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| “ | THIS SOUL. THIS BEAUTIFUL SOUL. WE FEEL IT. TWITCHING. IT HAD AMBITION. GREED. AND IT DIED. IN HORROR. A BEAUTIFUL. HORROR. THIS SACRIFICE. NO. THIS MURDER. HAPPENED AT HANDS OF TRUST. IT FELT TREACHERY. BETRAYAL. MUTINY. OH YES. THE ANCIENTS ARE PLEASED. FOR THIS. GLORIOUS SACRIFICIAL SPECIMEN. SHALL BE THE CRUX OF FATE. SHALL BE THE NEXUS OF FATE. FOR THIS WORLD'S.. NO. OUR WORLD'S BEAUTIFUL METAMORPHOSIS. TO BEHOLD. THE POWER. OF THE ANCIENTS. |
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| ~ The Ancients before their battle. |
The Ancients are major antagonists of 2024 Roblox RPG game Block Tales, serving as the main antagonists of the game's fourth chapter, Excavation Exploration.
They are ancient deities worshipped by some people many years ago and also foreshadowed the sacrifice of Captain Trotter for the Firebrand through a prophecy.
Appearance[]
The Ancients are beings that are made up of many circular shapes, and represent many different Egyptian gods each in their individual portrait around the main circle, which contains the Eye of Ra. On the left from top to bottom consists of Khonsu, Bastet, and Thoth while the right features Horus, Ammit, and Osiris. They are also seen with arms that have shackles, even smaller arms all around, scarab beetle horns on the top, and wings.
Personality[]
Biography[]
In the Temple of the Red Sun, the player and Calypso come across various hieroglyphs about the civilization responsible for making the temple had religious beliefs related to sacrifice for gods they worship. One of them states that sacrifice is required to wield the Firebrand.
Eventually, Captain Trotter is accidentally sacrificed after his scuffle with Calypso that the Ancients are then summoned, thus fulfilling the prophecy that was once told. They tell how satisfied they are with Trotter's demise to summon them and plan to behold their powers in the world before battling the player and Calypso. Though after their defeat, the Ancients goes on a speech of how humanity has evolved and thanks the player and Calypso for sacrificing Captain Trotter and how his soul is now sealed in the Firebrand itself. With that, the Ancients explode and the Firebrand is dropped, allowing the player to obtain the sword.
After obtaining the Firebrand, the player can face The Ancients again in the Guilty Nirvana in The Guru. As soon as the player walks far enough, a cutscene is played with the Ancients appearing and its Eye of Ra suddenly awakening.
Powers and Abilities[]
- Wheel: The Ancients fly to their target and spins their arm in a circle twice.
- Beam: The Ancients fires a beam made of light at their target. If the target doesn't dodge this attack, they get confused.
- Call for Help: The Ancients summon two vessels that don't attack, but must be killed in order to damage The Ancients.
- Restoration: If The Ancients uses the Call for Help ability when the enemy limit is reached, they instead heal all enemies including itself on the field.
- Fireball: The Ancients project a ball made of fire at their target. If the target doesn't dodge this attack, they get burned and other party members get damaged as well. The damage depends if the target managed to block it or failing blocking it. Dealing half of the damage if blocked including the party or dealing full damage if it failed to block or dodge.
- Ultra Beam: The Ancients fires a burst of lasers that hits all targets nineteen times in rapid succession. If the player doesn't dodge a laser, they get confused. It is recommended to use the Ghost Potion or Ghostwalker to avoid the attack, but if you don't want either of those two, you could instead increase your defense level to deflect the beam.
- Darkness: The Ancients closes their eyes and meditates. This darkens the screen, hiding all status effects and enemy stats.
- Passives: Once The Ancients get down to half HP, they gain an immunity to all effects and disables the usage of the SFOTH swords.
Trivia[]
- The Ancients speak in hieroglyphs and the hieroglyphs are translated into English for the player to understand what they're saying.
- The Ancients are the second bosses...
- To have lyrics in their boss theme, with the first being the Griefer as the Bubonic Plant.
- Coincidentally, both are the final bosses of their respective chapter.
- To disable the usage of SFOTH swords, with the first being the Temple Guardian from the same chapter.
- To be the last fought in a chapter and while not under the influence of the voices, (since Captain Trotter was the one to hear them instead) with the first being HATRED.
- To have lyrics in their boss theme, with the first being the Griefer as the Bubonic Plant.
- According to Revicsony, a Block Tales moderator and tester, The Ancients were originally called The Incinerated.[1]
Gallery[]
External Links[]
- The Ancients on the Block Tales Wiki
References[]
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