Sycor

See also: Ladislaw Smit

**Sycor** is the stage boss of the Laboratory (Laboratory S), who inhabits a grey mechanical shell-like body. It speaks in Old English, and is surrounded by red cores. The red cores turn green, which allow Serenity to jump on them and then attack Sycor when it's faces appear.

Once defeated, it'll reveal that has a different body and will ask for a rematch. The next room has a nasty trap (several charge shots which deal 10 damage) but surviving it allows the player to venture, eventually reaching the Reservoir and also unlocks one of two 'gates' to the Map System.

The rematch against Sycor at the East Tower (Tower RR) is far more difficult. It's appearance remains the same, though it's now accompanied by corrupted versions of Ignis and Shinica. In addition, riding it's mini-cores is now mandatory because the bottom floor is now covered with insta-kill spikes. Once defeated, the player can no longer choose songs from the terminals but they do get a Cake (implied to have been baked by Ignis) which restores 50 HP.

## Attacks

**Energy Blast** (Fires these off at regular intervals. Can be dodged by jumping over them or moving to the platform at the very left.

**Charged Energy Blast** (Uses this attack at low health, is indicated by a charging sound followed by several energy blasts that deal 10 damage.)

**Warning Shot** (Sycor's opening move, fires a large blast of energy at the top and bottom of the screen, which must be jumped over. Deals 10 damage. Sycor doesn't use this move during the rematch)

## Personality

In the first fight with Sycor, he speaks in Old English and has an honourable personality. He doesn't take well to being ordered by anyone but the Castle Master as Shinica learns before she quickly realizes her mistake. As it turns out, Sycor often makes this mistake and has been reminded at least 157 times (assuming Shinica wasn't being hyperbolic) He then bellows that the human (i.e Serenity) will die soon, loudly enough that it hurts Shinica's ears. After being defeated, he takes it well and challenges Serenity to find his other vessel for a rematch, hinting that it would be a fitting end to him.

In the second fight, he speaks in Modern English. He and Serenity remember each other, with the latter casually asking if they'll fight again. He claims that two henchmen will aid him in destiny and transforms Shinicia and Ignis into his servants against their will. Unlike the first encounter, he no longer has the honourable persona and instead appears to be an insane, sadistic individual.

## Story

### Prior to Lunar Shadow

Sycor was the father of Valerie Horton. He started out life as a Human named Ladislaw Smit but was transformed into a monster by Aidan Flamberge in 2013.

### Lunar Shadow

He is encountered by Serenity Horton in the Laboratory and they fight, ending in his defeat. After the fight, he tells Serenity to locate his other vessel for a rematch. Once found in Tower RR, Sycor remembers Serenity from their previous encounter. He summons Shinicia (who was in the middle of a card game with Luna) and Ignis and corrupts them with darkness to make them his servants before engaging Serenity in battle. After being defeated by Serenity Horton, he is killed and his servants are freed from his control.

## Image Gallery

Confirmation that Ladislaw was turned into Sycor.Sycor's sprite sheet (1st battle)The location where you first fight Sycor.The location where you fight Sycor2.
## Trivia

* During the first Sycor battle, the cores are green when ridden on (and turn red occasionally); they're pinkish-red when you fight Scyor in the East Tower. The reason for this is unknown.

* Sycor's personality seems to differ in his first fight and his second one. In his debut appearance, he speaks in Old English and seems honorable; in his rematch, he speaks in Modern English and seems to be an insane, sadistic individual who corrupts Ignis and Shinica, claiming that it was part of a prophecy. This is either an oversight, an implication that Sycor 2 is Sycor's actual personality and that his honourable persona is a façade or that the Sycor you fight in the Laboratory and the East Tower are two different individuals.

* This boss is one of two bosses to be a palette swap of the Core/Undead Core, along with Grialdyn. Both Sycor fights use the Undead Core's AI, though the first one doesn't have his henchmen with him.

* According to The Guardian Beasts, it's capable of speech and possesses sentience. It seems to possess a code of honour of sorts, refusing to attack the Castle Master's minions.
* Unlike other bosses, when it's defeated the player is given the message "Obliterated Sycor!" instead of "Defeated [boss name]", implying that both bodies are completely gone during both fights.

* It's fight in the Tower is one of the few optional fights in the game, as well as the hardest. It's also the only boss in the game, where the player can choose which battle theme Scyor has (via terminals early on in the East Tower).
* Out of all the boss fights in the game, Sycor has 9 different battle themes the player can choose from: (**Love-Coloured Master Spark** [Touhou], **Eyes of Flame** [Cave Story], **Jenna Battle** [Golden Sun 2], **Oppression** [Cave Story], **Last Battle** [Cave Story], **Clash on the Big Bridge** [Final Fantasy V], **Showdown with Hector** [Riveria: The Promised Land], **Wily Boss** [MegaMan: Time Tangent] and **Forgotten Challenge** [Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories]).