#scrybeofthehungry

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||The girl kicked a pebble on the ground leisurely. She looked a little tired, nowhere near her usual vigor. It was like this desolate land was draining her.||

"Nobody's usually with me. I run really fast, so nobody can catch up! Or they just don't wanna be with me."

"But don't worry about me! I'm really strong, 'cause I'm actually made of rocks! So nobody can hurt me!"

"Ah, but rocks, over time, still break, still weather,"

They observed the little girl made of stone, taking note of her weary demeanor.

"You can never be too safe in this world, hah-hah."

Their laugh like a hyena's echoed throughout the ghost town, and it seemed that her voice was one of the few things that could cut through the thick atmosphere.

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"Well..."

||The girl's mouth was still filled with snail shells as she kept stuffing her mouth.||

"I dunno! I saw this really old place and I wanted to see what was here. And then there was no one and I got kinda scared, until I saw you!"

||She looked around again.||

"Where is everyone?"

"Who knows?" Zhen mused, clearly unbothered by the lack of any sign of life in the area.

"If I had to guess, they all went away to live somewhere far better than this old dump."

Plopping a snail in her mouth, the scrybe then glanced around for a bit before looking back at the little one.

"Do you not have anyone with you? No parents, no guardians? This is an awfully dangerous place for you to be wandering in alone."

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||a little girl, eating snail shells from her pocket. she sees zhen, and holds a few of them towards her.||

"here! theyre not as good as the alive ones, but theyre really good with sugar!"

The scrybe gingerly takes the snails from the little girl.

"Ah, thank you. I don't believe I have sugar, but I'm not picky with my food so it's alright."

They then hummed as they curiously leaned in and took a good look at the new face.

"Though I have to wonder, what's a little girl like you doing in a place like this?"

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I’d like to think that if Zhen had a place in the Act 2 map, they’d live in a sort of dark abandoned area. Something like a ghost town where the sky turns black and the sun and moon seem to disappear.

The main building or thing where you’d find the scrybe would be some old butcher’s shop with no meat whatsoever in it. The faint smell of blood and dead meat is definitely still there though.

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What are some of the cards in Zhen's deck?

Oh this'll be fun. I know you said some but I couldn't help myself hfgigsfu.

Most of these cards are really similar to Leshy's, they could probably even pass as his cards tbh. But enough of that.

Behold, the CANNIBAL'S DECK

Hamster

This is like the stand-in for a Squirrel card.

Poor little guy, 1 Health, costs nothing and deals no damage, all it could be is food for the bigger hungrier fellas.

Fly

I’ve already mentioned this little guy in a previous post.

No cost, 1 Power, 1 Health.

Basically a Bee.

Ladybug

No cost, 1 Power, 2 Health.

Has the Stink sigil.

Hedgehog

Kind of like a Porcupine.

Costs 1 flesh/sacrifice, 0 Power, and has 4 Health.

Also has the Sharp Quills sigil.

Hunted

You know the Beehive? This is basically that

Costs 3 bones, 0 Power, 4 Health

Has the Rotting Corpse sigil.

Fat Boar

Sacrificial goat, Scrybe of the Hungry edition

Costs 2 flesh, 2 Power, 2 Health

Has the Fattened sigil

Hyena

You also may have seen this card before.

It’s Zhen! If they were a trapped card.

Costs 2 flesh, 3 Power, 3 Health

Pretty okay card, too bad it could die instantly because of it’s Starvation sigil.

Hen

You’d think Hens are sweet, but no

They can mess you up real bad

This baby has the Airborne sigil 

She costs 2 flesh and has 2 Power and 3 Health

Tiger Salamander

Skink but not

Costs 2 flesh, has 2 Power, and 3 Health

Kinda like a buffed up Skink

Softshell

Turdel

Costs 2 flesh, 2 Power, and 4 Health

Has the Devour sigil. 

Black Bear but cheaper.

Black Bear

Grizzly but not

Costs 3 flesh, has 4 Power and 4 Health

Has the Devour sigil.

Hare

Rabbit but it’s angy ab you constantly killing it

No cost, 1 Power, 2 Health

Tranforms when “killed” by an opposing card

Vengeful Hare

Hare but buffed.

Now it has 3 Power and 4 Health

Caged Fish

Caged wolf but not

No cost, unfeedable to your cards, and has 10 Health

Kinda yikes if you have bad RNG, okay for blocking for a good while though?

Sand Tiger

When the fish is no longer caged, you may be doomed.

What? Sharks are fish aren’t they?

4 Power and 4 Health

Has the Waterborne sigil

Poisonous Frog [RARE]

Bullfrog but it’s not just defensive

Costs 1 flesh, has 2 Power and 5 Health

Has the Touch of Death and Mighty Leap sigils

Hellhound [RARE]

Bloodhound but slightly better

Costs 3 flesh, has 5 Power and 4 Health

Has the Guardian sigil

Mantis Queen [RARE]

Mantis God but girl

Costs 3 flesh, has 1 Power and 4 Health

Has the Trifurcated Strike and the Devour sigil.

And that’s about it for their cards! Of course, this is a relatively small deck, so I may add more in the future hehe.

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Height difference go brr

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Zhen and friends!

Zhen and friends? More like Zhen and her lackeys. They barely respect her at all! But that’s for later.

For now, here’s some mini/boss stuff.

LACKEY #1: THE SLAUGHTERER

Okay, whoo, let’s do this

So this guy is like the lowest in their hypothetical rankings.

Maybe it’s because he seems inapproachable and mean

(Or maybe it’s because he’s tried and still tries to kill Zhen)

Anyways

Let’s say that Zhen managed to get their hands on that little OLD_DATA and manipulated the game to how they see fit. 

Slaughterer’s role would be like Leshy’s Trapper (I think)

You got money? Cool, he’s got meat. Now trade.

The meats are like pelts, useless in battle but can get you pretty good cards if you survive long enough.

Now enough of that, it’s battle time.

Beating Slaughterer is pretty ez lmao

It’s literally just a normal battle, but in Phase 2 he pulls a Prospector and slaughters all your played cards.

The cards turn into meats and the rarity/amount depends on the played cards. (Squirrels/1 Health/Small cards = 1 Health, Small meats. Average cards like Wolf and Stoat = Health depends on the card’s non damaged health, Medium meats. Rare cards = Health same as average cards, Great meats.)

Meats, unlike pelts, still have flesh. Meaning you can sacrifice/feed them to the cards in your hand.

And that’s about it. If you beat him, congrats! Now get ready for harder duels. :)

LACKEY #2: THE FRAUDSTER

NOT A FURRY. I REPEAT, NOT A FURR Y—

This boy has a human torso and head! Like Zhen! The arms/hands don’t have fur, it’s a gradient it just doesn’t look like it.

Though the second miniboss you’d fight, offbrand Fundy over here is probably the closest to Zhen.

Not really friends though, more like “You’re cool I guess, I’ll tolerate you” or good acquaintances.

He’d be the trader in Zhen’s game. Give him meats to eat and he’ll give you good cards.

If you’ve got no meats to trade, he’ll take one of your cards to eat. 

Either way, he’s getting something.

A little crime boy. If any of the lackeys were to get their hands on the OLD_DATA first, it’d be him.

Now onto the battle stuff.

Slightly harder in battle because he’s a little smarter than your normal miniboss.

He actively compares the cards and numbers on them like you would. 

So let’s say you have an OP card played like the Urayuli or the Ouroboros. Fraudster over here would make sure to put a card infront of your OP card so that it’ll die instead of him taking damage/losing points on the scale.

He doesn’t have super powerful cards though. If you have an OP card, stalling is key.

Phase 2 is different though.

If you have an OP cards next to each other, you can kiss the other one goodbye.

Basically, once Phase 2 starts, all the cards you have played will get the Frenzied Hunger sigil.

(Here’s a link explaining what that is)

Though it’s a hinderance at first, it’s extremely insane if used right.

If you beat him, good job! You’ve earned his respect (and along with that, perhaps some information about Zhen and the other lackeys if you bribe Fraudster right).

LACKEY #3: KING

Ah yes, this gluttonous mf

Just putting this here, they’re very big. Taller than the Scrybes I’d say.

Would kind of be like a guard dog to Zhen, using their big stature and intimidating appearance to their advantage.

If you didn’t know any better, you might think that they’re the Scrybe of the Hungry instead of Zhen.

But anyways, onto their role.

They won’t have much of a significant purpose to your gameplay, all they do is give either the Touch of Death sigil or the Bifurcated Strike sigil (you can’t pick, it’s random between the two) to any 1 card you pick. But also that card will lose 1-2 Health in the process.

It’s a gamble, but if you survive then you’re bound to have OP cards.

Now BATTLE!

Considering they’re the final miniboss, this will be fairly difficult.

Alot of their cards have the Touch of Death sigil, and unfortunately they have a good amount of HP unlike an Adder or your typical venomous cards.

If you got some Unkillable cards then you should be fine, just keep stalling.

Tbh stalling is the key to winning against Zhen and her goons 90% of the time.

Onto Phase 2.

So! As you can see in the drawing! King loses one of their heads!

Why?

Well, there was a disagreement in their battle strategy..

One thing lead to another and

One head ate the other, of course.

Because of this, all of his Bifurcated cards lose their sigils and can only strike forward.

But because of King eating his other head, he fed himself and became stronger.

So all his cards gain 1 Power.

Good luck!

DANDANANANDANDANDANNNN!

Look! You made it! Now you can duel with Zhen, yay!

Try not to get eaten ;)

SCRYBE OF THE HUNGRY: ZHEN

So

Majority of their cards have the Devour sigil (can be seen on the same link the Frenzied Hunger sigil from Fraudster earlier).

Probably don’t stall in this bit of the battle, better to quickly finish off their cards to prevent them from racking up Health and Power.

Speaking of racking up Health and Power, that’s one thing Zhen likes to do. 

Instead of blocking the most powerful cards, she tries to go for the cards with the least Health. Killing/eating as much as she can to get stronger and stronger.

Get past that and things shouldn’t be too hard.

Like with Fraudster, Zhen gives all your cards a sigil.

Unlike Fraudster, Zhen gives the sigil to all your cards. Including the cards in your hand and decks. 

“My my, look at those little things! All this battling must’ve tired them out. I bet they’re just starving right now.”

Guess what? All your cards have the Starving sigil now!

This’ll be tough, hope you have a lot of cards left.

Good luck! :)