Mockeries

The Mockeries are a Foe affiliation in Soulframe; tainted spirits, clad in ancient Babel armour and speaking in twisted tongues. The Mockeries now haunt Alca’s lands, singing their songs of nonsense as they wildly attack and lash out.

* Note that Mockeries that spawn in the Arena tile of the Glades of Andurin will not drop loot.

Mockeries are comprised of two composite parts: a Mockery Spirit and a Husk.

Mockery Spirits can often be found stalking their territory, and can only be fully seen and revealed with Spectral Sight. Dormant Husks can often be found nearby the wandering Spirits, collapsed to the ground and partially overtaken by tree roots.

If disturbed, a Spirit will approach a nearby husk and possess it, using it as a bodily vessel to attack anyone nearby. However, some husks may not have a roaming Spirit, and will simply remain dormant.

Mockeries engage in relentless Melee Combat, and are extremely persistent and resistant to Stagger. They also possess a "grab attack" which locks the Envoy into a QTE (quick time event). During this attack, the Mockery is completely immune to damage dealt by teammates.

Upon taking lethal damage, the Mockery's Spirit will evacuate its Husk, which will collapse to the ground. A Pull Smite (default Spectral Sight + Light Attack) must be performed to fully reveal and kill the Spirit and prevent it from returning to the Husk, otherwise the Mockery Spirit will shortly re-possess its Husk and regain partial Life.

• A defeated Mockery Spirit will restore Envoys' Pact Arcanics on Smite, similar to enemies' souls, based on the colour of the Spirit. Rarely, defeating a Mockery may even charge a Rune, even though it does not count as a Pull Smite for most other purposes.

A possible legacy of the Quiet Years^[1], the Mockeries are likely the oldest entities ever to stalk the isle of Midrath. Once-human spirits, now lost souls bound within creaking metal and husks of deadwood, clay, or stone.

The Mockeries can often be found dwelling within dried-up tree groves and deadwood stumps, their forests becoming targets for lowly Ode’n loggers. Some legions of Sinecure loggers often report hearing the pulse of bleeding stumps, of logs twisting away from their axe blades, and of the dried-up wood groaning late at night, whispering that the forest angers for all they take, all while littered with glowing, violet runes scrawled upon the bark. Runes that were surely not there the night before.^[2]

If a Mockery’s dormant husk is disturbed, then its Spirit will manifest and animate it, wielding ancient rusted and wooden arms to defend its deadwood grove.

The Mockery Language is its own ancient and twisted tongue; separate to Dendrit or Ode'n script. The armoured

bear both arms and armour inscribed with strange, glowing, purple runes. Examples of this include:

• Mockery Armour Set
• Nurash
• Stultin
• Tessard

Whilst efforts to translate this language are actively underway in the Soulframe Discord, it has not yet been fully deciphered.

Below is a list of all Mockeries who appear, or are mentioned, in the game.

Table of Mockeries

Armoured Mockery

A tainted spirit of a warrior that takes the disguise of wood and steel. This abomination lashes out at any lowly or malignant logger while defending the groves it hides inside.

Deadwood Mockery

A tainted spirit that takes the disguise of wood, this abomination lashes out at any lowly or malignant logger while defending the groves it hides inside.

Deadwood Mockery (Female)

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A tainted spirit that takes the disguise of wood, this abomination lashes out at any lowly or malignant logger while defending the groves it hides inside.

Mockery Spirit

A tainted spirit that takes the disguise of wood, this abomination lashes out at any lowly or malignant logger while defending the groves it hides inside.

Mockery Spirit (Female)

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A tainted spirit that takes the disguise of wood, this abomination lashes out at any lowly or malignant logger while defending the groves it hides inside.

Thrice-bound Impidh

A most powerful breed of Mockery.

The following section contains concept art for upcoming Mockery enemies.

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  The original Mockery concept art and 3D model, presumably for an upcoming female variant of the basic Mockery.
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  Concept art and 3D model for an upcoming Dog Mockery and Pig Mockery respectively.
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  Concept art for an upcoming Armoured Clay Mockery unit.
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  3D render of an upcoming Armoured Clay Mockery unit.
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  3D render of an upcoming Armoured Stone Mockery unit.

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  An Envoy uses Flintlock against a pair of Deadwood Mockeries.
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  Un-possessed Deadwood Mockery Husks seen in Midrath.