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The House of Spiders: The Ring Nursefather Hong Lu
Season 7 · Kumo no ito · oti on akA · 2026-04-02

The House of Spiders: The Ring NursefatherHong Lu

Mechanical Amalgam · The Fingers · Maestro · School of Corporism · The Ring · The House of Spiders

Tierendgame SS · overall SS
SS
HP at level 6566 + 3.03 per level
263
Speedat the chosen Uptie
4 - 54 - 64 - 74 - 7
Defense levellevel +2
67
Stagger at50% HP
131
Resistances
SlashSlashIneff.x0.5
PiercePierceNormalx1
BluntBluntFatalx2
Test in the Clash lab
Sanity
Win a clash+20% per exchange after the first: 2 exchanges +12, 3 exchanges +14, 4 exchanges +16
+10
Defeat any enemy
+10
An ally defeats any enemy
+5
An ally at your level or higher fallsmore for each level of difference
-10
Status keywords

Bleed Charge

Uptie
Skills, passives and Speed follow this tier

Skills

Skill 1x3

Anatomize

2+4PridePrideSlashSlash
Offense level
67(+2)
Atk weight
1
Max roll
10
Damage vs same level
4-17avg 10.3
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  1. 1[On Hit] Inflict 2 Bleed
  2. 2[On Hit] Inflict 2 Defense Level Down next turn (once per turn)[On Hit] Gain 2 Defense Level Up next turn (once per turn)
Skill 1x3

Anatomize

2+4PridePrideSlashSlash
Offense level
67(+2)
Atk weight
1
Max roll
10
Damage vs same level
4-17avg 10.3
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Deal +5% damage for every type of negative effect on target (max 20%) [On Use] Final Power +1 for every 4 Bleed on target (max 2)

  1. 1[On Hit] Inflict 3 Bleed
  2. 2[On Hit] Inflict 2 Defense Level Down next turn (once per turn)[On Hit] Gain 2 Defense Level Up next turn (once per turn)
Skill 1x3

Anatomize

3+4PridePrideSlashSlash
Offense level
67(+2)
Atk weight
1
Max roll
11
Damage vs same level
6-20avg 13.3
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Deal +5% damage for every type of negative effect on target (max 20%) [On Use] Final Power +1 for every 4 Bleed on target (max 2)

  1. 1[On Hit] Inflict 3 Bleed
  2. 2[On Hit] Inflict 2 Defense Level Down next turn (once per turn)[On Hit] Gain 2 Defense Level Up next turn (once per turn)
Skill 1x3

Anatomize

3+4PridePrideSlashSlash
Offense level
67(+2)
Atk weight
1
Max roll
11
Damage vs same level
6-20avg 13.3
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Deal +10% damage for every type of negative effect on target (max 30%) [On Use] Final Power +1 for every 4 Bleed on target (max 3)

  1. 1[On Hit] Inflict 4 Bleed
  2. 2[On Hit] Inflict 2 Defense Level Down next turn (once per turn)[On Hit] Gain 2 Defense Level Up next turn (once per turn)
Skill 2x2

Gather Ingredient - Blood-bathed Objet

3+4EnvyEnvySlashSlash
Offense level
68(+3)
Atk weight
1
Max roll
15
Damage vs same level
9-37avg 23.3
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[On Use] At 10+ Corpus Ingredient Count, consume 5 Corpus Ingredient Count to gain the following effects: - Clash Power +1 - Convert the final Coin on this Skill to Unbreakable Coin

  1. 1[On Hit] Inflict +1 Bleed Count
  2. 2[On Hit] Inflict 1 Bind next turn (once per turn)[On Hit] Gain 1 Haste next turn (once per turn)
  3. 3[On Hit] Gain +4 Corpus Ingredient Count[On Hit] If target has 5+ types of negative effects, use "Installation Art no. 3: Improvised Ribcage" Skill against the target (once per turn)
Skill 2x2

Gather Ingredient - Blood-bathed Objet

3+4EnvyEnvySlashSlash
Offense level
68(+3)
Atk weight
1
Max roll
15
Damage vs same level
9-37avg 23.3
Damage vs same level
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Deal +5% damage for every type of negative effect on target (max 20%) [On Use] Final Power +1 for every 4 Bleed on target (max 2) [On Use] At 10+ Corpus Ingredient Count, consume 5 Corpus Ingredient Count to gain the following effects: - Clash Power +1 - Convert the final Coin on this Skill to Unbreakable Coin

  1. 1[On Hit] Inflict +2 Bleed Count
  2. 2[On Hit] Inflict 1 Bind next turn (once per turn)[On Hit] Gain 1 Haste next turn (once per turn)
  3. 3[On Hit] Gain +4 Corpus Ingredient Count[On Hit] If target has 5+ types of negative effects, use "Installation Art no. 3: Improvised Ribcage" Skill against the target (once per turn)
Skill 2x2

Gather Ingredient - Blood-bathed Objet

4+4EnvyEnvySlashSlash
Offense level
68(+3)
Atk weight
1
Max roll
16
Damage vs same level
12-40avg 26.3
Damage vs same level
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Deal +5% damage for every type of negative effect on target (max 20%) [On Use] Final Power +1 for every 4 Bleed on target (max 2) [On Use] At 10+ Corpus Ingredient Count, consume 5 Corpus Ingredient Count to gain the following effects: - Clash Power +1 - Convert the final Coin on this Skill to Unbreakable Coin

  1. 1[On Hit] Inflict +2 Bleed Count
  2. 2[On Hit] Inflict 1 Bind next turn (once per turn)[On Hit] Gain 1 Haste next turn (once per turn)
  3. 3[On Hit] Gain +4 Corpus Ingredient Count[On Hit] If target has 5+ types of negative effects, use "Installation Art no. 3: Improvised Ribcage" Skill against the target (once per turn)
Skill 2x2

Gather Ingredient - Blood-bathed Objet

4+4EnvyEnvySlashSlash
Offense level
68(+3)
Atk weight
1
Max roll
16
Damage vs same level
12-40avg 26.3
Damage vs same level
Damage calculator

Deal +10% damage for every type of negative effect on target (max 30%) [On Use] Final Power +1 for every 4 Bleed on target (max 4) [On Use] At 10+ Corpus Ingredient Count, consume 5 Corpus Ingredient Count to gain the following effects: - Clash Power +1 - Convert the final Coin on this Skill to Unbreakable Coin

  1. 1[On Hit] Inflict +2 Bleed Count
  2. 2[On Hit] Inflict 1 Bind next turn (once per turn)[On Hit] Gain 1 Haste next turn (once per turn)
  3. 3[On Hit] Gain +4 Corpus Ingredient Count[On Hit] If target has 5+ types of negative effects, use "Installation Art no. 3: Improvised Ribcage" Skill against the target (once per turn)
Skill 3x1

Tibia's Melody - Anatomization of the Unanatomized by the Anatomized

3+3LustLustSlashSlash
Offense level
69(+4)
Atk weight
1
Max roll
15
Damage vs same level
12-48avg 30.5
Damage vs same level
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[On Use] Deal +30% damage for every excess Atk Weight beyond the # of actual targets (in Focused Encounters, the Part) [On Use] Final Power +1 for every 4 Bleed on the main target (max 2) [On Use] At 10+ Corpus Ingredient Count, consume up to 20 Corpus Ingredient Count and gain the following effects: - Final Power +2 - Deal +1% damage for every Corpus Ingredient Count consumed - At 3+/5+ Corpus Ingredient, gain +1/+2 Atk Weight - Convert all Coins on this Skill to Unbreakable Coins

  1. 1[On Hit] Inflict 3 Bleed
  2. 2[On Hit] Inflict 1 Bind next turn (once per turn)[On Hit] Gain 1 Haste next turn (once per turn)
  3. 3[On Hit] Inflict 1 Damage Down next turn (once per turn)[On Hit] Gain 1 Slash DMG Up next turn (once per turn)
  4. 4Deal +5% damage for every type of negative effect on target (max 30%)[On Hit] Inflict +1 Bleed Count
Skill 3x1

Tibia's Melody - Anatomization of the Unanatomized by the Anatomized

4+3LustLustSlashSlash
Offense level
69(+4)
Atk weight
1
Max roll
16
Damage vs same level
20-52avg 35.4
Damage vs same level
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[On Use] Deal +30% damage for every excess Atk Weight beyond the # of actual targets (in Focused Encounters, the Part) [On Use] Final Power +1 for every 4 Bleed on the main target (max 3) [On Use] At 10+ Corpus Ingredient Count, consume up to 20 Corpus Ingredient Count and gain the following effects: - Final Power +2 - Deal +1% damage for every Corpus Ingredient Count consumed - At 3+/5+ Corpus Ingredient, gain +1/+2 Atk Weight - Convert all Coins on this Skill to Unbreakable Coins

  1. 1[On Hit] Inflict 4 Bleed
  2. 2[On Hit] Inflict 1 Bind next turn (once per turn)[On Hit] Gain 1 Haste next turn (once per turn)
  3. 3[On Hit] Inflict 1 Damage Down next turn (once per turn)[On Hit] Gain 1 Slash DMG Up next turn (once per turn)
  4. 4Deal +5% damage for every type of negative effect on target (max 30%)[On Hit] Inflict +1 Bleed Count

Defense

Defense

Curating the Exhibition

3+10EvadeEvade
Defense level
69(+2)
Atk weight
1
Max roll
13

[Combat Start] Gain 1 Assist Defense (once per turn) [On Evade] Inflict 1 Bind next turn against the attacker (once per turn)

Defense

Curating the Exhibition

4+10LustLustEvadeEvade
Defense level
69(+2)
Atk weight
1
Max roll
14

[Combat Start] Gain 1 Assist Defense (once per turn) [On Evade] Inflict 1 Bind next turn against the attacker (once per turn) [On Evade] Gain 1 Haste next turn (once per turn)

Defense

Please. Vandalism is Prohibited.

3+4LustLustCounterCounter
Defense level
69(+2)
Atk weight
1
Max roll
11
Damage vs same level
6-20avg 13.3

[Clashable Counter] Assist Defense exclusive Skill Deal +5% damage for every type of negative effect on target (max 20%) [On Use] If target has 6+ Bleed, Coin Power +1 [On Use] At 10+ Corpus Ingredient Count, consume 5 Corpus Ingredient Count to gain the following effects: - Clash Power +1 - Convert the final Coin on this Skill to Unbreakable Coin

  1. 1[On Hit] Inflict +1 Bleed Count
Defense

Please. Vandalism is Prohibited.

4+4LustLustCounterCounter
Defense level
69(+2)
Atk weight
1
Max roll
12
Damage vs same level
8-22avg 15.3

[Clashable Counter] Assist Defense exclusive Skill Deal +10% damage for every type of negative effect on target (max 30%) [On Use] Coin Power +1 for every 6 Bleed on target (max 2) [On Use] At 10+ Corpus Ingredient Count, consume 5 Corpus Ingredient Count to gain the following effects: - Clash Power +1 - Convert the final Coin on this Skill to Unbreakable Coin

  1. 1[On Hit] Inflict +1 Bleed Count
  2. 2[On Hit] Inflict 2 Bleed

Other skills

Skills this identity gains during battle (replacements, follow-ups and empowered versions).

Extra skill

My, How We Love the Flesh and the Blood

4+4PridePrideSlashSlash
Offense level
68(+3)
Atk weight
1
Max roll
8
Damage vs same level
4-9avg 6.5
Clash
Unclashable

[Indiscriminate] [Unclashable] This Skill has the following properties: - Does not trigger Defense Skills - External effects cannot trigger this Skill to be Reused - Its attack does not hit [On Use] Apply 4 Offense Level Up on target

Extra skill

My, How We Love the Flesh and the Blood

4+4PridePrideSlashSlash
Offense level
68(+3)
Atk weight
1
Max roll
8
Damage vs same level
4-9avg 6.5
Clash
Unclashable

[Indiscriminate] [Unclashable] This Skill has the following properties: - Does not trigger Defense Skills - External effects cannot trigger this Skill to be Reused - Its attack does not hit [On Use] Apply 6 Offense Level Up on target

Extra skill

Installation Art no. 3: Improvised Ribcage

4+4EnvyEnvyPiercePierce
Offense level
68(+3)
Atk weight
1
Max roll
12
Damage vs same level
8-22avg 15.3
Clash
Unclashable

[Unclashable] This Skill does not trigger Defense Skills [On Use] Consume 4 Corpus Ingredient Count

  1. 2[On Hit] Deal 5 SP damage[On Hit] Heal 5 SP on self[On Hit] Inflict Corpus Theater
Extra skill

Installation Art no. 3: Improvised Ribcage

4+4EnvyEnvyPiercePierce
Offense level
68(+3)
Atk weight
1
Max roll
12
Damage vs same level
8-22avg 15.3
Clash
Unclashable

[Unclashable] This Skill does not trigger Defense Skills [On Use] Consume 4 Corpus Ingredient Count

  1. 1[On Hit] Inflict 1 Bleed
  2. 2Deal +5% damage for every type of negative effect on target (max 20%)[On Hit] Deal 5 SP damage[On Hit] Heal 5 SP on self[On Hit] Inflict Corpus Theater
Extra skill

Installation Art no. 3: Improvised Ribcage

5+4EnvyEnvyPiercePierce
Offense level
68(+3)
Atk weight
1
Max roll
13
Damage vs same level
12-24avg 18.0
Clash
Unclashable

[Unclashable] This Skill does not trigger Defense Skills [On Use] Consume 4 Corpus Ingredient Count

  1. 1[On Hit] Inflict 1 Bleed
  2. 2Deal +5% damage for every type of negative effect on target (max 20%)[On Hit] Deal 5 SP damage[On Hit] Heal 5 SP on self[On Hit] Inflict Corpus Theater
Extra skill

Installation Art no. 3: Improvised Ribcage

5+4EnvyEnvyPiercePierce
Offense level
68(+3)
Atk weight
1
Max roll
13
Damage vs same level
12-24avg 18.0
Clash
Unclashable

[Unclashable] This Skill does not trigger Defense Skills [On Use] Consume 4 Corpus Ingredient Count

  1. 1[On Hit] Inflict 2 Bleed
  2. 2Deal +10% damage for every type of negative effect on target (max 50%)[On Hit] Deal 5 SP damage[On Hit] Heal 5 SP on self[On Hit] Inflict Corpus Theater
Extra skill

Closing Time - Installation Art no. 1: Your Flesh and Bones as the Gallery's Seats

2+4LustLustSlashSlash
Offense level
70(+5)
Atk weight
3
Max roll
22
Damage vs same level
10-82avg 46.6

[On Use] Deal +30% damage for every excess Atk Weight beyond the # of actual targets (in Focused Encounters, the Part) - When attacking just 1 target, deal +100% additional damage [On Use] At 10+ Corpus Ingredient Count, consume up to 20 Corpus Ingredient Count and gain the following effects: - Final Power +2 - Deal +1% damage for every Corpus Ingredient Count consumed - At 3+/5+ Corpus Ingredient, gain +1/+2 Atk Weight [Attack End] For all Identities in The Ring faction, heal 10 SP and apply Somatic Frisson-inspiring Melody

  1. 1Unbreakable Coin[On Hit] Inflict 2 Bleed
  2. 2Unbreakable Coin[On Hit] Inflict 1 Bind next turn (once per turn)[On Hit] Gain 1 Haste next turn (once per turn)
  3. 3Unbreakable Coin[On Hit] Inflict 1 Damage Down next turn (once per turn)[On Hit] Gain 1 Slash DMG Up next turn (once per turn)
  4. 4Unbreakable Coin[On Hit] Inflict +1 Bleed Count
  5. 5Unbreakable CoinDeal +5% damage for every type of negative effect on target (max 30%)[On Hit] Inflict 5 Burn[On Hit] Inflict Corpus Theater
Extra skill

Closing Time - Installation Art no. 1: Your Flesh and Bones as the Gallery's Seats

3+4LustLustSlashSlash
Offense level
70(+5)
Atk weight
3
Max roll
23
Damage vs same level
20-88avg 53.2

[On Use] Deal +30% damage for every excess Atk Weight beyond the # of actual targets (in Focused Encounters, the Part) - When attacking just 1 target, deal +100% additional damage [On Use] At 10+ Corpus Ingredient Count, consume up to 20 Corpus Ingredient Count and gain the following effects: - Final Power +2 - Deal +1% damage for every Corpus Ingredient Count consumed - At 3+/5+ Corpus Ingredient, gain +1/+2 Atk Weight [Attack End] For all Identities in The Ring faction, heal 10 SP and apply Somatic Frisson-inspiring Melody

  1. 1Unbreakable Coin[On Hit] Inflict 3 Bleed
  2. 2Unbreakable Coin[On Hit] Inflict 1 Bind next turn (once per turn)[On Hit] Gain 1 Haste next turn (once per turn)
  3. 3Unbreakable Coin[On Hit] Inflict 1 Damage Down next turn (once per turn)[On Hit] Gain 1 Slash DMG Up next turn (once per turn)
  4. 4Unbreakable Coin[On Hit] Inflict +1 Bleed Count
  5. 5Unbreakable CoinDeal +5% damage for every type of negative effect on target (max 30%)[On Hit] Inflict 5 Burn[On Hit] Inflict Corpus Theater

Passives

Combat passive

Magnum Opus: Tibia

Upon entering the Encounter for the first time, gain +(# of The Ring allies on the field x 2) Corpus Ingredient Count (max 10) Skill End: If the Skill dealt HP or Shield damage, gain +5 Corpus Ingredient Count - If target is killed, gain +3 additional Corpus Ingredient Count Gain 1 Corpus Ingredient every time this unit consumes 10 cumulative Corpus Ingredient Count in this Encounter - If the above effect brings this unit's Corpus Ingredient Potency to 2 or higher, gain Artwork: Tibia Base Attack Skills and Clashable Counter Skill count as Skills that gain Charge Count

Combat passive

Transcend the Corpus

Upon entering the Encounter for the first time, gain 21 Viewing the Tableau When The Ring-faction allied Identities use a Skill, lose 1 Viewing the Tableau (once per turn per Identity) Turn End: If this unit does not have Viewing the Tableau, replace one of its Base Skills with "Closing Time - Installation Art no. 1: Your Flesh and Bones as the Gallery's Seats" at next Turn Start (once per Encounter; Prioritizes the Skill on the leftmost Slot's bottom row on the Dashboard) - If the replaced Skill becomes inaccessible due to being replaced by a different Skill, activate the above effect again Turn End: If this unit was Staggered for the first time in this Encounter, recover from Stagger (excluding forced Stagger)

The support passive unlocks at Uptie III.

Combat passive

Magnum Opus: Tibia

Upon entering the Encounter for the first time, gain +(# of The Ring allies on the field x 2) Corpus Ingredient Count (max 10) Skill End: If the Skill dealt HP or Shield damage, gain +5 Corpus Ingredient Count - If target is killed, gain +3 additional Corpus Ingredient Count Gain 1 Corpus Ingredient every time this unit consumes 10 cumulative Corpus Ingredient Count in this Encounter - If the above effect brings this unit's Corpus Ingredient Potency to 2 or higher, gain Artwork: Tibia Base Attack Skills and Clashable Counter Skill count as Skills that gain Charge Count

Combat passive

Transcend the Corpus

Upon entering the Encounter for the first time, gain 21 Viewing the Tableau When The Ring-faction allied Identities use a Skill, lose 1 Viewing the Tableau (once per turn per Identity) Turn End: If this unit does not have Viewing the Tableau, replace one of its Base Skills with "Closing Time - Installation Art no. 1: Your Flesh and Bones as the Gallery's Seats" at next Turn Start (once per Encounter; Prioritizes the Skill on the leftmost Slot's bottom row on the Dashboard) - If the replaced Skill becomes inaccessible due to being replaced by a different Skill, activate the above effect again Turn End: If this unit was Staggered for the first time in this Encounter, recover from Stagger (excluding forced Stagger)

Combat passive

A Maestro's Critique

Lustx4Owned

Before The House of Spiders: The Ring Apprentice Faust uses its Skill 3(except E.G.O Skills), The House of Spiders: The Ring Nursefather Hong Lu uses "My, How We Love the Flesh and the Blood" on Faust (once per turn) On Hit, if the Attack Skill inflicted a negative effect, heal 4 SP at Attack End (3 times per turn)

The support passive unlocks at Uptie III.

Combat passive

Magnum Opus: Tibia

Upon entering the Encounter for the first time, gain +(# of The Ring allies on the field x 2) Corpus Ingredient Count (max 10) Skill End: If the Skill dealt HP or Shield damage, gain +5 Corpus Ingredient Count - If target is killed, gain +3 additional Corpus Ingredient Count Gain 1 Corpus Ingredient every time this unit consumes 10 cumulative Corpus Ingredient Count in this Encounter - If the above effect brings this unit's Corpus Ingredient Potency to 2 or higher, gain Artwork: Tibia Base Attack Skills and Clashable Counter Skill count as Skills that gain Charge Count

Combat passive

Transcend the Corpus

Upon entering the Encounter for the first time, gain 21 Viewing the Tableau When The Ring-faction allied Identities use a Skill, lose 1 Viewing the Tableau (once per turn per Identity) Turn End: If this unit does not have Viewing the Tableau, replace one of its Base Skills with "Closing Time - Installation Art no. 1: Your Flesh and Bones as the Gallery's Seats" at next Turn Start (once per Encounter; Prioritizes the Skill on the leftmost Slot's bottom row on the Dashboard) - If the replaced Skill becomes inaccessible due to being replaced by a different Skill, activate the above effect again Turn End: If this unit was Staggered for the first time in this Encounter, recover from Stagger (excluding forced Stagger)

Combat passive

A Maestro's Critique

Lustx4Owned

Before The House of Spiders: The Ring Apprentice Faust uses its Skill 3(except E.G.O Skills), The House of Spiders: The Ring Nursefather Hong Lu uses "My, How We Love the Flesh and the Blood" on Faust (once per turn) On Hit, if the Attack Skill inflicted a negative effect, heal 4 SP at Attack End (3 times per turn)

Support passive

Please, Do Stop Running and Be Seated

Lustx3Resonance

Turn End: Inflict 2 Offense Level Down and +1 Bleed Count next turn on 1 enemy with the fastest Speed (in Focused Encounters, the Part)

Combat passive

Magnum Opus: Tibia

Upon entering the Encounter for the first time, gain +(# of The Ring allies on the field x 2) Corpus Ingredient Count (max 10) Skill End: If the Skill dealt HP or Shield damage, gain +5 Corpus Ingredient Count - If target is killed, gain +3 additional Corpus Ingredient Count Gain 1 Corpus Ingredient every time this unit consumes 10 cumulative Corpus Ingredient Count in this Encounter - If the above effect brings this unit's Corpus Ingredient Potency to 2 or higher, gain Artwork: Tibia Base Attack Skills and Clashable Counter Skill count as Skills that gain Charge Count

Combat passive

Transcend the Corpus

Upon entering the Encounter for the first time, gain 21 Viewing the Tableau When The Ring-faction allied Identities use a Skill, lose 1 Viewing the Tableau (once per turn per Identity) Turn End: If this unit does not have Viewing the Tableau, replace one of its Base Skills with "Closing Time - Installation Art no. 1: Your Flesh and Bones as the Gallery's Seats" at next Turn Start (once per Encounter; Prioritizes the Skill on the leftmost Slot's bottom row on the Dashboard) - If the replaced Skill becomes inaccessible due to being replaced by a different Skill, activate the above effect again Turn End: If this unit was Staggered for the first time in this Encounter, recover from Stagger (excluding forced Stagger)

Combat passive

A Maestro's Critique

Lustx4Owned

Before The House of Spiders: The Ring Apprentice Faust uses its Skill 3(except E.G.O Skills), The House of Spiders: The Ring Nursefather Hong Lu uses "My, How We Love the Flesh and the Blood" on Faust (once per turn) On Hit, if the Attack Skill inflicted a negative effect, heal 4 SP at Attack End (3 times per turn) - If this unit's SP is at max, gain 1 Slash DMG Up next turn when this unit heals SP with this effect (once per turn)

Support passive

Please, Do Stop Running and Be Seated

Lustx3Resonance

Turn End: Inflict 2 Offense Level Down and +1 Bleed Count next turn on 1 enemy with the fastest Speed (in Focused Encounters, the Part)

Voice lines

Identity Acquisition
Let us explore together - the pulsations of your remaining life.
Morning Greeting
Those who lead an artist's life ought to cultivate the habit of rising early. Generous morning hours provide ample time for exhibition preparation and last-minute touch-ups.
Afternoon Greeting
I'm sorry, Faust - we'll have to postpone our scheduled critique from today to tomorrow. A fellow Maestro has sought my counsel on gallery management, so I will be visiting theirs for a spell. I entrust my gallery to your hands in my absence. This shouldn't need mentioning, but please make sure not to let Rodion, that drunkard, take a single step into my gallery.
Evening Greeting
In the small hours of the night, and the subsequent hours in anticipation of dawn's incipience... the incessant whispers of inspiration find me like divine revelation. For us artists, that is the proverbial "golden hour." The aorta pulses like the rivers that flow in the City's elsewheres, while the capillaries' stems and extremities spread like a sheet of star-studded firmament. Oh... How fascinating, that such macroscopic gaze can be drawn from such minusculus! Yet, once the enchanted hours pass... I am confronted by the realization that my creation is middling at best.
Chatter #1
I venture to say my corner of the Corridors is hardly ever graced by visitors. Still, with such a large audience peering through my jade eye as my witness, I must remain vigilant in keeping my exhibits well-cared for.
Chatter #2
"Each pulsation of the venous blue, currents to where the bloodroot red withdrew." A line from a poem of mine, visualizing the contrast between veins and arteries. I don't enjoy it as much as I do sculpture of the corpus, but I do find composing poetry an enjoyable pastime. I often write a short verse when I come across a piece of art I enjoy.
Chatter #3
I had once tried, despite my insufficient knowledge, to "pick my brain." It was a failed attempt to adjust the volume of my brain by carving and trimming it. Had I known the sheer difficulty of molding one's own brain when limited to relying only on the tactile senses of the hands... Well, I wouldn't have had to cover a part of my corpus with this headpiece.
Post-Uptie Chat 1
I have no misgivings about learning what is alien to me. I will study and layer without hesitation the Fauvists' brutality, the Cubists' cold-bloodedness, the Pointillists' compulsion, the Suprematists' pure-bloodedness, and eventually... Well, who knows? Perhaps inspiration will find me once more and conceive a new masterpiece that will leave its mark in history.
Post-Uptie Chat 2
In this gallery, we stand atop the strata of my techniques and inspirations. Every piece in this exhibition is a result of a painstaking process that involves the deconstruction of reflexive neural pathways, which is then followed by the restructuring thereof - the foundation of which lies in the contraction and elongation of myofibers. That is why even the slightest tug of this string of sinew... results in such a wonderful cross-disciplinary "collaboration."
Idle
What do you see... in this piece? I am curious to hear your impressions.
Uptying
Allow me to play the curator for our guests - from kitsch to avant-garde, delving deep into each trend of art movement.
Deployment
Preparations for the exhibition have covered all corners.
Stage Entry
There's no rush. Andante, andante.
Viewed in Battle
Shh. Please be silent while viewing an exhibition.
Commencing Attack
Please, do share your impressions!
Enemy Stagger
Have you any last words to impart to the world...?
Staggered
Perhaps my... eye for sublimity was lacking...
Enemy Killed
Ah... What a wonderful cry of death.
Death
It's you... My undertaker...
Check Passed
What a beautiful hue it has. A piece worthy of its own pedestal.
Check Failed
Rejected. Presenting this failure at an exhibition would be nothing short of an embarrassment.
Victory Cry
It is indeed a shame that certain imperfections marred this exhibition, but... I am relieved that at least one of the audience has found it to be acceptable. Perhaps I need pursue a fresher approach - which makes the recent influx of "raw" materials quite opportune.
Extra Conditions Fulfilled
Each loop of the triple-coiled ring on a Maestro's fourth finger represents an art piece that established the Maestro's claim to the title. Though it may be true that my more recent output has not been as resonant with the wider audience as my past oeuvre used to be... ... they hardly pale before my rings in my eyes. Fuhu.
Defeat Wail
... I have but one final request. How did my gallery appear... reflected in your eyes? Do you know... what was wanting...? Why could I not recreate... the magnum opus from so long ago...?

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