Volantis

> *"Thela? Warmother? Conqueror?" Volantis spoke almost as if in a trance. "I should not know this, and yet, why does this sound so familiar? This..should not be possible. I should not remember-I cannot remember. Gh...gh!" Aldrich did not understand what was happening. He assumed he had triggered some kind of mechanism embedded within Volantis, one embedded from the demons that forged him, the prevented him from recalling his past. Volantis's voice echoed out from his peeled open form, but the voice was not directed to Aldrich. When Volantis spoke, his voice lost the smooth, elegant tone. The voice that had made him sound almost robotic sometimes, like a perfect Al.*
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> *Instead, this new voice came out with a far rawer timber. The voice was deeper, more guttural, and laced with a permanent growl. "Thela...they left you. They let the demons do this to you. What do I do? Without your dream? All I am...all Iam is a monster. You were the one that showed me I could be more. But...if a monster is what they want, it's what I'll give them.*
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> *Orcs...humans...elves...dragons...demons - I'll take their bones... I'll take... And take... And take... Until there is nothing left..."*
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> - Volantis temporarily recalling his past, chapter 179.
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Volantis is the Living Armor of Aldrich and Death Lord's former Fifth Deathguard. Before he became a living armor, he was an Orc Lord, and it is this heritage that is behind his obsession with taking the bones of the powerful opponents that he kills. Volantis is a highly competent Shaper specializing in Earth Shaping.

## Story

As an orc, Volantis held the rank of Orc Lord and was the right hand of Thela the Conquerer, Warmother of the Golden Horde. It is implied that he went into a murderous rage after Thela's assassination by Demons. He was then killed by Demons on a molten mountain, surrounded by a ?eld of swords and demon corpses. He felt the pain of being forged into something he was not. Having his soul hammered over and over again as his memories were sealed and he was turned into the Living Armor, Volantis. He eventually ended up as part of Death Lord's Legion. After being placed at floor 15 of Necropolis to test Aldrich and being killed by Seth Solar, he became bound to Aldrich, eventually accepting him as his Armored.

Volantis had an episode later on where Aldrich brought back some residual memories of his time with Thela, triggering the Demonwill placed within him by the Demon smiths and becoming damaged. Aldrich then later decided to remove the Demonwill entirely in order to be able to access his martial arts skills, at the risk of having Volantis, or, rather, Gorr, turn against him and try to kill him upon being freed.

## Powers

As an undead, Volantis is a Necromancer, following Occultation of the Shattered Bone.

### **Stitchings**

**Earth Drake's Scales** is the strongest defensive stitching possessed by Volantis.

**Hand of the Blood God** is the strongest stitching possessed by Volantis. It is from the severed hand of a God of Blood who was said to be able to kill any living being. As such, when equipped, Hand of the Blood God allows Aldrich to kill any living being regardless of strength, so long as he can touch them. However, it is very taxing to use and causes Volantis to be out of action for a time afterwards.

**Bloodblaze Dragon Maw** is taken from a Bloodblaze Dragon. It manifests on the hand and looses a torrent of black and crimson flames that not only burn, but also rapidly build up the [Bleed] status effect, causing the target to exsanguinate rapidly.

### **Truesight**

The purpose of Living Armors was to effectively be the brains of a Battle Orc, who themselves cared only about straightforward fighting. True to this purpose, living armors were by nature observant. Their ability to analyze and mark things during a battle is called their Truesight.