Warmonger/Main

> *"My time has come, and I have awakened. On the sacred stone of Horkos, I must now swear to bear the mask of war with honor and fealty. To walk the path of glory and death, without fear. To shepherd the strong and punish the unworthy."*
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> *"I will brandish the blade that rights all wrongs! I will bring revenge, strength and discipline! I will rise above all and speak the truth!"*
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> *"We are all, we are one, we are war!"*
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## Warmonger/Main

* Astrea
* Warmonger

## Stats

### Sprint Speed

7 m/s

**Warmongers** are a playable hero class in For Honor.

## Overview

The Warmongers are grandiose warriors who will not go unnoticed on the battlefield. Their weapon of choice is the Flamberge Greatsword, a two-handed sword that is as elegant as it is deadly. According to their beliefs, they were gifted a dark power named Corruption to weed out all liars and impostors of the world.

It is believed that the Warmongers have recruited former members of the Blackstone Legion to their cause, but their ambitions go far beyond that. They are the leaders of the Order of Horkos, a secret society that has members from all factions. The Warmongers want to rally warriors who are willing to reject their old gods and start a new era.

## Armor

To become a Warmonger, one must abandon their former identity, so that they can be "reborn" as one with the Order of Horkos. Their transformation is materialized through the forging of their blade and armor. Most of the Warmongers use materials from their past gear to reforge a new armor. Some take the gear from their greatest enemy (as the great Apollyon once did) and adjust it to their needs. All of their armor are also imbued with the power of the "Sacred Stone of Horkos," known as Draconite, that helps them spread the Corruption on the battlefield.

## Weapon

**Flamberge Sword** - A two-handed sword with an elegant blade. Its name comes from how the blade itself is wavy like a flame. Although slightly longer than the Warden's Longsword, the Warmongers wield this hefty weapon in one hand with ease.

## Known Warmongers

* Astrea
* Syntribos
* Smaragos
* Asbetos
* Omodamos
* Melinoe
* Rhamnusia
* Sabaktes
* Lethe
* Mahkai
* Vera
* Vela

## Trivia

* A "Flamberge" is not an actual type of sword, but a type of blade shape. As mentioned in the weapon's description, a flamberge blade is one that is shaped to be wavy and fire-like.
	+ The weapon is very likely based off the Zweihänder, a German type of Greatsword, due to how a number of the gear variants have its iconic parryhooks (*Parierhaken*) and/or a *ricasso* for the blade, together with a noticeable long grip. However, the length of the Warmongers' sword is shorter than the Zweihänders which are usually at least 140 centimeters long.
* Unlike other Heroes, Warmonger will speak in whichever audio language that the game is set to. Although it was initially explained that this phenomenon was caused by the Warmongers wanting to recruit anyone, thus speaking any language possible, it is later revealed that the Warmongers only spoke "one language" and forced all others to understand them.
* While the Warmonger is genderlocked, it is replaced with a new form of customization variation: Alternate armor. Alternate armor are technically duplicate armor gear of existing armor visuals accessible to Warmonger, much like how the event visuals for Test your Metal are just black-colored duplicates of existing armor. However, while normal armor is as decorated with capes, crests and other decor, Alternate armor represents a more "Infantry"-like visual (compared to the normal "Captain"-like visual) where there isn't as much fancy visual landmarks on the armor.
	+ All Alternate armor will appear with the set's name, plus the "Alternate" suffix. For example, the Alternate set for the Astrea set is "Astrea Alternate."
	+ The armor visual accessible early on are mostly Alternate armor. Higher rarity gear will feature the normal version more and the Alternate versions less.
		- When starting fresh with Warmonger, only the Astrea set is accessible as a normal set. All other gear visuals available at 0 Renown are Alternate armor, including the Astrea Alternate.
	+ Just like the Heroes of Year 3, the Warmonger's Ornaments are placed on her shoulders.
* The name for Warmonger's basic chain attacks make reference to the Warden's chain attacks:
	+ Warmonger's L→L→H chain is named "Vanguard's Bane" in comparison to Warden's "**Vanguard's** Advance."
	+ Warmonger's L→H chain is named "Tyrant's Assault" in comparison to Warden's "Guardian's **Assault**."
	+ Warmonger's H→H chain is named "Warmonger's Wrath" in comparison to Warden's "Warden's **Wrath**."
	+ Warmonger's H→L→H chain is named "Warmonger's Bane" which is likely meant to be a combination of her "Vanguard's **Bane**" and "**Warmonger's** Wrath" chains, switching the Light Opener out for a Heavy Opener.
* The Warmonger shares many animations with previous heroes, especially Warden and Apollyon who is a derivative of Warden. Corners may have been cut due to the pandemic and ensuing quarantine that occurred during the latter part of Warmonger's development and its release.
	+ Since the Warmonger was meant to be derived from Apollyon, unsurprisingly, they share animations and moves with Apollyon:
		- Their Parry Riposte's impale is the same as Apollyon's impale.
		- Their side dodge unblockables are the same as Apollyon's side heavy special.
		- Their forward dodge heavy is the second part of Apollyon's sprint attack, except mirrored.
		- Their top light opener animation is Apollyon's forward dodge Heavy, but sped up.
	+ Since Apollyon herself is a modified Warden moveset-wise, Warmonger seems to borrow animations from the Warden. All Side Lights, Chain Top Lights, all Heavy Openers, both Side Heavy Finishers and guardbreak animations are the same as the Warden's.
	+ The Warmonger also shares animations of other heroes, although they have been altered to be unique to Warmonger. Whether or not these are actually borrowed assets is up to question.
* The voice actress for the Warmongers, and consequently Astrea, is Patricia Summersett.
* Although the Warmongers are assigned as being a Knight Hero, they will not use the feats Fiat Lux, Pugno Mortis, and Catapult which are present on all Knight Heroes. Instead, they borrow feats that are exclusive to other factions, such as Arrow Strike and Arrow Storm from the Samurai and Auto Revive from the Vikings, due to the fact that the Order of Horkos is made of all the factions.
* All of Warmongers armors represent either a Greek deity or the Daemones Ceramici.

## Quotes

### Combat

* Preying Claw:
	+ "Enough!"
* Preying Claw and Stab:
	+ "Enough, sheep!"
* Preying Claw and Slash:
	+ "Enough, weakling!"
* Beast of Prey:
	+ "Die!"
* Prey Upon:
	+ "Stay here!"
* Vicious Impale:
	+ "This is it!"

### Feats

* Corruption Feats being triggered:
	+ "Some deserve to die!"
	+ "The strong thrive as the weak die!"
	+ "More sheep for the wolves!"
	+ "We are stronger!"
	+ "The weak serve the strong!"
	+ "The strong survive!"
* Arrow Strike:
	+ "Fire!"
	+ "Loose!"
	+ "Arrows!"
* Corruption Blast:
	+ "The weak die!"
* Arrow Storm:
	+ “We bring war!”
	+ "Bring war!"
	+ "We want war!"
	+ “We are war!”
	+ ”Rain war!”
* Self-revive:
	+ "We cannot die!"
	+ "We are immortal!"
	+ "Ideals never die!"

### Other

* Idle while in-lock:
	+ "We will not lose."
	+ "You fear us... as you should."
	+ "Fight! Let the monster free!"
	+ "Make it count!"
	+ "A prey or a predator, you decide!"
	+ "Prove yourself, warrior!"
	+ "You are too soft!"
* Revive:
	+ "You serve us well."
	+ "You are a great help."
	+ "What a wolf you are."
	+ "You are a true warrior."