Ancients

**Ancients** are the main figures of their respected worlds and the plot movers of Amid Evil. They created The Black Labyrinth, a place of trials and battles unimaginable, to challenge any hero in order to find the one worthy of becoming their Champion, who then could save them and their realms from the Evil Forces.

## Ancients

### Moon Guardian

Moon Guardian was the leader of lunar acolytes - pious worshipers of the Moon God, who live on the dark side of planet Astronomica, where the moon shines brighter than the sun. From his crescent-shaped sanctuary he ruled the Astral Equinox with his serene teachings of the night. Once Evil corrupted the doctrine and turned most inhabitants of the astral lands against their god, the Guardian had only dreamed of death and pain.

### Leader of the Sentinels

Sentinel's leader reigned upon the Domain with his strict word and prejudice. His obsession with order and alignment grew into mighty fortresses full of xenophobic sentinel armies who would strike down anyone they saw imperfect. One could witness many statues of him in every corner of once shining citadels, a demonstration of his authority and power. At some point in time he was laid to rest inside of a sanctuary, in the pool of pure water. His legacy still carried on years after, until Evil Forces came and infected the whole Domain. Every soldier was converted into an abominable creature, every stronghold got filthy and full of parasitic stench, and the Sentinel's tomb became home to the Scrounge.

### The Pilgrim

Having to know the Apostle of the Sacred Path, the Pilgrim was one of the few wanderers allowed to cross the Gateway of the Ancients. His pursuit for studying the sacred realms led him to the worlds of Sun and Moon, unknowingly spreading parts of the Evil's influence. Only when visiting the Arcane Expanse had he realized the corruption coming out of the Void, but it was too late. The knowledge he obtained took advantage of his mind and made him crave for might. As he returned to the Sacred Path, he took over the temple, placed a mystical beacon on top of it to reach the Evil Forces, and tied his corrupt spirit to the Ancient Sanctuary, extending his life and expanding his powers.

### Solar Saint

Solar Saint was a proud leader of solar acolytes - belligerent worshipers of the Sun God, who live on the light side of planet Astronomica, where the sun always lightens the way. From atop of the high Tower of Light he ruled Solar Solstice with his teachings of the day and the art of battle. After the Evil Force took over, servants of the sun started to violently hate on the moon sect, actively training to fight against heretics. The Saint, imbued with darkness in his heart, executed anyone who doubted the new way of light, and created Sol Butchers as a force against enemies.

### Forgemaster

The Forgemaster was one-of-a-kind being made by the Forge lords who had the ability to create lesser machines that would maintain the everlasting factories. Even when the Evil got rid of all living beings and corrupted the greater machine, he kept the Forges working for centuries while also constructing new, crazy experiments, to protect mechanical strongholds from trespassers. Swords struck in Forgemaster's body represent many failed attempts to defeat him.

### Archmage of Chaos

Archmage of Chaos was the head of Arcane Expanse. He and his scholars had long been researching how to bend gravity, reality, energy, and achieve interdimensional vision, not realizing that their experiments brought attention of the Evil Forces. Thralled by chaos, Archmage had gone insane and exchanged his soul for summoning two deadly beings from the Void that would traverse the Unholy Sanctuary. Since then the mages have turned their world into fragments floating in space and enslaved all living crystal beings.

## Lore

### Main campaign

Every Ancient, except for the Sentinel's leader and Archmage of Chaos, appears in the main campaign as a corrupt version of themselves at the end of every episode.

### Epilogue

Once Champion defeats The Evil itself he gets teleported to the Haven of the Ancients, where Ancients show gratitude upon freeing them and their lands from Evil and ask him if he would like to stay in the Haven or continue on his journeys.

## Facts & trivia

* Archmage of Chaos created Celestial Claw.
* It is unknown if the Voice of the Ancients is a collective mind of all of the Ancients or a separate entity representing them.
* The language every Ancient speaks during their introduction scenes as bosses is made up.
* All of the Ancients are just resized and retextured boss models, with three exceptions:
	+ Sentinel's leader is an animated statue from the Domain of the Sentinels.
	+ Pilgrim shares the same body model as Protector.
	+ Archmage of Chaos is a retextured Arcane Acrobat.