After Samur’s defeat to the Slayer in Doom Eternal, he flees the arena to the red forests that surround The Holt. Deep amongst the trees he finds a dilapidated shrine, overgrown but grandiose in its design. Looking to heal his wounds, he ventures into this shrine and discovers what was once the body of the most powerful Maykr. Samur would in fact find what remains of the Father’s body, a legendary suit of armour, one which commands the Maykr hivemind.

Using this armour, Samur may yet stand a chance at revenge against The Slayer… But he soon realised, without The Father’s life essence, nothing would have enough power to sustain control over the armour... Unless the Crucible's Argent Energy could subsitute. Samur would waste no time in returning to the Slayer's Fortress of Doom to retrive the now unattended legendary artifact, the Crucible.

Returning to the shrine deep within Urdak, Samur now wielded the Crucible once more. Wasting no time, he powered the Father’s armour and entangled his body within it. Samur’s transfiguration had reached a point of no return, even though he was Maykr, his appearance was undoubtably demonic in nature. This was beginning to have a n effect on him, and he could feel himself becoming maddened with thoughts of rage. Visions of his creators, both the Father and the Dark Lord clouded his mind and better sense of judgement…

Wishing this madness to end, Samur remembered what he had been researching when he was stationed on Mars. There were six beings hidden deep within Hell and the Cosmos, six being that when pleased would grant a powerful servant a wish… These six beings were known as the Archdemons.

Samuel Hayden and the Slayer stand across from each other, each having gone through many trials and challenges along the way. In some way their journey through the Sequel to Doom Eternal was similar, the Slayer’s path was paved with blood and Samur’s was paved with lies and deceit but each of them journeyed through the same lands.

Samur, now Argent Samur appears both divine yet demonic. With the help of the Archdemons and his new Maykrs, Argent Samur was able to fuse the strongest elements of Immorian design and Maykr design into one suit of armour. This armour is unlike that of the Father’s, it fits his natural body and allows him to move around swiftly. This light suit of armour will allow Samur to channel argent energy freely through the power of the Crucible within his chest. Naturally, this is a noticeable weak-point within the armour but without it he wouldn’t be nearly as powerful.

Commanding the Maykrs and the Demons, Argent Samur will once again battle the Slayer in an attempt at revenge. This fight will have two stages, and at half health all of Argent Samur’s attacks will chain together creating an endless combo leading to devastating results. Samuel Hayden once said that he knew that he could not defeat the Slayer, but if he could weaken him for the Dark Lord then that will be victory enough, for Samur would ultimately cheat death…

This fight was designed to be a fast-paced and frantic fight that begins slowly to introduce the player to Argent Samur's movement, mechanics and attacks. Progression in this fight is determined by damage dealt leading to a stagger. When staggered, Argent Samur will need to be blood-punched in order to reach the next stage of the fight. After 2 blood-punches, he will endlessly combo his attacks leaving little room for error.

Argent Samur will swap between grounded combat and aerial combat, spouting wings from his back. When airborne he will open portals and attack through it to catch the player off guard. When grounded, he will use the Crucible to perform a powerful flurry of strikes, sending out projectiles much like a Dread Knight. Getting hit will guarantee a finisher will be landed, dealing critical damage.

This fight is a blend between the Samur Maykr fight from The Ancient Gods Part One and what I thought a PvP battle against another Slayer would look like.

Argent Samur will begin to attract the surroundings toward him, forming a cocoon from the debris. Quickly, the floor will give out from beneath you and you must now race to the top of the Maykr Sanctum to avoid being pulled in. This part of the fight is an intermission of sorts, a chance for you to change focus and use some platforming skills. You will need to grapple and climb your way up a very tall Maykr tower under a time-limit and once you reach the top, jump on to a nearby asteroid for safety. If you don’t make it in time, the entire level will be dragged down into a black-hole and you will fail the fight.

Jettisoning from the base of the Maykr Sanctum to be in line with the asteroid, dragging the ruins of Urdak with it is the cocoon that Samur wrapped around himself. It’s appearance is biblical, wheels within wheels and 25 eyes across their circumference. Each eye must be shot off and will collapse after taking damage from any weapon, so the chain-gun here would work really well. The arena is a donut shaped asteroid with Samur’s Cocoon placed in the centre. From the ground will rise demons to halt your progress, and falling from the skies are Maykrs to support the demons.

I decided to try my hand at illustrating the arena for you all and drew this picture. I never claimed to be an artist, but at least it’s not AI garbage… As you can see, the Samur Cocoon would be central around the donut shaped asteroid and while I somehow forgot to draw the eye wheels around it on the main drawing, I did include a mock-up just above. If you want to see this image in more detail, check out my website, The FooVerse, linked below.

Once you have destroyed each of the 25 eyes, the cocoon’s rings will become unstable and crumble to dust. As the cocoon lays motionless and defenceless a rush of Argent Energy surges through the asteroid and powers up your BFG, letting you unleash a powerful blast into the cocoon. Then, in the vacuum of space on an asteroid surrounded by the remains of New Urdak, the Slayer will look up from the blinding light to see the horror that had immerged from the cocoon. It was Samur, purified, perfected, cursed and yet with the appearance of a god like being.

Pure Samur, the True Maykr God, imbued with the powers of all six Arch-Demons. From the darkness of space, a red glow immerged revealing the Crucible, enhanced to match the size and strength of its wielder. Before the Slayer was a titan of legend, a god-like being that had the power to strike him down effortlessly. Pure Samur will boast about his strength, reveal the Arch Demons had a hand in his plans and begin to manipulate space around you to create a ring of asteroids. 

Pure Samur, the True Maykr God, imbued with the powers of all six Arch-Demons. From the darkness of space, a red glow immerged revealing the Crucible, enhanced to match the size and strength of its wielder. Before the Slayer was a titan of legend, a god-like being that had the power to strike him down effortlessly. Pure Samur will boast about his strength, reveal the Arch Demons had a hand in his plans and begin to manipulate space around you to create a ring of asteroids.

Inspired by the Icon of Sin, the battle against Pure Samur will see the player hopping between ever vanishing mini-arenas that are shaped into floating asteroids. You will focus your attention between Maykrs, Demons and Pure Samur himself, leading to a tense battle that ensures players have mastered the mechanics and combat of the game.

Your goal is to weaken Pure Samur's shields via plasma or rapid attacks, then land a powerful and precise shot on one of his six cursed wing eyes. In doing so will permanatly disable one of Samur's curses gifted to him by the Archdemons.

Over the course of the fight it should feel as if you are growing stronger and gaining an upperhand over Samur, and after all six eyes are destroyed he will now only rely on the Crucible. He will destroy all arenas but 3, forcing the confrontation to be much more intimate and dangerous.

After all six wing eyes are destroyed, you must stagger Pure Samur and grapple to his life-core and initiate a glory kill to end the fight...

By destroying just one of Pure Samur’s wing eyes will lift one of the six curses. Over the course of the fight, it should feel as if he is growing weaker and you’re gaining the upper hand. After all six eyes have been destroyed, Pure Samur will be noticeably slower but will now rely on the Crucible for every attack which will prove fatal. Despite this, his shield no longer works and you will be able to grapple to his core and land the killing blow.

In the final act of this battle, the ever Wrathful Samur will be without the power of the Archdemons and must now rely entirely on the Crucible's strength to thwart the Slayer.

In this final act of desperation for revenge, Wrathful Samur will summon a horde of Demons and Maykrs to defend him as he fires lasers that scorch the earth and tries to kill the Slayer with the most powerful weapon of all, the Crucible.

The Slayer, despite being weakened and without his auxiliaries was enhanced by an overflow of surging Argent Energy that greatly increased the effectiveness of his Super Shotgun and his own Crucible Blade.

As the armour is weakened and the Archdemon's curses are lifted, so has Samur's resistance to the transfiguration. Through the divine guise sprouts his truest self, a monster of his own making. The Slayer here will land the finishing blow, slicing the false god clean in half and leaving Urdak, and himself into regions unknown...

Samur promised his soul to the Six Archdemons for it to be used to ressurect the Dark Lord. In exchange, Samur recieved dominion over the Demons, Maykrs and the power to infect and corrupt the minds of men. Using this power he truly was the most powerful being in existance for a time... He knew all the while this power would be short-lived and if he could not defeat the Slayer, he would have to die so the Dark Lord could return.

What the Archdemons were never aware of however, was Samur's Lazarus Plan. Back in his years as Samuel Hayden, he discovered the secret of imortality. A means of transferring conciousness between hosts and a way to split his soul between other beings.

In doing so, he could return in a new flesh after his defeat with a new soul, effectively circumventing the promise he made to the Archdemons. They would still recieve a soul of his, but not his full being. This was his plan to escape death and when the time was right, he would strike both the Dark Lord and the Slayer down and rule over what existed, creating life in his own image, perfecting the world as he saw fit.

The basis of this concept stemmed from Emerson Tung's Maykr Ideation from Doom Eternal. One could assume this early design for Maykrs would likely have been used for the Khan Maykr or perhaps even The Father.

Either way, it inspired this concept and after seeing how grand its design was I just ran wild with ideas. Without Emerson Tung's concept art here, I never would've had this idea to the scale it ended up being, so a heartfelt thank you goes out to them.

During the development of this concept, I had no idea what to use to visually represent the Archdemons. I originally planned on using the one image of Archdemon, Erebus that is circulating online but I thought it wouldn't really encapsulate Samur's journey by just showing one of the six.

As I hold a very strong stance against generative AI, my next step was either to draw the Archdemons myself or contact an artist to commission one. Since these concept videos are non-profit and aren't seen by large audiences I was swayed away from this idea. Although, should any artists be reading, I would love to get in contact with you!

In the end, since it took so long for this idea to be made and released, William Bao's concept art for statues in Doom: The Dark Ages were very reminiscent of what I imagined the Archdemons to look like, and so their likeness served to fill this role.