blocked**.
* **Explosive Clone**: The Amanecida will clone a green apparition of herself when struck, and dash quickly to the right or left (usually whichever is more towards the center of the arena) of where they would have been hit, taking no damage. The apparition explodes after a moderate delay, but dealing heavy damage to it will make it explode immediately. The Amanecida is vulnerable and will do nothing for a good duration after performing this attack.
* **Quick Slash**: A quick strike that the Amanecida will perform almost anywhere in the arena, creating a single green crescent projectile, and striking normally in melee as well. Can be inconsistently **parried** at very close range.
* **Ground Snaking Slash**: The Amanecida dashes to either side of the arena and begins charging her blade, before releasing them as tall, ground-embedded projectiles along the floor, doing 3 in a row, resting for a moment, then doing another attack. This attack **can be jumped over, dashed through and blocked**.

The Amanecida of the Chiselled Steel may be trivialized by using the prayer Tiento to your Thorned Hairs as it provides significant time to use bile flasks safely and wail on the boss during their attacks.

## Trivia

* The Amanecidas boss theme "Baile de Violetas" has four variations, each featuring a lead instrument (clavichord, piano, cello, guitar). Variations are always played in this order: clavichord in the first fight, piano second, cello third, and guitar fourth, regardless of the Amanecida fought. When Amanacida of the Chiselled Steel is fought in *Strife and Ruin*'s boss rush mode, the **piano** variation plays.
* The weapon she wields is a Falcata, a sword commonly used in the Iberian peninsula (current Spain and Portugal) in pre-Roman times.
* There are no official names for the attacks displayed on this page. They are made up by the editors.