Stag Knight

Stag Knight is an Epic Spirit character in RAID: Shadow Legends. Stag Knight's role is Support. Faction: Banner Lords.

On the combined RAID: Shadow Legends tier list Stag Knight is A tier, 59th of the 1029 characters ranked, from where 5 community tier lists put Stag Knight.

Other Spirit characters in RAID: Shadow Legends: Abyssal, Acelin the Stalwart, Acolyte of the Slither, Admiral Blacktusk, Alatreon Blademaster, Anax and 265 more.

A debuffer whose Huntmaster hits every enemy with a 70% chance of 60% Decrease DEF and 50% Decrease ATK together. When an ally gets a debuff resisted, the passive gives that ally 50% Increase ACC for a turn, and the basic can slow over two hits.

The Stag Knight's origins lie during the rule of King Guarin of Kaerok. This near-mythical figure was originally King Guarin's younger brother, Forthwin, who grew up with all the privileges of his station and fully enjoyed them. He jousted, feasted, and gambled, but most of all he loved to hunt with his rich young companions. At his coming of age tournament, he skewered a great white hart, and during the celebrations adopted it as part of his heraldry, as well as adding the ends of its antlers to his helm. From that day onward he was known as the Stag Knight.

Forthwin could not have guessed then that his days of excess were drawing to a close. Guarin's rule was brutal and repressive, and the people of Kaerok, as well as some of the nobility, were contemplating resistance. When Guarin ordered a new tax be raised to pay for his next birthday feast, there was an uprising, one which included Guarin's own uncle, Norchard.

Despite knowing little of the hardships of life beyond the court or the cruelty of his older brother, Forthwin took up his sword to defend the crown. He fought well against the rebels, leading his cohort of knights to victory on the right flank of Guarin's host at the Battle of Felwich. The rebellion collapsed, and Forthwin successfully hunted down Norchard and dozens of his followers and brought them to his brother's capital.

Guarin had declared that those surviving rebels who surrendered would receive clemency. However, when any prisoners were brought before him, he refused to pardon them. He ordered not only their execution, but their torture beforehand, drawing out the agonies of several hundred captives over a period of weeks.

Forthwin, who had not truly appreciated his older brother's nature, was sickened by the excessive violence. Eventually only one rebel, Norchard, remained. By Guarin's decree, all of the nobility were forced to attend his execution, lest they be added to the death-tally. Unable to restrain himself any longer, Forthwin pleaded for Norchard publicly. Surely Guarin had killed enough?

Forthwin had misjudged his brother one last time. Rather than relent, or even pause, Guarin flew into a rage. The Stag Knight was cast into the dungeons, where he began to appreciate just how badly he had wasted his youth in frivolous pursuits while the kingdom had suffered under his brother's rule. He prayed to Lumaya for forgiveness for how blind he had been, and prepared to meet his fate.

That night, Forthwin awoke not to the rough grasp of the jailer, but to an unearthly presence. An armored woman, stern-featured and radiating with brilliant luminescence, had appeared in his cell. She claimed she was the Arbiter, the legendary, divine lieutenant of Lumaya herself. She had observed Forthwin, and understood his genuine desire to make amends for the sins of his brother, as well as his own past excesses.

Forthwin fell to his knees and made an oath to do the will of Lumaya. The Arbiter temporarily blinded the dungeon guards with her brilliance, and helped the Stag Knight to escape and retrieve his wargear. He then when to Guarin's chambers and entered, none moving to stop him, for the glory of Lumaya was upon him. What words passed between the two brothers are unknown, but at the end of their meeting the king lay slain.

The Stag Knight rode away as dawn broke, spurning his inheritance and even his name. He passed over into legend, a warrior of righteous vengeance who some believe continues to watch over Kaerok, and will intercede in Lumaya's name if ever again a corrupt king again rises and claims the throne.

Stag Knight can be summoned from Ancient Shard, Sacred Shard and Primal Shard as a Epic champion.