Ajax

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## Background

Ajax is a golem that was created in the late years of *Hallownest*. He was built to be a personal guard to the Pale king... and a prototype for the vessels. The golem was meant to have a soul to be able to comprehend the world around it. The four souls that were to be put into it rebelled at this. They destroyed the cavern, which they were made in, trapping their creators and ultimately destroying them. He was able to break free of the rubble after *Hallownest's* fall and now wanders the ruins of the civilization.

## Personality

The four souls that had originally possessed the golem now have used parts of themselves to make a true operator for the golem. They named him Ajax from the combination of the first letters in their names Adam, James, Alex, and Xander.

His own personality, however, is comprised from parts of all four of them, along with some that he had gained himself. He will either speak softly or more often not at all. He does possess a sense of honor and if said honor is challenged will engage in combat. He is slow to anger unless his honor is challenged but most insults will have little to no effect on him. He will observe his opponents and act according to his findings. His curiosity to the world around him is one of the things he picked up on his own. He believes must explore the caverns to learn the history that brought him into existence because the spirits that live in his heart (Adam, James, Alex, and Xander) refuse to disclose this information to him. He thinks their silence is their attempt to not relive terrible memories. He worships no higher power not seeing a point in doing so.

## Appearance

Ajax always wears a dark cloak of similar color to The Knight's cloak. The cloak actually belonged to Xander. It often covers most of his body. His torso seems carved to resemble armor, possibly the armor the warriors that possessed him wore in life. Ajax has two eye sockets on his mask. If he has eyes behind them no one knows. For a Golem, he is small, being only a little bit taller than Hornet. His armor has scars of battles that he had fought with the infected former residents of *Hallownest*. Ajax saw them only as what they are and not who they might have once been. If Ajax were to rest on the ground to hide, his body would disassemble into individual stones to appear like a pile of rubble. If one were to dig through the stones however, they would find a perfectly spherical stone with glowing inscriptions, Ajax's heart. This artifact holds his souls and keeps others from harming it at all costs. Once the heart is touched, white beams of magical energy will shoot out from it releasing a shockwave that blasts away enemies.

## Combat Tactics

**Slash:** Ajax will dash to his opponent, slashing twice with his nails dealing damage for each hit that contacts it's foe.

**Earth Spike:** Ajax slams his fist into the ground causing spikes of stone to erupt from the ground retracting a few seconds later.

**Parry:** Ajax will use his nails to block an incoming attack or projectile.

**Nail Spear:** Ajax will combine his nails by the hilts and throw them as one spear. Once thrown, it will go some distance and then return to him.

**Spin Slash:** Ajax will spin around at an incredible rate, blocking most incoming attacks.

### Weapons of choice

His weapons of choice are two lengthened Channeled Nails. He is quite dangerous with them since Alex's weapons of choice were two small one-handed nails. The nails, however, have been worn after years of combat. However they are still dangerous even in their state.

## Where to find him

Ajax often wanders around the *forgotten crossroads*. One could track him if they were to find a trail of once-infected corpses. If you were to reach the end of it, you would find Ajax resting. If you had already fought him, he will ignore you, unless you begin to talk to him. If you haven't fought with him, you wouldn't find him in this area. If you did not fight him, then the trail would lead to the end of *Greenpath*. There, you might find a destructible part of the wall leading to a forgotten cavern once known as *The Laboratory*.

### The Laboratory

Once you brake in to the Laboratory, the walls will look similar to the ones in the *City of Tears,* except there are no windows anywhere in the entire zone. The vines that cover *Greenpath* do not seem to have came into the Laboratory at all. The place would be rather peaceful, if it weren't for the dead corpses of bugs scattered throughout the Laboratory. Once you reach the center of the zone, Ajax will jump down from the shattered celling and fight the you, the Intruder. When he lands a large stone smashes the entrance a gate blocking the exit. After you defeat him he will jump back into the hole in the ceiling and the gate will open leaving you to explore. Some of the corpses if struck with the dream nail will give you this text "The Prototype has resisted us" or "We have failed our mission and perished for it" and one even says "Why... what did we do wrong?" once you reach the top you will find Ajax sitting looking into the distance.