Brand

Brand is a Knight-Commander in the Circle of Light.

## History

Brand was among the Original Twelve who joined the Circle of Light, becoming a knight-commander *and fighting with the Great Sword Baruzai*. He also became the contubernalis of Circle leader Septimus Prime, and the two had a son, Ephemeris. *Brand became known for using a Gjallarhorn and often fought alongside Strider.*

After Septimus Prime took the Matrix of Light from Iaconia, Brand told Dei Atlas that Kaonus should keep it for themselves as payback for Iaconia doing the same for so long, and that it was no different from Septimus taking the Ur-Sword and Drak A Dron. He then growled when Atlas asked what had given Septimus the right to do that, but when Septimus stepped in and told the two she'd only keep the Matrix until a leader arose, Brand scoffed that while the Iaconers claimed that they were hoarding the artifacts of the Firstforged, he doubted they would say these things if they knew the true power of them.

Unfortunately, when Arctus came with an army of Iaconer to get the Matrix of Light back, Brand fought to defend it, and though he managed to personally kill fifty enemy soldiers, he was ultimately slain by *having his back struts broken and* Arctus slitting his throat, who had no idea how important he was to Septimus.

*Septimus Prime would find the body of Brand surrounded by the bodies of those he'd killed before dying, and as the "snow" fell she became convinced everything she was working towards was futile.*

*Brand was buried in a tomb in the barrow.*

### Legacy

*In a cave, Septimus Prime would tell Ser Krabat that the Circle of Light was broken with Brand dead, his weapons broken and his death demanding vengeance, and she then cried out how noble and strong Brand and Strider had been, and that even when they fell in battle, they remained together.*

*The death of Brand was among the things weighing on Septimus Prime when she fought the Hytherion.*

*As Ephemeris was young when Brand died, he didn't remember his father, only being able to recall what the elders had told him about Brand.*

*Adrestia's voice was said to be like Brand blowing his Gjallarhorn when telling the Functionists she'd defeat them in Confrontation.*

Knight Convoy would come to be known as Brand-breaker by the Circle of Light, which Speeder recalled when asked by Mithril if he wanted to see an exhibit on him at the Primafane Metropolitan Museum.

Speeder would dream about Dei Atlas and Brand's debate on taking the Matrix of Light.

*A hallucination of Brand would accuse Adrestia of leaving him to be killed by Knight Convoy while she was under the effects of the Neshamah in Rynn Prime, and that her vision had failed everyone thanks to her failing to beat the darkness.*

*Adrestia would dream of Septimus Prime discovering Brand was dead in Doomsday.*

When the Matrix Shadows took Knight Convoy's form in Where Your Legacy Goes... he mentioned killing Brand to Hot Shot, and admitted that even if he knew his connection to Septimus, he'd have killed him anyway.

### Revival

*Brand would be brought back to life thanks to Mithril using her technomancy powers at the urging of Thunderwing. Upon waking up, Brand grabbed Mithril's neck.*

*Luckily, Brand quickly came to his senses and let go of Mithril, realizing she wasn't a Demon or Iaconer and apologizing. Asking where she came from, Brand was surprised to learn he had been buried, only to remember that he had been killed by Temenos Prime, and had now been brought back. Surprised to hear that Mithril was from Stanix when only Septimus Prime had traveled that far up the Terak River, Brand then saw all the other Kaoners buried with him, and realized that Mithril could bring them all back as well. However, when he introduced himself and began to note how Mithril had revived him, Brand drew Baruzai when the technomancer started to object to his idea, and noted she had quite the tongue, as well as the gifts of the Patterners, and he insisted he bring back his fallen brothers and sisters, threatening to kill her if she didn't. Thunderwing realized that Brand was beyond his control, and he informed Adrestia that her grandfather had been brought back to convince her to help stop him.*

*Once Mithril had granted him an army of Dwimor, Brand stepped forward with his prisoner and two undead guards when Adrestia arrived to confront him. Insisting he'd committed no crime, Brand noted that based on what Mithril had told him, the land of the living had not improved after his death due to the Combatron Wars, Functionists, and line of Convoys, and he told Addy that he recognized her as being Septimus Prime, and sensed she had been brought back from the dead like himself. Insisting that Mithril could preserve his army as long as she was conscious and close, Brand then declared that the people of Kaon had no right to forget everything he'd struggled for and sacrificed, and with that he activated Baruzai and charged at Addy. However, when Mithril was rescued and destroyed the rest of the Dwimor with magic, Brand stopped fighting momentarily due to feeling himself grow weaker, but this merely inspired him to increase his efforts, refusing to let the setback take him down. Unfortunately, while he agreed with Addy that he was intractable, Brand stumbled when his opponent shot at him with her autocannon, and he was knocked down with a pommel slam to the head and his legs getting swept out from under him. However, as Addy prepared to kill him, Brand told her not to when he saw that he was already dying due to the glowing blue flowers sprouting around him. Concluding that the only crime the Circle Knights had paid for was striving against history, Brand asked Addy to find Baruzai a new master, having used it in vain, but he knew that Primus forgave him in his passing, and that he wouldn't die this time as the life faded from him once more. Addy hoped that Brand had found the peace he had fought to help others obtain in his life, despite his flaws.*

## Powers and Abilities

It is unknown if Brand has a talent, though is incredibly skilled in fighting with his Great Sword, Baruzai. He can presumably transform, but his alternate mode is unknown.

## Relationships

### Allies

* Circle of Light
	+ Septimus Prime - Contubernalis
	+ Dei Atlas
	+ Strider
	+ Dai Atlas
	+ Lazara
	+ Headsbot
* Patterners
	+ Ephemeris - Son
* Autobots
	+ Adrestia - Granddaughter

### Enemies

* Iaconer
	+ Knight Convoy - Killer
* Decepticons
	+ Thunderwing's Sect
		- Thunderwing
		- Destroyer
		- War-Path
* Tor Kolkular Guard
	+ Battle Unicorn
* Mithril

## Appearances

### Text Stories

#### Autobot Academy: Speeder - The Black Knight

* Chapter 3 *(First Appearance - Flashback)*

#### The Dead Rising

* Chapter 1
* Chapter 2

#### Other Text Stories

* Rynn Prime *(Vision)*
* Doomsday *(Corpse)*

## Trivia

* Brand is described as being colored black with ringed armor and a leathern baldric on his shoulder to hold Baruzai.