Horrendous

### Description

If the truth exists in a world of madness and cruelty, I will choose to give up what is left of my sanity.

## Other Details

### Series

* Time of Reunion
* Ashes of Memory
* Season 18 Essence 3
* Season 19 Essence 1
* Season 26 Essence 1

## Obtaining

### Obtained by

* Season 18 Essence 3
* Memory Spheres - Previous Seasons
* A-Tier Unlock Card

### Cost

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**Horrendous** is an A-Tier Costume for the Evil Reptilian, Luchino. It was introduced during Season 18 Essence 3 based on Time of Reunion.

Its lore is connected to its series continuation Season 19 Essence 1 and Season 26 Essence 1.

## Appearance

### **Physical**

Luchino's skin color is now grey, with his eyes being completely red, except for his pupil, which is white. His short orange hair is now a bit longer and white. He has shards of black crystals around his body, located on his back, left arm, lower jaw, throat, and tail.

### **Outfit**

Luchino wears a black sleeveless dress coat with a dark red long-sleeved collared dress shirt that is ripped on his right arm and has crystals sticking out of his left arm. Black claw ring jewelry decorates all his fingers on each hand. The right side of his dress coat has golden lines and has a red gem embedded into it. His collar is black with golden lines on the top and bottom, with the bottom having a black jabot. He wears a mask that is seemingly strapped onto his face and resembles the face of a dog. The mask is almost fully black, has 3 spikes beside it, has sharp golden teeth and a golden nose, and has some gold on the bottom of its eyes. He has 2 black belt bracelets on his wrists and a black belt that is higher on the right side of his waist that contains silver crystals. He wears his usual pinstripe pants that are a darker color and contains 2 rips on the right side, with a larger tear on his left thigh. The bottom of his pants is rolled upwards and have the same crystals as his belt.

### **Weapon**

His kukri is now a sharp black crystal with a black handle and a dark red wrap around said handle. On the side of the blade is the Sirens Song potion symbol.

### **Special Effects**

The crystals on him shine a dark color, with some of his scales seemingly glowing a dark blue color.

## Concept / Design Notes

### Backstory

Nothingness, delusion, absurdity, madness... The last banquet of the Land of Origin is about to begin, the invitation has been delivered, will you attend the appointment as scheduled? Let us return to the "Garden of Eden" and explore behind the nightmare the dominion and source!

***Absolute garden island, stepping into the endless night***

That Eden-like isolated island, the black fern medicine with special effects, and those scenes of pious worship and gratitude to the Muses are still deeply imprinted in her mind, but all of these have long since followed the red nightmare spreading from the junction of the sea and the sky fell apart, and all the good things disappeared, only the rags and broken walls fluttering in the wind of flames, like tombstones erected for the island.

For a long time, she firmly believed that she was the only survivor of that nightmare, and the vision and promise of that person in her memory had also been swallowed up. However, the attribution of countless absurd and strange rumors all point to the homeland that is obviously no longer inhabited. With the expectation of meeting another survivor, she set foot on the channel of memory again after many years.

But the scene in her home is shocking—the endless night, the chaotic and absurd dinner party, the crazy monster that can be called "human", which made her start to doubt the truth of the year and the leader behind the truth, and even more important thing is that she saw a familiar shadow in the blurred flames of the dinner party, and that shadow belonged to a person who would never be so crazy and would never hurt herself..

***Illusory dinner, performing desperate pursuit***

In the nineteenth season Essence 3 poster released by "The Fifth Personality", the "little girl" rare fashion - the source of evil is hugging the puppet in her arms, and is trying to run forward, but she has no time to take care of her at any time. She might be tripped over by the crazily growing vines; Evil Reptilian Fashion - **Horrendous** made a sharp blow, slightly opened sharp claws waiting to catch the prey; The puppet, which is very similar to the source of evil, seems to be intoxicated by the frenzied atmosphere of the dinner; a little farther away, a vague shadow is showing its power, and the onlookers are all applauding. Banquets and chases, madness and despair, gathered in this former "Garden of Eden", what kind of tortuous story will be deduced?

***The source of nightmares, appearances are not real***

Evil Reptilian - Horrendous is obviously also one of the important characters of the dinner party. It is dressed in a dark Gothic style dress, black vest and red shirt, which have a captivating visual impact. Its whole body seemed to be covered with spikes, piercing through the dress sharply, releasing a tyrannical message. The dagger clenched in the left hand is cracking, but it is enough for it to complete the final hunt. The werewolf mask has gradually merged with the body. Who can stop it from feasting on the dinner party?

The pure lamb hides the origin of sin and evil, the imprisoned satin blue bow bird longs for its own "toy", and the followers of the truth abandon their remaining reason. In the "homeland", we had a false feast together, and the guests who attended the banquet have appeared one after another, and the host is sincerely looking forward to you shall arrival······

### Design Notes

The other characters in the two essences are guests who are invited to the banquet for their own goals. Some details are added to the design to imply that the guests are affected and have a change of heart, such as sickly and beautiful makeup, the same fern pattern, as each guest has the same or different symbols, and the appearance of these symbols has its own "rules".

The desire and evil thoughts in their hearts are also expressed in more concrete ways, for example:

"Horrendous" has the appearance of a wolf, which symbolizes madness and cruelty. The complicated and delicate shirts and vests represent the gentleman and reason of the past, the tightly bound mask and belts represent the limit of self restraint, and the obsidian, which originally had a positive meaning, is now broken and dirty.

### Concept Art

The theme of this costume is "Horrendous". Our costume design this time is based on the wolf as the core element, so we chose black for the main color and combined noble clothing with the wolf theme in this specific design.

The decorations in the first version of the draft are too dense and unrelated, and the design highlights are not prominent enough, resulting in the design feeling like a collage.

In the second version of the design, the overall color tone of the clothing will be more in line with the black line, and the tearing and shattering effects on the sleeves and vest can also show the strength and madness of the character.
As for the wolf mask, the wolf is the core theme of the costume, but this version of the mask design is not realistic enough, so we adjusted the final version.

Several plans were made for the mask, and finally a leather mask with a dog muzzle design was finalized to reflect the sense of hunting.

### Costume Details

1. Under the leather mask, his scarlet eyes shone with a cold and murderous light. The mask and the leather case bound the crazy and cruel soul, and the sell-restraint seems to have reached its limit.
2. Exquisite rubies, luxurious shirts and vests, and exquisite and complicated dresses represented the gentleman and rationality of the past.
3. The jagged obsidian blade in his hand is broken and dirty, engraved with the symbol of the Siren's Song drug.

### Showroom Design

The sharp claws slashed across the void, leaving scarlet scars. The Evil Reptilian crashed heavily on the ground, wantonly releasing the madness, cruelty, and unstoppable tendency of destruction iin its nature.

In the dark red light, the crazy self is burning, he is released, and he sinks into the abyss and desires according to his heart.

The Evil Reptilian pulled out the sharp obsidian blade from his arm, and released his frenzied bloodthirsty soul. He jumped forward to stab, his scarlet eyes glowed with the excitement of hunting.

### Costume Effects

The obsidian dagger exudes extravagant, broken and dirty black fragmented light. In the thick darkness, his scarlet eyes are like burning flames, and madness and cruelty are its best fuels.

## Trivia

* Novelist made a cameo on the costume's Entrance Animation.

## Gallery

* In-Game
* Official Art
* Additional Appearances

Horrendous In-Game Model Front View.Horrendous In-Game Model Back View.Horrendous In-Game Model Left-Side View.Horrendous In-Game Model Right-Side View.Horrendous Entrance Animation.Horrendous Idle Animation.Horrendous Press Animation.Weapon Change while wearing Horrendous

### Concept Art & Icons

Chinese Concept Art of Horrendous (Weibo)English Concept Art of Horrendous (Twitter)Horrendous Card Sprite
Credit: @oletusproject
### Promotional Art

"It feels like a never ending nightmare. The monsters keep chasing her.
Can you hear the cries of the “Little Girl” ?
“Help… Is there someone out there?”" - Season 18 Essence 3 Poster by 叉立方 (Twitter)Season 18 Essence 3 Poster (Phone Wallpaper Version) (Twitter)Season 18 Essence 3 Poster (PC Wallpaper Version) (Twitter)Official Chibi Artwork of Horrendous (WeChat)November 2022 Birthdays and Character Days (Twitter)November 2022 Birthdays and Character Days (Weibo)Global 5th Anniversary Art by @mono96ism (Twitter)November 2023 Chinese Calendar (Weibo)
### Trailers

#### Storyboard & Concept Art

Season 18 Essence 3 Trailer Art by Liu Yaocen
#### Final Product

Identity V - Season 18 Essence 3"In "memory", Hometown isolated from the world. In a paradise dominated by madness, May everything be saved." - Season 18 Essence 3 Trailer (YouTube)

Horrendous Portrait (80 Pulls)In Source of Evil's Entrance Animation
## References

1. ↑ Horrendous Design Notes - Official Website
2. ↑ Horrendous Design Notes - Weibo