Valthar, the Spirit of Decay

[Character owned by me.]

Fighter Type: BOSS
Stage: Memorial of Ash

Poses

Intro: A cloud of deep, gray fog will appear in the arena, and from it, The Spirit will emerge, with his broken greatsword drawn.

Stage Intro: The Spirit will be seen in the background, sitting, looking at the black horizon of his home. His broken greatsword is cleaved into the ground right besides him. He turns his head to notice his opponent, then stands up, picking his greatsword up, and jumps to the arena.

Victory: The camera takes in the point of view of the loser, as The Spirit grabs them by the neck, lifting them up. He then proceeds to harvest the life of his opponent, leaving them drained and lifeless, before dropping them unceremoniously. The camera will be blurry and colorless after that, as it shows The Spirit walking away, disappearing into the fog.

First Round/Time-Out Victory: The Spirit will kneel down in prayer position, his sword resting, cleaved into the ground.

Time-Out Defeat: The Spirit will collapse to the ground, clutching his head with his hands, in deep agony.

Taunt: The Spirit will hold a Soul on his hand and consume it, regaining a small portion of health. This will not take effect if the Spirit has no Souls.

Intro Quotes

- "Thus, I come to harvest."
- "Another one, lost within the fog."
- "May the passing of eons judge your fate, as it has judged mine, long ago."

Victory Quotes

- "All will return to the mud. You are no different."
- "Immortality is a curse. You must know this."
- "That will lives shall eventually rot. Even me. Even you."

No Time-Out Quotes.

No Taunt Quotes.

Normals

- Light: Backhand strike with unarmed hand.

- Medium: Diagonal strike with broken greatsword.

- Heavy: Fierce downward strike with broken greatsword.

- Forward Light: Wide swipe with unarmed hand.
- Forward Medium: Fierce stomp. Knocks opponents down.
- Forward Heavy: Fierce crescent swing with broken greatsword. Knocks opponents upwards.

- Down Light: Backhand strike with unarmed hand.
- Down Medium: Hammer punch.

- Down Heavy: Low stab with broken greatsword.

- Down-Forward Heavy: Low horizontal swing with broken greatsword. Makes opponents trip.

- Air Light: Diagonal backhand strike with unarmed hand.
- Air Medium: Downward wide swing.
- Air Heavy: Fierce falling stab.

- Power: Places one soul orb behind the enemy, at torso height.
- Down Power: Places one soul orb behind the enemy, at knee height.
- Forward Power: Places one soul orb behind the enemy, over head height.

- Grab: The Spirit grabs his foe by the neck, choking them. He saps life force off his foe, gaining a Soul, then hurls them forwards.

- Forward Dash: The Spirit becomes ash, which quickly advances forward and reforms.
- Back Dash: The Spirit becomes ash, which quickly jumps back and reforms.

Specials

- Violent Hew (236x): The Spirit attacks his opponent with his broken greatsword, imbued with the fog's power. Attack depends on input.

> Medium: Heave greatsword over shoulder, then perform double spinning horizontal swing.

> Heavy: Drag greatsword across ground, then perform rising uppercut swing. Knocks foe upwards.

> Medium + Heavy: Perform downward-diagonal triple somersault swing with greatsword. Can also be done in the air.

* EX: Spend a Soul to gain super armor for the duration of the attack.

- Soul's Pursuit (236P): Can only be used when a Soul orb is active behind the opponent. The Spirit will teleport behind the opponent, immediately performing a Violent Hew attack, depending on the position of the orb.

> At leg level: Heavy
> At torso level: Medium

> Above head level: Medium + Heavy

- Undying Vengeance (214H): Counter move. The Spirit kneels down slightly, like pretending to pray. If the opponent hits the Spirit during this, it will reveal the praying Spirit to be an illusion of ash, as it dissipates upon being hit. It then reforms back as the Spirit, who strikes back at his foe with a fierce swing of his broken greatsword.

* EX: Instead of striking, the Spirit will choke his opponent, drain them of their life force, and gain a Soul.

- Harvest the Fallen (214P): The Spirit will hold his broken greatsword facing upwards, focusing. Hold to earn 3 Souls at once. The Spirit is completely vulnerable during this.

Supers

- BLADE OF ROT (214214P): The Spirit with stab himself across the torso with his broken greatsword, imbuing him with the rotten power of the deep fog. At the cost of some health, the Spirit gains a small damage buff, and every Violent Hew special will have an extra attack. The buff is temporary.

- ENRAGED ASSAULT (236236H): The Spirit swings his broken greatsword violently at his foe, ending in a fierce final strike. Hits 5 times.

- EXHUMATION (632146P): Needs 3 Souls to be used. The Spirit will call forth the souls of the fallen, executing a devastating AoE attack.

BRUTAL FINISHER
RETURN TO ASH: The Spirit will attempt to grab and choke his foe. If he succeeds, he calls forth the deep fog, obscuring the view. The opponent's silhouette can be seen moving around, lost. Then, the Spirit attacks out of nowhere, pinning his opponent down, and proceeds to violently strike them with his broken greatsword. He charges up his blade with the power of the fog for one final, fatal strike. The fog dissipates, with no trace of the opponent left.

Traits

- Bear Thy Burden: Calling forth the souls of the fallen and forlorn, the Spirit can hold up to 3 Soul orbs, to be used in different ways. Hold an input to trigger its EX effect. Only one Soul Orb may be active behind the opponent.
- Dead Skin Resilience: The Spirit does not flinch when hit by any sort of projectile, despite taking damage.