Many of the axes are ancient heirlooms, handed down from father to son across centuries untold, yet they never lose their keen edge, and can fell a tree or cleave a man in half with but a single blow. Īlthough every Phoenix King since Caledor the Conqueror has offered his bodyguard their choice of replacement weaponry, the White Lions continue to proudly bear the traditional woodman's axe into battle. The thick pelt has another use too - worn over armour, it offers excellent protection against arrows and shot. To slay such a beast is therefore an exceptionally difficult task but, if the warrior succeeds, he is entitled to wear the lion's pelt as a mark of courage. There are accounts of prides of white lions ravaging convoys, and even attacking isolated villages, should they become hungry enough. These great cats are amongst Chrace's fiercest creatures they stand as tall at the shoulder as a horse, and a swipe of their claws is enough to shatter a spine. He must then also complete the traditional rite of a Chracian warrior - to hunt and kill a white lion. Ī warrior can only join the ranks of the White Lions after displaying considerable valour and skill upon the battlefield. Caledor's first act, once crowned as Phoenix King, was to form the Chracians into an official bodyguard based in Lothern. The Chracians slew the Dark Elves and, thereafter, saw Caledor safely to the Phoenix Shrine, employing every iota of their woodcraft to avoid further Dark Elf ambushes that lay in their path.
He would surely have died, but for the intervention of a party of Chracian woodsmen who swept out of the forest to defend him. He immediately took the road to the Shrine of Asuryan, but was intercepted by Dark Elf Assassins. Whilst hunting in Chrace, Caledor received news that he was to be next Phoenix King.
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