fallen · Voice of the company · Leather
Beguiler
The silver tongue of the gilded city. Voice of the company in leather.
“The words of his mouth were smoother than butter, but war was in his heart.”
The calling
The first weapon ever used against mankind was not a blade. It was a sentence. A soft voice in a garden asked a single question, and with it the whole world was lost. The Beguilers of the gilded city have studied that voice for a thousand years, and they have learned its craft very well.
A Beguiler fights with words. They carry only a slim dagger and a small idol at the belt, and they need nothing more. A whispered rumor spreads through an enemy's ranks like rot through fruit. An accusation, shouted at the right moment, stops a warrior dead in confusion. Flattery, sweet as honey, wraps a foe in invisible chains, and suddenly the enemy's own champion is fighting for the Beguiler, glassy-eyed, smiling, bound by words. Murmurs of discontent drain the strength out of an enemy company and pour it into the Beguiler's friends.
In the courts of the gilded city, Beguilers are the most valuable servants a lord can own and the most dangerous. They advise kings. They ruin rivals. They know exactly what everyone wants to hear. The one thing they never hear is the truth, because the truth is the one thing no Beguiler can ever quite believe again.
In battle
You control the fight. You lull dangerous enemies into silence with soft words, so the company can fight them one at a time. You bind a foe with flattery and set it against its own allies. You spread rumors that wound the enemy's mind and leap from one foe to the next as the whispers spread. And all the while you steal power from your enemies to feed your friends, and spur your fighters to strike again and again.
A Beguiler's battles are often won before the enemy realizes they have started.
Strengths
- A charmed foe that fights for you. Bind an enemy with flattery and turn its strength against its friends.
- Control. Lull, stun, spellbind and scatter enemies in fear, one at a time or in whole crowds.
- Feeds the company's power with whispers that drain it from the enemy.
- Rumors spread. Your wounding words can leap from one foe to another on their own.
- Spurs your fighters, giving them more chances to strike twice with every swing.
Weaknesses
- The charm can break. A bound foe may throw off its chains at any moment, and when it does, it turns on you.
- Weaker blessings for the company than the Psalmist's songs.
- Fragile. Leather, little health, and few ways to save yourself when enemies break through.
- Demanding to master. A great Beguiler juggles a charmed pet, lulled foes and spreading rumors all at once.
Gifts of the calling
- Whispererfrom the first day
- when a wounding rumor ends, it may spread to another enemy with its full time to run.
- Fair Speech
- flattery binds an enemy to fight for you, wrapped in faint chains of words, for as long as the lie holds.
- Sharpened Tongue
- a cutting word that breaks an enemy's casting and wounds its mind.
- Smoother Than Oil
- soft words lull an enemy into stillness. Any blow wakes it.
- Railing Accusation
- a sudden accusation that stuns an enemy in confusion.
- Great Swelling Words
- your company's power deepens, and its defenses against sorcery, the mind's terrors and holy judgment harden.
- Murmuring
- discontent spreads through the enemy's ranks, wounding minds and draining power.
- Smooth Things
- your company regains power faster in battle.
- Grievous Words
- words that stir an ally's anger until they strike more than once with every swing.
- Bewitched
- a whole company of enemies stands spellbound.
- Fear on Every Side
- the enemies around you flee in terror.
- Great Uproar
- an uproar of voices stuns every enemy for a great distance around you.
The attributes you need
| Attribute | What it does |
|---|---|
| IntelligenceMain | Every word wounds and binds more strongly, and your well of power runs deeper. |
| Stamina | More health, for when the charm breaks. |
| Agility | Together with your Defense skill, a better chance to dodge a blow that reaches you. |
Choose the Beguiler if
You want to win with your wits. You love control, misdirection and the moment when an enemy's champion turns around and attacks its own side. But remember whose craft you have learned. The serpent beguiled, and the serpent lost, and every word he ever spoke was a chain. A Beguiler who one day speaks the plain truth may find that the chains were only ever words.
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