Desert Scourge

The Desert Scourge (Scaled down)

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> "*However I do believe you three have potential. I wish to train you to fight beasts such as this one*"
> ― The Red Ravager (Quote now outdated)
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The **Desert Scourge** is a great worm left to starve in the desert, becoming nothing but a husk.

## Also Known As

* Scourge of the Desert
* The Great Desert Guardian
* The Great Brown Scourge

## Backstory

When the Sea King, Amidias refused to partake in the forbidden ritual to awaken the Moon Lord from his slumber and imprisonment on the moon the Jungle Tyrant King, Yharim had the witch Calamitas evaporate all of the seas water with fire and brimstone. This event caused the great sea worm, now known as the Desert Scourge, to go on a rampage. Deprived of its previous food source, Crab and Shark meat, it devoured all of the inhabitants of the now dried up sea kingdom. Now the sea worm has dried out and become a hollow shell of its former self, constantly seeking fresh meat for it to devour.

## Role

### Pre-Hardmode Arc

The Desert Scourge was encountered by the group while they were traversing the desert in search of stronger supplies. As they were exploring the underground, Michael would have his boomerang stolen by one of the cavern's inhabitants, which proceeded to run back to its treasure hoard with it, him on the chase. However, just as they had it cornered, the scourge would erupt from the ground and devour the creature whole, causing the caverns to quake and sand to begin to flood. As they fought the scourge, the group would make their way beck toward the surface to avoid being suffocated by the sand, where they would slay the beast triumphantly.

## Abilities

* Burrowing
* Sand Spitting
* Heightened endurance

## Weaknesses

Like most worms, the Scourge is weak to blades, as swordsmen are capable of easily running their swords down its many segments, damaging it significantly.

## Personality

The Scourge lacks any form of sapient personality and runs only on instinct.

## Goals

* Become M O I S T once again (Failed)
* Survive (Failed)

## Trivia

* The Desert Scourge was the 14th character introduced to the story.
* The Desert Scourge was the 8th named character to canonically appear in the roleplay.
* The Desert Scourge was the 1st named character to canonically die.
* The Desert Scourge's associated font color is a **Saddle Brown-Tan gradient**.
* The Desert Scourge's backstory is its official lore from the mod.

## Gallery

### **Sprite History**

**NOTICE: It is strongly recommended that you do not bash or discredit any of the following sprites simply because they do not match the current standards of either the source mod, or *Terraria* itself. Time and effort has still gone into them, and they offer insight regarding how far the mod has come over the years.**

Current Desert Scourge spriteOld Desert Scourge spriteOlder Desert Scourge spriteOldest Desert Scourge spriteCurrent Desert Nuisance sprite
### **References**

* The Official Calamity Mod Wiki
* The Official Infernum Mod Wiki
* The Russian Calamity Mod Wiki
* The Calamity Mod Spriter's Resource
* The Calamity Mod Discord server
* The Calamity Mod subreddit
* The Calamity Mod Forum Page
* The Calamity Mod Imgur album
* The Calamity Cut Content document
* Is X Boss Getting Resprited??? document
* The Calamity Mod Theory/Future Content document

## See Also

* Desert Scourge on the official Calamity Mod Wiki.