Age of Darkness: Final Stand – Hero Deep Dive: Aurelia Pelegren

Protectors of the Light,

The Volatists grow stronger with Aurelia Pelegren, the Daughter of Ruin, joining the ranks as the faction’s second hero. In her quest for vengeance, Aurelia has learned to harness Dark Essence and use it in devastating new ways.



WHO IS AURELIA?

Aurelia was a troubled orphan adopted and raised under the care of The Order. Growing up, she was quiet and emotionless. As she began to train under The Order, she began to find great merit within their teachings and practices. She excelled in a variety of academic and athletic skills, and after seeing the fire inside her, she was chosen to train as a Lightbearer of The Order.

Aurelia has a lot of unanswered questions about her past and is determined to find out about her family and where she fits into the world. She is desperate to find her purpose and seek adventure, as deep down she was somewhat of an outsider. When she encountered the Volatists, however, there was something about them that called to her, and she allowed their corruption to influence her, joining their fight.

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HARNESSING THE DARKNESS

Aurelia was an intriguing character to create, as we were able to play around with combining elements of both The Order and Volatists for this hero. You will find elements of both factions in her aesthetic, skills and voice lines.

For her armour, shredded fabric and jagged shapes are found throughout her design, as well as the Volatist handprint motif on her tabard. As Aurelia used to be a Lightbearer for The Order – elements of the Lightbearer's design can be found throughout her outfit – notably in her weapon, the flail.



As Aurelia doesn’t have total control over Dark Essence, she has imbued her weapon with a Dark Crystal to enhance her abilities and take advantage of the powers the Volatists have learned to harness innately over the years.

Aurelia’s fighting style is a combination of elements from Edwin and Vizargo, taking inspiration from Edwin’s fortitude and Vizargo's damage output. Despite this, she's still reasonably agile, so her smaller build helps visually reflect that. As our youngest hero, what she lacks in experience, she makes up for in sheer aggression.

Feeling more at home with the Volatists, Aurelia styles herself in certain ways to appear more similar to Vizargo through her face paint and simple, unmanaged hairstyle.

AGGRESSION PERSONIFIED

Unlike our other Heroes, Aurelia doesn’t have a passive skill or an ultimate, and each skill in her set is an active one. So from the beginning, her play-style reflects her personality and has the elements of aggression that is the makeup of the Volatists faction identity.

Flail Whip:
At Level 2, Aurelia unlocks her first active skill. Flail Whip gives her the ability to launch her flail forward to hit enemy units, but as she whips it back, it hits and damages each enemy still in its path. When using this skill on Spitters, Wraiths, Bursters and Crushers, they will drop one Dark Essence if hit.



Midnight Bloom:
As devastatingly beautiful as it sounds, at Level 3 Aurelia uses Midnight Bloom to manually select a location to raise a crystal shard. Standing for a set duration of time, the crystal shard has an Area of Effect that slows enemies within it. Upon reaching the set duration or upon enemies depleting the crystal’s health via attacks, the crystal detonates, damaging enemy units within its radius.



Dark Fury:
Unlocked at Level 4, Aurelia consumes a single crystal of Dark Essence to enter a Dark Fury state for a set duration. While active, Aurelia and nearby allies gain extra Shred and regenerate health as if they were not in combat for the duration.



Crimson Lightning:
Aurelia unlocks her full potential at level 6 with Crimson Lightning. This skill allows her to command dark energy to damage enemies in an area, healing Aurelia and granting an attack speed buff in the process. Aurelia’s heal value and increased attack speed are determined by how many units she hits with Crimson Lightning.



Did Aurelia make the right decision to align herself with the power hungry Volatists? Time will tell as her thirst for strength grows. Side with her, or move out of her way. Your disloyalty may be the last decision you ever make...

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