Online:Mercenary Veteran

Mercenary Veteran
Location	Wrothgar
Race	Orc	Gender	Varies
Health	133,844	Difficulty
Reaction	Neutral	Class	Knight

Mercenary Veteran (Knight)

Mercenary Veterans are Orcs encountered throughout Wrothgar and the Reach. Defeating one of them in combat will grant you the One Last Brawl achievement.

When they reach approximately 1000 Health, they will stop fighting, bow their heads and wait for you to land the killing blow. You must kill them to receive the achievement; bringing their health down to the point where they cease fighting will not count towards achievement progress.

There are three different kinds of Mercenary Veterans: a knight-class opponent in heavy armor wielding a one-handed weapon and shield, a vanquisher-class opponent wielding a single sword, and a assassin-class opponent dual-wielding weapons.

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Mercenary Veteran
Location	Wrothgar The Reach
Race	Orc	Gender	Varies
Health	133,844	Difficulty
Reaction	Neutral	Class	Vanquisher

Mercenary Veteran
Location	The Reach
Race	Orc	Gender	Varies
Health	133,844	Difficulty
Reaction	Neutral	Class	Assassin

A female Mercenary Veteran (Assassin)

Locations

• South of Morkul Stronghold.
• West of Vateshran Hollows.
• Northeast of Black-Moon Clan Camp

Skills and Abilities

Knight

Quick Strike

A basic melee attack that does minor physical damage.

Fiery Breath

The enemy breathes fire as indicated by a red cone. This attack does moderate flame damage over time and snares all enemies within the cone. This attack can be blocked to reduce damage.

Lava Whip

The enemy winds up a flaming whip that does moderate flame damage to the target. This attack can be blocked to set the enemy off balance.

Vanquisher

Quick Strike

A basic melee attack that does minor physical damage.

Heavy Attack

A heavy melee attack that does moderate physical damage. It can be blocked to set the enemy off balance.

Block

The vanquisher blocks with its one-handed blade.

Retaliation

The vanquisher jumps and performs a spinning strike, hitting and staggering their target. This can be blocked, setting them off balance. Retaliation is always used after a successful block, which then makes it impossible for the target to block this attack.

Javelin

The vanquisher takes out a javelin from behind their back and tosses it at their target, dealing damage and staggering them. This can be interrupted to set them off balance. This attack is used more often when standing further out from the vanquisher.

Assassin

Quick Strike

A basic melee attack that does minor physical damage.

Whirlwind

The assassin spins around, doing moderate physical damage to all players as indicated by a red circle. Blocking will reduce the damage taken.

Assassinate

The assassin strikes at the player's back for moderate physical damage. This attack can only be performed if the assassin is behind the player, and Assassins will often use "Passing Through" to get behind the player. Ensure your character is facing the assassin at all times to prevent this.

Passing Through

The assassin jumps above the target to get behind them.

Dialogue

They will repeatedly taunt you, saying:

Mercenary Veteran "They say you can give me a good death."

Mercenary Veteran "They say you can give a good death!"

Mercenary Veteran "You! Fight me!"

Mercenary Veteran "Are you a coward"

Mercenary Veteran "You don't have the guts!"

Mercenary Veteran "Every tale they tell of you is a lie!"

Mercenary Veteran "You there! I challenge you!"

Mercenary Veteran "Think you can grant me a good death, worm?"

Mercenary Veteran "Fight me, you tusking coward!"

Mercenary Veteran "Tusking weakling!"

Mercenary Veteran "Time to prove your worth!"

Mercenary Veteran "Too scared you'll lose?"

Mercenary Veteran "You! Stand and fight!"

Mercenary Veteran "Will you not stand and fight?"

Mercenary Veteran "Face me!"

Mercenary Veteran "Don't deny me a good death!"

Mercenary Veteran "I'm too much for you. I see that now!"

Mercenary Veteran "I shall not be denied a good death!"

Mercenary Veteran "You are my opponent?"

Mercenary Veteran "You must be afraid to die by my hand!"

Mercenary Veteran "You are no coward! Prove yourself!"

Mercenary Veteran "Show me the kind of fighter you are!"

Mercenary Veteran "Don't tell me you're a coward, runt!"

Mercenary Veteran "Maybe I was wrong about!"

Achievements

There is one achievement associated with this enemy:

Achievement		Points	Description
	One Last Brawl	10	Grant an elderly Orc warriors a glorious death.

Notes

• They can be found with a number of dead bodies around them (including snow bears), which will despawn after you kill them.
• Mercenary Veterans defeated in The Reach count towards the completion of One Last Brawl achivement.

Bugs

• Despite using the vanquisher class, which relies on javelin-throwing, the vanquisher Mercenary Assassins lack javelins on their backs, but will still use javelins during combat. ^?
• The Mercenary Veteran (Assassin)'s dual blades spasm out repeatedly when they perform their praying pose at the end of the fight. ^?