Boss Souls (Awakened Light)

Boss Souls are items obtained from bosses with a 100% chance, their purpose is to tell the player some lore about what they defeated, they will receive more uses later.

Souls

Soul	Lore	Use	Source
	A large group of Blue Slimes got hit by a massive energy strike, that hit fused them together into a massive ruler of all slimey. It is unknown where he got his crown or who the person inside him is.	N/A	King Slime
	The Mushroom Monarch, a true ruler of mushrooms, he rules over the Scarlet Mycelium Forest, a small forest of red mushrooms. The monarch was once mindless, but he was granted a will when the glowing royalty shared his light.	N/A	Mushroom Monarch
	A massive flying eye, said to belong to a slain deity, in reality, this is just one of many abominations spawned from the crimson flesh.	N/A	Eye of Cthulhu
	The Feudal Fungus, also known as Umos, the Radiant Apostle or glowing royalty is just like his brother and rules over a type of mushroom. He rules over the blue glowing mushrooms underground, but he has way more influence, so his glow stretches all over the continent's caverns. This is unlike his brother, who only rules a small forest. He was mindless long ago, obeying distant orders, that was until it was blessed by light, claiming its new self.	Can be used once per world to summon a memory and obtain the Rotten Memory.	Feudal Fungus
	A species of giant worm, responsible for the chasms in the corruption, almost went extinct if they didn't find a new home in the infectious Corruption. The rotten flesh merely satisfies their eternal hunger, so a fresh meal approaching suits them well.	N/A	Eater of Worlds
	A soul? This is the cheap excuse of a soul, made to imitate a real one. With that, the brain hoped to be saved from its ongoing misery. Its body and soul lost, the brain lost itself, without a soul guiding it. It wished to have a body again, but that wish ended in a disgusting mess of crimson flesh.	N/A	Brain of Cthulhu
	The grand jungle bees build their hives inside the underground cave systems of the jungle. Only one queen larva is born in a Queen's life cycle, so they are even more precious.	N/A	Queen Bee
	A curse, Skeletron was nothing more than the offshoot of an old curse, this form of the curse binds the one poor soul that has to carry it, to guard the dark dungeon for all eternity. A old clothier fell victim to this curse due to his own curiosity when he entered a place he wasnt supposed to enter. The curses influence didn't just possess the old man but also created copies of its physical form to guard the dungeon on lower levels. The origins of the curse lie deep below the dungeon itself, but only a fool would dare to find it.	N/A	Skeletron
	A weird creature that resembles a one eyed deer on two legs, it originates from another world. The creature only appears in snowy regions and is extremely hostile towards anything that comes near it. Despite being so aggressive, it neither attacked any Drake or Viking, probably for different reasons each.	N/A	Deerclops
	Smiley was born from void, forged by an empty emperor so that the pointless mass could grow stronger. But something was different, he had a mind of his own, a soul to feel emotions... He had own wishes, did not want to obey his master, and this obviously angered said master. In a conflict they battled, Smiley stood no chance, but his brethren react differently now. Their expression changed, they opened their eyes and rushed to aid him. During this incident, a lot of Darklings gave their life and a big chunk of the void entities fled, now lurking in the dungeon, awaiting the day where they can live free in peace.	N/A	Smiley
	It is a flesh prison supposed to hold thousands of souls from both light and dark forces. It was brought into existence by the old underworld civilization by fusing their bodies into one large magic imbued mass.	Used to summon Adel and Vertrarius	Wall of Flesh
	Where a king is, there is a queen, and this queen is an angel. Once an ordinary pinky, this grand gelatine queen uses the pure holy crystal inside her to gain more power.	N/A	Queen Slime
	A long forgotten pair of mechs in shape of two eyes that were lying dormant for years, it was now reactivated when the forces of light and darkness were unleashed. It was built by a famous engineer, likely with the purpose to scout for possible threats.	N/A	The Twins
	A long forgotten mech in shape of a worm that was lying dormant for years deep underground, it was now reactivated when the forces of light and darkness were unleashed. It was built by a famous engineer with the purpose to excavate more minerals for further processing into new tech.	N/A	The Destroyer
	A long forgotten mech in shape of a curse that was lying dormant for years, it was now reactivated when the forces of light and darkness were unleashed. It was built by a famous engineer with the purpose of total destruction, nothing more, nothing less.	N/A	Skeletron Prime
	A plant that was brought to life by an experiment about granting life to inanimate objects. She was granted a soul and the will to live and a simple task: "Protect the Jungle". Unfortunately she never had a mind and so did not care about this task, she was only interested in protecting her offspring, lead by emotions only.	N/A	Plantera
	When the lands were scorched to ashes long ago, the lihzahrds locked themself in their temple to be safe. To be really sure that nothing enters and kills them all, they created a golem made of the same material as their temple. It was modeled after the sun deity they see in their dreams, powered by pure solar energy. The Golem isn’t much, a solid protector against unwanted guests, but not a fighter either.	N/A	Golem
	She was once the guardian angel of the kingdom of Gunresat, protecting it with all her might. She is bound to it by a spell, created by their ancestors when they were in need of this protection. That is the sole reason why she fought in the war between Gunresat and Baaruun, she was dragged there by force using the ancient spell. But when the armies got captured, she was able to roam free, free from her shackles, and there she now found a new purpose in protecting something with her own will, small Prismatic Lacewings.	N/A	Empress of Light
	A oceanic apex predator that normally lives in more open waters, sometimes they come near the shores which puts civilians in great danger, even on land. Interestingly enough, despite being a creature from the seas, Fishrons can fly.	N/A	Duke Fishron
	A young boy once dreamed of the day where he could meet a god in flesh, a goal that he kept throughout his entire life. Later in his life, when he went outside to pray at a nearby temple, he got hit by a landslide caused by an ongoing thunderstorm, but he had luck in this misfortune, because he found something of great value. Down in a cave at the bottom of a cliff, he found the Celestial Sigil, an artifact that speaks about a deity named Cthulhu. Over time, the man dedicated himself to revive this forgotten god, creating a cult and going more mad day by day. "What was I thinking, I should have known this deity was not real, this pathetic husk was not even worth my effort, my dream was always a fraud."	N/A	Lunatic Cultist
	The great deity that the cultist wished to revive, only known under the name Cthulhu, a greater one of mindless destruction. But this is not the real Cthulhu, the real one is long gone, this is only a husk. This body is unfinished and flawed, it does not hold the greatness of the deity it is supposed to represent. Empty brain, another false soul and a weak vessel, nothing great about this greater one.	N/A	Moon Lord

Trivia

• Each boss soul has its own rarity, those rarities cycle through certain colors directly picked from the bosses themself.
• Boss Souls are a reference to the Dark Souls trilogy, in said games, most bosses would drop their souls that can be crafted into powerful weapons.
• The Wall of Flesh soul looks like a mixture of light and darkness, referencing the unleashing of both forces upon its defeat.
• The mech cores are colored like the souls that each mech drops.
• The Lunatic Cultist soul is colored like the 4 Lunar Pillar fragments.
• The Empress of Light soul flickers through the colors of the rainbow in-game.