Bestiary of the Spire

The Spire of Ascension

Ten floors above Market Square, each ten ranks of Ascension higher than the last: their halls, their creatures and the legends behind them, what each boss does, and the Hall of those who slew them first.

The Hall of the Spire

Floor	Boss	First slain by	Fallen
1	the Warden of the First Circle	never slain yet	—
2	the Unbowed King	never slain yet	—
3	Druon Antigoon	never slain yet	—
4	the Blood Countess of Cachtice	never slain yet	—
5	Koschei the Deathless	never slain yet	—
6	Fenrir	never slain yet	—
7	the Headless Horseman	never slain yet	—
8	the Wendigo	never slain yet	—
9	the Mapinguari	never slain yet	—
10	Cacus	never slain yet	—

First Circle Ascension 1+

The restless dead of the First Circle · ranks 1 to 10

The halls

**1. The Hall of Broken Oaths**Shields hang upside down on every pillar here, the shields of knights who broke their word. Something rattles in the dark between them.

**2. The Armoury of the Fallen**Racks of rusted blades line the walls, and some of them are not empty: an armour stands up now and then and walks.

**3. The Gallery of Whispers**A long gallery of cold arches. The whispers come from the walls, always just behind you, always in a voice you almost know.

**4. The Chapel of Ash**Grey ash covers the pews of a chapel without a god. An altar of black iron still smokes faintly.

**5. The Barracks of the Hollow Guard**Rows of cots where no one sleeps. The Hollow Guard rose from them long ago and never came back.

**6. The Throne of the First Warden**A throne of pale stone faces the door, and the Warden who keeps the First Circle waits upon it, sword across his knees.

Its creatures

a hollow knight

Level 106 · about 33,855 hit points · undead · 2 of them · The Hall of Broken Oaths

A full harness of black plate, dented and scorched, with nothing inside it but a cold wind. It moves with the patience of the dead.

the gauntlets of a hollow knighthands · Ascension 1+

armor 28/28/28/25
+5 hitroll
+15 damroll
+2 strength

an oathbreaker shade

Level 108 · about 35,631 hit points · spirit · 2 of them · The Armoury of the Fallen

A knight once, now a shape of grey smoke that cannot stop repeating the oath it broke. Its sword is as cold and as real as yours.

the greaves of the Hollow Guardlegs · Ascension 1+

armor 30/30/30/27
+12 hitroll
+12 damroll
+150 hit points

a gargoyle of the parapets

Level 108 · about 35,631 hit points · beast · The Gallery of Whispers

Grey stone, cracked and mossy, but it moves fast and its claws are sharp.

a girdle of gargoyle stonewaist · Ascension 1+

armor 28/28/28/25
+10 hitroll
+10 damroll
+100 hit points
resists cold

an ashen acolyte

Level 110 · about 37,500 hit points · undead · casts spells · The Chapel of Ash

Robed in grey, its skin flaking like burnt paper, it still knows the spells it learned alive.

a circlet of the First Circlehead · Ascension 1+

armor 28/28/28/25
+12 hitroll
+12 damroll
+150 mana
detect invisible

Boss

the Warden of the First Circle

Level 115 · about 82,158 hit points · undead · The Throne of the First Warden

Tall even for a knight, crowned with a ring of tarnished silver, the Warden has kept this circle since before Midgaard had walls. He does not speak; he guards.

Its power. Shield slam: a blow of his tower shield that stuns the one he fights.

Never slain yet: the first to do it is carved in the Hall.

the Warden's mantleabout the body · Ascension 1+

armor 30/30/30/27
+15 hitroll
+15 damroll
+200 hit points
resists negative

an oathbreaker's bladewielded · Ascension 1+

16d16 slash (average 136), flaming, sharp
+15 hitroll
+15 damroll
+100 hit points

In the game: spire shows the Hall, help ascension the climb.