Champion

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‘‘The only mortal in a thousand years to cross the gateway...’’ |

Champion of the Ancients
Champion is the main protagonist of Amid Evil. Once a wandering hero, he was chosen to become the savior of the Sacred Lands.
Appearance
Champion is a muscular humanoid alien with long gray hair and four eyes. His armor consists of his iconic helmet with splits acting as eyeholes, a platinum cuirass with spiral detailing, a pair of spiked gauntlets, knee-high greaves, and a fur lioncloth.
Abilities
Due to his unearthly nature, Champion is immune to fall damage, able to breathe underwater and withstand any form of damage that would be fatal to a normal human (such as flying into a wall at high speed, being shot with flaming spears, arrows, lasers, getting hit by big maces, giant swords, eclipses and etc). He is strong enough to punch out heavy objects (concrete blocks, large walls, you name it) and his mind can resist corruption and mind-blowing environments.
While Champion has a voice, and can be heard screaming "No!" before dying from falling into pits, he rarely speaks. Instead he grunts, laughs or roars like a barbarian when injured or picking up items, and makes a loud battlecry when he activates soul power.
Lore
The Black Labyrinth Prologue
‘‘Once upon an age there was a wandering warrior. A hero who sought out any challenge, big or small. Fueled purely by the desire for good to forever triumph... over evil. Yet one thing has always eluded this wanderer... They say that he who can best The Black Labyrinth - a place of trials and battles unimaginable - and raise The Axe within... shall become... CHAMPION OF THE ANCIENTS But it has been an age since anyone has attempted the trials of The Black Labyrinth and longer still since any have held The Axe. But it seems our wandering hero... is here at last...’’ |
At the Hinterlands
Wanderer appears near the temple where the labyrinth portal lies. The Watcher, caretaker of the Labyrinth, greets the protagonist at the other side of the structure, asks if thy wishes to take the eternal challenge[1] and creates a portal leading to Dread Swamp, thus starting the trial of The Black Labyrinth...
The Challenge
Upon completing the challenge our hero earns the Axe of the Black Labyrinth and gets proclaimed as the Champion of the Ancients. Soon after a portal appears and mysterious voice asks to step into it. So he does.
Main campaign
While being transferred to the Gateway of the Ancients, Champion goes through a briefing on how the Evil Forces came out of nowhere, conquered the Sacred Lands and, as he steps inside the long hall, is asked to free them. Without hesitation, our legendary warrior jumps in the portal to Astral Equinox and begins his mission to cleanse realms off corruption.
As soon as Champion steps out of the sixth world he just visited, a portal to the the Void opens, allowing him to venture into the realm of chaos and destroy the evil at its source.
Epilogue
After defeating The Evil itself Champion gets teleported to the Haven of the Ancients, where Ancients themselves are being grateful for saving their lands and ask whether he wants to stay or continue on his journeys.
Facts & trivia
- Champion is voiced by Andrew Hulshult, official composer and SFX artist of Amid Evil. He is known for creating soundtrack for other games like Bombshell, Quake Champions, Nightmare Reaper and many more.
- Champion is one of the few entities that have actually recognizable voice lines, the others being Voice of the Ancients, ?????, The Watcher and Guardian of the Axe.
- The one time Champion actually says something is when he picks up the secret treasure of the ancients: "Ooh, shiny!"
- Sometimes, after his soul-powered Gauntlets' attack wears off, he says: "Excuse me."
- The reason Champion can see fine through the helmet despite it having only two eyeholes is because one pair of his eyes is normal and the other pair is magical.[2]
- This also explains his ability to see mana and health pickups.
- Champion's hair can change color.[3]
- Champion's appearance was inspired by the protagonist of Gods videogame made by The Bitmap Brothers.
- Champion has made few appearances outside of Amid Evil:
- In New Blood's 2022 Valentine's day promotional art
- In New Blood's 2022 Halloween promotional art
- In New Blood's 2022 Christmas promotional art
- In New Blood's 2023 Valentine's day promotional art
- In New Blood's 2024 10th Anniversary promotional art
- On a cover of E1M1 digital magazine, issue #4
Gallery
References
- ↑ You can't see it but the Wanderer nods in answer, confirming that he, indeed, wants to take the challenge. Source: trust me.
- ↑ https://imgur.com/muVnTMT
- ↑ https://imgur.com/dlcUmMo