Vaden
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History and Description
Our first adventure in the Throne of Darkness Saga is told by The Death Knight Vaden. He hails from a castle that is completely made of bone. Legend has it that any hero who ventures into the castle and dies will either become an undead servant OF the castle or WORSE... part of the castle of bone itself!
Vaden was just like the Hero when he entered the Castle of Bone who walked down the same Hall of the Fallen filled with the death knights that ruled the castle before him. He does not know that when he fought and defeated the DeathKnight Lord, he would take on their terrible curse... And so, he became the new DeathKnight Lord of the castle and for this reason, he was also "trapped" in the castle. He owns a cursed gauntlet which came from a Grimskull dungeon that has the power to turn any slain heroes into an undead minion of Vaden for eternity. He later revealed that the Castle of Bone never stops growing, anything and anyone who dies in the castle becomes a part of it but the process of taking over every single room will take some time. At the end of his story, he told the Council that he was defeated by the Hero and half his right arm had to be amputated in order for the Hero to save him from the "curse" of the castle.
Cursed Artifact
Trivia
- What is unique about this type of storytelling, is that you are playing it from Vaden's point of view. So in Vaden's mind, he did nothing wrong. The other characters at the table like Xeven seem to think otherwise.
- He once had a cursed artifact, his gauntlet.
- It turned out in the final cutscene that the players liberated Vaden from the cursed gauntlet that was obtained from one of Grimskull's dungeons and Ziri ended up getting the monstrous arm from Vaden's armory to replace the one he lost.
Side-story (Member-only)
The DeathKnight Lords are waiting...
Members: battle through the Skull Towers of Silver and Gold
Screams rip through the darkness surrounding the Castle of Bone, but the Skull Towers of Silver and Gold stand silent, eternal guardians. Waiting at the top of each is the shadow of a DeathKnight Lord...
These two former rulers of the Castle of Bone were not strong enough to hold on to their power, not after Vaden arrived. But they were strong enough to rule for many, MANY years. And now they stand, waiting, ready to slay any who survive the battle through their tower's lower floors.
The Butcher stands outside the door to the towers... waiting for YOU. And he is very, VERY angry. You don't know why. Yet. But he needs your help. And you are the only way he can get what he's waited so long for... Revenge.
Theme Song
AQWorlds Music - "Death has a name"
Class Variant
AQWorlds Members can become just like Vaden to crush your foes while gathering their bones as resources.
Crush your enemies!
Heya guys, it’s Sync. Note that this is not my Class and I’m not the Designer of it. This is Arklen’s Class, he’s been working very hard with other designs and coding so I’ll be here to explain Death Knight Lord to you all. DeathKnight Lord is a tank AoE DoT Based Class that’s designed to hold aggro for your allies while they put down the hard DPS. Don’t get it wrong, though, this Class still puts out a lot of damage for its purpose. With constant DoT rolling on the opponent, you also apply AoE debuffs and have a very reliable sustain in the midst of all of this.
Gallery
Castle of Bone promo in-game
Vaden's former look
Vaden's transition
Vaden along with Xeven, Pax, and Ziri
Vaden enraged with Ziri
Vaden telling his story among the members of the council.
The Bone Castle map
Vaden's transformation into a Death Knight Lord
Vaden without his helm
Vaden encountering the Hero
Vaden is defeated.
Vaden is liberated from the curse of his gauntlet.
The Death Knights Lords of the Castle of Bone
