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Mother


Mother is one of the Tri, a figurehead in the religion of One Concern, which rules over the world of Iconoclasts. Previously killed by Robin and her gang of rebels after making it to the base of operations for One Concern, Mother has been brought back through mysterious circumstances, although she claims the Starworm brought her back. She fully intends to strip Black Hole of any available Ivory and set up a new version of her empire, but given the amount of territory wars happening in this chaotic fused land she may need to make some alliances.


Mother is not as active of a fighter as other characters, instead opting to use bodyguards named Corners to attack and sets up Ivory Trees and "vines" to shock opponents as well as heal herself and her body guards. She can also use Icons of Prayer to give herself Tweaks, which will stay active on her until she is stunned in which they will break. She can become a boss fight with her Level 3, Oedipuss, which sees her needing to mimic her pattern from her boss fight in Iconoclasts to prevent Oedipuss from overheating. She's quite an advanced fighter for someone who only shows up in two scenes in her game of origin!

Gimmick: Icon of Prayer

Mother can utilize Icons of Prayer to give herself Tweaks, which allow her to add a buff to herself that will only become inactive once she becomes stunned by an attack. Additionally, she can use Icons of Prayer to entangle the stage in "vines" of Ivory, which can act as a passive healing tool for her and her Corners or allow her to shock opponents from a distance. Icons of Prayer are very important for Mother's play style and should be placed well for best results as they aid in her fighting style which is mostly to keep away from opponents and let her Covers do a lot of the work or using Ivory vines and trees to deal damage to opponents.
Moveset
Ivory Tree
Mother creates an tree made out of a substance called Ivory, which sticks out from the ground and creates a healing aura that works for Mother and her Corners for 2 hit points each second they're by the Ivory Tree. Mother can only set up one Ivory tree and also make it collapse to Tangle opponents in Ivory, which she infuses with energy to make it Shock them and deal 11 damage.
Mother's Corner
Mother sends out a Corner, a masked woman in a triangular mask who uses a sword to attack. Mother has two Corners that she can send out who attack for her, acting as a ai partner with 50 health. Corners deal 7 damage with sword strikes, inflicting Bleed on hit. Mother can use this move to call them or dimiss them. When both Corners die, Mother will not get another Corner until she loses a stock.
Parade Float
Mother sits down on a rising parade float from the background, sitting as her available Corners rest by her side. Mother can then control the Parade Float with Ivory, able to ascend or do a lunging dash that inflicts 7 damage with knockdown to opponents it makes contact with. This basically acts as a mobile platform- opponents can climb up the steps and attempt to attack her on the throne, although Mother can use her side special to send out one or both Corners to attack riding opponents. Mother can stay on the parade float as long as she wants but won't be able to attack while seated. Use this move again to dismiss the Parade Float. Icon of Prayer
Mother sets down a Icon of Prayer, able to set up to 3. Mother can set up Tweaks for herself when she's near a Icon of Prayer, but she can also use it to channel Ivory using her netural special Ivory Tree. This will create a "vine" of Ivory that goes through the Mother Statue's open hand and by setting up Ivory "vines" to 2 or more Icons of Prayer, linking them, allowing her to use it to create passive healing areas that she can then invert to inflict ambient lightning damage, inflicting 0.3 wind damage per 20 frames. Ivory "vines" heal 0.6 hit points every second, alternatively.
Tweaks
Tweaks are something Mother can equip to herself via Icons of Prayer. Tweaks give Mother additional properties to her moves and moveset. Tweaks do not have a time limit in which they expire, but they will "break" if Mother is stunned or takes an attack that is not considered "ambient". She can only equip one tweak at a time although she can swap it with a different tweak. She does need to be near an Icon of Prayer to equip these.

Shock Value

Fleet Foot

Featherweight

Iron Heart
Boosts Ivory's electrical properties for Ivory Tree and Icon of Prayer, dealing 1.2x more damage and expanding the shock area by 1.3x. Increases Mother and Mother's Corners movement speed by 1.3x while active and makes landing lag nonexistant. Attacks come out at same speed. Gives Mother another jump in the air and decreases her weight and the Mother's Corners' weight by 1.5x. Mother can take one free hit damage-free regardless of how much damage it would otherwise do when she performs a guard.
Finishers

Tri-Form
Level 1
Mother has a triangle appear behind her as two white-skinned Elite Corners go to attack opponents, keeping her personal Corners safe by her sides as these elite Corners attack opponents, dealing 11 damage with their blades and knocking them towards Mother who uses Ivory to ensnare them into an electrical trap that deals 15 damage and inflicts Shock as a result. This attack works once at least opponent has been knocked towards Mother, who then finishes the job- but if both of the Elite Corners are damaged beyond help, the Finisher will fail as Mother sends them back.

Detritus Dust
Level 2
Mother holds up her arms and uses a wave of Detritus Dust to inflict Wither onto opponents, as well as 30 damage on contact with the Detritus Dust wave. If reflected using a windbox in the opposing direction, it will deal 2x as much damage to Mother. Normal reflectors can do nothing against the attack and guards are useless. It travels across for four character lengths before spattering against the floor, creating a carpet that deals 9 damage and inflicts Wither on contact. Additionally, this carpet can be blown around by wind attacks. The Detritus Dust will stay active for 10 seconds after dispersement.

Oedipuss
Level 3
Mother creates a giant cat-like creature out of rubble, which has 100 health to deplete, which can only be damaged when Oedipuss opens it's mouth to deal a flamethrower attack or by directly attacking Mother on top of Oedipuss. Mother has a limited moveset that allows her to perform the following actions when on top of Oedipuss:
Charge
Oedipuss charges up and then rams their head forward like a bull while being able to rapidly accelerate in the direction of the player's chosing. It deals 18 damage and inflicts Break on hit. Flamethrower
Oedipuss opens their mouth to release a burst of flame that deals 20 damage and Burn but leaves a vulernability open. Oedipuss must perform Flamethrower every 5 seconds or the creation will overheat as shown on Mother's ui.
Rock
Mother launches a white rock from below the stage to inflict damage onto opponents, dealing 19 damage as it rises and 7 damage from the three rock debris created from crushing it afterwards. Ball
Mother forms Oedipuss into a defensive ball, dealing 16 damage as it runs opponents over and inflicts Bury on opponents run over. Opponents can shoot Oedipuss to knock it back but it will deal no damage.
Alternate Outfits

Default
Effects

Characters can undergo transformations when special effects are placed under them.
Makai Spell
Mother becomes an Ivory tree, from the end of her boss fight in Iconoclasts.
Heaven Spell
Midnight Bliss
Mother wears a "body suit" of Eyes, a blue fungal-like parasite that can infect anything made of Ivory.
Incubus Delight
Mother becomes Father, another member of The Tri from Iconoclasts.
Jokerified
Mother's Ivory attacks become 3x quicker at the cost of her healing abilities for 6 seconds.
Power Drain
When Mother is caught by Rogue, she is kissed on the lips.
Rogue gains Ivory Tree as a replacement for her neutral special Photon Blast, allowing her to create Ivory Trees to heal or shock opponents. She also gains a special attack bonus, boosting her special attacks by 1.3x for six seconds.
Talent
When The Monstars rob the talent of Mother, they gain Mother's Corner to replace their side special, Intercept. This allows them to summon their own Corners, which act functionally identical to Mother's Corners except they wear Monstar jerseys.
The active Monstar gains Mother's white sash around her dress as a physical attribute.
Insight
Mother's secret is revealed.

She had a polyamourous romantic relationship with her Corners, who were emotionally wrecked by her death. She never was able to disclose the nature of her relationship but this was why she never bothered to find anyone to marry and had to adopt Royal out of obligation, ready to abandon the weak brat any time.

Testimony
Saul Goodman gives a testimony for his client.
Your honor, my client was just enjoying a parade with her trusted officals when suddenly a bunch of no-good youngsters trashed it. She had to stand her ground, using the ground!
Torture
When Mother is caught by Posion, Poison kisses her with lips that are laced with Detritus Dust, causing her to take 45 damage as her body attempts to fight the infection, inflicted with Wither as well.
R-Action
When Ralsei encounters Mother, he offers up a Ivory Square, which she can use to repair her last Tweak instantly, although she gets two levels of Drowsiness as a result.
Unlock Method
Offer 700 Hearts to any goddess. Once Mother is unlocked, Mother and the rest of the Tri become open for offerings of Hearts.