Umbral Knight

The **Umbral Knight**, also known as **Ferin**, is the first spirit. They are fully donned in dark grey armor under a black hood and cloak and use a simple sword.

## Lore

Ferin is an Ancient who made a Deathless Pact with the first White Priestess of Land's End - the Priestess of the Dawn - in the final moments of their civilization. They were unable to properly protect her as their spirit had yet to awaken, it took until the fall of the kingdom for them to awaken. They showed themselves to Lily - one of the only two surviving descendants of the Priestess of the Dawn.

## History

### Background

Ferin was a warrior of the Ancients. They, like many others, wished to enter a Deathless Pact with a White Priestess, but was instead thrown into the war between the Ancients and the settlers from beyond, as the Ancients were pushed underground into the Verboten Domain. Eventually, Ferin and their command Eldred took the last priestess and an infant priestess to a chamber hidden deep in the domain. There, the Priestess performed a mutated version of the pact at the cost of her own life (and Eldred, as her warrior, as consequence). This pact was different as it allowed Ferin to keep their physical body, for the time being, as their ward was incapable of utilizing her powers. Ferin fled to the Deadlands with the child, where they hid from the settlers. However, Ferin's body eventually gave out, leaving the child alone, who was then found by the first King of Land's End and became the Priestess of the Dawn. Ferin should have awoken as a spirit and stayed by her side, but their spirit remained asleep until the events of the story.

### Chapter One

Ferin is Lily's first spirit, distinctively different from the others as they are capable of speech, higher thought, and have their own desires. Together, the two search for the Priestess of the Fount, and for clues to Lily's missing memories. Throughout their journey, they battle many of the kingdoms' fallen champions but are able to prevail and free those trapped by the Blight.

### Ending A

After defeating Silva, the two are approached by a ghostly image of the Priestess of the Fount, who directs them to the Hinterlands, where resides her 'last purification'. The two travel through the execution grounds (or the Twin Spires) to arrive there. Fretia appears before them again she reveals the current Blight in the kingdom is growing from her body, and she is now using the lilies growing from her body to purify all of Land's End. She then purifies Lily and asks she leave for her own sake; Ferin, however, is unable to leave, and reveals that rather than Lily, they are bound to Fretia. They will remain in Land's End until Fretia's death, but upon then will return to Lily. The two bid each other farewell, for now.

### Ending B

The two ignore Fretia's warning and instead head to down to the Verboten Domain, then traveling down to the abyss where they must fight Fretia as the Blighted Lord. As Lily attempts to purify Fretia, she herself becomes one with the Blighted Lord. It is unclear what becomes of Ferin, but as they are bound to the souls of both priestesses, they may have also been pulled into the blight.

### Ending C

The two choose to ignore Fretia's warning. Throughout their journey, the two had been collecting stone tablets hidden by Faden. Ferin is able to read the ancient writing on the tablets and the two are able to construct the Luminant Aegis Curio, which will prevent Lily from being lost in the Blight when she purifies Fretia. With this amulet, Lily defeats and frees Fretia's soul. In the epilogue, Ferin helps Lily give her sisters and mother a proper burial, they tell her not to fear as they will stay by her side.

## Physical Appearance

Ferin appears as a knight clad in rusted, bloodied armor, a tattered black cloak and always has their helmet covering their face. They are shown to have the same mark on their helmet, a sign of his pact with the White Priestesses of Land's End.

Much like the other spirits, they revert to a floating red orb when not in combat.

## Personality

Ferin is honor-bound to the priestess of their pact. Although they admit they wanted to free themselves from it, they eventually come to care for Lily. They tell her that she doesn't need to complete this mission for the sake of the kingdom or the Ancients, instead suggesting she search for her memories. They are shown worrying as her health deteriorates, and, in Ending A, they happily allow Lily to leave Land's End while they remain with Fretia.

They don't show any ill will toward the settlers who destroyed their home, simply accepting the outcome. However, they do condemn Julius for killing his kin out of hate and not doing anything to save the people in their final moments. In contrast, they praise warriors such as Gerrod, Eleine, and Hoenir for staying true to their duties even in death.

Ferin prefers warmer climates than that of Land's End.

## Spirit

The Umbral Knight is a main skill. It has infinite uses and can be used underwater.

At levels one to two, the Umbral Knight has a three-hit combo.

If performed while standing on the ground, damage scalings for these are 90%, 100%, 110%, respectively.

In air and water scalings drop to 65%, 70%, 85%.

At level three, the Umbral Knight gains an extra attack to the combo, performing a short spin.

Scalings for attacks on the ground change slightly: 90%, 80%, 110%, 120%.

In air and water: 70%, 56%, 85%, 100%.

At level five, the Umbral Knight gains an extra attack to the combo, performing an overhead slash.

On the ground, scalings are 100%, 80%, 110%, 90%, 160%.

In air and water, they become 70%, 56%, 80%, 65%, 120%.

These attacks are all able to hit a very short distance above, below, and behind Lily.

For the Last Rite, the Knight performs five attacks in a square in front of Lily. Each attack has a scaling of 100%.

Before any attack in the combo, Lily can change directions. Additionally, holding a direction while attacking will cause Lily to step forward in that direction. Conversely, holding no direction while attacking will keep Lily in the same spot.

The Umbral Knight requires unique items called Ancient Souls to be enhanced.

## Trivia

* *Umbra* means "shadow", and comes from the Latin word of the same spelling.
* The name **Ferin** comes from Latin *ferīnus*, from *fera* which means "wild animal".
* In previous versions, the flavor text for the knight was, "A black-garbed knight from beyond Land's End. Though naught but a Blighted Spirit, they still retain some semblance of who they once were".