Aegis

**Aegis** is the leader of one side of the war. A staunch general of the gods, he believes the universe worth preserving, worth saving. Even if he must impose his Absolute Order, he will fight and die to repair the world the Olympian gods left in his charge. He is the mortal enemy to Pagun, whom which he is ideolgically opposed on almost every level.

## Personality

Stoic and unflinching, Aegis lives up to his reputation. He has a singular focus in mind, and the drive and force of will required to pursue said goal. Aegis rarely shows emotion, embracing each situation with a calm rational. He sees it as his dutybound right to save the world, and isn't afraid of asking for help in doing so.

The gravity of Ragnarok as a situation has broken down his tough exterior, and Aegis does genuinely worry that the world may be lost to Pagun. Unlike Pagun, Aegis mourns his lost fighters, and takes their deaths incredibly hard. While he would never show it in front of the others, a lifetime of loss and war has worn down the old Greek hero-god, and his heart has trouble bearing the loss of people who would follow under his cause.

He keeps a shrine dedicated to his fallen fighters, promising to echo their names and valor throughout the heavens, and leave empty seats in Valhalla, a gesture to remember them. These promises however, have all been made to himself. As a leader, he sees necesity in removing himself from emotion and connection, and not showing any form of weakness in front of those who would call themselves his subordinates.

## Powers and abilities

* **Absolute Authority:** developed over the ages, Aegis can pressure his authority upon others, much like a source of gravity weighing one down onto their knees. Using this, he can slow his opponents, or even force them to do something, such as stab themselves. This ability is limited however, and does not work against those of strong will. He would use this ability to test mortals who sought entry into Olympus, telling them should they fail his test they would slit their own throats.
* **Shield:** an extremely sturdy shield that could resist countless slashes from Pagun, even though the god of war was aiming to destroy the shield. According to Aegis, the shield is unbreakable, and its symbolism is reflected in Aegis's epithet.
	+ **Aura of Light:** he can spawn a barrier of light from his shield. It acts like a forcefield and prevents any attack from touching Aegis. However, the resistance of the aura of light has a limit, and will fall is it receives too much damage. Nevertheless, even if it falls from a too powerful attack, it won't let that attack do any damage to Aegis.
* **Sword:** a massive double-edged sword of Greek design. Although it is a two-handed weapon because of its weight, Aegis can afford to use it swiftly with only one arm, given his tall frame. Aegis often threatens to draw it, but rarely uses it for real.
	+ **Great swordsmanship:** he displayed to be very a skilled fighter with his sword, managing to deal short but powerful slashes and stabs in order to brutally and repeatedly push anyone back. He can swing his sword at a very high speed, so that Pagun had difficulties to find a gap between his attacks.
* **Divine Armor:** Aegis's magical armor can turn into different armors, that grant various unique abilities.
	+ **Divine Armor - Talos:** producing white light when it is summoned, this giant armor is far larger than needed, and is useful to repel physical attacks and to grant a staggering sturdiness.
	+ **Divine Armor - Phalanx:** this armor consists of a forcefield generated by his shield that he slams into the ground. Aegis then quickly flies to his opponent, and the forcefield before him crushes everything on his path. Even though Pagun tried to counter this attack, the Korean god of war was pushed back on a long range, got severely harmed and lost many ribs.
* **Physical abilities:** in addition to using a two-handed sword with one arm, Aegis's physical attacks, such as knee hits, also proved to be pretty dangerous.

## Trivia

* There was once a joke about Aegis actually being three twinks under a cape, and disguised as one individual.