Nat Turner

**Nat Turner** is one of the many Champions in Aeon Clash.

## Background

* **Source:** Wikipedia Article

Nat Turner (October 2, 1800 – November 11, 1831) was an enslaved African-American preacher who organized and led the four-day rebellion of enslaved and free Black people in Southampton County, Virginia, in 1831. Turner was born into slavery in Southampton County, a rural plantation area with more Black people than White. Turner knew little about the background of his father, who was believed to have escaped from slavery when Turner was a child. Benjamin Turner, the man who enslaved Nat and his family, called the infant Nat in his records. He was known simply as Nat but after the 1831 rebellion, he was widely referred to as Nat Turner. When Benjamin Turner died in 1810, his son Samuel Turner inherited Nat as property under the laws of the time, which made slavery legal. Turner learned how to read and write at a young age. He was identified as having "natural intelligence and quickness of apprehension, surpassed by few." He grew up deeply religious and was often seen fasting, praying, or immersed in reading the stories of the Bible. He frequently had visions that he interpreted as messages from God, and which influenced his life. Patrick Breen discusses that "Nat Turner thought that God used the natural world as a backdrop in front of which he placed signs and omens." Breen goes further into how Nat Turner claimed he possessed a gift of prophecy and could interpret these revelations from God. At age 21, he escaped from Samuel Turner. After becoming delirious from hunger and receiving a vision that told him to "return to the service of my earthly master", he returned a month later. Turner married an enslaved woman named Cherry, also spelled Chary, although historians still dispute who exactly Nat Turner's wife was. It is largely speculated that Turner and Cherry met and were married at Samuel Turner's plantation in the early 1820s. It is widely believed that Cherry had children, but it is undetermined how many. Historians vary anywhere between believing she had one to three children. The most widely held belief is that the pair had two or three children–one daughter and one or two sons. Historians believe one of their children was a boy named Riddick. However, the family was separated after Samuel Turner's death in 1823; Turner was sold to Thomas Moore, and his wife and children were sold to Giles Reese. In 1824, Turner had a second vision while working in the fields for Moore. In it, "the Saviour was about to lay down the yoke he had borne for the sins of men, and the great day of judgment was at hand". Turner often conducted religious services, preaching the Bible to his fellow enslaved people who dubbed him "The Prophet". In addition to Blacks, Turner garnered White followers such as Etheldred T. Brantley, whom Turner was credited with having convinced to "cease from his wickedness". According to David Allmendinger, Nat Turner had 10 different supernatural occurrences from 1822 to 1828. These included appearances of both the Spirit communicating through a religious language and scripture along with the visions of the Holy Ghost. By the spring of 1828, Turner was convinced that he "was ordained for some great purpose in the hands of the Almighty". He "heard a loud noise in the heavens" while working in Moore's fields on May 12 "and the Spirit instantly appeared to me and said the Serpent was loosened, and Christ had laid down the yoke he had borne for the sins of men, and that I should take it on and fight against the Serpent, for the time was fast approaching when the first should be last and the last should be first". Historian and theologian Joseph Dreis later wrote: "In connecting this vision to the motivation for his rebellion, Turner makes it clear that he sees himself as participating in the confrontation between God's Kingdom and the anti-Kingdom that characterized his social-historical context." In 1830, Joseph Travis purchased Turner; Turner later recalled that he was "a kind master" who had "placed the greatest confidence" in him. Patrick Breen states that after Nat Turner viewed the eclipse in 1831, he was certain that God wanted the revolt to commence. Turner spent his entire life in Southampton County.

## Stats

**Nat Turner** is a Hybrid Champion and a part of the **Specialist Class**.

* **Health:** 1000 (Lvl. 1) / 1570 (Lvl. 20)
	+ **[LVL = +30 HP]**
* **Damage:** 200 (Lvl. 1) / 485 (Lvl. 20)
	+ **[LVL = +15 DMG]**

## Skills

### Default Skills

* **PASSIVE 1: Ammunition**
	+ After depleting a total of 100 Ammunition, the champion reloads their weapon giving them increased attack speed for 2.5s.
* **PASSIVE 2: Bloodlust**
	+ Enemies damaged by the PLAYER have a bleed effect applied to them for 2.5s.
* **SKILL 1: Combat Roll**
	+ The PLAYER performs a combat roll in the desired direction, avoiding damage and reloading if under 15 Ammunition.
		- **COOLDOWN:** 6s
* **SKILL 2: Stealth**
	+ The PLAYER becomes invisible for 10s.
		- **COOLDOWN:** 8s
* **SPECIAL SKILL 3: Passive Change**
	+ Upon killing an enemy the PLAYER can change between their 2 class passives and weapons.
		- **COOLDOWN:** 10s
* **WEAPON ATTRIBUTES:**
	+ **LIGHT GUNS:** Lock onto the targeted enemy after successfully hitting them with 3 basic attacks.
	+ **DAGGERS:** Bloodlust Bleed deals double damage.

### Champion Skill

* **CHAMPION SKILL:** Spread Terror
	+ Nat Turner rushes forward, knocking back and fearing all enemies around him for 2.5s.
		- **COOLDOWN: 25s**