Arachnos

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**Arachnos** is a nemesis from The New Age.

## Overview

Arachnos uses an additional nemesis mat with 8 spaces, called the Ritual Track. Whenever Arachnos unleashes, the Arachnos token present on the Ritual Track moves one space forward. If the token goes from the 5th to the 6th space Arachnos gains a nemesis token, which affects Arachnos' power later in the game. Players can pay the  shown at the space in which the token is present to hinder Arachnos in performing his ritual, moving the token one space back on the track. If the 8th space on the track is reached, the ritual is complete and Arachnos transitions into a second phase.

## Rules

#### **Set Up**

* Place the Ritual Track next to this mat.
* Place the Arachnos token on the start position.
* Place the World Devourer cards next to this mat in ascending order with the lowest tier on top.

#### **Additional Rules**

* Players may spend  equal to the number shown on the Ritual Track for the current position of the Arachnos token to move it back one space on the Track.
* When the Arachnos token reaches the end of the Ritual Track or Arachnos has more than eight nemesis tokens, the ritual is complete.
* When the players would win the game and World Devourer has not entered play yet, Arachnos loses a nemesis token and the ritual is complete.
* When the ritual is complete, resolve the following: remove the nemesis deck, all minions, and powers from the game. Do not finish resolving any nemesis cards that were being resolved when the ritual was completed. Skip the Nemesis draw phase for the rest of the game. Find the World Devourer card that has a tier number equal to the number of nemesis tokens Arachnos has and place it into play. Flip over the Ritual Track.
* While World Devourer is in play, Arachnos cannot be dealt damage, and the players win when World Devourer is discarded.
* When a player is exhausted while World Devourer is in play, World Devourer gains 10 life instead of Unleash twice.

#### **Unleash Effect**

Move the Arachnos token one space forward on the Ritual Track.

#### **Increased Difficulty**

**SETUP:** Arachnos gains two nemesis tokens and Unleash twice.

## Strategy

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## Lore

> "*Arachnos was once one of us, a trusted breach mage and friend. He was deeply devoted to Xaxos's ideals and tried to replicate his experiments, claiming that the adverse side effects could be allayed if he just did more research. When the Council of Elders condemned his work and forced him to stop, he grew angry. He organized a group of like-minded individuals and led them in rebellion against New Gravehold. Outnumbered and overpowered, they were eventually banished from the safe harbor of the city they had scorned. Exile did not hinder his thirst for knowledge, however, as he and his followers continued working on Xaxos's experiments, even improving upon the original designs. Arachnos was consumed by the belief that the power of the Nameless could be harnessed to protect humanity, a belief which drove him to cut corners in his research and rush towards a dangerous and poorly tested ritual. The corrupted results of these rituals still haunt the woods. Citizens of New Gravehold consider Arachnos dealt with, reduced to a simple life in the wilds. I worry what would happen if they should learn about his true fate and the power he attained. We are surrounded not only by monsters, but by enemies of our own kind as well.*"
> ― Brama
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