Dishonored Warrior

Art by Stormrider

## Stats

A **Dishonored Warrior** is a type of spectral warrior encountered in the ruins of the Soma Fortress of Glies. They are led by Lord Soma and were first encountered in the *A Storm Approaches* campaign.

## Description

### Appearance

Dishonored Warriors appears as samurai which appears as a solidified green mist. They wear an akuma mask on their face with green mist pouring out of it.

## History

### *A Storm Approaches*

While exploring the ruins of the Soma Fortress, the party of Mungus, Mamo Socko, Aisu Kurimu, Sus'ke, and Buroken finds a room filled with three statues: two gazelles and a stone dragon that holds the Soma symbol. In the middle of the room is an indentation with a scorch mark on it. Mungus detects magic around the dragon statue, so the group inspects it more closely. Momo sees a key in the statue’s mouth. As she grabs the key, a pulse of energy comes out of the dragon, and Spectral Warriors appear around them. A divine wind begins to blow.

As the battle begins, Mungus is surrounded and attacked by two of the Warriors. However, the Warriors are cursed to be defeated, so their attacks are not that effective. Sus’ke hides behind a pillar and tries to shapeshift into one of the Spectral Warriors while Aisu casts Shield of Faith on Mungus. Four enemies charge towards Momo, but suddenly the key glows softly. A barrier forms around her, making most of their swings miss. Sus’ke reappears disguised as one the Warriors and stabs one of them in the back. Aisu tries to help Mungus by throwing her glaive, but it misses and sticks into a wall. Seeing this, Mungus flings the Wand of Guiding Bolt towards Aisu, but Buroken is the one who picks it up and fires it. The Spectral Warriors then swing at Momo and knock her unconscious, so Aisu immediately goes to her and casts Spare the Dying. Buroken fires the Wand once again, killing one of the two enemies in front of Mungus, and dashes toward the other one, throwing the purifying salt at it. The ghost immediately dissipates as it touches the salt. Finally, Sus’ke swings out at the last Spectral Warrior and defeats it.

As the party explores the upstairs of the fortress, Mungus orders Romulus to scout ahead. When he returns, he reports that he has found a golden rice ball further ahead, but it is guarded by more spectral warriors. There also seems to be a holy training ground to the southern end of the third floor. Aisu desecrates several statues in the name of Crowley causing the Resting Monk statue in the room to collapse. The party confronts Aisu, but they are interrupted by sounds of enemies rushing in from the east. The party defeats these warriors and moves onward into the fortress. As they party continues desecrating the temple, Soma and his warriors appear from the west rushing towards the group but the group runs eastward. They run into a dead end, so they barricade themselves inside the room by placing a line of salt in the doorway, preventing any spirit from entering. Soma looks into the room and declares them blasphemous thieves. Though at first the spectral warriors are unable to pass the salt, Soma prepares a giant ballista to fire into the room. He fires, and a training dummy in the room explodes. As a result of the arrow passing through the doorway, the line of salt is blown away, signalling the start of combat. Buroken coats Aisu's weapon with salt and fires a Guiding Bolt at one of the Dishonored Warriors. Aisu casts Shield of Faith on herself. Then, all at once, the soldiers charge in while Lord Soma reloads his ballista. Buroken throws a handful of salt on one of the spirits, immediately making it dissipate. Socko tries to talk with Soma to convince him to let them go; however, they decline to give back the golden rice ball, so he fires the ballista but misses everyone. Buroken fires a Guiding Bolt at Soma and breaks the ballista in the process. Mungus then casts Fog Cloud, which makes the archers unable to attack. Meanwhile, Sus'ke transforms into one of the Dishonored Warriors and approaches the unsuspecting Dishonored Archers. Buroken fires another Guiding Bolt at Soma, critically hitting him. He explodes, and the rest of the spirits disappear as he fades away.

## Abilities

* They attack with [d20+] and deal [d8+1] damage.

## References

1. ↑ A Storm Approaches: Episode 02
2. ↑ A Storm Approaches: Episode 03