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The Maleurous: Revelation

Hey there, heroes!

You've all surpassed the 50% mark of the war, unlocking Rocket Turrets and a new quest!

With Myalos still preparing to power up, you and Uaanta have fought back the elementals and creatures, making your way to the surface!

But what awaits you outside?

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It's time to learn more about the Maleurous and what they stand for. And who they stand against.

Check out the war's 50% quest: Revelation!

Note: Trapped post-Revelation waves have each had a monster removed.

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Also this week, some bug fixes!

• Fixed a bug where the quest Into the Void would change player name to undefined.
  
• Removed an extra invisible button from the Badges interface.
  
• Fixed various Ghoulidays war town buttons being locked to active war progress.
  
• Fixed some Black Winter elements being locked to active war progress.
  
• Fixed the Assault on the Necropolis war graphic being tied to active war progress.
  
• Fixed the Battleon Burns percent and wave count not properly displaying numbers.
  
• The fix for Sek Duat's skills in the quest "Sands of Eternity" is now actually live.
  
• Fixed a bug where certain Void Spawn enemies would apply undefined damage DoT effects.
  
• Fixed a bug where the Seaweed Entangled Links applied undefined resistance.
  
• Scaling on enemies in "Sir Jing's Weapons" has been reduced significantly.

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The Maleurous: Reactivation

Hey there, heroes!

This week, we return to the Maleurous saga!

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Last time, under orders from the Avatars, you and Uaanta managed to save Myalos from the clutches of the other Maleurous with aid from the enigmatic Lock and Key.

However, when your job was finished, you were summoned once more by the Avatars- this time with some unexpected guests!

The plots of the remaining Maleurous are in motion, so prepare for war with this week's release: Reactivation!

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Also, we have a number of bug fixes this week.

• Fixed an issue where DoomKnight V1 guests or PvP enemies were causing instant defeat.
  
• Fixed an issue where Sinnocence (all versions) would recognize non-weapons as Destiny or Doom weapons.
  
• Fixed a bug where Valtrith (should be all versions) would ignore Immobility resistance.
  
• Fixed a bug where the final enemy in Yashta's Pellow Village random quest was named "Really Dirty Uniform".
  
• The Tomix guest should now be properly removed from "Adrift" and "Origins of Aspar" when completing the quests.
  
• The Void War quest "Through the Door", as well as the above two quests are now teleport locked.
  
• Fixed missing characters in the quest description and completion of "Adrift".
  
• Fixed "Murky Hall" not renaming the player to "Vaal".
  
• Fixed an issue where Sek Duat in "Sands of Eternity" would apply undefined resistance to his target, rather than +25 resistance to himself of your dragon's element.
  
• Fixed a bug where the belt "Seaweed Entangled Links" gave undefined resistance.

Tada!

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Alright, after giving this some thought I'm like 99% sure this first/final Maleurous has some connection with the Exaltia. Originally when they first appeared I knew I recognized that black and white color effect from them using their power to attempt to open Myalos' door and teleport away but I couldn't tell from where else I could have seen it until I realized later the Engineer from the Apex produced a similar color effect from its weapon during its ultimate attack. Now those are just simple color similarities and at the time I thought they could have just been a pure coincidence until this Maleurous, who I'm just going to call Jifa for clarity until we get their full name, started sending us their minions.

We have chained incomplete abominations and chained elementals, the latter of which would give Zadd a run for his money. The deformed creations are clearly reminiscent of Augahim's design, the creatures that are present on the second level of the Exaltia tower. That could serve as a connection that Jifa could have something to do with the Infernals and Celestials although I have to wonder if they are related to the beings of the tower or if their powers are a result of the utilizing research they've done on the Exalted.

What I find concerning however are the chained elementals. I didn't realize at it first but on closer inspection, it's noticeable that the gems that are present on all pure elementals have those golden shackles put around them specifically and on some of them the gems have been moved completely somewhere else on their bodies as opposed to being normally on their heads. This has made me curious now as to why these gems are always present normally on all elementals, which makes me speculate that the gems are in some way akin to a brain that allows them to exist, and why did Jifa feel the need in some cases to move the gem on some of the elementals and not others.

I'm also sad for Myalos. They only just now got free from the shadowscythe's infection and gained the possibility of perhaps not having to be bound to the ruins of the mech vessel and now they have to sacrifice themselves so that they aren't used. Hopefully, Lock and Key can find a way to save them.

Additionally, I'm becoming somewhat skeptical of Lock's and Key's purpose to free the Avatars from their responsibilities. In itself, allowing the world to find balance on its own without the Avatars meddling seems fine but it almost sounds like they want them to abandon their work completely though I could be getting mixed up with Avatars constant state of distress and confsuion.

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As for the difference in focus gems on the chained elementals, my personal theory is that the Exalted created them and used them to enslave elementals, similar to how a necromancer enslaves the undead by binding the persons spirit to their deceased body/bones.

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I agree with you completely. That first Malerious seems to have connection to the Exalted.

And my theory is that they are the Engineer/the one who wrote "Last Stand of Ehr'Ishin". Didn't they activate the weapon to stop the Avatars? And after that encouter, it would make sense to label them as the "first Maleurous", if they survived using that weapon.

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@Vaalirus An excellent theory. This Malerous' forces (and perhaps their power) must certainly be due to research and experimentation of the works of the Exalted. Hopefully I'll hit a rare wave soon and see what I can learn from that...

As for villian themselves... I was surprised when I heard that laughter. It sounded quite human; feminine even? That fourth wall break was good too.

Edit: Also, I'm pretty sure those gems the elementals are wearing are the same as what those constructs in that Tower wore.

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So, the Final Malerous is about to make a move, but makes me wonder, what could they be planning? Would this be just a beginning of everything? Nonetheless, Lock & Key got to assist us by the grace of the Avatars, which makes it even better. I like this duo, they would make up to be very useful allies for even the future, as well, if they're allowed to stay alive.

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Loving these Exaltia theories too...and diversity among elementals.

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I think Lock and Key tricked us, so when we left them with Avatars, they somehow (chains and stuff) enslaved and using Avatars to send elementals to us or when Remthalas and Final/First Maleurous have beaten them, they changed them to control them. Avatars didn't realize they were Maleurous until they reformed their bodies. Before that Avatars weren't able to sense Lock and Key. So they might be deviants now.

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Top of the hour wave count
We have cleared 980,685 waves since the war started, and 24,175 waves since the last update around 1 hour ago.
Our current speed is 403 wpm, which is 51 wpm faster than the last update.
At this speed, it will take us 1 week, 1 day, 15 hours, 34 minutes, 53 seconds to defeat the remaining 5,019,315 waves.

We are currently at 16.34%. At our current speed, we will reach 17% in 1 hour, 37 minutes, 33 seconds

Our highest recorded speed for this war is 462 wpm.

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power Myalos? Kordana was kept powered with the Wind Orb, and later awoken with gnomish help during the Calamity saga.

There are definitely power sources on Lore capable of powering shadowscythe machinery, other interstellar vessels, etc.

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If I recall it was confirmed in a devs FAQ that elementals need to bind them to a "focus" in order to exist the physical realm/outside of the Elemental Planes. Just as the Mysterious Stranger needed to bind himself to his cloak and later the SMUDD, the "garden variety" elemental seems to use those gems as their focus. When a elemental is defeated it's not actually killed but banished back to the Elemental Planes in weakened state and needs time to coalesce and regain their power before they can manifest again

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As for the difference in focus gems on the chained elementals, my personal theory is that the Exalted created them and used them to enslave elementals, similar to how a necromancer enslaves the undead by binding the persons spirit to their deceased body/bones.

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And my theory is that they are the Engineer/the one who wrote "Last Stand of Ehr'Ishin". Didn't they activate the weapon to stop the Avatars? And after that encouter, it would make sense to label them as the "first Maleurous", if they survived using that weapon.

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It sounded quite human; feminine even?

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Do you think we'll find an alternative way to save Myalos

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And i have to admit, she has a point. I, for myself, felt less and less encouraged to fight the Maleurous, after hearing their motivations to do what they do. And now hearing that summary from the last......i am not really convinced anymore to fight for the good side in this conflict. I dont think the Avatars are really evil and all or the Maleurous are the good guys. But to say it in the words of the Dragon Slayer: Lets just say i am open for a new possibility

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I really glad we're getting an explanation of the Maleurous and therefore, I'm really excited for whatever that Notha Ly'Ehr is planning. Also she's cute!

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Those revelations were really interesting. I really liked it. Final Maleurous is very interesting and she does have a point. I never really liked the Avatars and I like how our Hero and Uaanta have to face this kind of complex issue.

But now on to the bigger question. How did Notha get those minions?

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Huh, you do have a point.

For somebody who speaks so much of freedom, Notha has an awful lot of minions covered in chains.

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Ly'Ehr... She's been there. She somehow travelled from Lore to the Wastes and seen the ruins of Ehr'Ishin. That's where her experiments have come from. And from the looks of those markings on her face it seems she's experimented on herself too.

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