Fanon:Gauntlet of Hesperus

OH HEXEN YOU-A SO SPICY

Realm of Sassafras is a very, very special event Gamemode that only spawns in the month of April, starting 12:00 AM UTC April 1st (April Fools' Day.) It contains all things, , and much more...

Reaching
A portal will abruptly open right outside of Imperium exactly at 12:00 AM on the dot, and 20 Sassafras will flood out. They are Invincible and will dance around the portal, blabbering their heads off and making a racket. Every 5 minutes, they will stop dancing (still blabbering) and let players in the portal for 5 minutes. Back to dancing 5 minutes, players in 5 minutes, and the cycle repeats for the entire month, day or night.

Mechanics
Like, this gamemode is a wave-based gamemode. The difference is that it's not endless (only 1000 waves) and all bosses are "Sassafrized." This means that the bosses will always have Sassafras tan as their body color, and all eyes and the like are replaced with Sassafras's eye. If the boss does not have an eye, a Sassafras eye will be placed in the middle, regardless if it's going to end up under an Auto Turret or not. Sassafrized bosses will act like Sassafras, blabbering their heads off. Any minions they spawn will also whisper "Sassafras".

As for player spawning and game starting, the gamemode starts as soon as the first player joins the Realm of Sassafras server, which looks like a normal Arena except for the Sassafras tan-colored background. Players can spawn in at any level, and they will become level 45 ONLY in this gamemode. This is necessary to combat the insane waves of bosses. Upon death, they will be booted out of the Sassafras sub-realm, and will have to wait if the Sassafras blocking the portal are still dancing, or they can head right in if the Sassafras are idle.

Wave spawning works exactly like Endless Defense, although there are no preset waves except for the ones below. No other enemy types spawn other than Type 1 through Type 8 bosses, though more powerful bosses will often be selected over others. One Sassafras will spawn additionally with each wave, and a Sassafras Supreme will spawn every 10 waves. This also goes for preset waves, so Wave 1 will have 2 Sassafras spawned in instead of just the one noted below.



Hexen Intrigue
After players have passed Wave 10, Hexen will burst out of his fortress for whatever reason, run straight to Imperium, and say something about him feeling a great disturbance in the Realm and not wanting to fight the tanks. He will then notice the portal, push the Sassafras out of the way, and jump in. He is invincible while traveling to Imperium and when entering. Once in, he will yell something about Sassafras gaining too much power, and then aid the players in battle against the waves of Sassafras as an NPC, actively using his abilities. If he dips below half health, he will stop attacking, become Invincible, heal up to full health over the course of 90 seconds, and then start fighting again. Players cannot hurt Hexen.

Waves
Preset Waves:
 * Wave 1: 1x Sassafras
 * Wave 10: 1x Sassafras Supreme
 * Wave 50: 10x Sassafras
 * Wave 100: 8x Sassafras Supreme
 * Hundred waves: (200 through wave 900): 10 * wave number Sassafras or wave number/2 Sassafras Supreme
 * Wave 1000:

Lord Sassafras
After Wave 999 is defeated, the arena rumbles and darkens greatly, as Lord Sassafras descends from the sky on a platform. Several spotlights swing in onto him, he says his quotes, and the floor tiles go disco style as his battle begins! His battle is detailed on his page. Keep in mind that he can use any attack from any boss in the Tale of Diep and Extended Tale of Diep.

The End of Sassafras?
After Lord Sassafras is defeated, he turns back into a normal Sassafras, revealing him to be the first Sassafras to have been created by Hexen. Hexen then tries to pounce at Sassafras, but with a shout of "HEXEN, YOU-A SO SPICY! BYE BYE!" Sassafras vanishes into thin air. Sassafras spawns in the Realm and Arena will not happen at all, and will stop dropping Sassafras Supremes for a while. Maybe he had something to do with this...

Hexen will return to his fortress, teleporting away. All players are teleported out of the sub-realm, landing in Imperium's spawn area. The Sassafras jump into the portal, and disappear as the portal closes. However, the portal will open again 48 hours later, and the whole thing starts again...

Trivia

 * SASSAFRAS