Shard of Valour

Shards of Valour are servants of the Archon of War, and its most elite soldiers. They are the counterparts of the High Legionnaires serving the Ancient of Strife.

Mages of War often summon them to deal with otherwise overwhelming supernatural threats.

Basic Information

Anatomy

The body of a Shard of Valour is made of bluish crystals. Their upper bodies are humanoid but their heads have no facial features or hair, their right arm ends in a variety of bladed weapons, and their left arm sometimes forms a shield. Their legs are covered by a skirt-shaped structure made of the same crystal.

There are cracks all across their frame that a Shard of Valour can use to split apart and reform to dodge attacks.

Genetics and Reproduction

A Shard of Valour can be summoned through a summoning spell of the Archon of War. However, it is not that simple. The summoner must be courageous and be using the spell for righteous reasons or the spell will fail.

Behaviour

Once summoned, a Shard of Valour will fight against all it perceives as evil with great grace and inhuman combat skills with some guidance from the summoner.

However, what it perceives to be evil does not align with what humans consider evil. Shards of Valour consider acts of cowardice to be acts of evil and will slay cowards too, regardless of their reasons for fleeing the battlefield. As a testament to how finicky supernatural beings can be, civilians fleeing from danger are spared, soldiers carrying their injured comrades to safety are spared, but not combatants attempting a tactical retreat.

Like all Lesser Aberrants of War, they have a rivalry with the Lesser Aberrants of Strife and if one is present, they will fight.

Additional Information

Perception and Sensory Capabilities

In spite of lacking facial features, Shards of Valour are capable of perceiving the world and can instinctively detect the courageous among mankind.

Shard of Valour

Summary

Type: Lesser Aberrant
Subtype: Servant
Status: Tolerated [With Exceptions]
Estimated Numbers: N/A
Censor's Veil: Temporarily Uncensored.

Alignment

Creator Power: Archon of War
Alignment Status: Servitude
Sanity Damage: N/A
Corporeal Stability: N/A
Magic: N/A

Combat

Combat Behaviour: Melee
Threat Rating: 2
Physical Damage: Resistant
Magical Damage: Resistant
Glyphs: Vulnerable
Notable Weaknesses: N/A