- "Look at me. I am a big dumb barbarian. I have a god called Chrom. Beware of my axe."
- ―Sam Stone
Onan the Librarian is an enemy that appears in Serious Sam 2.
Overview[]
The first Librarian that appears at the end of Jungle.
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Librarians are large, muscular axe-wielding barbarians. They were created by Mental after he discovered a "Dead Librarians Society" and that some of his minions had learnt how to read and write. Instead of executing them, though, he decided to transform them into the lowest form of intellect: barbarians.
These barbarians, equipped with axes and chromed shields, will run at the target at full speed. The only evidence of their "crazy" youth is their eyes, which each seem to look in a different direction.
Appearances[]
Officially, Onan the Librarian only appears in the M'Digbo chapter of the game, first appearing as the final enemy of Jungle. They are relatively common in the first four levels, but become rarer after that. They often appear with Primitives.
Behavior and skills[]
The Librarian's main attack is throwing his axe at the player. If the player gets close to him, he will hit them with his axe.
If the player is too close to the Librarian when he gets gibbed, he will deal a maximum of 25 explosion damage to the player.
Tactics[]
- The axes thrown by Librarians can be easily avoided by strafing.
- The Double Shotgun works well against Librarians at medium to close range, as five shots will kill them. The Auto Shotgun works better at Librarians at longer range because of its higher range.
- Dual-wield Uzis are somewhat useful against Librarians, but it will take a long time to kill them due to their health. It is best to deplete their health with the uzis before finishing them off with a stronger weapon.
- The XPML30 Rocket Launcher is also useful against the Librarian. Three shots will gib him.
- The RB-45 Hand Grenade is useful as a 'follow up' weapon with the weapons mentioned above. A combination of both of these weapons will inflict a major damage against the Librarian. This tactic works well against multiple Librarians.
- When compared with other enemies, Librarians are a low to medium-priority threat due to how easy it is to avoid their axes. With groups though or on higher dificulites, they should be treated as a medium-high priority target.
Behind the scenes[]
- The Librarian was originally supposed to use a shield, but this was scrapped before the game's final release. Libarians having shields is still mentioned in the game's official manual.
Trivia[]
- Onan the Librarian is a reference to Conan the Barbarian, right down to the naming and barbarian appearance.
- Similarly to the Martial Arts Zombie, the Librarian's vocal sounds are normally high-pitched, and pitch-shifted by 0.85 in his sound schemes in the editor.
- The Librarian makes a cameo in the opening cutscene of Jump in the Fire, kicking a Primitive standing near a pool of lava into it, causing it to disintegrate.
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List of appearances[]
- Serious Sam 2 (First appearance) (non-canonical appearance)