Light Being

* Emerald
* No Emerald
* Battle

> "*I wILl prOteCT tHiS gEm. unTiL mY coNtraCt Is fULfILleD.*"
> ― Light Being
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The **Light Being**, also known as the **Light Warrior**, is a character in Everhood. Their fight is accessible by completing the trading quest to obtain Brown Mage's Golden Key, then using the Golden Key on the locked treasure chest in Midnight Town's flower shop.

If Light Being is killed, they will drop an Emerald required for the "Dev Gnomes" ending. If Light Being is spared, they will teleport away without dropping the Emerald. They will then have a 50% chance of spawning in the Cart Carnival's theater where they can be re-fought after obtaining Red's arm, but if they do not appear, Cart Carnival must be completely exited and re-entered to re-roll their spawn chance.

## Characteristics

### Appearance

The Light Being is a blue humanoid energy-like being that has a geometrical body composed entirely out of light. Electricity emanates from their body, and they strike multiple poses during the fight, normally striking very spastic forms when their song reaches the chorus.

### Personality

The Light Being takes great importance in the honor of battle, dubbing the player a great warrior for defeating them. They are also protective of the Emerald, dedicated to fulfilling their contract to protect it.

## Battle

Dodging all attacks will unlock the "No Hit Light Being" achievement.

Light Being's fight is normal, generally having no gimmick and no screen alterations. It also features no black notes, making the fight pretty easy when using the right arm, as there is nothing impossible to dodge. However, their song is one of the fastest in the game, and with poor reaction time or being caught off-guard, the player can be combo'd and receive a lot of damage. Light Being uses a wide display of lights when the song reaches the chorus, covering the screen in rainbow-colored light beams. Jump rolls and normal jumps are notably effective during this fight.

## Story

The player first encounters the Light Being inside of a locked treasure chest in Midnight Town's flower shop. The player can either choose to spare or kill them in battle. If killed, they will call the player a great warrior before dying and dropping the Emerald. If spared, they are grateful to be freed from their shackles and teleport away. They then have a chance of appearing at Cart Carnival's theater. When spoken to at the Cart Carnival, they claim that the world is a shell and decry it as a twisted experiment. They also state they will continue to protect the Emerald until their contract is fulfilled. They can be re-fought for another chance at killing them and obtaining the Emerald.

Brown Mage's note to Green Mage references that the Emerald is being kept by one of Brown Mage's acquaintances, which is presumed to be Light Being. It is possible that Brown Mage was the one to lock the Light Being into the treasure chest using the Golden Key to keep the Emerald safe.

## Trivia

* Light Being appears as a painting in the Cursed Castle and in Brown Mage's house. Interacting with the one in Cursed Castle will state it is "A painting of a lightning storm with a human-shaped creature in the middle."
* In Brown Mage's "Hierarchy Note," they mention an extinct species of "energy like folks." It is speculated that Light Being belongs to this species.
* The lyrics in Light Being's battle theme are "I need to know the spell of your love / Why Oh You are L O V E." This is a wordplay with "spell" and "your love."
* In previous versions of the game, the Light Being would casually refer to the player as "sister" if they finished the fight without killing them. However, the word "sister" was removed with the Version 1.0.29 ml update to prevent confusion.
* Light Being actually has a nose. Upon receiving a game over, their glowing effect disappears, which in certain poses reveals that they have a nose.
* Light Being was originally going to be the Masterpiece that Professor Orange unleashes. However, due to issues with the song the developers wanted to use, it was moved to the treasure chest and replaced with Masterpiece.
* Many players on the Everhood Discord server refer to the Light Being as "Scott Cawthon," the creator of Five Nights at Freddy's, due to Light Being bearing some likeness to Scott Cawthon's internet profile picture. However, these similarities were stated by the Everhood developers to be pure coincidence.

## References

1. ↑ File:Reference Light Being Fight Lyrics.png
https://twitter.com/RrrrroseAzerty/status/1398540497224884230
2. ↑ File:Reference Light Being Design 1.png
File:Reference Light Being Design 2.png