Fanon:Sassafrexen

''Right after opening the in which he dumped his accumulated IE energy, the soon-to-be  wanted one more thing just to irritate the disciple of the six-sided polygons. As an experiment, he created a version of but with Sassafras-like qualities, the first of many "Sassafrized" copies of other strong beings in the Realm. Unlike the ones who were to come after him, Sassafrized Hexen, or Sassafrexen, as he came to be called, was bestowed with the gift of sentience by Lord Sassafras. While the creation of Sassafrexen did waste great amounts of IE energy, it more than paid back in full with Sassafrexen's infrequent coups of Hexen's fortress (which serves to accumulate massive amounts of IE energy from Hexen and his subjects, and the tanks who fight Sassafrexen) or keeping an eye on the Sassa Club's activities in. from the Realm of Sassafras. All be told, Sassafrexen is practically Lord Sassafras's secretary, but he loves what he does and praises Lord Sassafras while doing his job.''

Overview
Sassafrexen is a clone of made by. Sassafrexen, apart from looking vastly different than Hexen, is much like Hexen in personality. The one thing that sets them apart is that Lord Sassafras intended Sassafrexen to be a role model for all the Sassafras clones and minions throughout, and to keep tabs on the , as their unique personalities are somewhat too much for Lord Sassafras to manage all the time. This page is for the de facto Sassafrexen, as there are Sassafrexen clones that look like Sassafrexen who were created by Lord Sassafras but have only a fraction of Sassafrexen's power. The clones also do not possess mouths, unlike Sassafrexen, and appear only in Endless Defense.

Sassafrexen himself is buoyant and reckless like Hexen, but also speaks greatly of Lord Sassafras and doesn't have a softer side like Hexen.

Design
Sassafrexen looks a lot like Hexen. He has two yellow Sassafras eyes on his body, a derpy smile (only for the picture, he usually has a maniacal smile throughout the fight) and Sassafras tan everywhere instead of hexagon green. Sassafrexen also has Hexen's sword with tan hexagon gems, instead of a Sassafrized version of Hexen's normal sword. Apart from those differences, the two visually look very similar.

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Technical
Sassafrexen has 60,000 HP and significantly higher resistances than Hexen (40% baseline, decreases to a minimum of 15% even under Broken). Like Hexen, he has a sword and a grappling hook, and these share the same mechanics. Unlike Hexen, though, he has a greater deal of energy projection than playing around with mechanical stuff.

Also, unlike Hexen, because he was molded by Lord Sassafras to be slightly superior to Hexen in personality and power, he does not lose the use of his handheld weapons in Phase 2 like some of the other, like and. His bottom spawner spawns one Sassafras Minion every ten seconds, with a limit of 60. Sassafrexen also does not have a, due to him not being created by the Polygon Mother.

In place of Hexen's boss waves in Phase 2, Sassafrexen summons waves of Sassafras and Sassafras Minions. He might also summon a somewhere... but this is unconfirmed, heh, heh, heh...

Sassafrexen's Coup
There is a 5% chance for each time that players find Hexen's fortress open, instead of Hexagon-based enemies who are waiting inside, Sassafras and Sassafras minions will be instead. In the midway level, there is a random Sassa Club member instead of the midway boss (the Sassa Club member is also the one who was supposed to spawn in the Realm but will spawn in the fortress instead.) Once players reach what is supposed to be Hexen's battle room, they will find Sassafrexen there instead. Sassafrexen will deliver a monologue about how easy it was to defeat Hexen and point to the hexagon disciple tied up in a corner surrounded by many Sassafras Minions.

The battle will then begin, detailed below in the next section. Players who wander up to Hexen at any point in the fight will be attacked by the invincible Sassafras Minions, firing bouncy bullets that propel players backward and away from the captured Hexen. Hexen can be seen to struggle to no avail, and sometimes say an angry quote about Sassafras or Sassafrexen in general. It is not until when Sassafrexen reaches the health threshold where Hexen would enter his death phase that Hexen will finally break out of his binds and attack Sassafrexen. This is detailed in the "Hexen Escapes!" section.

The Fight
Once Sassafrexen says his intro quotes, he summons 50 Sassafras Minions to form a blockade at the doorway, detailed below. The battle will then begin in Phase 1.

Phase 1

 * Join Me In Battle, Against Your Wishes: Sassafrexen summons 50 Sassafras Minions (all with hats), all of which rush to the entrance and clog it up, preventing entry in and out of the battle room. Players who come in contact with the wall of Sassafras minions from either side will be pushed away lightly with no damage, although 50 Sassafras minions constantly chanting "SASSAFREXEN!" while players are near them will quickly get annoying.

''It's showtime, tanks! Time to show you all what Sassafrexen can do! BEHOLD MY FRIENDLY EYES!''
 * Sassa Wave: Sassafrexen spawns 8 Sassafras Minions from his spawner at once that spread out, firing bullets as they go. Repeated every time 8 Sassafras Minions are destroyed.
 * Sassa Dash: Sassafrexen spins his sword around several times, grabs a player with his grappling hook, and runs around in straight lines while laughing. The grappled player is swung around to hit their compatriots, while Sassafrexen spins his sword to deal medium damage and knockback to anyone hit.
 * Sassa Grenade: Sassafrexen pumps out one larger-than-normal Thorn Mine, and tosses it at a player with his hook. Upon impact, it explodes into 32 yellow Gunner-sized bullets that inflict Confused for 4 seconds on impact.
 * Sassa Slash: Sassafrexen swings forward and left to right and back, dealing medium damage, and inflicting Poisoned and Dazed for 3 seconds on contact.
 * I LOVE ALL YOUR WEAPONS: Sassafrexen grabs 5-8 players with his grapple launcher and waves them around as he controls their weapons in a clump to attack the remaining players fighting him. Lasts for 12 seconds. After this attack has terminated, Sassafrexen flings the captured players at Hexen, dealing medium damage to the players and leaving Hexen with a dent in his helmet. The Sassafras Minions guarding Hexen will then proceed to propel the tossed players away from Hexen.
 * IE Thrust: Sassafrexen holds his sword up, and tan energy swirls around it rapidly, condensing at the tip. With the glowy tip, Sassafrexen jabs at players in all directions like Hexen's Fury Thrust attack, but he is moving and doesn't use his grappling hook. Lasts for 10 seconds, and if that weren't enough, Sassafrexen gains Frenzy for the duration of this attack.
 * Say hello to Sassafras: Sassafrexen summons a in. He will then push it at players at high speed, and the Sassafras will fire all of its weapons as it hurls towards the group of players. Upon impact with anything, the Sassafras deals body damage and explodes into 18 Sassafras Minions.
 * I sexually identify as a machine gun: Sassafrexen turns upside down, and starts releasing a barrage of small Thorn Mines from his launcher that explodes for low damage on impact, but do not release their thorns. The mines are fired out -speed and style, meaning very, very fast, not to mention that Sassafrexen is swinging back and forth for maximum coverage.
 * The Drill That Pierces the Heavens: Sassafrexen spins his sword, and a drill hat appears on his head instead of the helmet. He then flies into the sky, breaking a hole in the roof of Hexen's fortress. Then, without warning, Sassafrexen drills down on the largest group of players, with debris flying everywhere. Players hit by Sassafrexen will receive high damage, while those who are directly underneath him as he continues burrowing into the ground and back up again will receive constant low damage. Sassafrexen returns to normal when he finishes this attack.
 * Sassa Swarm: Sassafrexen directs all Sassafras Minions currently in the room into a giant clump to chase down players as one crowd for 20 seconds. He will resume attacking after giving the command while remaining in the clump of Sassafras Minions.
 * Sassafras Strike: Sassafrexen envelops himself in a flash of light, and throws his sword over and over as it continuously returns back to him boomerang-style. The sword inflicts Bleeding and Confused for 3 seconds on contact and low damage.
 * Beam Blast: Sassafrexen holds his sword in front of him, and tan energy begins to gather at the tip. Sassafrexen then fires a very wide and long laser bolt from the sword's tip that bounces off the walls up to six times, dealing medium damage per contact.
 * BETWEEN, ABOVE, BELOW, BEHIND, ON, LEFT OF, RIGHT OF, AROUND, IN FRONT OF, UNDERNEATH, AND IN MY FRIENDLY EYES: Sassafrexen releases a storm of bullets in the general area around his eyes that fly everywhere at different sizes and speeds. Lasts for 5 seconds.

Phase 2
When Sassafrexen's hands' health is drained, he enters Phase 2. Sassafrexen moves faster and teleports into the center of the arena at the very beginning of Phase 2. Bullets fired at the hands will go through them.

Sassafrexen now will summon, Sassafras Minions, members, and  at the very end, though things will happen when that wave arrives... All of these bosses will reward EXP, excluding their minions. All things WILL talk over each other.

During a boss summon, Sassafrexen will be invulnerable until the boss/bosses die. He cannot attack while a boss is in session. After the boss dies, Hexen will resume attacking until the loss of 6,900 HP has been reached. For every 6,900 HP lost, Hexen will summon a boss or multiple bosses as the following:

Boss Spawning Order

 * At 35,400 HP: 50 Sassafras Minions or Two Sassafras
 * At 28,500 HP: 100 Sassafras Minions or Four Sassafras
 * At 21,600 HP: + 75 Sassafras Minions or  + Two Sassafras or Emolis + Two Sassafras or Zelena + Two Sassafras
 * At 14,700 HP: 150 Sassafras Minions or Six Sassafras
 * At 7,800 HP: Sentiquet + Four Sassafras or Heptone + Three Sassafras or + Three Sassafras or Klonen + Three Sassafras
 * At 900 HP: + Six Sassafras

Attacks
Note: Sassafrexen can use all of his Phase 1 attacks in Phase 2, in addition to the new attacks listed below. Instead of gaining powered-up versions of the Phase 1 attacks, all Phase 2 attacks are completely new, and become even more ridiculous like those of in Phase 2, but obviously not to that degree of ridiculousness.
 * Ping Pong: Sassafrexen's eyes start spinning around. His pupils fly out of their sockets and bounce around the room, making a "boing" sound every time they hit anything to deal low damage. Sassafrexen spins around in place, deflecting all non-magical ammunition fired at him. Lasts for 8 seconds.
 * Multispin Dash: Sassafrexen holds his sword out to the side with both hands and starts spinning rapidly in place. He will fly at players, accelerating as he moves at a medium speed. Every time he reaches a target location, he will remain in place for about 0.5 seconds while still spinning before accelerating to a new location or target. 60% of non-magical ammunition fired at Sassafrexen will be destroyed (not deflected) on contact with him while he is spinning. This attack lasts for 15 seconds.
 * Sludge Sled: Sassafrexen summons a Sassafras underneath him, which flattens itself and melts into a tan goop. Sassafrexen jumps on the goop and slides around the room in circles, leaving a trail of goop that on contact inflicts Poisoned and Slowed for as long as players are as in contact with it. The trail disappears after 5 seconds of being laid down, and players hit by Sassafrexen receive the debuffs above for 4 seconds as well as being dealt medium damage and low knockback.
 * Switcheroo!: Sassafrexen launches out a giant Thorn Mine aimed at a group of players. Upon reaching its target (it homes in on the player(s),) Sassafrexen swaps places with the mine, so wherever Sassafrexen was, the explosion occurs, and Sassafrexen is now in front of the players.
 * Poke Poke: Sassafrexen goes over to Hexen and starts poking him with his sword. Sassafrexen will also grab players with his grappling hook and poke Hexen with them, too. Meanwhile, the Sassafras Minions guarding Hexen will form a shield around Sassafrexen, firing their non-damaging bouncy bullets to keep as many players as they can away from Sassafrexen. Sassafrexen will annoy Hexen for 20-25 seconds, then go back to fighting the players.

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Hexen Escapes!
At 900 HP, instead of Sassafrexen going into a death phase like Hexen, Sassafrexen will first summon Sassafras Supreme, raising his hands into the sky. A portal opens in the ceiling, and Sassafras Supreme drops out, followed by six Sassafras. Hexen will then start boiling with anger as Sassafrexen starts delivering a monologue in a cutscene (players cannot fire or move.) Both Sassafrexen, Sassafras Supreme, and the Sassafras are Invincible during the cutscene. Midway through Sassafrexen's monologue, however, Hexen breaks free of the cables binding him and slashes his way through the Sassafras Minions guarding him. He immediately transforms into his Poluxe Form, and Sassafrexen notices Hexen yelling. Sassafrexen then says a quote about him having reached his goal in gathering enough IE energy, and teleport away, leaving Hexen and the players to defeat Sassafras Supreme and the Sassafras, as well as any other Sassafras Minions or Sassafras that Sassafrexen left behind. Players cannot hurt Hexen and vice versa, and he will attack with his Phase 1 abilities until his health drops to 35,400 HP or below, at which he will stop attacking, go Invincible, and regenerate up to 60,000 over 45 seconds. Once all Sassafras-related things have been defeated, Hexen thanks the players for forming a temporary alliance with him, and they are all teleported outside his fortress. Hexen's fortress will then be closed for 24 hours.

Rewards
Sassafrexen does not deliver any rewards upon his defeat, due to its nature. However, repeated defeats of Sassafrexen do add to the progression to open the next Realm of Sassafras.

Quotes
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Trivia

 * Sassafrexen is the first such experiment of Lord Sassafras at making Sassafrized versions of bosses. Since Sassafrizing drains a great deal of IE energy from the reserves, Sassafrexen is the only Sassafrized entity with sentience; all other Sassafrexen clones, or Sassafrized entities, for that matter, are drones controlled by the Sassa Club or Lord Sassafras, depending on the gamemode.
 * Thanks to for the intro quote and  for the BGM.