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The Three Trials
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Preceded By: Lord of the Underworld
Followed By: The War's End
Locations: Dyntos's Workshop
Major Characters: Dyntos, Magnus, Gaol, Pseudo-Palutena

The Three Trials is the twenty-fourth and penultimate chapter in the storyline of Kid Icarus: Uprising. It has Pit searching for the god of the forge, Dyntos, who originally created the Three Sacred Treasures. As its name suggests, this chapter's ground mission is divided into three distinct trials that must be completed.

Aerial Mission

Pit begins his mission in a strange dimension that belongs to Dyntos, where the angel instantly notices that the Underworld Army, Forces of Nature, and Aurum Fleet are all attacking him. Palutena explains that the mission is to seek out the god of the forge himself, who is said to be one of the most powerful divine beings due to his ability to create nearly anything with his power (including the apparently superior copies of the enemies encountered here). Pit flies on over to Dyntos's Workshop where the elderly god greets him with a nice hello. He promises to help Pit if he can pass his challenge that consists of three trials. After flying through the great hallway of the workshop, Pit enters a room with a large circular platform, where he lands to begin the long ground battle.

Ground Mission

The grounded mission takes place in three parts, one of which is the chapter's main boss itself.

Trial 1

The first trial is the longest of the three, including battles with a variety of enemies and some returning bosses. During the long stair climb you will first have to fight two sets of three different Monoeyes: a regular, Aurum copy, and a cellular. The first set of Monoeyes will line up and float down the bottom of the stairs and will not attempt to harm you. The second set will appear after the Monoeyes are either defeated or reach the bottom of the stairs. The Monoeyes will float at the edge of the right of the stairs and later float outside of the stairs circling around the empty space. Further up the stairs an Urgle will drop from the sky to quickly take sight of you to shortly attack. The Urgle is also accompanied by a Monoeye and a centurion grouped together. At the end of the stairs in a little platform an Aurum Claxis awaits and will attack once you approach the enemy. After that is three Flages and a Captain Flare. A door unlocks after clearing the enemies that leads to a copy of the Phoenix that must be battled. This Phoenix is lord Dyntos's creation, although it is fought in the same way as before. Upon defeating the Phoenix, Pit moves on to another wave of returning enemies. A second door unlocks, leading to a second battle with Cragalanche, who still has a "busted keister" that serves as its weak point. After defeating the rock monster, Pit proceeds to battle a final wave of enemies before facing the Space Kraken. This copy of the Kraken appears to fight somewhat differently this time, as it uses its water blast attack more often. Defeating the beast brings the first trial to an end.

Zodiac Chamber

The final Zodiac Chamber in the game can be found during this chapter and contains the Pisces Heal. After going up the elevator at the start of the mission, turn and go down the stairs behind Pit to find this chamber and claim its treasure.

Trial 2

The second trial consists of two consecutive boss battles. However, these bosses are tweaked versions of past battles. First, Pit must battle both Magnus and Gaol, who still wears her cursed armor. Dyntos explains that they are not copies, but were actually invited to test Pit in battle. Gaol's true voice can also be heard, and she is revealed to have rejoined Magnus after her defeat during Chapter 2. Because Magnus has no ranged attacks, he constantly tries to attack Pit up close, making him the likely choice to take down first. Once Magnus is out, Pit can focus on Gaol, who uses her attacks less often, but aims very well. When both are defeated, Palutena surprisingly appears in the arena and begins attacking Pit. This battle is very similar to the fight during Chapter 20, but since this Palutena is a fake, she can be fired at. After Palutena is seemingly defeated, she is revealed to be a hairy, scary, purple form of herself called Pseudo-Palutena. She is simply attacked in the same way as before, and was likely the product of Dyntos's questionable sense of humor. After this fight, Pit will move onto the third and final trial.

Trial 3

This final trial is a boss battle against the Great Sacred Treasure, which was crafted by Dyntos as an upgrade of the original Sacred Treasures. This full body armor suit is not only ten times the size of Pit, but also has a multitude of different forms. This battle has the Sacred Treasure using a variety of laser-based attacks. One of its most dangerous weapons can launch a powerful beam of energy, with only five seconds to get away from the attack's range (shown by a light extending across the ground). If Pit fails to do this, he will be instantly defeated and forced to restart the battle. The Great Sacred Treasure won't use this attack again during the fight, likely due to the immense power it requires. After defeating the superweapon, Dyntos will congratulate Pit for completing his three trials.

Epilogue

Pit proceeds to equip the Great Sacred Treasure and takes it for a test drive, only to accidentally crash it in the ground. Slightly embarassed, Palutena extracts Pit from Dyntos's Workshop to prepare him for the true final battle against Hades.

Trivia

  • During the rematch with the Space Kraken, Pit points out that there are some differences in the arena. He may have been referring to the stage's flowing oceanic backdrop, which is now fully animated. Oddly, it was completely static during the original fight with the Kraken in Chapter 8.
  • Not counting the Boss Battle mode, this chapter has the most bosses out of all chapters, with a total of six.
  • The ground battle theme for this chapter is a remix of the fortress theme from the original Kid Icarus. This remix is also used as the ground theme for Chapter 7.


Kid Icarus: Uprising chapters
Chapters 1: The Return of Palutena2: Magnus and the Dark Lord3: Heads of the Hewdraw4: The Reaper's Line of Sight5: Pandora's Labyrinth of Deceit
6: Dark Pit7: The Seafloor Palace8: The Space-Pirate Ship9: Medusa's Final Battle10: The Wish Seed11: Viridi, Goddess of Nature
12: Wrath of the Reset Bomb13: The Lunar Sanctum14: Lightning Battle15: Mysterious Invaders16: The Aurum Hive17: The Aurum Brain
18: The Ring of Chaos19: The Lightning Chariot20: Palutena's Temple21: The Chaos Vortex22: Scorched Feathers23: Lord of the Underworld
24: The Three Trials25: The War's End