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Cadence


Cadence is the main protagonist of Crypt of the Necrodancer, and one of the three playable main protagonist the game Cadence of Hyrule. She is a young explorer who went to the crypt in search of her father, Dorian.

She is unlocked by default.

Rules and Restrictions[]

As the base character, she does not have any starting bonus nor penalty in any way.

She starts with 3 Hearts (can be increased in single zones mode by buying heart containers in the Lobby), a basic dagger, a basic shovel, and one bomb.

As she is cursed by the Necrodancer, she must move to the beat of the music on each floor.

Starts with 1 Damage, 1 Vision Radius, 1 Dig, 0 armor.

Cadence will always fight Dead Ringer followed by The Necrodancer as her Zone 4 bosses.

Strategy[]

Items[]

Since Cadence starts in pretty weak condition, the player has to avoid the level's Boss/Mini-Boss as long as they did not manage to gear up through buying better equipment in shops or through chests.

Choral[]

Choral Choral has the same mechanics as Cadence and is played by player 2 in co-op or can be selected in gameplay options [1].

Trivia[]

  • Her age is unknown, but it is probable she's no more 17-18 years old, as she was still a growing child two years before the main events of the game.
  • In music, a cadence is a progression of chords that ends a phrase, section, or composition (harmonic cadence) or a rhythmic pattern that indicates the end of a phrase (rhythmic cadence), with the purpose of creating a feeling of resolution. This may be related to how, in the game's story, Cadence is searching for her own resolution as to what happened to her father, Dorian.
    • In a more literal sense, the word cadence comes from the Latin word cadentia, which means "a falling". Cadence became cursed by the NecroDancer after he revived her from a lethal fall into the crypt.
  • Choral is named after choral music, which is music written to be performed by an ensemble of multiple singers (called a choir or chorale). This fits her role as the character assigned to player 2 when there are multiple players.
  • Cadence meets Link and Princess Zelda in the game Cadence of Hyrule.
  • Her birthday is April 10th.

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