Story
Encounters
HP follows the bestiary's totals. The other numbers are first guesses, sized against the Training Golem (120 HP, 12 damage every 6 s) like the Spell Set's; where the bestiary gives a number, the bestiary wins. Player HP isn't defined yet. Each enemy is a Data/Enemies file and each encounter a Data/Encounters file.
| Encounter | Enemy | Where | What it does | Counter | Difficulty |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
inner_glints | Glint pack (bestiary, VEL-59) | Inner ring, 4.3; Dace's wagon, 4.10 | A flock of small reflections; quick, weak hits. | Gale or Squall to scatter; Coil for single targets. | Easy |
undercrack_outlaws | forsworn_mender (an Evane outlaw), then hollow_cut (a Facet outlaw) | The Undercrack, 4.4 | The forsworn mender staggers with Repel and hits back with half of what it took (Tally); the hollow cut hits with Bevel Lash and throws back every third spell the player casts (Hoard). Behaviour and stats as the bestiary. | Small, steady hits against Tally; a cheap third cast against Hoard; Hush for both specials. | Medium |
pane_chorus_break | mirrored_chorus: four voices of 350 HP (1,400) | Pane arena, 4.14 | Chorus beat every 6 s: 10 damage, gauge 8 towards Still. Each voice adds an ability (below). | Precise mirrored casts sing over voices; Hush, Calm and Hasten answer the voices; Bevel Lash through the Warden shield. | Hard |
pane_chorus_guard | culet_cutter ×3 in waves (70 HP each; 9 damage every 5 s at the chorus) and ally mirrored_chorus_ally (300 HP) | Pane arena, 4.14 | Cutters attack the chorus, not the player; each hit pushes the gauge 5 towards Shattered. | Prism Snare to stop a cutter; Repel to stagger; keep mirrored quality high to add to the chorus. | Medium-hard |
pane_shatter_stop | iver_kest (700 HP) | Pane arena, 4.16 | Cut every 5 s: gauge 12 towards Shattered and a crack (3 damage a second until cleared). Bevel Lash 18 (ignores shields) every 6 s. Crown Surge every third attack, then a 40-damage cut. Faster at half HP. | Mirrored casts seal cracks, parallel casts clear them; Drift for Bevel Lash; Hush or Prism Snare for the surge. | Hardest |
pane_shatter_join | prelate_ondine (600 HP) | Pane arena, 4.16 | Her ward agrees with mirrored spells (quarter damage) and hits back with a third of her biggest hit taken in 6 s. Repel-like stagger every 8 s. Allied cuts every 6 s deal 15 to her and push the gauge towards Shattered. | Parallel and asymmetric spells; Prism Snare to stop her; the break comes at gauge +100. | Hard |
The chorus's voices (Idea). Breaking a voice (350 HP each) removes its ability. A faction head who sits the finale out (VEL-63 decides which flags say so) is replaced by a Warden mender with the same ability at half strength.
| Voice | Ability | Answer |
|---|---|---|
| Wardens (Tamsin) | Shields the chorus for 15 every third beat. | Bevel Lash ignores it. Tamsin steps out at half her voice if tamsin.trust ≥ 3. |
| Tenders (Bramble) | Heals the chorus 10 a beat. | Hush on her stops it for 8 s; break her first. |
| Keepers (Hale) | Shortens the player's breath window by 20% for 8 s, every other beat. | Hasten cancels it; precise short spells still fit. |
| Still Choir (Wen) | Silences the player for 3 s, every fourth beat. | Calm clears it; Drift avoids the beat that carries it. |
On the hold (4.17) there is no enemy: the swing of the Pane is the opponent, and the player cannot lose.