Eleine

**Eleine**, also known as **Dark Witch Eleine**, is one of the two bosses that are available after Siegrid. Eleine is found at the bottom of the Witch's Thicket with a cane and a large, brimmed hat.

## Lore

Eleine was a gifted sorceress from a young age, whose perpetual loneliness was eased by her becoming Fretia's friend. At some point, Fretia is implied to have purified Eleine's mother after she was afflicted with the Blight. As a gifted sorceress, Eleine was brought up in the Coven, a faction of skilled witches.

After the defense of the Twin Spires, Eleine visited Fretia who was in the Verboten Domain. On one of these visits, Fretia gave to her, a magic stone shattered by the Crimson Lord at the Twin Spires. After Fretia's clones were made, Eleine made pendants from these magic stones and gave them to the White Priestesses. Despite her efforts to research a way to help Fretia, her work yielded no real answers.

At some point, Eleine was consumed by the Blight and left at the bottom of the Witch's Thicket.

## Dark Witch Eleine

Dark Witch Eleine is a ranged boss who has three phases. She is always airborne and is highly susceptible to stagger damage.

* Eleine lifts her staff in the air and fires six fireballs in a cone aimed at Lily.
* Swings her staff, firing a fast homing sphere.

At ~66% HP, Eleine briefly goes invulnerable and gains the following abilities:

* The homing sphere attack fires twice in succession.
* Casts a stationary whirlwind on her current location that lingers for a lengthy duration, dealing heavy damage on contact. Only one whirlwind may be active at any time.

At ~33% HP, Eleine becomes enraged and transforms into a more monstrous form, gaining the following abilities:

* Immediately after shooting fireballs or homing spheres, teleports diagonally above Lily and lashes out with the magic vines on her dress.
* Teleports to the top of the room and fires two waves of magic spheres in all directions, which spread out as they travel.

On NG+ she starts the combat at 2nd phase, and transitions to 3rd when she should've transitioned to 2nd.

## Spoils

After defeating Eleine, Lily gains the Witch's Bubble ability, letting her swim, dodge, and attack underwater. The player may only use aquatic skills underwater.

The player also gains a main skill, Dark Witch Eleine.

## Spirit

Dark Witch Eleine's spirit fires bolts of magic that have a somewhat weak homing ability.

At levels one to two, Eleine has a three sphere combo. Their damage scalings are 80%, 90%, 130%.

At levels three to four, Eleine has a four sphere combo, dealing 80%, 80%, 90%, 90% damage.

At levels five to six, Eleine has a five sphere combo, dealing 80%, 90%, 80%, 90%, 130% damage.

Eleine does not have any noticeable difference when used on ground or otherwise.

Eleine's Last Rite fires ten magic spheres from Lily. When grounded, the spheres are shot in a 180 degree cone above Lily. When airborne, the spheres fly out mostly to Lily's left and right. Each sphere deals 220% damage. Landing all ten spheres on a single target is the most possible damage able to be done in a single moment.

This Last Rite attack requires and expends 1 use of the spirit, meaing it cannot be activated if Lily has none remaining.

## Dialogue

### Cutscene

"Everything I built up by my own hand...brought to ruin."

"I risked everything to protect her."

"Fretia...the only friend I've ever known."

"I just want you to be safe."

"Even now, I remember the day you eased the suffering of what was once my mother."

"The day you became the Priestess of the Fount, Fretia."

"Such precious time was taken from us, never to be returned."

"I continued my research in the hope it may have eased your burden..."

"But it was all for naught...That folly has become my own burden."

"I'll carry it to protect this place, at least until this horrid Rain ceases to fall."

"The magic I devoted my time to refining..."

"It was all leading up to this very moment."

## Trivia

* Eleine is referred to as the **Black Witch** in the description of the Spellbound Anklet.