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# Combat Encounters
The World Map is home to **five different species**, which are hostile towards Pawtatoes. Blocking the entrance to **the Hallow Maw**, the strongest foe awaits: **Morito, the Fallen One**.
* Encounters stand at **fixed spots** across the World Map, and every spot always holds an enemy of the **same Level**.
* Encounters are **personal**: every player has their own copy of every spot, so nobody else can take an enemy from your map.
* An encounter stays on your map **until you beat it**. Once any of your Heroes wins, the encounter disappears from your map for **all** your Heroes and comes back after a random delay of **30 minutes to 6 hours**.
* A lost fight does **not** use up the encounter - the same Hero or any other of your Heroes can try again right away.
* Every encounter has a small chance to be an **Elite Encounter** - a significantly stronger version, which can yield **amazing additional rewards**. This is re-rolled each time the encounter comes back.
* **Morito** never disappears. Each of your Heroes can beat him **once**.
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{% tab title="Ashhound" %}
*Known as loyal hunting companions of Pawtatoes, Ashhounds roam the ridges and volcanic slopes alongside the Emberclaws. But the shifting lands and Supay’s creeping corruption have driven many into a feral frenzy, abandoning their natural habitat.*
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{% tab title="Slime" %}
*Where corruption pools and life decays unnaturally, strange residues gather into living masses. These Slimes are not born creatures but matter infused by Supay's divine essence. They are fairly resistant to magical damage, but yield to physical attacks.*
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{% tab title="Wraith" %}
*When the barrier shattered, not only the living were disturbed. Echoes of past souls, long at rest beneath Axoma’s soil, have begun to stir. These restless Wraiths drift through the ruins, bound to unfinished memories and drawn to the warmth of living beings. They are fairly resistant to physical attacks, but yield to magical damage.*
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{% tab title="Mossfang" %}
*Once harmless geckos that sheltered in Axoma's mossy undergrowth, Mossfangs have been warped by the pooling corruption seeping up from the fractured earth. Their saliva now carries a venom that burns from within.*
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{% tab title="Crazed Badger" %}
*Badgers once burrowed peacefully beneath Axoma’s forests, shaping the soil and keeping balance in the undergrowth. Now their habitats have been twisted by corruption and shifting terrain, leaving them territorial and violently protective of what little ground remains theirs.*
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{% tab title="Morito, the Fallen One" %}
*Morito was once a respected Pawtato of the outer settlements, known for his curiosity and ambition. When the barrier broke, Supay’s whispers found fertile ground in his heart. Promised strength beyond mortal limits, Morito embraced the corruption. He has withdrawn into the Hallow Maw, a cave north of the Proving Grounds.*
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