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Can you beat Brencis in The Blood of Dawnwalker’s prologue?
In The Blood of Dawnwalker’s prologue, players can defeat Brencis in the first encounter, despite the fight being designed to be lost so that the story can continue. Winning instead triggers a second battle against Brencis’s powerful final-boss form, creating a possible but extremely difficult route that may allow the game to be completed unusually early.
The article says the initial fight can be won with effective Perfect Blocks and dodges. In the second phase, Brencis, Grotesque Ascendant, takes very little damage and can kill the player in one strike, even with upgraded health and strong first-day equipment; the guide recommends prioritising damage, using vampire claws and Shadow Step, and lowering difficulty to Story if necessary.
In short
- Brencis’s first prologue fight can be won.
- Victory triggers an exceptionally difficult second phase.
- Defeating it may finish the game early.
Explained simply
The Blood of Dawnwalker is a role-playing game in which players control Coen, a man caught between human and vampire life. Its story is set in a fictional 14th-century Europe, where Coen’s family is held by Brencis, a powerful vampire.
Brencis is an early opponent and a central figure in the game’s conflict. The prologue introduces the combat system and sets up the story, so the outcome of its first encounter can affect how players proceed. Beating him there may open an unusually early route through the game, though it involves facing a much stronger version of him.