Hurlsvelgr is a mini-boss on the Stranded Ship appearing only in Specter of Torment. It is a large blue-feathered rainbow-spitting bird with a golden beak and armor.
Behavior and Tactics[]
Hurlsvelgr flies from either the left or right of the screen and has two attack patterns. It either charges across the screen, or hangs back to spit rainbow projectiles at Specter Knight. The bottom half of his body is armored, so he can only be struck from above by taking advantage of the nearby lanterns. When hit, Hurlsvelgr gets knocked back and vomits a rainbow which create a solid platform to land on and strike it a few more times before he flies away. It deals one full damage point and has 12 hit points.
Joustus Card[]
One of the Joustus cards in King of Cards is a Hurlsvelgr card which has 2 Double Arrows facing left and down. It's also a Cascade card.
Trivia[]
- The name Hurlsvelgr is a pun on "hurl" (as in the rainbow liquid he spews) and "Hræsvelgr", a giant eagle in Norse mythology sitting on northern edge of the heavens. The rainbow bridge-like platform he creates when hurt is a reference to Bifröst in the same mythology, a bridge that connects the Earth to Asgard, the realms of the gods.
- In-universe, the Rainbow Bridge platforms in Shovel of Hope and Plague of Shadows are sculpted in the bird's likeness. Ironically, the opposite is instead true in real life.
- In the game's files, his model is named "Rainbow Bird", composed of two separate sprite sheets: "Bird Boss" containing the creature's sprites and "Bird Boss Rainbow" containing his rainbow attack effects.
- The Fenix Feather is a feather of a Hurlsvelgr. When activated, a blue apparition of the giant bird appears and spreads its wings, producing rainbows from them.[1]
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References[]
- ↑ Developer commentary on Yacht Club Game's official Discord server.
