Acropolis Ascendant

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

FloorBossFirst slain byFallen
1the Warden of the First Circlenever slain yet—
2the Unbowed Kingnever slain yet—
3Druon Antigoonnever slain yet—
4the Blood Countess of Cachticenever slain yet—
5Koschei the Deathlessnever slain yet—
6Fenrirnever slain yet—
7the Headless Horsemannever slain yet—
8the Wendigonever slain yet—
9the Mapinguarinever slain yet—
10Cacusnever slain yet—

Second Circle Ascension 11+

The host of the Unbowed King · ranks 11 to 20

The halls

1. The Ossuary WalkSkulls are set in the walls in neat rows, thousands of them, and every one of them is turned toward the path.
2. The Field of LancesA hall so long its end is lost in gloom. Broken lances stand in the floor like a forest, and some of them are held.
3. The Pit of the WyrmThe floor falls away into a pit of bones, and something long and pale coils at the bottom of it.
4. The Sorrowsworn ShrineCandles of black wax burn before an empty altar. The priests who tend them have sworn themselves to grief.
5. The Antechamber of BonesTwo great statues of bone guard the doors of the throne room. Their heads turn as you pass.
6. The Court of the Unbowed KingA court of bone and iron under a ceiling of chains. On a throne of shields sits the King who would not bow, even to death.

Its creatures

a bone colossus

a bone colossus

Level 114 · about 40,337 hit points · construct · 2 of them · The Ossuary Walk

A giant built of a hundred dead, bound with black iron. Each step shakes the floor.

the greaves of the bone colossuslegs · Ascension 11+
  • armor 35/35/35/32
  • +18 hitroll
  • +18 damroll
  • +250 hit points
  • +3 constitution
  • resists poison
a spectral lancer

a spectral lancer

Level 116 · about 41,835 hit points · spirit · 2 of them · The Field of Lances

A rider without a horse, pale as mist, with a lance that is not mist at all.

the vambraces of a spectral lancerarms · Ascension 11+
  • armor 34/34/34/31
  • +18 hitroll
  • +18 damroll
  • +200 hit points
  • resists cold
a grave-wyrm

a grave-wyrm

Level 118 · about 43,389 hit points · beast · The Pit of the Wyrm

A blind serpent as long as a ship, its scales the colour of old ivory.

a cloak of wyrm-ivory scalesabout the body · Ascension 11+
  • armor 35/35/35/32
  • +18 hitroll
  • +18 damroll
  • +250 hit points
  • resists acid
a sorrowsworn priest

a sorrowsworn priest

Level 118 · about 43,389 hit points · undead · casts spells · The Sorrowsworn Shrine

A priest who swore to grieve forever, and whose grief has teeth.

the black girdle of the sorrowswornwaist · Ascension 11+
  • armor 33/33/33/30
  • +16 hitroll
  • +16 damroll
  • +300 mana
  • resists negative
the Unbowed KingBoss

the Unbowed King

Level 125 · about 97,211 hit points · undead · The Court of the Unbowed King

A crowned skeleton in the remains of royal armour, taller than any living man. He refused to bow to death, and death, it seems, gave up.

Its power. Kneel!: a cold of the grave on all who fight him.

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

the crown of the Unbowed Kinghead · Ascension 11+
  • armor 35/35/35/32
  • +22 hitroll
  • +22 damroll
  • +300 hit points
  • haste
the spectral lancewielded · Ascension 11+
  • 18d17 pierce (average 162), frost, vorpal, shocking
  • +20 hitroll
  • +20 damroll
  • +150 hit points

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