The Defender

== Ordo Shields: ==
"The Lord is my shield and my shelter."
Shields are quite simple: they posses the ability to generate defensive barriers, often of raw energy, and direct them with their minds.  Shields are all about defense, creating defensive lines or fortifications to channel or halt enemy troops.  They can also be deadly in hand-to-hand combat where they can protect themselves from all attacks, waiting for the opportune moment to drop their shield and strike decisively.
AKA: the Magen Avraham.
Shield Degrees
Constructs
=== Facts: ===
-Shields are constructed of raw energy or nearby material collected by the power of the Shield and used to construct various defensive barriers.  
-The best Shields can generate unbreakable barriers, while novices can hold out for great lengths of time against sustained assaults.
-It is said that a Shield's strength of power is in direct relation to their confidence in God in the face of real fear.
-Shields work well with Crusaders, the two twin-powers naturally complimenting one another. It's also been said they make for excellent rivals. One Regent whose name is lost to history once famously said that if the two Orders were to go to war the battle would last until the end of days, the very best in attack against the very best in defense.
-Powerful and experienced Shields can generate Absorption Fields, absorbing the power of attacking forces and reinvigorating the Shield. 
-Truly skilled Shields can kill most foes almost instantly by generating a shield that bifurcates their opponent in half, slicing them through with its materialization.
-Shields can simulate flying by levitating a shield which they are on or within.
-By encasing something preferably large within a force field, and then hurling it at an enemy, many Shields flatten all opposition before them.
-The exact appearance of a barrier varies from Shield to Shield. Some Shields will produce a barrier of white light, others of a faint blue-ambiance. 
-Shields often display a natural talent for defensive tactics and fortifications. They can't help but build things with defensive measures in mind. 
=== Domes: ===
Shield Adepts can erect gigantic shields made of all sorts of energy types designed to act as a permanent barrier. These Domes require a significant expenditure of Kenosis (Storyteller's discretion as to how much). They also tend to represent an infraction of the Discipline Arcani when done out in the open. 
Domes can be used to seal off forbidden or important localities, or to blockade enemy movements. They can also be erected in time of crises to fortify the homes of Squad members from attack. 
-http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1553656/ 
-http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0115683/
== References: ==
-http://www.cbs.com/shows/under-the-dome/
-https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4t4GEpVb2A
-http://www.historynet.com/ancient-history-walls-of-constantinople.htm
-http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0458339/
-http://www.militaryarchitecture.com/index.php/Fortifications/the-walls-of-constantinople.html
-http://twilightsaga.wikia.com/wiki/Bella_Swan
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