Per'kele

Character

Dialogue

Per'kele
BattleOverworld DefaultWing guard Per'kele bows gently and prepares for the battle. Per'kele bows gently and prepares for the battle. StaticDisrobed
Aliases	Servant of the Moon God Mysterious person Man in dreams

Inflicted phobias
Phobias	Teratophobia

Biographical information
Date of death	1942 (determinant)

Physical description
Gender	Male

Spiritual Information
Worshipped God	Rher (supposed master) Sulfur God (true master)

Item drops
Search	Nothing
Steal	(3 Lucky coins) (3 Light blue vials)

Overworld data
Note	Cannot be harmed in the Overworld

Battle Theme
“Alll-mer Bells”

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Per'kele is a mysterious servant of the Moon God, Rher, as well as a boss encountered in Fear & Hunger 2: Termina.

Lore

"Per'kele and the group associated with that figure... You might recognize them by the body paint covering their faces and body. They are but leeches. Leeching on the older gods, pursuing their own agenda. Miserable figures."
- The New Gods when asked about Per'kele.

Per'kele supposedly serves the Trickster Moon God, Rher. Because Rher has pulled away from the world, leaving only his traces behind, Per'kele communicates with others in his master's place. During the events of Fear & Hunger 2: Termina, Per'kele oversees the Festival of Termina by conversing with its contestants in their dreams. Little information is available regarding Per'kele's history. He was once a mortal human (although he states this term should be used loosely) who participated in a Festival of Termina and presumably became its victor. He says that it was only after this that he was "truly born." He is currently a deity in his own right who has been associated with the Festival of Termina for centuries, and he has been blamed for many massacres throughout history.

At the start of Fear & Hunger 2: Termina, Per'kele saves the protagonist from a nightmarish sequence by transporting them to the top of the Hollow Tower. Any wounds or lost limbs sustained during the introuction are simply healed upon meeting Per'kele. Per'kele will then tell the player that they have been selected as a contestant in the Festival of Termina and cryptically suggest that they must become the last person standing within three days. He does not explain much more before sending the player on their way by causing them to wake up. Afterwards, the player will meet Per'kele in a dream each time they rest, where he will allow them to save and use the Hexen. The moon always looms in the sky behind Per'kele, as if watching him and the player.

In Endings B and C, Per'kele reveals that Rher is not his true master. Instead, he is actually the leader of the Cult of Sulfur. He explains that much like the other Old Gods, Rher is long gone from the human world. However, his traces still possess enough power to influence humans and cause events such as the Festival of Termina. Per'kele likens these powers to a "force of nature" that his cult is able to harness for their own ends. It appears that the main reason the Cult of Sulfur is interested in the Festival of Termina is because it is an opportunity for them to recruit more members and spill blood in the name of their master. Deities such as the New Gods show disgust for Per'keles practices, referring to him as a "mere leech" feeding off the power of greater beings. It is unclear when Per'kele became a servant of the Sulfur God.

After explaining a bit about the nature of Rher and the Sulfur God, Per'kele will challenge the player to a fight to the death. He will remove his robe in preparation for battle, making it possible to see his deteriorating torso. This suggests his body is in an advanced stage of decomposition, although the cause remains unknown.

Location & Behaviour

• Per'kele can be found on top of The Hollow Tower
  • Can be interacted with via dreams

Battle

StatsSkills

Stats

Body Part	HP	Blunt	Slashing	Piercing	Fire	Otherwordly	Ev. Rate	Magic Ev.	Resistances
Head	3000	80%	100%	100%	80%	140%	5%	None	Blindness, Concussion
Torso	4500 (18000)						None	None
Torso (Rot)	3500 (14000)						None	None
Right Wing	2900						None	None
Left Wing	2900						None	None
Right Leg	2700						None	None
Left Leg	2700						None	None

• Note: HP in parenthesis is only used for Damage-over-Time calculations.

Skills

Body Part	Skill	Effect	Condition	Chance	Success Rate
Right Wing	Lunar Meteorite	36-54 damage	Always	100%	100%
Left Wing	Feather Rain	Deals 5-7 Slashing damage nine times, can cause Bleeding status.	Always	100%	90%
	Wing Guard	75% of Otherworldly Damage dealt reflected back onto player	End of turn 2, then always	100%	100%
Torso	Hurting	Deals 50 Otherworldly damage, causes Bleeding status and Arm loss.	After both arms are defeated	50%	100%
	Black Orb	Deals 20-24 Otherworldly damage to a single target four times.	After both arms are defeated	50%	95%

Strategy

Fear & Hunger Mode

Per'kele has 2900 hp on his arms, and 3000 hp on his head which has only 5% physical evasion and 0% magical evasion, so in this fight it is not worth attacking anything at all except the head.
You should use Heroin and Masterchef right before the fight when you enter the tower, after beginning the fight you can use a Brown vial if you had one or Bob and weave, after that just keep attacking the head with physical or magical attacks and heal when your hp is low.

• After 2 turns he will do Wing guard which will give all his limbs a 75% chance to reflect all Otherwordly attacks thrown at them, so after using it you should only attack with physical attacks.
• If you had a weapon that inflicts Bleeding or Burning or if you had a Condensed hemlock then inflicting his torso with those status effects and then guarding and healing until he dies is a fast and easy way to kill him.
• If you are fighting Per'kele on day 3 then ending the fight with high amount of Mind and Body is advised since you will start a battle with Rher right after killing Per'kele.

Masoχ-S/M Mode

The same strategy for Fear & Hunger Mode applies.

Dialogues

→ See Per'kele/Dialogue

Battle start

• Per'kele: “Have you seen the colour blood takes under the moonlight? Such beautiful blend of pale red and sickly green drenched in cold hues of blue.”

Talk

• Per'kele: “The time for words has come and gone. Show me violence.”
  • Player: [PERSUADE] “I thought I won the festival?”
    • Per'kele: “You did. Congratulations for that. Just get past me and you will receive the heavenly gifts you yearn.”
      • Player: “That was never part of the deal!”
        • Per'kele: “The deal is what I make it out to be! Why do you have to be such an annoyance 'till the end!? A pesky little rat!” You managed to infuriate Per'kele. (+Furious)
      • Player: “How can I trust you after you keep moving the goal post?”
        • Per'kele: “Do you have a choice? You can always just die too.”
  • Player: [INTIMIDATE] “So your decomposing torso is all I need to slaugher anymore?”
    • Per'kele: “That is amusing. I hope you didn't put too much faith in your silly little intimidation antics.” Per'kele doesn't seem easily intimidated.
  • Player: “Just hold it! I'm sure we can find an understanding here!”
    • Per'kele: “Did I just give that lengthy speech on deaf ears? There won't exist understanding between us other than that of violence and blood.”
  • Player: “Why kill me now? You had the chance all this time!”
    • Per'kele: “It is not my place to take part in a festival. The blood must run free for it to be pure. Now that the slaughter is over, I'm free to do what I please.”
  • Player: “I just want to understand why you do this.”
    • Per'kele: “A dim-witted too? You truly have no redeeming qualities. Well what is it that you want to know?”
      • Player: “How long have you been doing this?”
        • Per'kele: “I've lost the count ages ago. Time loses its meaning once you're not tied to mortal existence anymore.”
      • Player: “Can you tell me about the god you follow?”
        • Per'kele: “The sulfur god... The name is all you need to know for now.”
      • Player: “Are you a human?”
        • Per'kele: “I once was, at least according to the loosest meaning of that term. I was lucky enough to stumble upon a festival, just like you... Afterwards was when I was truly born.”
  • Player: “I've been waiting for this since day one.”
    • Per'kele: “Is that so? I guess it makes two of us then.”
  • Player: Nevermind

Interactions

This enemy does not have any interactions as there is no time to interact with him after his defeat.

Trivia

• Per'kele's name comes from the Suomi/Finnish word from the Finnic-Ugric languages, perkele, which means devil or evil spirit. The name is of Indo-European origin, being the name of the Proto-Indo-European god of thunder called Perkwunos. Other gods of thunder are derived from this name, such as Perkūnas (Lithuanian), Pērkons (Latvian), Perkūns or Perkunos (Baltic Old Prussian), Parkuns (Yotvingian), Percunis (German Prussian), Piarun (Belarusian), Fairguneis (Gothic), Perun or Piorun (Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Polish, Russian, Ukrainian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovene), and Peko or Pekolasõ (Estonian (the language is of the same language family as Finnish)). It is also related to other words in the Balto-Finnic branch of the Finnic-Ugric language family, such as in Estonian, põrgu, means hell, and in Karelian, perkeleh, means an evil spirit. Because the god of thunder is from a different religion and considered pagan by the Abrahamic religion of Christianity, the name became demonized, which led to the word, perkele, and is now used in the modern day as a swear word by the modern day Suomi/Finnish people.
  • Going by this linguistic root, it is very fitting for him to be a recruiter or leader of the Cult of Sulfur and with the Sulfur God being his master.
• Per'kele's purple face paint serves to identify him as a member of the Cult of Sulfur, but it is notably similar in appearance to how the moon is depicted in Skin Bible - Rher.
• Per'kele bears many similarities to the character Skull Kid from The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask. Both characters act as a mouthpiece for a moon which is above the top of a large tower in the middle of town, and both characters usher the moon to the earth after being defeated.

Gallery

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  Per'kele Flyer.
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  A fallen Per'kele.
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  Per'kele preparing for battle.