The Black Serpents

The Black Serpents are an elite enemy group. Members of Khaenri'ah's royal guard once served under their captain, Dainsleif, they have been since affected by the curse and have lost their memories and their honors.

Outside of quests and the Spiral Abyss, they are found in The Chasm: Underground Mines.

In combat, the Black Serpents are fairly durable enemies that use slow elemental attacks. When one of their attacks is fully absorbed by a player's Shield, they will grant themselves and/or other nearby Black Serpents a buff at the cost of a percentage of their current HP.

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Level	Mora	Character EXP	Gloomy Statuette	Dark Statuette	Deathly Statuette
1–4	255	30	2 + 62.66%	—	—
5–9	300	31	2 + 80.32%	—	—
10–14	330	33	3 + 2.51%	—	—
15–19	360	35	3 + 24.62%	—	—
20–24	405	36	3 + 46.73%	—	—
25–29	435	38	3 + 68.84%	—	—
30–34	480	40	3 + 91.03%	—	—
35–39	495	41	4 + 13.13%	—	—
40–44	525	43	4 + 35.24%	1 + 16.06%	—
45–49	540	45	4 + 57.43%	1 + 21.98%	—
50–54	555	47	4 + 79.55%	1 + 27.87%	—
55–59	585	48	5 + 1.65%	1 + 33.77%	—
60–64	600	50	5 + 23.77%	1 + 39.66%	34.92%
65–69	600	52	5 + 45.95%	1 + 45.58%	36.40%
70–74	600	53	5 + 68.06%	1 + 51.48%	37.88%
75–79	600	55	5 + 90.17%	1 + 57.37%	39.35%
80–84	600	57	6 + 12.28%	1 + 63.27%	40.83%
85–89	600	58	6 + 34.47%	1 + 69.19%	42.31%
90+	600	60	6 + 56.58%	1 + 75.08%	43.78%

Types[]

The Black Serpents, while considered one group in the Adventurer Handbook, have two subclasses: Shadowy Husks and Black Serpent Knights.

Shadowy Husks

• Shadowy Husk: Defender — Wields a bow and will create a shield that protects itself from attacks from the front and obtain a stackable ATK increase upon hitting a shielded player.
• Shadowy Husk: Line Breaker — Wields a lance and will heal nearby Black Serpents upon hitting a shielded player.
• Shadowy Husk: Standard Bearer — Wields a war banner and will create a Pyro shield for nearby Black Serpents upon hitting a shielded player.

Black Serpent Knights

• Black Serpent Knight: Rockbreaker Ax — Wields dual axes and will enter a rampage state where their damage is converted to Geo and gain a massive defensive improvement when hitting shielded players. Similarly to Fatui Anemoboxers, they can dart to nearby Shadowy Husks and protect them with a shield.
• Black Serpent Knight: Windcutter — Wields a greatsword and will obtain an ATK increase and the ability to blink away from the next attack upon hitting a shielded player.

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Lore[]

These silent monsters were originally members of Khaenri'ah's Royal Guard under their captain Dainsleif before the nation's fall. Ever since the cataclysm, they have been suffering from their curse, losing most of their humanity in the process. Depending on how far they've degraded, they're either referred to as Shadowy Husks or Black Serpent Knights.

A group of Black Serpent Knights gathered at the Chasm's mines, led by Halfdan. Although the group was suffering the curse, they were still able to remember Dainsleif's order to protect the people of Khaenri'ah at all costs. Large groups of hilichurls, former civilians of Khaenri'ah, were making their way to the underground depths of the present-day Chasm, somehow aware of a special fountain inside, which was able to remove some of the curse. The group is eventually discovered by the Traveler and Dainsleif; the former was investigating hilichurl activity, while the latter had been pursuing an Abyss Herald. They stumbled upon some hilichurls, before a group of knights attacked them, believing them to be hostiles and were unable to recognize Dainsleif. However, Halfdan was able to recognize him and ordered the knights to stand down, leading them to various areas in the Chasm.

At the same time, the Abyss Order, aware of the fountain's properties, attempts to use an amplification device in the hopes that they could restore the consciousness of those affected by the curse, despite being aware that the chances of success were low. The device instead causes pain to the knights and hilichurls, but Halfdan sacrifices his life to stop the device and passes on peacefully. The status of the remaining knights are not known.

In Sumeru, one of the Schwanenritter, Ynghildr, was presumably lost while fighting abyssal monsters during the cataclysm. Instead, she was corrupted into a Black Serpent Knight and eventually returns to the Ruin Golem in Devantaka Mountain, guarding a control module of the semi-operational golem. The Traveler encounters her while activating various relays in the golem and defeats her.

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