River

## Skill Cards

**Elven Blood**
 +1 range and +1 (+2) damage, if no nearby combatants.

**Huntress**
 Gain 2 (3) mana when killing an enemy.

**True Aim**
 Ignore all combatant when targeting. Target is Dazed if River attacks through another combatant.

River is the first unlockable Archer Class Hero from Dunweld Hills, directly after Reynar escapes Dunweld Prison. River is a versatile hero who can make use of plenty of strategies and is ideal for Story and Raid.

## Storyline

As an half-blooded Elf, River was born more than a century ago before Reynar's story began. She spent her childhood at Sorrow's Heart, a location deep within Aldwood forest where the elves used to reside. As a child, she was brought into the Empire along side her uncle, Eradenine who was an Envoy connection from the elves to the humans. Eradenine delivered artifact known as the Cloud Mirror which could peer into the mist which separates worlds as a tribute to the Emperor.

Her uncle, now know as the Final Envoy to the empire had an errand to be done without informing River, and headed out to the Westland and to the ruins of an Elven Outpost, and spoke of someone who can open the Fae way. Once gone though, there was no news of her uncle for the past century. With Eradenine gone, the line of connection towards the Elves were cut, thus Erdenine was named the Final Envoy. River pledged with three emperors over the years to use the Cloud Mirror to locate and find the news of her uncle but was not able to do so.

River was acquainted with Reynar and the companions afterwards when Reynar was still the captain of the Iron Crowns. With the Prince Medard murdered, she joined the group with Reynar to uncover the truths of murder as well as maybe find clues to the disappearance of her uncle.

## Stats

River has 31 life and 5 armor, making her quite resilient against incoming attacks.

With High attack value, and with her high movement (2+3), she can easily outrun enemies and keep them at bay.

With the help of the skill card **Elven Blood**, she can increase her range to 6, and add +1/+2(upgraded) damage to her attacks which makes her very efficient at attacking hard against enemies from a distance.

**Huntress** increases mana by 2 (3, if upgraded) for killing enemies (including chests and banners), which allows here to use more mana heavy abilities.

**True Aim** ignore all combatant when targeting. Target is dazed if River attacks through another combatant.

## Strategies

In early game, River offers very useful in dealing quick and easy ranged damage. Making use of Elven Blood is recommended as the range increase with the movement allows the enemies to target only your Fighter class or be out of movement range of the enemies. An early game equipment that synergizes well with River is crafting a War Bracers, which increases mana by 2 when attacking. In combination with her skill card Huntress, a confirmed kill increases her mana by 4 (5, if upgraded). This enables her to consistently play Mana heavy cards like Black Arrow, which deals very high damage. Good beginner-friendly weapons for River are the craftable Tir-Noc Recurve and Runic Bow. Runic Bow can bought for 65 War Tokens in the War Shop, or - with luck - gathered from *Elven Cache*. Elven Cache is a one-time reward for completing The Halls of Creation.

Once you've reached closer to the end-game, your deck is more upgraded, more advanced strategies involves using Guided Vision, Pinpoint, Hawksight, Hunter and Trophy as the core of your Archer class build. Equipping River with a Storm Bow which increases damage with markers to +5 combined with Hunter, that increase damage per tile away from the target, and any multi attacking enabling cards (Avatar of God, Momentum), will allow River to steam roll almost any enemy that is under 30hp (map and armor dependent).

This set is commonly used in PvE and Raids. Hunter and Trophy are very powerful abilities, that make defeating most raid defenses very easy, and getting them should be a long-term goal for any player.

Other recommended bows, especially for veteran players, are Rosewood Bow and Demon Wind, which basically are an improved version of Runic Bow.