Argent Energy

Lore & Background

The Union Aerospace Corporation operates a facility on Mars in 2149 to exploit an energy seeping from Hell, an alternate dimension populated by hostile lifeforms known as demons. To solve an energy crisis on Earth, the UAC constructed the Argent Tower to extract and refine raw Hell energy into Argent energy. After discovering that Argent energy had properties that defied their understanding of physics, the UAC began occult research into Argent energy and Hell, and the demons, who its staff began to worship and cybernetically modify. The facility is run by Samuel Hayden, a UAC scientist who transferred his consciousness to an android body after being afflicted with terminal brain cancer during the construction of the Argent Tower. The Helix Stone is an artifact used to study and harness Argent energy, housed in Olivia Pierce's office in the Lazarus Labs.

In Their Own Story

The Slayer pursues Pierce up the Argent Tower, along the way destroying infrastructure critical to the refinement of Argent energy despite Hayden's protests. At the top of the tower, Pierce opens an explosive rift into Hell using a device called an Argent accumulator, destroying the Tower and sending the Slayer back to Hell. Later, the Slayer learns of the Well, where the portal is powered, and of the Crucible, a magical blade. To reach the Well, he makes another excursion into Hell with the Argent accumulator within the Cyberdemon. After killing the Cyberdemon, the Slayer fights through a labyrinthine gauntlet and three more powerful demons to recover the Crucible. Entering the Well, the Slayer uses the Crucible to destroy the portal's power source. Hayden confiscates the Crucible to continue his research into Argent energy.

Reader's Guide

Argent Energy is extracted from raw Hell energy and refined using the Argent Tower on Mars. It serves as a power source for the UAC's facility and is the subject of occult research. The energy deteriorates the physical and mental health of the facility's staff. Key infrastructure for its refinement includes the Argent Tower and the Helix Stone, an artifact used to study and harness the energy. The Argent accumulator is a device capable of opening explosive rifts into Hell. The Crucible is a magical blade used to destroy the portal's power source in the Well. Samuel Hayden seeks to continue research into Argent energy after the invasion is stopped.

Did You Know?

• The UAC constructed the Argent Tower to extract and refine raw Hell energy into Argent energy to solve an energy crisis on Earth.
• Argent energy was discovered to have properties that defied the UAC's understanding of physics.
• The energy deteriorates the physical and mental health of the facility's staff.
• The Helix Stone is an artifact used to study and harness Argent energy.
• The Argent accumulator is a device used by Olivia Pierce to open an explosive rift into Hell.