The Worker of Secrets, whose real name is Galath, is a more advanced Deathless who created the Infinity Blade and the Deathless race[1]. He is the deuteragonist of Infinity Blade II and the main antagonist of Infinity Blade: Redemption and Infinity Blade III. An untold number of years before the events of Infinity Blade, he was imprisoned in the Vault of Tears by Ausar the Vile, before being freed by Siris. He possesses great knowledge and understanding of Quantum Identity Patterns and the Deathless. He is also an excellent swordsman, being able to easily defeat Raidriar, who was one of the greatest swordsmen who ever lived[2].
He is initially fought at level 150, and has 9,750 HP. Each time he is defeated, he will drop a Rare Prize Wheel. Like any other boss, his level and difficulty will increase with every subsequent playthrough.
History[]
Infinity Blade: Awakening[]
I suppose... there is the Worker of Secrets.
Although the Worker does not appear in-person, his influence over the world at large is the subject of much speculation and discussion by other characters. Siris and Isa are both familiar with his moniker, and have some vague understanding of the legends surrounding him. The God King also appears to be an acquaintance of his under unknown circumstances, with one of his Mirror's security question answers being the kingdom in which he first met him.
He is initially mentioned by a recently-reborn God King, watching archive footage of his duel with Siris. Attempting to understand how he had been bested, he comes to the conclusion that the Worker of Secrets may have had some involvement in the sacrificial cycle and summons his knights to pay him a visit. Siris learns more about him from Kuuth, an elderly troll in the service of the God King who identifies him as both the creator of the Infinity Blade and an alleged enemy of the Deathless. Hoping to form an alliance, Siris sets off to find him.
Infinity Blade II[]
The Worker first appears in Infinity Blade II in the opening cutscene, sitting on a throne within his Soul Cell. He is roused from his seeming stupor by the QIP Destabilization Ring embedded in the palm of his gauntlet suddenly glowing with a blue light, notifying him of the Infinity Blade's attunement. Intrigued, he waits in silent contemplation.
After learning of the Worker's location from Saydhi, Siris travels to the Vault of Tears to free him. Over the course of his campaign, he is spoken of by the Blood Sentinels and Thane in a vaguely apocalyptic manner, with many of them asserting that his release must be prevented at all costs, lest all be damned. Undeterred, Siris defeats each of the Sentinels and activates their respective seals, granting him access to the Soul Cell's elevator at the top of the castle following a second duel with Thane.
Meeting Siris[]
Ausar? Is that you? Have you at last come to release me, as you promised you would so many millennia ago?—Worker of Secrets, to Siris, Infinity Blade II
The Worker watches Thane's QIP destabilize
Upon approaching the Worker, Siris is attacked by Thane, who desperately declares that the Worker will not be freed. After Siris disarms and staggers him, the Worker rises from his throne and touches Thane on the back with his QIP Destabilization Ring, causing him to fall to the ground, writhing and screaming in agony as his QIP becomes corrupted. Boasting of his extensive knowledge of the Deathless and how to destabilize their Quantum Identity Patterns, Siris recognizes the Worker as the man he has been searching for. The Worker in turn claims to recognize Siris as his "friend" Ausar, who vowed to free him from the Vault thousands of years ago. The Worker claims that the only way to release him is for the God King -- who he identifies as Raidriar -- to take his place as prisoner. Determined to complete his mission, Siris sets out to defeat Raidriar a second time.
Betrayal and escape[]
Unfortunately, for me to escape 'old friend', I'll have to let you keep your life. You can spend an eternity in this cell [...] It's only fair -- after all, YOU were the one who imprisoned me here to begin with!—Worker of Secrets, to Siris, Infinity Blade II
The Worker binds Siris to the Soul Cell
Siris returns to the Vault victorious, with an unconscious Raidriar and the Infinity Blade. However, the Worker -- under the pretense of Siris freeing him -- instead uses the Infinity Blade to bind Siris to the soul cell in his place. He reveals that in actuality, another Deathless must take his place in order to free him by being binded to it which allows him to have the unconscious Raidriar imprisoned along with Sirius being the Deathless rather then Raidriar who is actually bounded to the soul cell therefore eliminating his two biggest threats to his return to power. He then states his true motivations: to make every Deathless subservient to him by using the Blade to threaten them with an end to their immortality. The Worker declares that Siris's fate is karmic in nature, as he (during his life as Ausar) was the one responsible for his imprisonment. Betrayed, Siris can only scream in abject terror as the Worker leaves him and Raidriar behind in the Vault.
Conquest[]
Those who remain will follow me... or I will take from them that which they hold most dear -- their eternal life.—Worker of Secrets, to Raidriar, Infinity Blade III
Over the next two years, the Worker of Secrets secured the loyalty of several Deathless lords and their lands from Houses Burke and Ix, the Pantheon, as well as independents like Oslim. Anticipating the escape of Siris and Raidriar, he planned to sow chaos and dissent to hinder what progress they may make against him. To this end, he created the dragons to wreck havoc across the land, and empowered many of his closest allies with their own Infinity Weapons. Although he attempted to form an alliance with House Kor, even granting Lelindre the Infinity Daggers, she refused his offer of collaboration.
In the absence of Raidriar himself, he created a Soulless to impersonate the God King and assume control over his kingdom. In practice, his plan was largely successful, depriving Raidriar of his resources and many of his Devoted. Although the Soulless eventually deteriorated, losing its mind in the process and slaughtering many of its own subordinates, the damage to Raidriar's dominion had already been done. His most devastating blow to the resistance effort would come after the Soulless was slain by Siris, in the form of fiery projectiles raining from the sky upon the Rebellion's central headquarters, killing everyone there.
Origins[]
Galath was a genius -- but genius in and of itself was unremarkable. What made Galath special was his ability to run a company at the same time.
In the Deviation chapters of Infinity Blade: Redemption, it is revealed that the Worker once lived in the modern day as an inventor and businessman by the name of Mr. Galath. He is described as a prodigy of his time, and is chairman of the board of a multi-level company responsible for the development of multiple advanced technologies such as new data compression techniques and satellite technology. His most noteworthy accomplishment was teleportation technology, dubbed Project Omega. In addition to overseeing the company, he recruited employees that possessed sufficient "wits and initiative" for additional projects. Beneath the surface, however, he harboured an ulterior agenda.
Uriel, a statistician at his company, discovered that he had been diverting funds away from the company and into shell corporations to build hidden bunkers and weapons manufacturing facilities. Impressed by Uriel's perception, he reveals to him the true nature of Project Omega: the creation of the Deathless and the complete destruction of the world to pave the way for a new order. Although he offers immortality to Uriel, he is rebuffed, and is asked instead to grant it to Uriel's son Jori, who would become Raidriar.
Following the procedure's completion, Galath continues his preparations, and Uriel is sent out of the bunker facility to await the inevitable end.
When gods collide[]
Galath kills Raidriar with an Infinity Blade.
After his attack on the Rebellion's headquarters, the Worker is confronted by Raidriar at the Worker's tower. Unconcerned, he pits him in a duel against Raidriar's old friend Ashimar, wielding an Infinity Blade of his own. With the original Blade in hand, Raidriar defeats his foe, and questions the purpose of the second Infinity Blade. It is then that he reveals his designs to destroy the world as he had before, living off-world until life itself may be restarted under his supervision. Outraged, Raidriar attempts to kill him with the Infinity Blade, only to discover that it is incapable of even drawing his blood. Initially assuming it to be a fake, Galath explains that the Infinity Blade is not only useless against him, but that his physiology is far more advanced than that of an ordinary Deathless, and that he has predicted everything Raidiar has done, and will do. Taunting him further, he invites Raidar to test the extent of his knowledge by asking him any question at all. Fixating on his only known error, Raidriar asks why anyone with seemingly omnipotent capabilities would allow himself to be imprisoned for a thousand years.
Furious, Galath summons the second Infinity Blade to his hand and advances on Raidriar, who correctly deduces that Ausar is the one thing Galath is incapable of predicting. Galath's skills prove far superior to Raidriar's. He disarms him with ease, and declares himself a true god and king, and that he can never be defeated. He attempts to render Raidriar subservient by offering him clemency in exchange for fealty, but Raidriar proves unwilling to be complicit in the genocide of his people. He steals a datapod containing critical information on both the Worker's plans and Quantum Identity Pattern, teleporting it away. Shocked and enraged, Galath runs Raidriar through the second Infinity Blade, ending the immortal life of the God King.
Defeat and redemption[]
Siris stabs the Worker
The Worker, reborn as a toddler
When Siris confronts Galath at the Worker's tower, Galath initially leaves him to be slain by a third Soulless Raidriar so that he may be left to die with the rest of the world when it is cleansed. The Soulless is instead fought by Isa, allowing Siris to face Galath in a duel. Despite using both the new Infinity Blade, an advanced defense technology seemingly made of hard light, and numerous superior fighting techniques, he is outmatched by his old enemy.
During the battle, he makes his final preparations to the Ark and reveals that he -- alongside Siris in his previous life as Ausar -- have destroyed and recreated the world no less than a dozen times in the past, and attempts to sway Siris to his side. Although hesitant, Siris refuses. Galath manages to disarm Siris, sending the Infinity Cleaver over the edge of the catwalk. Grabbing him by the throat, Galath declares that the world is his to create and destroy as he pleases, and prepares to kill Siris with the second Infinity Blade. His killing blow is redirected towards himself by Siris in the same manner as Raidriar's final attack in the original Infinity Blade. Impaled by his own weapon, Galath falls to the ground, laughing at his foe's efforts and reiterating his immunity to the Blade's effects. His confidence is short-lived, however, as Siris reveals the Redeemer, attuned to Galath's QIP information retrieved from the stolen datapod, before slamming it into the second Infinity Blade's hilt. Galath can only plead helplessly as he is consumed in a sphere of blue light, erasing his body in the process.
The empty Ark ascends to Heaven, its architect defeated by Ausar a second time. In the stinger of the game's credits, Siris and Isa watch as a child plays on the shores of the Hideout, building a sandcastle that resembles the Worker's tower in which the Ark was held. This child is implied to be Galath himself, reborn as a with his memories erased by the Redeemer, just as Ausar had been centuries ago. This is further supported by the achievement named "Toddler of Secrets", which is gained simply by watching this scene.
Personality[]
I know everything, Jori. When you were a child, I had already lived ten thousand lives.—Worker of Secrets, to Raidriar, Infinity Blade II
As one of the oldest -- and possibly the very first -- Deathless, Galath's claims of true divinity and sovereignty over the fate of the world itself are not entirely unfounded. The full extent of his knowledge regarding Quantum Identity Patterns and other advanced sciences is unclear, but he considered Deathless technology that was revolutionary even in Uriel's time to be grossly primitive, and is capable of creating several new Infinity Blades with relative ease. His impossibly thorough understanding of human psychology extends even to other immortals, such that he is capable of predicting exactly what Raidriar will say, leading the God King to initially assume he has telepathic abilities.
Galath is largely unconcerned with anything that does not directly interfere with his plans. What would otherwise be tremendous complications and major grievances to others are negligible inconveniences and minor annoyances to him. The destruction of the world and all life on it are regarded as a necessary, but ultimately meaningless setback that he finds more unpleasant than anything else. He thinks very little of the Deathless, and even less of mortals, regarding Raidriar with either boredom or amusement, treating him as though he were an unruly pet rather than a credible threat. Despite this, he seems to value Raidriar in some manner, if for nothing else other than entertainment. He repeatedly attempted to coerce Raidriar into joining him, and was genuinely enraged by his defiance, creating multiple Soulless copies of the God King who were subservient to him, even after there was no practical reason to do so.
For all his knowledge, Galath was never capable of reading or anticipating Ausar the way he could everyone else. For one reason or another, he did not expect Ausar's betrayal, and likely would have remained imprisoned in the Vault of Tears indefinitely were it not for Siris's equally unexpected efforts to free him. Begrudgingly aware of this critical flaw, Galath's usual air of nonchalance and superiority is utterly shattered at its mere mention. This single failure seems to have damaged not only his pride, but the illusion of omnipotence he otherwise effortlessly maintains, to the point where Raidriar was able to make him snap simply by asking how he allowed it to happen. His thousand-year grudge extends to Ausar's current reincarnation, Siris, and much of his later machinations were dedicated entirely to stalling him, lest history repeat itself.
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Trivia[]
- In Infinity Blade: Redemption, it is revealed that Galath is actually a more advanced type of Deathless. When stabbed by Raidriar with the Infinity Blade, he does not die. There is also no blood on the Blade once removed, and he claims to be capable of regenerating his head faster than Raidriar can chop it off[3].
- In Infinity Blade: Redemption, Galath states had already lived ten thousand lives before Raidriar was turned into a Deathless[4]. Whether or not this is in any way precise or simply an exaggeration to illustrate his longevity is unclear.
Infinity Blade II dialogue
- First Encounter
- Siris: "How did you... ?"
- Worker: "I know a great many things about the Deathless, including how to destabilize their Quantum Identity Pattern, granting them a true Death."
- Siris: "You are him! The Worker of Secrets!"
- Worker: "Ausar? Is that you? Have you at last come to release me, as you promised you would so many millennia ago?"
- Siris: "I have little memory of who I was before. I'm not certain I wish any more than I have. I am known as Siris now."
- Worker: "Curious - a fate nearly worse than mine, it seems. Tell me, Siris - who was once my friend Ausar - why is it that you have come to my prison?"
- Siris: "I'm here to free you. You once set out to destroy the Deathless and free our world. I share the same goal - but I cannot do it alone."
- Worker: "Indeed. Time runs short, my friend - but only Raidriar can release me from this place."
- Siris: "Raidriar?"
- Worker: "I believe those he enslaves refer to him as 'the God King.' You must defeat him, and bring him here - he must take my place if I am to go free. Until then, my soul is trapped in this place. I cannot step from this tomb; walls of spirit confine me."
- Siris: "That is no easy task. I bested him once, but he knows what I am now. I fear I'll not be able to defeat him a second time."
- Worker: "You must have fought through Heaven and Hell to find me. Do this one last thing, and I will help you free this world from the tyrants who possess it."
- Siris: "How will I find the God-King?"
- Worker: "You are his most ancient enemy, Ausar. With the Infinity Blade active, he will do all in his power to destroy you. Simply go to where Raidriar can find you, and he will come."
- Siris: "And all I have to do is defeat him but not kill him? Hell take me. Very well."
- Second Encounter
- Siris: "I defeated Raidriar. <drops Raidriar to the ground> He can take your place in this eternal prison."
- Worker: "Excellent! Heh-heh. It looks like he gave you quite a fight. Quickly, my friend. Release me, and together we will re-shape this world!"
- Siris stabs the seal with the Infinity Blade and The Worker holds it with Siris. Siris screams in pain while the walls glow in blue light. Siris is thrown away from the blade and The Worker grabs the blade
- Worker: "Oh, did I forget to mention? For me to leave this prison, another Deathless must take my place. I must thank you, Ausar. Not only have you freed me, but you've eliminated many of my rivals for this world. Those who remain will follow me... Or I will take from them what they hold most dear - their eternal life. Unfortunately, for me to escape, "old friend", I'll have to let you keep your life. You can spend an eternity in this cell. You and Raidriar can keep each other company. It's only fair - after all, YOU were the one who imprisoned me here to begin with!"
- Siris: "No. What have I done?! Nooooooooooooooo!!!"
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