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Epic Blades: Strycuris

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Bio:

Strycuris is a a barbarian war chief from the Mediterranean island called Adgastro and is a cultural hero amongst his people. He was chosen by the Asgastrian elders to venture into foreign land and find and kill the very evil that is the Prince of Darkness Belial.

Gameplay Info:

Special Moves

  • Ax Boomerang: Strycuris throws his ax at his opponent like a boomerang.
  • Mighty Destroyer: He charges at his opponent with a horizontal slash.
  • Dragon Skull: He slashes downward, making an energy projectile in the shape of a dragon's skull. The skull projectile flies towards his opponent.
  • Savage Mill: He uses his finger to twirl his ax like a windmill at his opponent.

Finishing Moves:

Vanquishment

Strycuris the Barbarian: Strycuris swings his ax at his opponent's right arm and chops it off. As the screaming opponent kneels down in pain, Strycuris walk behind him/her and splits his/her head in half. As the opponent falls down fully face-down, he begins to swing the ax at his/her back three times, with the third time resulting in his/her vertebrae, ribs and sacrum getting torn out as Strycuris removes the ax.

Quick Deaths

  • Ax Boomerang: The opponent's torso is chopped off.
  • Mighty Destroyer: The opponent's head is chopped off.
  • Savage Mill: The opponent is split in half.

Misc. Info:

  • Voice Actor: Phil Lamarr
  • Intro Sequence: Strycuris walks into the battlefield saying, "You will soon see the strength of a barbarian!" and swings his ax onto the ground. He then gets to his battle stance with the ax in two of his hands.
  • Victory Sequence: Strycuris swings his ax a couple of times and holds it up in triumph with a yell, followed by a lightning strike behind him.
  • Stage: Adgastrian Temple
  • Rival: Death-Skull

Story Mode:

Intro Cutscene:

(We are treated with a landscape view of the grassy plains. Strycuris is seen wandering around in the plains.)
-Strycuris: "A dragon!"
(He sees a dragon that resembles a red Tyrannosaurus rex, but it has three big horns, spinal horns and huge wings.)
-Strycuris: "I won't hold back!"
(The dragon breaths fire but Strycuris dodges it. He runs up towards the dragon, jumps high up, and lands onto its head. He starts blungeoning the dragon's skull with his ax until it gets brain damaged. The dragons falls down to its death and Strycuris hops off of it. We cut to a village that looks like a Bronze Age village and a medieval peasant village. It's surrounded by trees and there is a lake close to the village. Strycuris returns to his village, dragging the dead dragon by one of its horns with him.)
-Strycuris: "Fellow villagers, I've returned with the hunted dragon! We shall dine at tonight's ceremony!"
-Villagers: *cheers*
(At night, the people in the village are having a dancing ritual similar to that of Native American ceremonies and everyone is eating dragon meat. When the ceremony is over, 3 village elders come and speak some words of wisdom to everyone.)
-Elder #1: "People of Adgastro, We are here to conclude the ceremony with something urgent! There is a great evil that is currently threatening the entire world!"
-Elder #2: "This evil is named Belial."
(A fire expands to form a silhouette like image of Belial, the Prince of Darkness.)
-Elder #1: "Belial is a demonic prince from Hell who has risen to bring ruin to our world, unless a man brave enough to take this following opportunity comes and slays the devil himself!"
-Elder #3: "Strycuris, the Barbarian of Adgastro, will take this challenge."
(Strycuris stands up in the audience.)
-Strycuris: "Then take the challenge I shall!"
-Elder #1: "Thank you for partaking in helping us and helping humanity. Belial can be encountered upon coming across an artifact called the Sphere of Wonders."
-Strycuris: "The Sphere of Wonders?"
-Elder #3: "The Sphere of Wonders is said to be located in a mountainous region. Wherever that place is located at, when you encounter the sphere, you will find Belial."
-Strycuris: "I will not fail you nor the gods."
-Elder #2: "MAy the gods be with you, Strycuris."
(We cut to the next day where we see a ship that looks like a mix of a Roman one and an Egyptian one. Strycuris is seen standing on the ship's forecastle.)
-Strycuris: "Gentlemen, we set sail to the outside world! Belial must be hiding somewhere throughout!"
(The ships sails away into the sunset.)

Prolouge:

Adgastro, an island located in the Mediterranean Sea not too far from countries like Greece and Italy. It is a culture that is more primitive compared to other civilizations throughout the world. It is a tribal society that is like a mixture of Bronze Age Europe and African civilizations. There culture consists of hunting and gathering, warfare, and farming. Strycuris is a barbarian hero as well as a mighty hunter who has fought against outside forces that either have invaded Adgastro or have had bitter fueds with the island. A warchief at heart, he is a celebrated warrior amongst his people. Strycuris is up to the task, which is to face off against an evil demon prince known as Belial.

Rival Cutscene:

(Scene takes place in a circular arena surrounded by mountains, skulls, and crooked pillars with pointy ends and the sky is covered in clouds with colors ranging from grey to blackish blue. We see Strycuris walking to the circle.)
-Strycuris: "I will find the demon prince Belial and vanquish him once and for all. He must be here somewhere."
(Death-Skull shows up behind Strycuris.)
-Death-Skull: "You! Do you know where the man I'm looking for is. He is blonde haired, brown eyes, and is bearded."
(Strycuris turns around.)
-Strycuris: "I am sorry, but I have no knowledge of the man you speak of."
-Death-Skull: "Are you here looking for the Sphere of Wonders, as well?"
-Strycuris: "I don't care for the Sphere of Wonders, but what I am here for is Belial. I have heard that he has the Sphere of Wonders with him, however."
-Death-Skull: "So you know him. Well can you lead me to the demon?"
-Strycuris: "NO! He is mine to deal with!"
-Death-Skull: "I need that Sphere of Wonders from him!"
-Strycuris: "You can have the Sphere of Wonders for yourself, but Belial is my worry here! I am the destined barbarian to slay Belial!"
-Death-Skull: "We never trusted you barbarians anyways! Fight!"

Final Boss Cutscene:

(After defeating Death-Skull, Strycuris sees the fabled Sphere of Wonders and walks towards it, only to be carried over to Hell. Strycuris is greeted by Belial.)
-Belial: "Have the elders sent you after me?"
-Strycuris: "Indeed I have, Prince of Darkness!"
-Belial: "What a coincidence. Of all people, an island-dwelling tribe of heathens would come after me?"
-Strycuris: "You want to bring harm in the world! That's why I was chosen to kill you!"
-Belial: "Oh really? You mean this world?"
(Belial creates an illusion of the planet Earth.)
-Belial: "Kiss this pitiful world as it is goodbye, barbarian! Satan is the god of this world now!"
-Strycuris: "I won't let you."
-Belial: "You think you can stop me?"
(Belial crushes the illusion into smoke and then summons his trident Nequitius.)
-Belial: "You are nothing more than a worm. Think again before taking me on! I am the Prince of Darkness!"
-Strycuris: "May the gods have mercy upon you!"

Ending:

(Belial is knocked onto the ground. Strycuris walks toward him and stomps on his chest.)
-Belial: "You have no chance, barbarian!"
-Strycuris: "When I am through with you, may you never hurt another mortal!"
-Belial: "You can't kill a devil... CAN YOU?!?"
-Strycuris: "I can, villain."
(Camera cuts to Belial's POV as Strycuris chops off Belial's head with his ax. The scene cuts to a ceremonial event in his village where the elders declare him a title as a barbarian noble.)
-Elder #3: "We are gathered here today to honor Strycuris of Adgastro for slaying the demon Belial!"
-Elder #1: "Strycuris, you are a barbarian noble that our society needs!"
-Strycuris: *raises up Belial's severed horn in his hand* "HRAAAAAGH!!!"
-Villagers: *cheer*
-Elder #3: "Congratulations, barbarian. With the strength gifted to you by the gods, Belial will no longer be our trouble."
-Elder #2: "However, even then, there is always going to be conflict."
-Strycuris: "You are correct. However, there is a reason I exist. We cannot give up in times of need!"
(Cut to the next day where we see Strycuris spending time with village children. All of a sudden, Malombra arrives to his village via black smoke.)
-Malombra: "So you are the celebrated hero of Adgastro who has slain Belial, am I right?"
-Strycuris: "Yes, and who must you be?"
-Malombra: "I am Malombra and I seek to face anyone worthy of a fight. You are a strong warrior, I can tell. Now fight me!"
-Kid: "Are you gonna come back after fighting the scary looking swordsman?"
-Strycuris: "Don't worry. I will."
(Strycuris picks up his ax and prepares to fight Malombra. As the two clash blades, the scene cuts to two swords clashing eachother to form an X in front of a shield that fades to existence, followed by the text "EPIC BLADES" emerging from behind the shield, followed by the credits with a montage of character renders and screenshots from each character's story mode as well as Sevendust's "Corrected" playing throughout.)
I felt that Epic Blades needed a barbarian character in it so here is one, STRYCURIS OF ADGASTRO!!! So if you like videogame barbarians like Conan the Barbarian (multimedia character, BTW), Ax Battler, Leo from Red Earth, non-bishonen Simon Belmont, the barbarian class from Diablo, Kratos... OK, so Kratos is actually a Spartan who fought the Barbarian King. (but he does have similar traits to the barbarian archtype regardless)

Anyways, if you like Conan, Ax Battler, Leo, Simon Belmont, Dialbo barbarians, and/or if you love an old videogame called WeaponLord (even Matt and Woolie endorse WeaponLord as a treasure worth playing!), you'll dig this character, too.

Besides him being a barbarian and everything, I based Strycuris's likeness off of those of Darkwolf from Fire and Ice and Dwayne Johnson Hercules. As a matter of fact, Strycuris does look like a mixture of Hercules and Darkwolf. He also has shades of Rock from SoulCalibur, due to the two wielding ridiculously huge melee weapons and wearing hides made from an animal.

For his homeland, I made up an island for Epic Blades called Adgastro. I even made up a flag for that made-up island that has a dragon skull on it. Speaking of dragon skulls, I also added a vibe of Monster Hunter in the beginning of Strycuris's story mode intro.

The names I came up with (one for the barbarian, one for his homeland) derive from foreign language sayings of english words. I don't have time to point out which words were combined because sadly I don't remember which words I used to mix together into the names. But hope you like it.

Character made using HeroMachine
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MetalHarbinger084's avatar
He almost makes me think of Rock from the "Soul Calibur" series with him being the big guy with an animal pelt on his head and carrying the big axe.