Illurien of the Myriad Glimpses
Illurien of the Myriad Glimpses, @, also known simply as Illurien, is a unique monster that appears in dNetHack and notdNetHack. She is an unsolid human that guards an artifact spellbook of secrets within a side-branch of the Neutral Quest, and is an overlord to her kind.
Generation
Illurien of the Myriad Glimpses is always generated hostile.
Illurien is generated on a random square within the shrouded dispensary at level creation.
The first time she is generated, Illurien is always created with one of three artifact spellbooks: The Necronomicon, The Book of Infinite Spells or The Book of Lost Names.
Illurien never leaves a corpse upon death.
Abilities
Illurien of the Myriad Glimpses is amphibious, unbreathing, capable of flight, can see invisible, has regeneration, can teleport, has teleport control, and will pick up and collect items with a bias towards magical ones. Illurien has full monster MR and cannot be tamed.
Illurien has a unique engulfing attack, a sticky claw attack, and will attempt to cast one mage monster spell per round of combat. Her engulfing attack will envelop you only if either you or Illurien are stuck to the other - it inflicts amnesia and rusts worn armor, and deals double damage against targets with blood.
Harassment
After Illurien dies for the first time, she will cause you trouble for the rest of the game. Every 250–1250 turns, Illurien will perform one of the following actions:
- She will cast aggravate on you. (1⁄4 chance)
- She will resurrect on an adjacent square to you, or levelport to you if she is still alive. (1⁄4 chance)
- Nothing happens. (1⁄2 chance)
Once you reach the Astral Plane, Illurien will cease her harassment.
Messages
- A mist of blood is torn from your skin and swept into the cloud!
- You took double damage from Illurien's engulfing attack.
Encyclopedia entry
A strange woman composed of tears and raindrops, Illurien of the Myriad Glimpses is a collector of information and a keeper of secrets. She appears as a dancing array of countless swirling droplets. This storm of stolen moments surrounds and creates a slender, but extremely tall, feminine form clad in gray robes.
She has no facial features other than her vivid blue eyes.
