Child

* Illustration of The Child's true form
* Portrait of The Child's true form
* Portrait of The Child's altered form
* The Child Render
* The Child Boss Render
* The Child True Render
* Paintings with the Child
* The Child as seen in the final cutscenes
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Adopted and then locked up by the Deacon, the Chosen One has lived in the shadow of mankind and daylight. Dying from the plague but made immortal Suffering, The Child was caught in an infernal spiral continuous pain, strengthening his host and gaining immeasurable powers. An ideal specimen for the Surgeon and his doctors, The Child's body undergoes a thousand tortures, exploring the farthest reaches of immeasurable pain. When hope came in the form of a young servant, The Child finally perceived the human warmth that he had missed so much. An innocent love was born towards this sister who he refused to let near him, fearing she would be contaminated. How many times did The Child have to clench his fists, his forehead pressed against the clay wall of his prison, to forget the screams of his beloved, assaulted by this false, perverse priest? And yet, despite the dangers, the young servant visited The Child tirelessly every night. She descended the stairs leading to the cellar, with only a simple candle for light, in order to sing a lullaby to calm this trapped and sick infant. She promised him that one day they would be free, that there was still hope to cling to. This makeshift idyll was shattered when the Deacon discovered the schemes of his servant. Seized with black anger and pernicious jealousy, he locked the Maid in the cellar, condemning her to death. Agonizing and feverish, the young woman died in the arms of the broken Child. The last dikes of his soul gave way, and The Child drowned in a flood of hatred, fully binding himself to the Suffering Other. He swore the world would be his as he fell into obscurity.*
- The Mother

### Codex entry for "The Child"

*Locked in a dark corner of a flooded cellar, alone in endless night, the Child grew up in a house of pain and torture until he became the Chosen One of the Suffering Other.
Capable of shaping and giving life to his own traumas, this prince of darkness has but one goal:
To give this cruel world what it deserves in return. With a shrill cry, he breaks the Veil and tears Reality, allowing his dark companion to be born into the world of the living. The Dark Corner is created, a place frozen in space and time between two worlds, where souls and flesh coexist to feed the Nucleus of Suffering.*
- The Mother

## Description

### Codex

The Child launches direct and delayed attacks across the map. If there are no Daughters in range, he will move towards the closest and try to attack, then launch a delayed action and end his turn. Keeping Daughters a out of range of direct attacks and outside the areas of effect is the key to success.

### Details

The Child is the primary antagonist in Othercide, and the Chosen One bound to Suffering. He is incapable of dying, thanks to his Other's power, and was subjected to endless torture which led to him letting Suffering through into reality.

## Stats

 HP
 Armor
 Dodge
 Delay Resistance
 Critical Damage
 End of Turn Delay

## Notes and Bugs

1. Delay Resistance depends on remaining HP: The Child starts with 40% and reach 100% when lose 75% HP or more.
2. **Severe, Mad and Insane Pain** reaction skills say: "teleports at least 8 tiles away", actually the range is 6-8 tiles.
3. Unlike many other Bosses, The Child changes its phases in perfect correspondence with the skills description at 37500 HP (25% lost), 25000 HP (50% lost) and 12500 HP (75% lost).
4. **Instant Hurt** skill doesn't display AoE when hovering the skill, but experiments show that AoE is similar to **Rays of Agony**.

## Quotes

* Will it never end...? Please, let me die...
* Too little to fight. They cut me because I could not die.
* What is kindness? She taught me. What is love? She showed me. What is loss? She died for me. I made her sick, and she died in my arms.
* How soon will you hatch? I want you in this world. I want to see what you can do. To those that hurt me.
* They hurt me. They abandoned me. They made me. And I'll make suffering pay them back. They won't ignore me now.
* You want to save me...? Liar! You gave the other your life! You want memory to rule instead!
* She was all I had. And then I had nothing.
* I'm already broken. What more do you want?