DXL

*For the level creator and musician, see NDXL*.

## Other Informations

### Appearances

Story: Press Start, 10000, Peer Gunt, Press Start (Remake), Ouais Ouais, BeastmodeNon-story: Hydra, Rampage

### Creator

DXL44

DXL is a character and boss created by DXL44. Initially, he appears as an ally character in Another World, but eventually turns on the player after being revealed of their true origins by someone else. Outside of Another World, DXL is used as DXL44's persona character, for example in the persona boss-rush Rampage.

## History

### Past

At some point before the events of Another World, DXL found the Beam Dagger and began to slowly learn how to use it. However, aside from this, not much notable happened.

### Another World Chapter 1

Soon after the hero Hal entered Another World’s setting, DXL attacked them under the assumption that were an enemy. However, he lost and was unable to keep up with them. Afterward, DXL and Hal both realized that they were fighting due to a misunderstanding. Hal asked for DXL's help with directions to a location they were given by Sunrise and he quickly agreed, seeing this as an opportunity to use his powers for something meaningful. However, this was meaningful for all the wrong reasons, as it led to Dark Hal being accidentally formed.

After Bond ambushed the hero, DXL reunited with the player after losing them in the night. Asking what had happened, DXL was told by Hal that they needed to go speak to “them” (Sunrise). Leaving the player to meet with the navigator star again and completely unaware of who exactly they were, DXL then returned after Purpura fought them. DXL took a head start on going to the location they found through her bounty paper, unaware that Hal had been held behind by a vengeful Bond. Once he arrived at the Powersound building, he went inside ahead of the hero and met the Client before them.

### Another World Chapter 2

Following the player’s escape from the destroyed Powersound building, DXL returns. He turns on them, seemingly blaming them for Sunrise’s death alongside the rest of the chaos following their arrival. By breaking the dagger, he turns into Hyper DXL for the first time, and fights the player. However, he fails, and an overload of power from the Beam Dagger knocks him out at the end of the level. A blue-green orb similar to those Quinzoid has attacked with is seen carrying the Beam Dagger offscreen just at the end.

## Description

### Appearance

DXL is an orange cube with two outlines. One is a darker color of orange, while the other is slightly lighter. He has two eyes and a rectangular mouth with two visible fang-like teeth. In Hyper form, DXLs outlines turn white with energy, with cracks appearing on the edge of his body and dagger.

### Personality

DXL is friendly, and generally tries to do what's right. However, he can act foolish, and has a tendency to be naive or act quickly. He's always excited by the thought of a grand adventure, seeing it as an opportunity to put his power to good use - but this excitement allows him to be easily swayed if fulfilling this heroic desire is promised.

### Abilities

Almost all of DXL's capabilities are energy projection-based, rooted in a common type of raw energy.

* Lasers/“Hyper Beams”
* Energy pulses at a short-range
* Slamming the ground to create a shockwave

#### The Beam Dagger

The Beam Dagger is DXL‘s weapon of choice. It’s capable of shooting lasers and bullets. Also, it can be used as a regular dagger to stab people, in case that’s needed. It is directly tied to all of his power and acts as both a channel and a limiter of it. He does not know much about how it works, except that it keeps his power in control as long as it's intact and nearby.
DXL can also manipulate the Beam Dagger through a form of telekinesis, where he can move and levitate it in the air when it's nearby.

#### Hyper DXL

Hyper DXL is another form that DXL enters once the dagger is broken and creates an overflow of power. In Hyper form, DXL's outline color turns white, and both his body and the dagger have white cracks of power extending from it.

### Screenshots

DXL in Press Start.DXL holding the Beam Dagger from 10000
### Artwork

Artwork of DXL in a community post on DXL44's channelHyper DXL in the thumbnail for Beastmode by chettodust
## Trivia

* DXL was originally a Geometry Dash character created by DXL44 for use in animations. His design was reworked over time to resemble the game less, with it specifically being redone for Project Arrhythmia. In these animations, he was also a self-insert character, which led to him being rewritten entirely for Another World.

* + The Geometry Dash version of DXL was based on Cube 73.
* DXL's "hyper beam" attacks were originally named after the song Hyper Beam by MDK. He was originally going to have a level using this song as well, where Beastmode was placed in the story.
* DXL’s design was changed starting with Press Start Remake to have a smaller mouth.
	+ It was changed again in Beastmode, with his face being moved down slightly.
* DXL himself doesn't know much about his own Hyper form, only knowing of the dagger being a limiter of some sort. The only time he has entered it is in Beastmode.
* DXL makes a cameo as a background character in the Brostep Bugfest Friday Night Funkin' mod by Technado.
* His actual name isn't DXL. However, he tells others to call him DXL because it "sounds cool".
* His placement as an ally character in the story was mainly inspired by Flame and Nautilus, two popular side protagonists at the time Another World was created.

## References

1. ↑ Press Start (DXL44)
2. ↑ 10000 (DXL44)
3. ↑ Peer Gunt (DXL44)
4. ↑ Ouais Ouais (DXL44)
5. ↑ Classic Pursuit (DXL44
6. ↑ Beastmode (DXL44)
7. ↑ https://discord.com/channels/250294950539821057/403998776865456130/826284789556445195 "yes. dxl is a fool sometimes" - DXL44, 3/29/21, Vitamin Games server
8. ↑ Self edited by User:DXL444
9. ↑ https://discord.com/channels/250294950539821057/587122223567994901/748370843867938887 "DXL's hyper beams, lasers, dagger lasers, pulses, and what have you are all just literally raw energy" - DXL44, 8/26/2020, Vitamin Games server
10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 Self edited by User:DXL444
11. ↑ https://discord.com/channels/250294950539821057/587122223567994901/816354398585749544 "DXL was a geometry dash character ~~in a similar manner to zapp and cookiez :egg1:~~ that had been redesigned over time + was specifically redesigned and rewritten for PA." - DXL44, 3/2/2021, Vitamin Games server
12. ↑ Self edited by User:DXL444
13. ↑ https://discord.com/channels/250294950539821057/587122223567994901/726256726117974156 "I did consider Hyper Beam by MDK which was the song that essentially gave me the power set for DXL and the idea of Hyper DXL but ironically enough it isn't fitting at all other than in its name" - DXL44, 6/26/2020, Vitamin Games server
14. ↑  https://fridaynightfunking.fandom.com/wiki/File:Theepiccrowd2.png
15. ↑ https://discord.com/channels/250294950539821057/587122223567994901/823375793392058369 "dxl's name isn't his actual name but he thinks it sounds cool" - DXL44, 3/21/2021, Vitamin Games server
16. ↑ https://discord.com/channels/250294950539821057/587122223567994901/816393943511466016 "DXL's story placement was inspired by the likes of Flame/Nautilus and other ally characters of the kind. But unlike flame and nautilus he can be easily tricked :egg-1: - DXL44, 3/2/2021, Vitamin Games server