The Ancients

The Ancients are a group of post-Moon Lord bosses. They are the current final bosses of the mod.

Summoning
They do not spawn on their own and are either summoned by clicking Question from the Storyteller after Azana has been defeated or can be summoned by a Resurrection Sigil.

Behaviour
Xernon


 * Shoots fast water bolts
 * 60% remaining health: They will start to explode.
 * 30% remaining health: They will become way faster and dramatically stronger.

Krechus


 * He will spawn with an invunerable ring of blades.
 * Ocassionally, he will dash at the player.
 * He will also shoot blades in a wall-like fashion.

Kirvein
 * He will shoot green arrows repeatedly, the more he shoots, the faster they get
 * Ocassionally, he will shoot them as barrages.

Izaris
 * He will fly above the player and avoid contact.
 * He will also summon crystal probes which explode outwards.
 * Crystal Serpents will spawn to aid him in battle.

Upon defeating all four of them, the crystals will rearrange to the Ancient Amalgamate.

Ancient Amalgamate The Ancient Amalgamate has 11 different attacks to choose from at different stages of health, sometimes using more than one attack at once

At all times:
 * Occasionally, he will disappear shortly and creates projections of the ancients which deal contact damage, move up and down, left and right.
 * He spins his hands around, creating a crystal shield which reflects all projectiles.
 * Teleports to the sides of the player and charges at them.

Above 85% health only:
 * He flies around and swings his hands at the player, similar to Skeletron, but faster.

Above 50% health only:
 * Shoots out circles of crystalline kunais.

Above 25% health only:
 * Creates a galaxy of kunais.

Above 50% health; additionally:
 * Moves around and creates crystal clusters which that appear around the player.
 * Shoots down homing projectiles from above.

Under 50% health; additionally:
 * Occasionally shoots exploding projectiles.
 * Teleports around the player and shoots at them.

Under 25% health; additionally:
 * Shoots both exploding projectiles and cluster attack.
 * Creates a flower pattern of crystalline kunais.

Aftermath

 * After the Ancient Amalgamate has been killed, a group of fireworks appears and after the fireworks are finished, up to and some Super Healing Potions will appear. Shortly after, you will be sent into a credit scene.

Trivia

 * The theme that plays when you battle them is the Moon Lord theme, however, two themes for both respective phases are planned.
 * The theme of the first phase is called "Forgotten Resurrection" and was composed by Universe, but as of now, it is not ingame yet.

Lore
Born eons ago, within the core of the Terran lands, the Ancients were a part of a race, of beings unknown to the eyes of all those, human. They are the only survivors of an apocalyptic event, that has long been forgotten, where millions of sentient beings were slaughtered without a single shedding of mercy. Their race was drawn almost to extinction, only four individual creatures survived. The results of that war caused the world to change, along with the Terran goddess, who had been influenced by the power of chaos, to turn into what she is today.

Azana knew that the race was extinct, yet she felt that, there remained but four survivors. So she pitied them and gave them power along with letting them roam freely. However, they were stripped of all emotions they had and Izaris was casted to the purity, which disguised themselves as an elderly man, now known only as "The Storyteller." But the Goddess, Azana, knew not that the four Ancients, had her own intentions regarding her as a spell was cast on her - which caused, that if she were to be felled... all of her power, would be drained and promptly absorbed by the four. The Storyteller, Izaris, would get a Terran to power, guiding them mostly with half-truths... to battle the enigmatic menaces of this world, including the Goddess. Now they, the ancients, played but a waiting game... waiting for an opportunity and so it seems, there was one. Azana engaged in a battle with the Terran, seeing them as a threat... but the Terran overpowered her, and ended her. And as it was foreseen, the curse took its place and reincarnated the Ancients as powerful demi-gods. With their rebirth, and the death of the Goddess... the world was almost at their control. Now, Izaris, being the elderly storyteller... awaited the perfect moment to reveal his and his brother's, true forms to the Terran and wipe off their existence from these lands, to truly, take control.