Saevus Saxum

Saevus Saxum

Race

Titan

Location

Bava Nisos
(Janthir)

Image(s)

Saevus's Heart Saevus's northern lung Saevus's southern lung

“

Chosen three... You are destined... Seek the gate... As the sun dawns across the wilds... You shall hear my voice... And I will be your guide... You who must open the gate... So fate has written it... So make it be...

— Saevus Saxum

Saevus Saxum is a massive titan that has merged with the mursaat city of Bava Nisos, feeding on the magic seeping from both the keystone and the opened Mists Gate within.

Biography

Early years

Saevus Saxum originated from the Foundry of Failed Creations in the Realm of Torment along with several of his fellow titans which had been forged by The Fury in preparation for the invasion of Tyria at the behest of his masters Abaddon and Dhuum. After Abaddon's follower Vizier Khilbron had manipulated the Chosen heroes to open the Door of Komalie to unleash the titans onto Tyria in 1072 AE, he used the Scepter of Orr to command the titans to invade various locations across the world to enact the dragon Glint's Flameseeker Prophecies. Although the heroes were successful in defeating Khilbron and using his soul to close the Door of Komalie shortly after, several titans had slipped through to wreak havoc across Tyria before they would eventually be hunted down by the heroes and their allies.

A group of titans, including Saevus Saxum, successfully invaded the mursaat capital of Bava Nisos on Janthir and massacred any mursaat they came across. During the final moments of the city's fall, most of the invading titans and the mursaat there had fallen in combat. Saevus, the last surviving titan in the city, encountered the mursaat researcher Manikaz and killed him after chasing him to an alcove near the Golden Lake on the city's outskirts. Mabon, a mursaat member of the Wizard's Court, visited Bava Nisos after the fall, discovering Manikaz's remains and then finding Saevus. Angry at the titan massacre, he tempted Saevus to attack him. However, the titan chose to flee into Bava Nisos instead, forcing Mabon to pursue him.

Upon confronting Saevus again deeper in the city and preparing to kill him, Mabon suddenly thought back on the words he had uttered during his encounter with the Seer wizard Isgarren in the Seer-mursaat war from millennia ago and how Isgarren had spared him despite their races being enemies. Beginning to view Saevus as a kindred spirit and a victim of circumstance like he had once been, Mabon uttered those same words from his Isgarren encounter out loud and decided to give the titan another chance at life just like Isgarren had given him, sparing Saevus. Mabon also put a ward around Bava Nisos to protect Saevus and to buy more time before figuring out what to do with the lone titan.

However, the mursaat wizard did not know that he had doomed Saevus to a fate more cruel than death—the titan would wait for Mabon inside Bava Nisos instead of traveling back to the Foundry of Failed Creations via the Mists Gate, growing and merging with the city during the long wait due to the excess magic affecting the keystone near the gate. Mabon planned to visit the city again later, eventually discovering what had happened to Saevus. Feeling shame for having failed the titan, Mabon could not admit his folly and kept the information from his allies while leaving Saevus unattended in the warded ruins for the time being. Mabon forgot about Saevus over time although something in the back of his mind vaguely reminded him of a task he should have done and the consequences of not keeping his word after the mursaat Lazarus's death in 1330 AE had sent a ripple through the veil between realms and alerted his mind. As the years passed, Saevus grew bitter that Mabon, whom he had viewed as his last hope, had left him in the city to rot.

Following Mabon's death in 1336 AE, the arcane ward which he had cast around Bava Nisos disappeared and allowed Judge, Tatyanna, and Ulrich—a fanatical White Mantle trio searching for Bava Nisos on the orders of Confessor Caudecus Beetlestone—to enter the city. Sensing the trio's presence, Saevus spoke to them, used their character flaws to manipulate them, and lured them to the center of Bava Nisos where the Mists Gate lay. He convinced them to sacrifice themselves in the Foundry of Failed Creations to both chain the Mists Gate and keep it open, and to create three new progenitor titans—Ura, Decima, and Greer—as the trio merged with demonic entities. Feeding on the magic seeping from the Mists Gate as well as the keystone allowed Saevus to grow in power, effectively making him immortal as his organs would rejuvenate if damaged as long as he had access to magic.

Janthir Wilds

Act 1

Saevus continued feeding on magic in Bava Nisos while Ura, Decima, and Greer traveled south to begin corrupting Janthir Syntri and spreading their titanspawn as well as the Mistburn across the Isles. The titans' influence crept into the southern mainland over the next three seasons in 1337 AE, alerting the Lowland Kodan to strange changes that had made local wildlife agitated as the very earth itself began to sour. The kodan along with their new Tyrian Alliance companions uncovered the titan presence in autumn and spent the next few months fighting against the titans and their spawn while pushing north towards the gates of Bava Nisos itself to locate the source of the threat and neutralize it.

Repentance

By early 1338 AE, the alliance found their path into the city blocked by a powerful blend of fire and shadow magic which covered Bava Nisos and the entire mountain the city was in. During the excursion the alliance scouts, including Isgarren and the Pact Commander, witnessed manifested memories from Saevus's past, including bloodstone echoes of his brutal attack on Manikaz and being chased by Mabon. These visions from the bloodstones and Mabon's memory wisps finally alerted the alliance to the existence of the fourth titan. Even the skilled wizard Isgarren could not break through the new ward around the city, however, leaving the allied forces at an impasse for the next few months as they researched ways to break through the barrier.

Location

Janthir

• Bava Nisos

Story involvement

Janthir Wilds story

• Absolution
  • Forced Entry
  • A Titanic Undertaking
  • Salvation's Cost

Event involvement

[Group Event] Use debris in the environment to help destroy the titan organ sacs (80)

Use medicine to reduce the titan's inflammation and open the pathway (80)

A Titanic Voyage

[Group Event] Destroy the membrane using siege damage from your turtle or skyscale or by pulling down debris with your warclaw chain! (80)

[Group Event] Assault the North Lung (80)

[Group Event] Assault the South Lung (80)

[Group Event] Assault the titanic heart (80)

Gallery

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  Saevus concept art by Kevin Moran.

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  Saevus's Heart concept art.

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  Maw of Saevus concept art by Kevin Moran.

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  Maw of Saevus concept art.

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  Maw of Saevus concept art.

Related achievements

• Absolution: Immunocompromiser — Take out one of the Bava Nisos titan's vital organs. (1)
• Bava Nisos: A Titanic Voyage — Complete all parts of the A Titanic Voyage meta-event. (3)
• Bava Nisos: An Audible Voyage — Complete the A Titanic Voyage meta-event with added voice-over. (3)
• Bava Nisos: Sweet Relief — Complete all 3 "Use medicine to reduce the titan's inflammation and open the pathway" events. (1)

Trivia

• Saevus is voiced by Noshir Dalal.
• "Saevus" means 'furious, cruel, savage,' and "saxum" means 'stone, rock' in Latin.

See also

• Bava Nisos
• Maw of Saevus

Associated items

• Relic of the Living City