TEMPLAR Player Characters

The Templars of the Shattered Mother stand now as her faithful and her soldiers. They seek to spread her word and her shield from the northwest to the rest of the American continent and the World Beyond the Fall.


  • Disciple of the Skull Conclave
    Blades of the Empress Guild Leader

    MAR 99: Dauntless Grim Skull was seen Infusing energies into power nodes, disrupting and diffusing the titanic Necrolossus. (Magical Deed [used])


    MAY 99: Saturday night, Dauntless could often be found, speaking prayers and healing friends from the ground. But the Vlants Spore diseasing, left him coughing and wheezing. (Magical Deed [used])

    JULY 99: The Templars prayed and glowed blue. The cultists didn’t know what to do, They attacked and slashed, with fangs En Masse. But a few of their strikes got through. (Magical Deed [used 05/00])

    SEPT 99: Tino must've been sore after being explosively covered in gore, but with Templar healing and Ally Shielding the major blood ghast soon was no more. (Battle Deed [used 01/100])

    NOV 99: The Purgation was a resounding success! The Templars were wonderfully blessed! Our Allies, the scavvers made wonderful saviors, Dauntless exorcised with some of the best! (Magical Deed [used 03/00])

    JAN 00: The Dusters souls were beginning to fade, but thrice Dauntless fervently prayed. The Templars rites of revival were key to their survival, Dauntless was glad to be there to aid. (Magical Deed)

    MAR 00:The ultra-heavy armor Dauntless wore, was slapped around by Tentacles galore. With Plate, Steel and Shield the Templars would not yield, the memories of what they were fighting for. (PYR-Battle Deed [used 05/00])

    MAY 00: The Apostates fought with malice and spite.

    But the Blades were infused with holy might.

    Dauntless magicked weapons with frost,

    and healed rot wounds before limbs were lost.

    Giving Buzz enough time to land a branding smite. (Magical Deed [used 3/00])

    JULY 00: Dauntless suffered bruises and burns, the Apostates devices were a growing concern. But with the God Empress' blessing and his bloodline progressing the heretics' magics were spurned (PYR-Magical Deed [used 3/00]

    SEPT 00: Malleus called out for a barrier,

    Dauntless saw things getting hairier.

    His magics thrummed out, shielding the Empress' Devout.

    The Pursuer would have to be warier.

    (PYR Magical Deed [used 3/00])

    NOV 00: Dauntless infused armor to weather the storm, keeping himself and Ezra up to good form. The storm of the century, passed with no entropy. The delvers would celebrate victory in a swarm! (Magical Deed)

    JAN 01: The Calvarians' prayers would not fade, granting magic'd blessings upon his oath-bounds blade. The Awakened and Zen slugged back, against the apex constructs massive attack! Being the first to destroy an Automata and its blockade! [PYR Magical [used 3/00]

    MAR 01: Dauntless grew heated in battle, hurling wrathful prayers and infused knives at spore infested cattle. The Templar thought he was done, but saw the townsfolk were overrun... so he called out a short prayer to revive them without hassle. (Magical Deed)

    MAY 01: The Blades of the Empress investigated a Haunting.
    A difficult task that could be deadly, dangerous, and daunting.
    But the Templar Dauntless in name Lead prayers to deliver the same For the Templars an exorcism of this caliber wasnt even worth flaunting.
    - and friends (Magical Deed)

    JULY 01: Dauntless and The Blades of the Empress' voices were heard, Snakewater's people had been empowered by each other's word. The Townfolk's Rite of Asylum and crafted Purity Seals did drive them... to deliver Oberon an eviction notice that could not be deferred. [Magical Deed ]

    SEPT 01: While victory was nearly at hand, control of the realm shifted and the inquisition ended sooner than planned. The lost souls of Templars, Avatara, and Awoken left Dauntless grieving, desolate and heart-broken. Though it helped knowing his sorcery aided in crushing Jyoti to nothing but ashes and sand. [PYR-magical]

 
  • Talon Templar

 
  • Necrotic Kensai

    NOV 00: Ezra worked alongside his fellow Templar Dauntless to defend lightning rods during the onset of magna-storm. In spite of his fear, Ezra faced down living flames and whirlwinds in order to defend his comrade-in-arms and any others in need. Untrained in healing arts, Ezra did what he does best - interposing himself between the hurt and the creatures called by the storm, enduring injury after crippling injury in the process. He may have survived the storm, but the flames proved more than Ezra could handle and left him significantly worse for wear in the months to follow. (PYR-Battle deed)

    JAN 01: Everything had blurred together. Running. Pain. "We need those wall down NOW!" Being dragged along cold ground. Ezra could feel himself slipping into that all-too-familiar void as he tried desperately to find the will to pick himself up again, to tell himself to keep going. A voice - one of the few he recognized - crying out cut through the haze. He could just make out the bright red of Octavia's dress. Where will lacked, rage would do. Tossing aside the monster standing over him with a strength he didn't know he possessed, Ezra carved a path to his fellow Rose as fast as his battered body would allow. He got Octavia back to her feet with what basic first aid he remembered and stayed until he certain she was recovered before turning his rage on the rest.

    Somewhere in the din, shouts that one of the so-called "Angels of Destruction" had fallen. The Second fell not long after. But the relief was short-lived as he saw the Third shrugging off attacks left, right and center. His allies were all but spent as they fought back the tide of smaller creatures. He stepped to face the last of those nigh-impervious flesh takers. The air turned to ice around him, coating his hands and blade as he let the rage consume him. If the void was taking him back, these foul creatures were coming with him...

    The crash of metal didn't stop until that last damnable "Angel" was a mangled, bloody heap at Ezra's feet. (Battle Deed)

    MAR 01: Ezra had hoped the thaws would have brought better weather, but the skies still insisted otherwise. He and the other Templars were in the Lost Sheep, pouring over encoded messages when delvers of the ECL:PS Company ran inside asking for help. Braving deluge of rain and water geist, Ezra briefly set aside Temple matters to defend the Cantina. If nothing else, at least this would be an opportunity to practice some of the techinques he'd learned recently. And he did so with deadly efficiency, ending a number of geists before they had a chance to significantly harm any other delvers. One of the creatures that did break through was soon made to realize its mistake, with Ezra mangling both of its arms before putting it out of its misery. (Battle Deed)

    MAY 01: After hearing that one of the stolen artifacts from the Altar of Air had potentially been located, Ezra jumped at the chance to join the retreival effort. The risk the caustic sewers leading down to the Warrens posed made no difference to him, he knew how much this meant for some of his compatriates and that they would do similarly for him. Ezra expertly leveraged his smaller frame, nimbly running between beams to assist in placing charges and fighting off toxic-borne creatures. Ezra could feel the noxious environment began to take a more serious toll but acted as a human shield for the gunners to protect them from the encroaching monsters anyway. He thought his respite had come as he helped the last of the delvers to from the sewers but it was clear Ezra wasn't the only one struggling. Bruised and beaten, Ezra swallowed the pain of calling upon his own monstrous strength to carry Ivara all the way from the sewer entrance back to the ECL:PS headquaters in town. He was glad to see her safe but oh was he going to be feeling this day for a long while. (PYR-Battle)

    JULY 01: As Clown and chaos descended upon Snakewater, everyone sought a solution to Auberon's impending arrival. Some turned to research or to physical preparations, others still turned to their faith - The Ascended among them. In true Carmine fashion, Ezra laid down his sword and lent his impassioned voice to the Hallowed Asylum. Others followed in turn, speaking tales of the joy and family they have found in Snakewater and each other culminating in ritual so powerful that The Empress herself blessed all those in attendance. [Magical Deed]

    SEPT 01: The Lost Sheep was stifling. Everything was. Jyoti had been permanently stopped and that was something to be thankful for - no one else would suffer at their hands. But it still felt like a failure. Too many lost lives and souls - well, maybe "unrecovered" was a better term. But still. Was it selfish to mourn his own life alongside theirs? Ezra jumped at the opportunity to to assist Sparrow of the Rainbird Caravan, a chance to do a bit of good that might leave him feeling like he'd done something worth being happy over. He didn't mind putting his sword and shield to good use, but he certainly preferred putting his other skills to use these days.

    With a bit of focus, Ezra was able to unveil torn fragments of spirit and memory of Lan Jernon - one of those in service to Yama. Others took care to cleanse the fragments of any lingering corruption. Together, they gathered the fragments and reflected on the final thoughts and memories of a man who sought to help others but in his ambition, his naivety, and without a strong guiding hand, had been taken advantage of by forces that sought to bring great harm.

    Ezra only helped one soul this day. And it left him reflecting once again if he himself was holding too tightly on to ideas best laid to rest.

    (Cunning Deed)

 
  • Talonite of the Talon Conclave
    Blades of the Empress Guild

    MAR 99: Talonite Malleus wrought a tome of lores and knowledge of his own with the aid of his fellow Templar Dauntless. In his arcane writings, he fell afoul of a Searing Enigma that set his spirit aflame (Persuasive Deed [used]).

    MAY 99: Talonite Malleus would get knocked down, but would get up again, the Night Kings couldn't keep him down. After a long and arduous fight Malleus survived the bud thumping of the Night King's floral Host, but perhaps he came out of it a bit worse for wear (Battle Deed)

    JULY 99: Malleus fought hard during the Snakewater festival. He not only claimed the championship in the fighting tournament but he also fought till the point of exhaustion against the Basilisk Cult (Battle Pyrrhic deed [used])

    SEPT 99: Through pure perseverance Malleus managed to make it through the assault on the Night King’s lab. However they many battles fought earlier had caught up with him, and he needed to tie his blade to his hand just to make sure he could keep fighting. (P-Battle Deed [used 9/99])

    NOV 99: In order to launch their attack on the Night Kings and their Reaper Engine, Snakewater needed to send in a few infiltration teams to disrupt the Night King’s obfuscation field. During the first infiltration mission Malleus joined his compatriots in getting through Oberon’s traps and minions. The Mission was a success, unfortunately several townsfolk including Malleus were left behind when the rest of the team teleported out. Malleus managed to fight off Oberon’s minions long enough for the others to escape, unfortunately he fell in battle and was held captive. The second Infiltration team managed to save him, and he lives to fight another day, but at what cost? (PYR-Battle Deed [used 01/00])

    JAN 00: Malleus managed to survive the accidental excursion to the Gasp of the Last Star. Despite Lord Underwelt’s warnings, Malleus did find himself in the sights of the malevolent beings that dwelled in the strange lands. In order to save his compatriots he crossed blades with the most terrifying of entities, and in the end Malleus fought the Punishers of God, and survived. (PYR-Battle Deed)

    MAR 00: Despite the maddening whispers and hallucinations plaguing Malleus, he was able to pull himself together to fight off the entity that had infested Snakewater. In spite of the creature’s best efforts Malleus continued to fight, even surviving two instances of being blinked out of existence to fight a faux Punisher of God. With two dead Punishers under his belt he continued to defend his assigned point with the aid of his fellow Templars and their new Diabolist compatriot until victory was secured. (Battle deed [used 09/01])

    MAY 00: As portals continued to open around Snakewater, Malleus steeled his resolve and fought the frightening headless entities that came forth. Using sword and shield he fought with his comrades against waves of geists until the final portal closed (Battle Deed)

    JULY 00: Malleus safeguarded the Basilisk egg with both sword and wit. He engaged the Earth Wildling in a game of rock paper scissors and ended up weakening the elemental being as a result of his victory. He then helped win over the Water Wildling through conversation and a mediated peace between the elemental and Maverick. (Persuasive Deed)

    SEPT 00: Though Malleus’ exorcism was “successful” unfortunately it was done too late. While he was exhausted and spent after fighting the forces of the Pursuer, King Auberon and his minions captured Malleus binding him in chains and ensnared him in warp energies. When the townsfolk came to rescue him they arrived in time to see the entity that grew within the Templar burst forth from Malleus’ chest. Thanks to the spore implanted in him, along with the blessings of the Oracle-Avatar’s own magics, Malleus was able to survive with his soul intact. However the ordeal did not leave him completely unscathed (PYR- Cunning Deed {used 9/24})

    JAN 01: Through faith and steel the Snakewater Templars, and Rev, fought their way through waves of Flame Geists to get to the Flame Apostates spell amplifier. Talonite Malleus fought off several of the Geist, and stood between them and Sir Talos as the Grail Guard worked to deactivate the heretical device. Once the device was powered down Malleus took on the apostate Pyrixia and with the aid of his fellow Templars the Heretic’s flame was snuffed out. (PYR Battle Deed)

    MAY 01: Malleus aided the Steel Wing Sentinels in their recovery mission down in the Warrens. There they encountered irradiated Hatred Geists who attempted to hinder their progress. However the creature was no match for Malleus and Grif who kept the monstrosity at bay while Maverick and Hobo Jones gathered what was required in the area. As time ran out the area begun to fill with more radiation, fortunately Malleus was able to resist it longer and held off the Geist while the others made it out safely (Cunning Deed)

    JULY 01: In preparation for the rite of Hallowed Asylum, Malleus assemble an altar for the ritual using the artifacts Dauntless provided. Through its use the ritual was successful, providing protection against the clown zone to all those who were in attendance. [Ingenious Deed (used 9/01)]

    SEPT 01: The final fight between the Blades of the Empress and the Heretic Jyoti had finally arrived. Malleus led the charge, engaging Jyoti directly while the rest of the Blades and their Allies held back the other enemies, and disjuncted portals that weakened them. In desperation Jyoti called upon the aid of the Punishers of God he summoned, however the fell creatures betrayed him and began to attack the infernal instead. As Dauntless pushed back the Punishers, Malleus went in and finished their holy quest by delivering the final blow, killing Jyoti and halting his ascendancy. [Battle Deed]

 
  • Carmine Warrior

    Blades of the Empress Guild

    NOV 99: In order to gain important information for the Templars, Octavia had to put all of her Carmine training to the test, making a good impression on Madam Odette, a visiting noble. By perfecting her curtsy and ensuring the second napkin and cutlery were placed in the right positions, Octavia helped the Templars gain needed insight. (Persuasive Deed)

    JAN 00: Although most of Octavia's time in Snakewater has been focused on battle, she decided to test her intellect. She spent much of the day attempting to solve puzzles to aid the Professor. While she was only moderately successful, she was still able to assist his efforts. (Persuasive Deed)

    MAR 00: Invited to join the Cabal Alvarado, Octavia organized a party for Carmine nobles to celebrate the Cabal, and Carmines in general. Although the party was interrupted by some suspicious looking goo, she considers the party a smashing success, and knows the Templars faith will overcome any mysterious substance. (Persuasive Deed)

    JULY 00: Using her new abilities granted to her from her stigmata, Octavia was able to help heal the townspeople, reviving them while they fought bravely in battle, and contributing to the protection of the basilisk. I(ngenious Deed)

    SEPT 00 After two companions fell in battle, Octavia worked together with Nightbreaker to revive them. She studied Nightbreakers actions, and while her healing looks slightly different, she was able to help revive the injured. (Ingenious Deed)

    NOV 00: On a trip to get supplies for the Magna Storm, Octavia was tasked with guiding Ezra safely through a warehouse, avoiding the monster lurking within. Although there was some trouble communicating with those within the building, Octavia managed to guide him to some supplies, and get him safely back outside. (Persuasive Deed)

    JULY 01: After being transported to a strange beach away from the other 'clown parents', Octavia realized she would have to go on the defensive. Surrounded by far too many clowns to her liking, she picked up her staff, and smote those who dared to approach her. She's pretty sure she got some of them before the end of the night [Magical Deed]

 
  • Metabionic Talonite
    Blades of the Empress Guild

 
  • Lynx Apostle of the Talon Conclave

    07/99: During the battle against the Order of the Divine Basilisk, Talia worked methodically around the battlefield projecting wrath unto the cult’s guardians as well as other foes. Ultimately, she dealt a powerful fire-y blow, defeating the final guardian. (Magical Deed)

 
  • Talonite of the Dragontooth Chapter

    01/00: After the chaotic morning of a quiet still Snakewater beset by waves of Blood geists, Tamarlan set his hands to craft Talonite Malleus a new sword. With swift and eager work the solid blade was ready to fight for humanity's growth in the name of the shattered mother. (PYR-Ingenious deed)