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ioticus said:I've never seen Orion in my games. What exactly is he?
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Orion is the leader of the mercenary band "The Eternal Knights". They come in Plate Cuirasses with Flambeau's, have regeneration, fire immunity and are sacred. Orion has nice items for Protection and casting HolyPyre or something like that. For exact stats, look into Edi's formidable Unit Database (e.g. available at
Arryn's) for exact stats, but
be aware that while looking into those tools is almost necessary for multiplayer, it will also spoil the great fun factor of discovery of the game!!! So use at your own risk!
The Eternal Knights are useful if they come early on, but they are few and can be fairly easily killed by long range weapons or tramplers. Or in fact any bigger masses of normal troops (I once wanted to prevent my enemy from hiring the eternal knights, but I did not wish to spend my money on them. So I hired them once and sent them entirely on their own against left-over (i.e. harder) independents (setting 6-7 or such). I wanted them to win the first battles, so I placed them forward and set to attack rear, Orion to bless and cast spells. They did win two times, but there wasnt much left of them after the second battle. They are good value to combine them with a full army, but they are far from being invincible...