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# Tirion (Lion)

### **"Paladin of Light"**

**COMBAT SPECS**

▪️HEALTH — 120
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▪️POWER ATTACK — 1.1
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▪️RECHARGE RATE — 4–7 turns
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▪️DEXTERITY — 10
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▪️PROTECTION — 150
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▪️CRITICAL STRIKE CHANCE — 5%
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▪️SPEED — 3 tiles
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▪️ATTACK RANGE — 1 tile

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**ACTIVE ABILITY: BLESSING OF LIGHT**

The Great Light returns a fragment of the fallen hero's soul, bringing them back to life. Revives a fallen ally with Health equal to 70% of the Paladin's Health.

Cooldown — 7 turns.
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**ACTIVE ABILITY: PROVOCATION**

Forces all enemies within a 5-tile radius to attack the Paladin. The radiance of the True Light binds them, reducing their movement range to 0 tiles for 1 turn.
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**PASSIVE ABILITY: BENEVOLENCE**

The Light loves its children and is always ready to protect them. Wounds miraculously heal, restoring 20 Health to all allied heroes every turn.
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#### HERO STORY

Tirion never knew a peaceful childhood.

He was born in a small village hidden among the forests at the foot of Dragon Ridge. His family lived a simple life until one night their settlement was struck by a true nightmare.

The Servants of Decay emerged from the darkness.

With them marched an army of the dead.

To the tolling of funeral bells and grim chants, the undead swept through the village, destroying every living thing in their path. One house after another was consumed by flames, while those who tried to escape were cut down by the swords and claws of the risen dead.

Realizing that there was no way to save her son, Tirion's mother hid him beneath the wooden floor of their house and covered the hidden hatch with her own body.

It was the last time he ever saw her alive.

Only with the first rays of the morning sun did the boy dare to come out.

Deathly silence surrounded him.

The village was gone.

Everywhere lay the bodies of his family, friends, and neighbors. There was no one left who could even call him by his name.

For several days, Tirion wandered at the foot of Dragon Ridge, hiding among forests, cliffs, and burned ruins. He drank rainwater, survived on whatever food he could find, and every night feared hearing the funeral chants of the Servants of Decay once again.

A few days later, he was found by a wandering monk of the Children of Light.

The monk did not ask about the boy's past. He simply reached out his hand and led him high into the mountains, to one of the ancient temples of the Order.

There, Tirion's new life began.

He became one of the most gifted students in many generations. With extraordinary determination, he studied the teachings of the Light, mastered the sword, strengthened both body and spirit, and learned the art of receiving and channeling the Light.

Years of trials transformed the orphaned lion cub into the greatest Paladin of Light.

His white-and-gold armor, marked by countless battles, became a symbol of hope for his allies and a sign of defeat for his enemies. Tirion is entrusted with the hardest battles and the most important military campaigns. He is rightfully regarded as one of the supreme commanders of the Children of Light's armies on the battlefield.

But even after all these years, Tirion's heart still carries the pain of that night.

He still remembers his mother.

He remembers the deserted village.

He remembers the deathly silence that followed the departure of the army of Decay.

And every time he meets the Servants of Decay on the battlefield, he sees not warriors before him, but those who once took away his home, his family, and his childhood.

To everyone else, he is the legendary Paladin of Light.

To himself, he is the boy who once swore that no child would ever again have to endure what he had endured.