Subraces (AQ)

"Subraces" in AdventureQuest are chooseable character add-ons that, as of yet, have no true significance in the game. There are three subraces to choose from: Vampire, Werewolf, and Werepyre.

ubraces

Vampire

In AQ, a character who is a vampire looks the same as always, even when they wear the subrace armor (which is optional). Sometimes the armor's most powerful special will occur, giving the character the temporary appearance of a Vampire Lord. The only other special is it allows the player to steal a randomly chosen amount of life from their opponent.

Safiria, Queen of all vampires in AQ, looks distinctly similar to and thus may be Thursday from DragonFable. Not much of Safiria's actual history is known, however.

Werewolf

Werewolves, or Lycans for short, in AQ look the same except when they wear the subrace armor. When donned, Lycan (the actual name of the armor) gives the appearance of an actual wolf wearing armor and standing on their hind legs. The most powerful armor special gives the character the appearance of an Alpha Werewolf, a huge wolf-like figure with a hunched back, spiked bracelets, and metal shoulder pads.

The Were-King, obvious king of all werewolves in AQ, looks almost the same as an Alpha Werewolf, but with golden shoulder pads and bracelets. He is also a historically mysterious being in the game.

Werepyre

In AQ, Werepyres appear to be quite a literal mix of the most feral cornerstones of the other two subraces. Huge and imposing in appearance when worn, Werepyre Form is currently a Guardians-Only armor. The player appears as a huge wolf-vampire bat hybrid with black fur, a long snout, prominent fangs, large triangular wings, a torn red shirt, brown pants, and a brown belt with a silver buckle. On the arms are a single spiked metal bracelet, an arm bracer, and one simple shoulder pad. It should also be noted that the one detail about the armor that differs from person to person is the nose, which takes on the color of your character's current face color.

WolfWing, the lord of all werepyres, is the only one who can give you this subrace, though the price is not being able to access Castle Darkovia and the Werewolf Lair. WolfWing is also famous for being the only Guardians Only fightable Non-Player-Character who has not, as of yet, appeared in the Void. He certainly is near impossible to beat. He also is "the" most mysterious figure in the game to date. It is not yet clear whether or not he was originally human, vampire, or werewolf. All that's known about him is that he was, in the past, the single most powerful Darkovian-based NPC, yet still refuses to exploit this in favor of peace.

The less-peaceful Dracopyre, NightBane, was once a werepyre (Wolfwing's son in fact). After WolfWing gifted him with more power than most werepyres in return from saving all werepyres from the brink of extinction, NightBane increased his own power by consuming the blood of a thousand dragons. This made him more powerful than even WolfWing and drastically changed his appearance. NightBane has just recently become a reappearing villain with his appearance in the recent chasing of the Huntress.He has recently also been turned back into his human form and has died....but may come back in a later update in 2008.

Trivia, References, and Goofs

* Thursday from DragonFable, in both name and appearance, is an in-game reference to Wednesday from the Addams Family.

* It should be noted that Lycan armor, in its normal state, lacks a tail.

* NightBane, in his weakest form, could be easily defeated only with a sword called the Darklaw.

* The werepyre subrace was introduced merely because of popular demand.

External links

* [http://www.battleon.com BattleOn] - Main site for "AdventureQuest".
* [http://forums2.battleon.com/f/default.asp BattleOn Forums] - The Forums for "Artix Entertainment Co."
* [http://forums2.battleon.com/f/tm.asp?m=1185947 WerePyre] - The Encyclopedia Entry for "Werepyre"
* [http://forums2.battleon.com/f/tm.asp?m=18958 Lycan] - The Encyclopedia Entry for "Lycan" the Werewolf Sub-Race Armor
* [http://forums2.battleon.com/f/tm.asp?m=553400 Vamp] - The Encyclopedia Entry for "Vamp" the Vampire Sub-Race Armor