Nailmaiden Iselda

### Journal

"Anyone can swing a nail. Iselda, however, can fight with impeccable speed and grace. She rivals anyone who says they can beat her. She hasn't wielded her nail since we moved to Hallownest though."-Cornifer

Nailmaden Iselda is a Boss added in the Hidden Dreams EX DLC. She is accessed by talking to her after learning all Nail Arts, Defeating Sly in the Pantheons, and wearing Nailmaster's Glory. Then, Dreamnailing her will access this boss.

## Boss

### Nailmaiden Iselda

Nailmaiden Iselda is the remembrance of Iselda's time as a Warrior. After the battle, she wakes up Cornifer(who notes that he had a dream The Knight and Iselda were fighting) and tells her about what had happened. Cornifer then dubs Iselda a Nailmaiden.

#### Attacks:

* Nail Pirouette: Iselda will leap into the air then spin around at the highest point of her jump, throwing 3 Nails. They disappear after making contact with the Ground, a Wall, or the Knight.
* Nail Fall: Iselda will disappear then reappear on the other side. Then, 3 nails will appear in the air and will fall down blade-first. They will disappear 3 seconds after landing on the ground.
* Quintuple Slash: Iselda will jump high up to the top of the arena then freeze. Then 4 clones of her will appear and do a diagonal slash downwards, then Iselda will unfreeze after the clones disappear and stab downwards, similar to the Mantis Lords.
* Cornifer Summon: Iselda will summon 3 Cornifers(about the size of a Hopping Zoteling), either flying or on the ground. They will move around whacking you with maps.
* Triple Slash: Iselda will prepare a slash then freeze, then two clones will come in one at a time. The first would do a lunge slash while the second would stab forward scanning half of the arena. After the second one disappears Iselda would unfreeze and do a dash slash that spans the whole arena
* Stag Summon: Iselda will yell, then The Last Stag would fall from the ceiling, then try and push you into some spikes before jumping into a hole in the wall which closes.

After the battle, Cornifer runs the shop and Iselda is in the basement, sharpening her nail. You will be able to challenge her and she will fight you, minus the Summon attacks cause that time its real life.

### Master Nailmaiden Iselda

Master Nailmaiden Iselda is harder variant of Iselda. She now wears golden armor and has wings, plus a new, curved nail, similar to a cutlass or katana. The Audience in her arena stays, although they are overcrowded(except for Grimm, who is flying above the audience)

She regains all her attacks but she has 3 new ones:

* Flying Slash: Iselda will fly into the air and will then dive down towards the knight, slashing. She repeats this twice then stabs down.
* Stab Glide: Iselda will go to the Arena edge then stab, going through the whole arena. Once reaching the end, she will fly into the air, activating one of the other two new attacks
* Triple Stab: Iselda will fly into the air, prepare a stab downwards, then freeze. Then 2 clones will appear then all 3 will stab down. Then the clones disappear.

This boss is only found in Godhome.

## Arena

Iselda is fought in an arena not unlike GPZ's arena. In the audience are many NPCs. Each one reacts in different ways from the battle:

* Bretta:
	+ When Iselda damages the Knight, she will look worried for a brief moment, then snap herself out of it.
	+ When the Knight heals, she will cheer for a few seconds.
* Zote:
	+ When either character deals damage via nail, Zote will shake his head.
	+ When Iselda uses her Summon Cornifer attack, Zote will appear weirded out.
	+ When the Knight uses Vengeful spirit or shade soul with Flukenest, Zote will be confused.
		- He will be even more confused when you summon a Volatile Fluke
* Grimm:
	+ Grimm doesn't really care about the battle.
* Sly:
	+ Sly will cheer when you use a nail art.
* Quirrel:
	+ Quirrel will ready his nail whenever you take damage and relax when you heal. At 1 HP, he is out of his seat, standing on Zote's, ready to battle. If you die, Quirrel is seen about to fight Iselda for you while you recover.
		- Going to Iselda multiple times without leaving the shop to battle shows that Quirrel is bandaged from the fight. These bandages will stack until he is in a wheelchair after the 7th death and will not go to help anymore. He is fully recovered when you exit the shop then come back though, no matter how serious his injuries.