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Axe Me Again (Trial):
After a near escape and a failed job, the Unnamed Mercenary has found himself in Ul’Dah, looking for someone to take out his anger on. With Kage out of the way, he’s taken to attacking anyone around the streets that might put up a fight. The Brass Blades have tasked you take him down, before he hurts anyone else.
[Phase 1 - 100% to 75% HP]: Merc will randomly target plays and auto-attack with his axe. His artificial-aether device is currently set in aether-drain, and any spells directed at him will be absorbed, regaining his HP. After every three auto-attacks, Merc will throw his axe at a random player, with AoE damage. Shorty before, he’ll mutter something about the player, to give a clue.
[Phase 2 - 75% to 50% HP]: Becoming enraged, Merc begins releasing heavy amounts of aether. The stage will occasionally spawn large over-aspected crystals, which will explode in a pattern, much like the Titan (Hard Mode) or Titan (Extreme Mode) bombs. Players will need to memory the 4 different patterns to dodge the attacks. While expending aether, Merc will be invulnerable to physical damage. Magic attacks and skills must be used to damage him.
[Phase 3 - Final Phase]: After a series of attacks, the Unnamed Mercenary is getting desperate, and has lost control of his aether-device. He will switch between Phase 1 and Phase 2, using attacks from both. Players will need to figure out which mode the device is in, and attack appropriately to bring him down.
Quotes:
Start of Battle: “Heh, think you can put up a good fight?â€
Phase 1 Random Targets *A marker will be placed on the player*:
Phase 2 Before Crystals Explode *the quote will determine the pattern*:
Defeated: “Heh, so I guess there are some good fighters left out there…â€
Axe Me Again (Hard Mode):
The Unnamed Mercenary is back again. After having become aetherically stable, he’s begun practicing spells. Even if he isn’t a threat to the city, he’s still dangerous. Enraged at the recent events in his life after regaining some lost memories, he’s vowed to make a second Dalmud fall from the sky, wiping out all of Garlemald, following the rest of Hydaelyn. With your closest companions, you must stop him! Note: The following encounter is compeltely different from the previous battle.
[Phase 1 - 100% to 80% HP]: Merc will summon a random egi to fight for him. It could either be an Ifrit, Titan, or Garuda. The egi would have the same attacks as a summoner’s pet, simply scaled higher. Merc would be standing in the middle of the map, kneeled over working on something, untargettable. His HP would be shared with the egi’s.
[Phase 2 - 80% to 30% HP]: In this phase, Merc will unsummon whichever egi had been out. He will proceed to take out a grimoire, used to summon all three egi and an eos. Similar to the King Mog Extreme fight, killing an egi will make him sacrifice HP to resummon it back with full HP. There will be a 10 second cast period for each egi. Players may want to primarily focus on lowering the three egis, followed by taking out Eos before she can heal any substantially.
[Phase 3 - 30% to 10% HP]: Merc will become targetable at this point. He will join in the battle, using his axe and physical attacks similar to the normal encounter. The egis will continue to attack, and will no longer take away his HP each summon. He will stop to summon them again, should one die.
[Phase 4 - Enrage]: In this final stage of the battle, Merc will lose control of all of the egi and eos. They will random target him and the players (including getting healed), as he prepares to launch a mini-Dalamud towards the Garlean Empire. There will be an unknown timer for how long that will  take. If there is too much damage done to the mini-Dalamud from the egis, it will explode, wiping the party.
Quotes:
Start of Battle: “Why are you getting in my way? I’m simply wish to get rid of them as well!â€
Phase 1:
Phase 2:
Phase 3:
Party Wipe from mini-Dalamud: “What have you done?!â€
Defeated: “Urghh….â€
Axe Me Again (Trial):
After a near escape and a failed job, the Unnamed Mercenary has found himself in Ul’Dah, looking for someone to take out his anger on. With Kage out of the way, he’s taken to attacking anyone around the streets that might put up a fight. The Brass Blades have tasked you take him down, before he hurts anyone else.
[Phase 1 - 100% to 75% HP]: Merc will randomly target plays and auto-attack with his axe. His artificial-aether device is currently set in aether-drain, and any spells directed at him will be absorbed, regaining his HP. After every three auto-attacks, Merc will throw his axe at a random player, with AoE damage. Shorty before, he’ll mutter something about the player, to give a clue.
[Phase 2 - 75% to 50% HP]: Becoming enraged, Merc begins releasing heavy amounts of aether. The stage will occasionally spawn large over-aspected crystals, which will explode in a pattern, much like the Titan (Hard Mode) or Titan (Extreme Mode) bombs. Players will need to memory the 4 different patterns to dodge the attacks. While expending aether, Merc will be invulnerable to physical damage. Magic attacks and skills must be used to damage him.
[Phase 3 - Final Phase]: After a series of attacks, the Unnamed Mercenary is getting desperate, and has lost control of his aether-device. He will switch between Phase 1 and Phase 2, using attacks from both. Players will need to figure out which mode the device is in, and attack appropriately to bring him down.
Quotes:
Start of Battle: “Heh, think you can put up a good fight?â€
Phase 1 Random Targets *A marker will be placed on the player*:
- “Hey you! With the [insert random equipment]! You’re next.â€
- “You aren’t even a threat!â€
- “Why don’t you all leave me alone?!â€
- “You little shitâ€
- “Don’t call me ‘porkchop’ “ <- Reserved for a particular Miqo’te
Phase 2 Before Crystals Explode *the quote will determine the pattern*:
- “Try and escape this!â€
- “yarghâ€
- “...â€
Defeated: “Heh, so I guess there are some good fighters left out there…â€
Axe Me Again (Hard Mode):
The Unnamed Mercenary is back again. After having become aetherically stable, he’s begun practicing spells. Even if he isn’t a threat to the city, he’s still dangerous. Enraged at the recent events in his life after regaining some lost memories, he’s vowed to make a second Dalmud fall from the sky, wiping out all of Garlemald, following the rest of Hydaelyn. With your closest companions, you must stop him! Note: The following encounter is compeltely different from the previous battle.
[Phase 1 - 100% to 80% HP]: Merc will summon a random egi to fight for him. It could either be an Ifrit, Titan, or Garuda. The egi would have the same attacks as a summoner’s pet, simply scaled higher. Merc would be standing in the middle of the map, kneeled over working on something, untargettable. His HP would be shared with the egi’s.
[Phase 2 - 80% to 30% HP]: In this phase, Merc will unsummon whichever egi had been out. He will proceed to take out a grimoire, used to summon all three egi and an eos. Similar to the King Mog Extreme fight, killing an egi will make him sacrifice HP to resummon it back with full HP. There will be a 10 second cast period for each egi. Players may want to primarily focus on lowering the three egis, followed by taking out Eos before she can heal any substantially.
[Phase 3 - 30% to 10% HP]: Merc will become targetable at this point. He will join in the battle, using his axe and physical attacks similar to the normal encounter. The egis will continue to attack, and will no longer take away his HP each summon. He will stop to summon them again, should one die.
[Phase 4 - Enrage]: In this final stage of the battle, Merc will lose control of all of the egi and eos. They will random target him and the players (including getting healed), as he prepares to launch a mini-Dalamud towards the Garlean Empire. There will be an unknown timer for how long that will  take. If there is too much damage done to the mini-Dalamud from the egis, it will explode, wiping the party.
Quotes:
Start of Battle: “Why are you getting in my way? I’m simply wish to get rid of them as well!â€
Phase 1:
- “They took...everything.â€
- “Why won’t you just go?â€
- “This is for the bestâ€
Phase 2:
- “You have your gods, I have these.â€
- “Stop getting in my way!â€
- “You Eorzeans wouldn’t understand!â€
- “Can’t you see this is for the best?â€
Phase 3:
- “You really wanted this that badly?!â€
- “I’m ashamed with myself for this.â€
Party Wipe from mini-Dalamud: “What have you done?!â€
Defeated: “Urghh….â€
