Korax



Korax is the second Serpent Rider and the final boss of Hexen. Not at all human-like as D'Sparil is, he has six arms, red eyes, a demonic skeletal face, and a long tail. He has 5000 Hit Points, and he is an extremely slow-moving monster, despite his danger level.

Despite his status over D'Sparil, Korax's slow speed and easily-dodged projectiles make him not a very challenging opponent at all this late in the game. He shoots six projectiles at once, usually the same projectiles fired by other enemies, such as Reiver lava balls, Chaos Serpent fireballs, etc. He also has the ability to manipulate the field around his hall, and can cause floors to sink into lava, summon fireball shooters, and even send spikes rising from the ground.

Like D'Sparil and Eidolon, Korax fights in two phases. After he takes enough damage in the first hall, he teleports away and sends waves of enemies against the player. The player must eliminate these, at which point the door at the end of hall will open where Korax awaits the player in a second hall.

In this, the second stage of the battle, Korax will also summon ghost versions of different monsters (Ettin, Centaur, Brown and Green Chaos Serpent), and teleport around both halls, making defeating him more difficult (unlike D'Sparil he can telefrag the player, but his teleportations follow a certain sequence making it predictable for the player).

When he finally dies, several spirits will burst out of Korax's stomach and roam around, and the exit portal leading to the end of the game will be opened at the end of the second hall.

Korax also appears at the beginning of each hub, with the exception of the Winnowing Hall, (though he appears at the start of Seven Portals, the level after Winnowing Hall), where his face emerges from a wall of fire to taunt the player (and allowing the player to hear his voice). His face will then fade from the wall, and the wall itself will fade away to let the player proceed into the hub itself.

Korax's name is derived from Corvus corax, the scientific name for the Common Raven. The c in "corax" is replaced with a k.