Dammit, this thread has me running around in circles.
I specifically went and looked at the description for..... Barrier.
And I admit defeat on the subject of the Niefels as well (size and chill). I will endeavor to stop using crack to sweeten my coffee, they always said it would catch up to me.
Though I have to say, in the case of Aegis, it's not that it's painful to look at or some such, you simply can't or you will die. You would think the enemy army would keel over in droves as they gazed in the general direction of the Aegis (or a Gorgon).