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• Ascender's Bane by TheFShow16

  Fandoms: Slay the Spire (Video Games)  

  • Teen And Up Audiences
  • No Archive Warnings Apply
  • Gen
  • Work in Progress

  24 Aug 2026

  Tags

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  • Ironclad (Slay the Spire)
  • Neow (Slay the Spire)
  • Queen (Slay the Spire)
  • The Architect (Slay the Spire)
  • Silent (Slay the Spire)
  • Merchant (Slay the Spire)
  • Violence
  • Blood and Gore
  • Minor Character Death
  • Temporary Character Death
  • Self-Harm
  • Slow Burn
  • Fluff and Angst
  • Other Additional Tags to Be Added
  • Psychological Trauma

  Summary

  The Story of Slay the Spire 2's gameplay, reimagined, with a deeper focus on the characters, their motivations, backstories and their relationships with each other not explored in the game. Follows the ascent of the Ironclad and allies, as they rise to the top of the spire for their ultimate shared goal: killing the Architect, the tyrannical, covetous herald of the Spire, and enemy of all ascenders, for one reason or another...

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  15,128

  Chapters:

  4/?

  Comments:

  3

  Kudos:

  7

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  128