Legendary Names3

Sir Hekhtur, High King of Terryn — the greatest of the lance commanders, a Noble whose war-engine has led Households to war since before living memory. A fighter who takes his name carries the presence of a king: his Ion Shield covers two adjacent arcs rather than one, and once each battle the whole lance may re-roll its failed Ion Shield saves for a single round, steadied by the High King at its heart.

But a High King does not hide. This fighter must always be deployed on the table in the opening zone and may never be held in reserve, and an enemy that takes him Out of Action claims a bonus Reputation reward for felling the crowned war-engine. Terryn's king leads from the front, or he does not lead at all.

The Forgotten Knight — a masterless Cerastus war-engine that strides to battle with no pilot at all, driven by an ancient machine-spirit that remembers a war ten thousand years gone. A war-engine given this name fights beyond fear: it ignores all Nerve, Bottle and Terror effects entirely, cannot be Pinned or broken, and its ancient hull carries two Wounds more than its kind — a relic that has not fallen since the age it was forged.

But the machine-spirit answers to no one. This war-engine can never benefit from Honour of the Household, from the Sacristan repair, or from any friendly aura or skill, and it declares its facing at random — roll a D4 at the start of each round — rather than by choice. It fights its own war, deaf to the Household that walks beside it.

The Lady of Griffith — the sworn bannerman of legend, a Noble whose standard has held Households together through defeats that should have broken them. A Champion who takes her name steadies every engine around her: friendlies within her 12" Honour of the Household bubble also ignore the Terror caused by enemy war-engines and Brutes, and she may re-declare her own shielded facing one additional time each round, turning her field to meet each fresh threat.

But the Lady's oath forbids retreat. This fighter may never voluntarily move toward her own board edge, and should she be taken Out of Action the lance suffers -1 to its next Bottle test — the fall of the bannerman shaking the Household she held together.