Hardmode Arc

The **Hardmode Arc**, or Arc 2 refers to all events that took place within the roleplay from the death of the Wall of Flesh, to the death of the Brain of Cthulhu and Perforators, consisting of threads 9-20.

## Summary

After the group’s defeat of Supreme Calamitas, the original Calamitas was left badly wounded from the fight, and brought to Helen the nurse to be treated. On their way back to the town, the group would also notice the newly formed region of Astral Infection, only to once again be driven away from the site by its inhabitants. Upon returning, the group would later set out to the Tundra area, only to notice a blizzard had seemed to pick up deep within. As they braved the storm, they would notice a strange pillar-like ice structure in the center. To satisfy his curiosity, Steve would begin to chip away at it, sensing there was something encased within. As the pillar crumbled, it turned out to reveal the beast Cryogen, which immediately began attacking its releasers. After yet another battle, Cryogen was defeated, crumbling to dust and revealing the unconscious form of Permafrost that had been trapped within.

The group would then travel again to the Desert, delving deeper within in search of any treasure its depths may contain. Eventually, they would reach the Sunken Sea buried deep underneath the wasteland, an isolated haven full of eutrophic crystals and beasts. The group would soon find a colossal clam, which Steve would pry open, revealing the preserved, unconscious form of Amidias within, who would also be taken to the nurse for treatment.

As the group eventually returned, they would notice that the mysterious Pirate had arrived at the town with a request. She would explain to them that she had been shipwrecked at the Sulfurous Seas by a “titanic creature”, her being the only survivor of the incident. The group agreed to help her slay this beast.

As they did eventually approach the beast, it was revealed to, in fact, be massive, being half the size of their mainland. The group would have to brave the depths of its insides in order to collect a sample of its blood, thus allowing the Pirate to slay the creature via a voodoo doll.

After the defeat of the aquatic titan, the group head back to the Crimson to forge the Night’s Edge from the four swords they had found. Once they did so they would leave the place, only to encounter the rogue Skeletron Prime, which after another battle, they managed to slay. As they returned home with the loot, they would soon encounter the Destroyer, and later the Twins, all of which they would also triumph over. However, the next morning they would be greeted by a dryad named Sylia, who informed them of the departure of both Steve and Calamitas, while also stating that she sought out the group in hopes that they could help her find and resurrect the mythical dryad Silva.

The group would later stumble across Steve back in his house, having forged the Excalibur. Him wishing to test this new blade, Deedee would teleport him, along with the rest of the party, to a colosseum buried deep beneath the earth--a ceremonial site used to worship the Earth Elemental. The ceremonial gong would be rung, awakening the elemental, who then challenged Steve by summoning several beasts and soldiers of stone, all of which the swordsman would defeat with little trouble. Wishing for a proper battle, the elemental would then challenge Steve herself, only to be bested as well. The group would then explain to her how they were trying to put an end to Yharim’s tyranny, her then telling them they should seek out the rest of the Elementals so as to unite their power once again. Hearing this, the group are then directed to seek out the Brimstone Elemental.

As they do eventually find the Elemental, they find her sulking within the wastes of the Underworld Capitol. As she notices the group, she immediately attempts to destroy them out of spite towards their kind, driven mad through isolation from the world. However, the group is able to resist her, and eventually overpower her, but not without a few casualties. Upon the Elemental’s defeat, she seemingly withers away, seemingly having been crippled beyond saving.

As they return to the surface, the group then encounter the Calamitas Clone, which they fight along with the clones of Catastrophe and Cataclysm, and, after a fairly long battle, manage to defeat, putting them out of their misery. The group then decide to head down to the Abyss, hoping to rescue Silva’s soul from its depths. As they do, they end up meeting the young siren Angelyn, who explains that the buildings within the Abyss were the remains of her home city, and requesting that the group take her to the surface. However, they soon also encounter Goozma, who would simply explain to the group how they did not expect to see them until much later, stating that they were too under equipped to properly face them in battle, thus leading to them returning to the surface with their newfound companion.

As the party returns to the surface, they end up encountering one of Michael’s nomad friends, Mercurius, stating that he had stumbled across a village in the underground jungle that had been overtaken by the beast Plantera, driving out the inhabitants. As they enter this village, they find that the place has been overrun by vines, with Plantera being their source. As such, they do battle with the plant,in hopes of weakening it enough for Sylia to convince it to listen to her. Instead, she only ends up enraging it, forcing the group to sever the vines keeping it alive, subsequently causing it to wither away, stating that it had been cursed by Yharim, said curse only being lifted once it was on the brink of death. As they return to the base, Sylia would explain that she wasn’t actually a dryad, but rather, a half-dryad, who wished to prove herself to them by rescuing the dryads’ progenitor.

As the group did eventually return, they would find a mysterious mage known as the Red Ravager awaiting them. Recognizing the man, Steve would fight him, the rest of the party joining it. As they fought and weakened the insane magician, he would claim to be Steve’s father, only for them to kill him, then slicing him up and placing his body parts in various parts of the island to ensure the man could not be resurrected again.

From there, the party would then seek out the hive of the Plaguebringer Goliath, discovering it to be the commander of the plagued bees that roam the jungle depths. They eventually stubble upon the hive, entering and navigating it as they fight off the various threats within, before eventually encountering and managing to defeat the Goliath herself, allowing Sylia to convince the former Queen Bee to fight off the plague controlling her mind, and thus turning the beast back to the side of good.

Once they returned home, they would meet a merman known as Tritan, who explained that he had been trapped within an icy cave ever since the attack on the Sea Capitol, and, upon escaping, had searched for Amidias, his father, ever since, them finally being reunited.

However, Amidias would soon wonder as to the whereabouts of his majestic pet Duke Fishron, suspecting it may have fled to the ocean. He would then request that the group find a Truffle Worm, the Duke’s favorite food, to lure it to the shoreline. Upon doing so, the Duke would appear shortly after, having grown much larger to Amidias’s surprise. However, it also immediately began attacking the group, despite the sea king’s protests. After his multiple attempts to calm it were futile, he would realize that the beast was being possessed, their only choice being to fight it if they were to free it. However, they did eventually defeat it, allowing Amidias to relieve it of its possession, but also leaving it in an unconscious state.

Shortly after, however, a siren named Nahlyn would emerge from the water, yelling at Angelyn for having gotten herself mixed up with a group of humans, while also explaining to the rest of the group how she claimed Duke Fishron was responsible for the destruction of her home city. Overwhelmed with guilt for allowing his pet to have commit such an atrocity, Amidias felt he has no choice but to place himself in the siren’s debt, subsequently becoming her slave as he, along with Angelyn and Duke Fishron, were taken to a cavern deep below the ocean, the rest of the group following suit.

When they did eventually find Nahlyn’s lair, they would encounter Amidias having already been put to work, scrubbing a massive 100ft Leviathan. The group would hand him a recall potion, convincing him to leave as they searched for the Duke. After fighting through several merman guards, they would eventually come across Nahlyn, before Tritan challenged her to a fight. However, she would soon call the Leviathan to her aid, the rest of the group fighting it as the siren warrior continued her duel with the merman warrior. However, both the siren and leviathan would eventually be overpowered, and knocked to the ground. The party would then seek out the Duke, eventually finding him asleep, being cared for by Angelyn, the latter of whom then confessing to the group that she wished to join them on their quest and become a hero, thus leading her to negotiate this with the now mostly healed Nahlyn, only for the ground to begin to quake, followed by a champion soldier of Yharim’s army breaking in from atop a heavily weaponized leviathan, forcing the group into another battle.

However, once they manage to defeat the leviathan and its rider, Anahita then appears, having captured an unconscious Angelyn and stating herself to be the captain of the Light’s aquatic force. She threatened to enlist the girl into the army, as well as stating that she would kill her should they not comply. At this, Nahlyn demanded to be taken instead, an offer to which the captain agreed, releasing the young siren in favor of her. However, just as they were to leave, the group would sneak the siren a recall potion, allowing her and her leviathan to escape.

The party would later receive a letter from an enigmatic captain of Yharim’s army, arranging a duel against one of them in a Lost Colosseum. Shortly after, Permafrost would leave to the point in which Cryogen was initially destroyed, having discovered the ice beast had inherited a portion of the archmage’s soul. Realizing it was sentient, Permafrost agreed to create an ice body for the creature, thus giving rise to Cryogen’s golem form, which would accompany the group since.

Eventually, it would be decided that Michael face the mysterious general, who turned out to be Corsanor, a human infused with the DNA of each other terrarian race. Though she was powerful, Michael’s tactics were ultimately able to overcome his lack of strength, narrowly netting him the victory on the near impossible match-up. Upon the captain’s defeat, a group of 25 soldiers would decide to defect to the side of good, joining the group on their quest. Through a locket around the warrior’s neck, it would also be revealed that she was in love with Anahita.

Meanwhile, during Mercurius and Deedee’s venture to the Queen Bee’s hive, the latter would receive the order to execute the former, leading to a battle between the two that would expose Deedee as a clone of Draedon, before they were destroyed at Mercurius’s hand.

As they returned to the town, Steve would declare that the group call themselves the Final Stand, the name they have been known as ever since. As they arrived, they announced to the town that they were relocating to the underground jungle so as to avoid detection from Yharim’s army. While they reconstructed, Steve would be in charge of setting a booby trap at the town’s old location, only to meet the harpy princess Zerera, who happened to land at the abandoned town during her venture to the outside world. Steve and Cryogen would bring her along as they traveled to the developing jungle town, introducing her to the rest of the group, before she stated that she had left against the will of her parents and had to return before they discovered her absence. However, upon discovering the existence of the Harpy Kingdom, the group would wish to travel there in hopes of acquiring a means of flight, prompting Seony to offer the harpy princess one of her summons so as to allow her to locate the kingdom after her departure. Following her, the group were eventually able to arrive at the kingdom.

As they arrived at the kingdom, the group would be directed to the royal palace to discuss their objective with the king, who would allow them to acquire what they came for, but requesting that they leave afterward. As such they are directed to a large underground library, where they are instructed to meet the enigmatic Librarian. They soon find her, and, after explaining their reasoning for such, she proceeds to grant the Pirate, Seony, and Steve each pairs of angelic wings. After subsequently learning to master the art of flight, the group leave, only for Seony to return with Michael and Mercurius, so that they too could acquire the gift of flight.

However, as they did so, Zerera would speak with her parents, convincing them to allow her to travel with the Final Stand, under the protection of Athena and her team of seraphs. With that, the group would again make their way back to the town, only to discover that Steve had constructed the Terra Blade by fusing the Night’s Edge and Excalibur.

The group are met by the Lunatic Cultist shortly after, who had sought them in hopes of amassing a force strong enough to vanquish the Moon Lord once and for all. However, to be sure they would be strong enough for the challenge, the Cultist would proceed to battle them himself. Within said battle, the group’s combined efforts would allow them to hold their ground long enough for the cultist to see it fit that they challenge the eldritch lord. As such, he commences a ritual to summon the Moon Lord, along with its constructed Celestial Pillars.

The group are able to fight off and eventually destroy the pillars, breaking the barrier they had placed on their creator and making the Moon Lord tangible. After a grueling battle, the god would be taken down, its form crumbling into a pile of luminite. However, its defeat would lead to Steve suddenly screaming in agony as its soul entered his body and attempted to take control, leading to Sylia interfering, which, in turn, caused Steve to create an explosion of sand, and ability which he had never before demonstrated. Immediately after that, the party would be introduced to Ryan, who said that he had been seeking out the Final Stand ever since he had lost his crew to a trap set by Yharim’s army. Shortly after, Steve would proceed to combine the luminite from the corpse of the Moon Lord with the lunar fragments obtained from the pillars to create suits of ability-amplifying armor for him, Michael, Bob, Seony and Sylia.

With their new equipment, the group would set off toward the Crimson to face the remains of the Dark Lord Cthulhu, encountering Kebber, a demon who had received the blessing of the Brimstone Elemental, who’s goals happened to align with theirs. With their new ally, they would fight their way through the many tunnels of the Temple of Cthulhu, before eventually facing the god itself.

After another long and conclusive battle, the group are able to slay the Perforators, along with what remained of Cthulhu, ridding Terraria of the Dark Gods’ grasp for good.

## Thread Details

### Thread 9: A Star is Destroyed

**Character Appearances:**

* **Supreme Calamitas**
* **Deedee**
* **Seony**
* **Ira Sanguinos**
* **Michael**
* **Steve**
* **Bob**
* **The Lunatic Cultist**
* **Helen Pura**
* **Firefly**
* **Cryogen**
* **Glacius Permafrost**
* **Amidias Aquin**
* **Jane Doe**
* **The Titan**

**Characters Introduced:**

* **The Lunatic Cultist**
* **Firefly**
* **Cryogen**
* **Glacius Permafrost**
* **Jane Doe**
* **Amidias Aquin**
* **The Titan**

**Character Deaths:**

* **Cryogen**
* **The Titan**

### Thread 10: Red Death

**Character Appearances:**

* **Seony**
* **Bob**
* **The Titan**
* **Steve**
* **Michael**
* **Jane Doe**
* **Deedee**
* **Draedon**
* **The Perforators**
* **Firefly**
* **The King Slime**
* **The Slime God**
* **Skeletron Prime**
* **Ira Sanguinos**
* **Yharim**
* **Supreme Calamitas**
* **Providence**
* **The Destroyer**
* **Sylia Anima**

**Characters Introduced:**

* **Skeletron Prime**
* **Providence**
* **The Destroyer**
* **Sylia Anima**

**Character Deaths:**

* **Skeletron Prime**
* **The Destroyer**
* **Retinazer and Spazmatism**

### Thread 11: Rise of the Elementals

**Character Appearances:**

* **Bob**
* **Sylia Anima**
* **Seony**
* **Michael**
* **Glacius Permafrost**
* **Steve**
* **Deedee**
* **Gaia, The Earth Elemental**
* **The Devourer of Gods**
* **Draedon**
* **Isis, The Sand Elemental**
* **The Great Sand Shark**
* **Aquaila, The Water Elemental**
* **Aera, The Cloud Elemental**
* **Helia, The Brimstone Elemental**
* **Coznix**

**Characters Introduced:**

* **Gaia, The Earth Elemental**
* **Isis, The Sand Elemental**
* **The Great Sand Shark**
* **Aquaila, The Water Elemental**
* **Aera, The Cloud Elemental**
* **Coznix**

**Character Deaths:**

* **The Great Sand Shark**

### Thread 12: A Dive Downwards

**Character Appearances:**

* **Steve**
* **Seony**
* **Sylia Anima**
* **Yharim**
* **Helia, The Brimstone Elemental**
* **The Devourer of Gods**
* **Noxus**
* **Signus**
* **Michael**
* **Bob**
* **Cinerem**
* **Ira Sanguinos**
* **The Slime God**
* **Deedee**
* **Gaia, The Earth Elemental**
* **Isis, The Sand Elemental**

**Characters Introduced:**

* **Noxus**
* **Signus**
* **Cinerem**

**Character Deaths:**

* **Cinerem**

### Thread 13: The Jungle Grows Restless

**Character Appearances:**

* **Sylia Anima**
* **Seony**
* **Michael**
* **Mercurius**
* **Glacius Permafrost**
* **Steve**
* **Deedee**
* **Angelyn Allurious**
* **Bob**
* **The Goozma Clone**
* **Plantera**
* **The Devourer of Gods**
* **Ira Sanguinos**
* **Yharim**
* **Firefly**
* **The Slime God**
* The Red Ravager

**Characters Introduced:**

* **Mercurius**
* **Angelyn Allurious**
* **The Goozma Clone**
* **Plantera**

**Character Deaths:**

* **Plantera**
* The Red Ravager

### Thread 14: Carnage

**Character Appearances:**

* **Steve**
* **Michael**
* **Seony**
* **Deedee**
* **Mercurius**
* **Sylia Anima**
* **The Queen Bee**
* **Bob**
* **The Plaguebringer Goliath**
* **The Dark Emperor**
* **The Slime God**
* **Tritan Aquin**
* **Amidias Aquin**
* **Angelyn Allurious**
* **Jane Doe**
* **Draedon**
* **Yharim**
* **Aquaila, The Water Elemental**

**Characters Introduced:**

* **The Plaguebringer Goliath**
* **The Dark Emperor**
* **Tritan Aquin**

**Character Deaths:**

None

### Thread 15: But Nobody Came

**Character Appearances:**

* **Michael**
* **Tritan Aquin**
* **Amidias Aquin**
* **Angelyn Allurious**
* **Seony**
* **Aquaila, The Water Elemental**
* **Steve**
* **Bob**
* **Mercurius**
* **Deedee**
* **Ira Sanguinos**
* **Arsin Sanguinos** and **Arath Sanguinos**
* **Haileevs Corsanor**
* **Duke Fishron**
* **Sylia Anima**
* **Supreme Calamitas**
* **The Devourer of Gods**
* **The Moon Lord**
* **Nahlyn Allurious**
* **Signus**
* **Yharim**
* **The Leviathan**
* **Noxus**
* **Astrum Aureus**
* **Coznix**
* **The Perforators**
* **The Brain of Cthulhu**
* **The Astrum Deus**
* **The Storm Weaver**

**Characters Introduced:**

* **Arsin Sanguinos** and **Arath Sanguinos**
* **Haileevs Corsanor**
* **Duke Fishron**
* **Nahlyn Allurious**
* **The Leviathan**
* **Astrum Aureus**
* **The Brain of Cthulhu**

**Character Deaths:**

None

### Thread 16: The Mutant

**Character Appearances:**

* **Tritan Aquin**
* **Michael**
* **Seony**
* **The Leviathan**
* **Bob**
* **The Perforators**
* **The Brain of Cthulhu**
* **The Astrum Deus**
* **The Devourer of Gods**
* **The Storm Weaver**
* **Anahita Aqueous**
* **Angelyn Allurious**
* **Duke Fishron**
* **Nahlyn Allurious**
* **Steve**
* **Coznix**
* **Kebber**
* **Astrum Aureus**
* **Supreme Calamitas**
* **Noxus**
* **Alfred Midas**
* **Helia, The Brimstone Elemental**
* **Mercurius**
* **Deedee**
* **Amidias Aquin**
* **Jane Doe**
* **Glacius Permafrost**
* **Sylia Anima**
* **Cryogen**
* **Ira Sanguinos**
* **Arsin Sanguinos** and **Arath Sanguinos**
* **Haileevs Corsanor**
* **The Reformed Soldiers**

**Characters Introduced:**

* **Anahita Aqueous**
* **Kebber**

**Character Deaths:**

* **Haileevs Corsanor**

### Thread 17: The City in the Sky

**Character Appearances:**

* **The Reformed Soldiers**
* **Seony**
* **Steve**
* **Cryogen**
* **Yharim**
* **Michael**
* **The Dark Emperor**
* **The Slime God**
* **Helen Pura**
* **Glacius Permafrost**
* **The Storm Weaver**
* **Supreme Calamitas**
* **The Devourer of Gods**
* **Noxus**
* **Coznix**
* **Kebber**
* **Anahita Aqueous**
* **Arsin Sanguinos** and **Arath Sanguinos**
* **Ira Sanguinos**
* **Tritan Aquin**
* **Angelyn Allurious**
* **Amidias Aquin**
* **Mercurius**
* **Deedee**
* **Sylia Anima**
* **The Perforators**
* **The Brain of Cthulhu**
* **Zerera Volatus**
* **Helia, The Brimstone Elemental**
* **Dusking**
* **Jane Doe**
* **The Shoggoth**

**Characters Introduced:**

* **Zerera Volatus**
* **Dusking**
* **The Shoggoth**

**Character Deaths:**

* **Coznix**
* **Deedee**

### Thread 18: Animosity

**Character Appearances:**

* **Sylia Anima**
* **Seony**
* **Jane Doe**
* **Zvan** and **Magnus**
* **Steve**
* **The Perforators**
* **The Brain of Cthulhu**
* **Caelius Volatus**
* **Zerera Volatus**
* **The Librarian**
* **Helen Pura**
* **Mercurius**
* **Firefly**
* **Tritan Aquin**
* **Angelyn Allurious**
* **Cryogen**
* **Michael**
* **The Reformed Soldiers**
* **Raynare Volatus**
* **Arsin Sanguinos** and **Arath Sanguinos**
* **Ira Sanguinos**
* **Yharim**
* **The Devourer of Gods**
* **Noxus**
* **The Ceaseless Void**
* **The Storm Weaver**
* **Dusking**
* **Yharon**
* **Athena Aethrus**
* **The Seraph Guards**
* **The Lunatic Cultist**
* **The Moon Lord**
* **The Celestial Pillars**

**Characters Introduced:**

* **Zvan** and **Magnus**
* **Caelius Volatus**
* **The Librarian**
* **Raynare Volatus**
* **Athena Aethrus**
* **The Seraph Guards**

**Character Deaths:**

* **Arsin Sanguinos** and **Arath Sanguinos**
* **Ira Sanguinos**

### Thread 19: Umbrageddon Part I: Impending Doom

**Character Appearances:**

* **The Moon Lord**
* **The Celestial Pillars**
* **Steve**
* **Michael**
* **Jane Doe**
* **Seony**
* **Tritan Aquin**
* **Zerera Volatus**
* **The Lunatic Cultist**
* **Sylia Anima**
* **Bob**
* **Cryogen**
* **Athena Aethrus**
* **The Seraph Guards**
* **Mercurius**
* **Irik** and **Azale**
* **Ira Sanguinos**
* **Amidias Aquin**
* **The Devourer of Gods**
* **Noxus**
* **Supreme Calamitas**
* **The Storm Weaver**
* **Dusking**
* **The Slime God**
* **The Dark Emperor**
* **Draedon**
* **Yharim**
* **Firefly**
* **Ryan Sensus**
* **Aera, The Cloud Elemental**
* **Azure**
* **The King Slime**
* **Kebber**
* **The Perforators**

**Characters Introduced:**

* **Irik** and **Azale**
* **Ryan Sensus**
* **Azure**

**Character Deaths:**

* **The Celestial Pillars**
* **The Moon Lord**
* **Noxus**

### Thread 20: Umbrageddon Part II: Making the World Bloody

**Character Appearances:**

* **Michael**
* **Jane Doe**
* **Kebber**
* **Mercurius**
* **Ryan Sensus**
* **Zerera Volatus**
* **Steve**
* **Cryogen**
* **Sylia Anima**
* **Tritan Aquin**
* **Seony**
* **Athena Aethrus**
* **The Shoggoth**
* **The Seraph Guards**
* **The Lunatic Cultist**
* **The King Slime**
* **Dusking**
* **The Brain of Cthulhu**
* **The Perforators**
* **The Slime God**
* **Model**

**Characters Introduced:**

* **Model**

**Character Deaths:**

* **The Shoggoth**
* **The Perforators**
* **The Brain of Cthulhu**
* **Dusking**