Breach-Boss Design Lock
Games adapt from this file; runtime frames do not define the Breach-Boss.
Canon Links
- Canon page: Breach-Boss
- Style bible: Style-Bible
- Design tokens: DESIGN
Visual Thesis
Boss-scale breach anatomy made into a region-holding engine: a low, wide, artillery body grown around a shielded toxic breach heart, with anchor pylons, rib armor, projectile vents, and conduit tendrils.
Silhouette Lock
- Primary read: living breach engine / artillery altar, not a melee bruiser.
- Proportion: wider and heavier than all rank-and-file Scourge, with planted anchor legs or pylons instead of runner legs.
- Iconic shape signature: central toxic core framed by rib armor, shield organs, barrage vents, and ground-locking limbs.
- Forbidden shape drift: just a larger Ripper, clawed humanoid boss, clean demon lord, armored human, symmetrical fantasy boss.
Material And Color Lock
- Body materials: deep crimson-black flesh, black chitin, wet sinew.
- Accent materials: large cracked bone plates, rusted graft fragments.
- Emissive color: toxic green core and projectile organs, small hellfire rim.
- Forbidden colors: purple/magenta matte, cyan, clean neon, bright white grid artifacts.
Locked Poses
Status: candidate master attached. Do not treat current runtime animation frames as canon until regenerated from this sheet.
- Idle front:
- Idle side:
- Idle back:
- Optional action/read pose: barrage wind-up with projectile vents visible.
Art Master Attachments
- Candidate master:
/assets/lore/art-masters/scourge/breach-boss/breach-boss-breach-engine-master-turnaround.png - Generated source:
packages/assets/sources/generated/2026-06-11/lore/bestiary/scourge-foes/breach-boss-breach-engine-master-turnaround.png - Runtime placeholder:
/assets/lore/art-masters/scourge/breach-boss/breach-boss-runtime-placeholder.webp
Game Adaptations
- Scourge Survivors: FPS billboard boss, padded to avoid camera cropping.
- Deadlane: top-down siege boss with core readable from above.
- Rothulk: side-platformer breach-heart guardian.
Validation Checklist
- Three idle poses approved.
- Boss scale and core/head read approved.
- Source poses archived in
packages/assets/sources/generated. - Runtime frames regenerated from approved pose lock.
- No matte residue, stray pixels, or cropped limbs.