Thomas Montague

> "*What say you, fellow swordsman? Shall our destined battle begin?*"
> ― Thomas' quote in BB intro
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**Thomas Montague** is an knight and main protagonist of Bellum Bestiae series. He and others one of the greatest characters on MGW Universe.

## Appearance

A 29-year old english beared man wears a knight armor, a dark grey-colored and gold details on his armor (on shoulder, gauntlets and legs), wearing within brown boots knight, and wielding a broadsword (details gold and silver) and shield (details gold and wood brown).

## Bios

### Bellum Bestiae

Having served in King Henry VII's military forces since age 17, Thomas is regarded as one of his best knights. Following a warning by his king's 14-year-old son, Prince Arthur, about demonic forces invading England, Thomas sets out to defeat Damoclus and defend his land and the rest of the world, which the demon lord of Infernus is planning to doom.

## Bestiae Strength

He was born to the english knight. He was impress knight and strong warrior, trained harder at the art of swordplay by his father. When he was 15-year old, Thomas was the improving his strength and defensive.

## Movelists

### Ars Specialis

* **Rising Tail**: Thomas crouches down for a split-second, then stands back up, still on the ground, performing an upwards-left slice as he does so. Meter Burn adds more damage. *(Match Win Finish Animation: H-Dismembered)*
* **Three-Quarter Moon**: Thomas swings his sword in a 270° downwards arc, damaging his opponent if it connects. On Meter Burn, he also uppercuts them into the air with his shield. *(Match Win Finish Animation: V-Bisected)*
* **Rushing Shield**: Thomas rushes towards his opponent with his shield in front of him in a similar fashion to Captain America's Charging Star. Meter Burn makes Thomas go faster and adds more damage. *(Match Win Finish Animation: None)*
* **Shield Drop**: Thomas rapidly descends down with his shield facing the ground, damaging the opponent if it connects. Must be performed in midair. On Meter Burn, the move does more damage. *(Match Win Finish Animation: None)*

### Ars Bestiae

* **Flying Tri-Slice**: Thomas shape-shifts into his bird form and flies at extreme velocity towards his opponent three times, damaging them if it connects. *(Match Win Finish Animation: Decapitated)*
* **Falcon Delta**: Thomas turns into his bird form and flies downwards diagonally at his opponent. If it connects, upon changing back to human form, he jumps upwards from a crouching position and slashes upwards. Must be performed in midair. *(Match Win Finish Animation: V-Bisected)*

### Percute Ultimum

* **Pre-Percute Ultimum pose**: Raises sword into the air and shouts
* **Pre-Percute Ultimum strike**: Rushing stab

Thomas rushes towards his opponent, shouting, "Time to fly!" as he does so and uppercuts them very high into the air with his shield. Then, we cut to Thomas' defeated opponent as he appears in his bird form to rapidly fly at them 10 times in succession. After the tenth "slash," which goes upwards, Thomas flies at the foe, impaling their chest on his beak, and turns back into his human form halfway through with his shield embedded a quarter of the way in them, during which both fighters wind up falling to the arena floor at extreme velocity, and upon impact with the floor, the losing fighter's (who screams the whole drop) torso is reduced to a gory mess, leaving only their head, arms, and legs. Thomas then proceeds to clean the blood off his shield and valiantly raise his sword in the air.

## Storyline

### Bellum Bestiae

#### Prologue

In 1487, just two months after he had just turned 15, Thomas Montague was trained in the art of swordplay by his father, James, who was a knight of King Henry VII before him. Come 1489, he was enlisted by his king soon after his father retired from his military forces at the age of 58, and over time, Thomas never stopped improving on his swordplay until he became one of the best, most exalted knights that his king had ever recruited. It was then that the falcon spirit, Falco, deemed him worthy of hosting him.

Twelve years passed, and Prince Arthur, the 14-year-old son of Thomas' king, who was also a close friend of the knight's, rushed to warn the knight that a demon lord was planning to plunge the world into chaos, darkness, and strife. With that in mind, Thomas readied his broadsword and shield and set out to defeat Damoclus, the demon lord whom Arthur had already warned him of beforehand, and bring peace to England and the rest of the world before it was too late.

#### Ending

In his final battle against Damoclus, just as the demon lord of Infernus was about to gain the upper hand, Thomas fought valiantly, as any knight would, and slew his last opponent. As a result of the knight's victory, his land and the rest of the world were now safe from Damoclus and his demonic forces.

Acknowledging Thomas' valiant efforts in thwarting the demon lord of Infernus, King Henry VII promoted him to general. Thomas was very thankful for this reward and promised to lead the army he had served in since his adolescent years against any further outside threats to his land and the rest of the world.

## Sequences

### Bellum Bestiae

* **Intro Sequence**: While in bird form, Thomas flies into the battlefield before turning back into a human and landing on the arena floor, saying, "Those who face a knight...", then pulls his broadsword out of the ground, gets out his shield, and says, "are uncertain to prevail!" as he goes into his fighting stance.
* **Round Win Sequence**: Thomas bangs his sword against his shield twice and points the sword towards his defeated opponent, saying, "Stand and face me again when you are ready.", then goes into his fighting stance again.
* **Outro Sequence**: Thomas plants his sword into the ground and kneels down, resting his hands on the blunt end, saying, "You fought with honor," then stands back up and raises his shield in the air in a manner reminiscent of Captain America, declaring, "'Twas a good bout!"

## Did You Know?

* Thomas' in-game voice actor, Danish actor Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, is known for playing Jaime Lannister on "Game of Thrones." He also starred in Alex Proyas' critically-hated 2016 movie, *Gods of Egypt*, in which he played the Egyptian god of the sky, Horus, despite being white (as were most of the cast in that movie).
* The following historical figures from 1501 appear or are mentioned in his story: Thomas' king, his son, Prince Arthur, who's voiced by Coster-Waldau's *Gods of Egypt* co-star, Brenton Thwaites (you can't have Horus without Bek, right?), Catherine of Aragon... and, of course, King Henry VIII!

## External Links

* https://www.deviantart.com/chrisfclarke/art/Bellum-Bestiae-Thomas-Montague-709595400