Assassin

A completely silent woman, the Assassin uses mist to obscure her presence.

## Abilities

S-Field

Grappler

## Skills

Guard

Single Slash

Triple Slash

Dancing Blade

A silent killer who will take any life upon the command of her sovereign, the **Assassin** is a deadly and agile melee combatant. Each assassin is sworn to a vow of silence that they may never break. While they look human, they are very much monsters; Assassins often use their human-like appearance to infiltrate human settlements under cover of darkness. The onset of an assassin's attack is typically heralded by the clouds of mist she uses to obscure her presence.

Assassin is notable for being the first recruitable enemy to have the Shadow Field ability. This, paired with her high stats and Grappler trait, make her a devastating melee combatant. In the first few encounters with her, her sheer evasion and high damage output make her a threat; the best way to handle her is to hammer away with low-AP attacks until she's low on AP herself, then hammer her with heavier fare.

Assassin's first appearance is on Floor 19, where she attempts to murder Yomi. The assassination attempt causes Ceri to inadvertently realize what the Dungeon Lord's plan is: By weakening the political stability of the surrounding kingdoms, the Dungeon Lord hopes to prevent the human kingdoms from properly unifying, making them easy prey for her armies when the time is ripe.

After failing to kill Yomi, the Assassin makes another attempt on her life aoonafter in Yomi's own bedroom; the attack fails and Yomi captures her would-be murderer, throwing her in a prison cell with a Carrion Slime for good measure.

Later, Yomi captures an Assassin, convincing her to serve by offering her a better way. While it isn't clear, at first, why she serves Yomi beyond believing in her cause, the truth becomes clear if she's brought to face the Dungeon Lord, where she briefly breaks her vow of silence to explain that she serves Yomi as penance for the lives she's staken.

Her lowest recruitable level is 41.

An additional Assassin can be found being tortured by a Whip Wielder on Floor 22.

## Appearence

Assassin wears a close-fitting garb made of leather; it is optimized to weigh as little as humanly possible so as to not interfere with her mobility, and, as such, it results in Assassin wearing comparatively little. Her top only barely covers her breasts, and she wears thigh-high boots. While her in-game model doesn't show her doing so, in cutscenes, it is shown that she wears a pair of black thong panties with her outfit. The most distinctive part of her uniform is the black lace loincloth worn with her outfit, which is designed to throw off attackers as she dodges about.

## Progression

High stats, Shadow Field, and Grappler, paired with a solid basic movepool conspire to make Assassin one of the game's best late-game hires, and a genuine contender for the endgame; she's a much more aggressive choice than the somewhat-comparable Tribal Warrior, and she has the same abilities, overall, as Emma, who is available much later. Her skills are naturally geared towards melee combat, meaning a spare scroll for Holy Slash or Fire Slash can be a godsend to this dagger-wielding monster.

Other good options are to give her ranged attack scrolls, like Arrows, Air Cutter, or Fire Breath; because of Assassin's incredibly high starting Dexterity, she'll reliably do surprisingly good damage to enemies, though her Grappler trait is solely benefitting melee alone.

Assassin's main downsides are somewhat meager resistances and rather tired starting movepool; her moves are all physical and while she criticals quite often with them due to her stats and Grappler trait, she desperately needs more utility. A scroll here or there can provide just that.

## Quotes

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* ...Just for a moment, I want to speak. The lives I've taken in your service... I wish I could give them all back. This is my penance for my sins. I am a tool... No more...