Samson

PASSIVE TRAIT

Ancient Titan: This takes 2 less damage.

ABILITY

Earthshaker Charge

Deal 4 damage to target enemy Forgekin. Apply Weaken.

FLAVOR TEXT

"His antlers have witnessed a thousand winters."

LORE

Long after the Shattering, the First Forge drew an unfamiliar memory through one of the fractures between worlds: the memory of a great elk called Samson. In the distant land from which the vision came, he had become a living symbol of wilderness and majesty, known by countless people who watched him roam beneath the mountains. Though protected and deeply admired, Samson was ultimately slain by a hunter who valued the trophy above the life it represented. The Forge did not understand the world it had witnessed, but it recognized the grief carried by Samson’s memory. From earth, ember, and the lingering reverence of those who mourned him, it shaped a Forgekin bearing his name and towering antlers. This Samson is not the elk who died, nor does he possess the memories of that former life. He is its echo. A guardian forged from remembrance. He walks the remote highlands in solemn silence, placing himself between hunters and the creatures they pursue. His antlers have become symbols of endurance, while his Earthshaker Charge carries the fury of a wilderness that refuses to be reduced to a trophy. Among those who know his story, Samson is honored not as a beast returned from death, but as a promise given form: while memory endures, even a life taken unjustly cannot be completely erased.