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Champion from a brighter age. Protected the Queen in her gardens and fought vigilantly against the mantis traitors when the Infection spread.
“Dryya, your fierceness in combat was one of a kind! It was almost like watching an elegant dance when you confronted the kingdom's foes. While you put on a hard front, I'm thankful I was among the few you'd call friend.”
Fierce Dryya appears to dash in from above at the start of the fight.
Fierce Dryya uses the following attacks:
Lunge: Dryya draws her nail up and lunges along the ground towards the Knight.
Nail Slash: Dryya walks towards the Knight while slashing her nail multiple times in quick succession.
Dryya may either attack two, three or four times.
Ground Slam: Dryya leaps into the air and positions at the peak of the jump to slam directly down on the Knight. The impact of the slam creates two shockwaves that travel across the entire arena.
Parry: Dryya takes up a defensive stance with her nail. If the Knight damages her after her nail shines, she takes no damage from the hit and instead responds by walking forward while slashing with her nail twice.
Dagger Throw: Dryya jumps back, throwing 5 daggers towards the Knight in an arc.
Dryya either jumps to the side opposite of the Knight or to the middle of the arena before throwing the daggers.
Nail Fury: Dryya slashes the nail, causing one or five slash(es) to appear close to the Knight.
Nail Fury starts summoning five slashes once Dryya reaches 67% of max HP.
Frenzy: Dryya appears on the ground or in the air and dashes towards the Knight. If she started the dash in the air, she dashes down diagonally and then dashes in the opposite direction of the first dash. If Dryya started the dash on the ground, she dashes towards the Knight, and then dashes up diagonally.
Dryya only uses this attack once she is in Phase 2.
Variations
Fierce Dryya
Hall of Gods text: "I defend true royalty from the claws of traitors"
"Protective god of Root and King"
Pantheon
N/A
Health
Phases 1/2 respectively: 1250/250
Total: 1500
Phases 1/2 respectively: 1400/300
Total: 1700
Arena changes
Same arena as the base game fight, no difficulty differences.
Dialogue
During the fight
Dream Nailed
Randomly:
An invader, unlike the others...
My Queen... I will protect you...
None may enter the glade!
Dream Nailed in Godhome
Randomly:
Straighten your back!
Watch your step!
More cunning!
Strike swiftly!
Defeats
First defeat
Hegemol... Do you still stand guard, forever loyal to the capital’s citizens...?
Second defeat
Ogrim, Isma... Was it strength you found in each other, or was it weakness...?
Third defeat
Ze’mer... To put down your nail, not despite, but because of your will...
Fourth defeat
My Queen... Why do we hide when we are needed most? What of your subjects?
Fifth defeat and subsequent defeats
How elating it is to meet once more, little knight. The dignity you carry yourself with is one I’ve only seen in our King. Perhaps some day the royal family will be whole once again, and you may join us as an equal.
After the Champion's Call
First defeat
First dialogue
Oh, it’s you. You may enter.
I have done my best to remain alert since news of that... infection came to us. Though it is a knight’s duty to protect the kingdom’s citizens, it has been difficult, especially against a peril neither seen nor felt.
Afflicted bugs will attack others without constraint, even those they are familiar with; many do not have the strength to turn their nail against the infected.
But I reckon you needn’t worry about that, as the King tells us of an emptiness you possess that renders you immune to its effects.
Second dialogue
Your combative skills are excellent. I haven’t felt so exhilarated in a nail-fight for quite some time. Though Hegemol boasts about his size and blows, his bulk leaves him vulnerable. Don’t tell him I ever said that, though.
Isma rather relies on her swiftness to scatter her plants all about, distracting her enemies before striking herself. Ogrim too, seems to be imitating her techniques through his... projectiles.
My style matches yours the most, and yet I couldn’t seem to land a decisive strike on you. A challenging opponent for sure, with strength rivalling mine and Ze’mer’s.
Perhaps you’ll surpass all of us, one day. Or might it be too soon to tell?
Exhausted dialogue
I must focus on my duties now. Perhaps we may speak another time.
Dream Nailed
To love, to care... Are these not needed to save our dear kingdom?
Second defeat
First dialogue
Your well-rounded style is to be envied, formidable for a grub such as yourself. And to perform it not just once, but twice…
I wonder, what will happen when you grow larger? It’d be a shame if you were to lose your mobility with age, however predictable…
Perhaps Ze’mer could teach you how she moves so quickly, despite her stature. None of us could ever properly learn it, but you seem different…
Second dialogue (variation 1: Pure Nail)
Sharpening the nail is an art, you know. If you’ve ever any need to polish that weapon of yours, I’ll gladly help.
It seems your nail, too, has been forged from Pale Ore. Mine came from the Kingdom’s Crown, where few have ventured before.
I’m grateful that I was so easily able to obtain the ore that most nailsmiths are vying for. Mine was but a chunk, brought from the kingdom’s peaks. Their mining’s hardly done, so I’m sure some traveller would be happy to discover the rest.
Second dialogue (variation 2: Sharpened/Channeled/Coiled Nail)
Sharpening the nail is an art, you know. If you’ve ever any need to polish that weapon of yours, I’ll gladly help.
This nail of mine has been forged from pure Pale Ore. It came from the Kingdom's Crown, where few have ventured before.
I'm grateful that I was so easily able to obtain an ore that most nailsmiths squabble over. There had been more embedded in the stone of the peak, so perhaps it would be of use for your old blade.
Exhausted
I’ll remain on guard for now, then. I’m sure the others have much to say to you.
Dream Nailed
Its nail eminates a royal aura... A master nailsmith must certainly have participated in its creation.
Third and subsequent defeats
First dialogue
Seems I’ve met my match in a nail-fight. My offer to sharpen your nail may not even be necessary, should you continue to handle it with that dexterity.
I expect I’ll see you in the arena soon enough.
Exhausted dialogue
I expect I’ll see you in the arena soon enough.
Dream Nailed
My Queen worries… but perhaps it can face the infection unscathed?
Special (challenge) defeats
Mark of Purity defeat dialogue
I’ve noticed your relentless chains of swings in the trial. Our long training seems to have been fruitful and brought you to swift victory.
Your have mastered the technique to the point of making it your own. I must laud you for this.
Remember: do not ever let go of the foe once you reach it; if you do not give them a break, they won’t be able to fight back.
Old Nail defeat dialogue
...Ought I be offended or impressed that you bested me with a nail so worn? Never have I seen an instrument in a state of such disrepair.
That weapon is not befitting one of royal lineage. I will speak to the King about finding you a proper nail; one that doesn't look as though it would shatter to pieces with the next strike.
In the meantime, though, perhaps I should polish my own skills...
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Location
To reach Fierce Dryya, White Defender has to be defeated first.
Enter the room where you find the entrance to White Lady. Use Dream Nail on Dryya's corpse to enter her dream arena and initiate the fight. Traitor Lord must be defeated.
Gallery
Dryya's corpse in Queen's Gardens
The location the Knight appears in after using the Dream Nail on Dryya's corpse
The arena Fierce Dryya is fought in
Fierce Dryya's statue in the Hall of Gods
The arena Fierce Dryya is fought in when challenged in Godhome
Above the Dryya arena, a secret area (the Hall of Fame) can be accessed by using Mantis Claw on the wall left of the location where the Knight spawns after using the Dream Nail on Dryya’s corpse in Queen's Gardens and nail-bouncing on the spiked roof. This area contains tributes to many who contributed to the development of the Pale Court mod.
Before the curtains were added, the White Lady made Dryya's arena too bright. One of the solutions considered was to make a younger version of the White Lady for the background, of which art still exists.
