The Knight

The frontliner: heavy armour and a shield, holds the line in melee, the most health.

Steel at the front. When the dark crawls out of the reeds, a knight is where it stops.

Every calling starts at level 1 with 150 health and 50 mana. What differs is what you gain each level. A Knight gains +15 health and +5 mana every level, and can carry 25 oz more.

Health per level+15

Mana per level+5

Carry per level+25 oz

Mana back2 every 3 s

Strengths

The most health of any calling and the only one with a shield. Cleave hits up to three things in front at once, so a pack is a knight's best day.

Weaknesses

The least mana and the slowest to get it back, so spells are a seasoning, not the meal. Has to walk up to everything it fights.

How it plays

Walk in, plant your feet and let them come to you. Keep a few health potions and you outlast almost anything your size.

Growing up

Level	Health	Mana
1	150	50
8	255	85
20	435	145
50	885	295

Spells

Spell				What it does
Sword Blow `ve ensis`	1	-	-	Your blade, meant. The swing every knight learns first.
Kindle `ka lume`	1	15	2 s	A mote of the god's light wakes in your palm and follows you. It lights the dark, and it tells the dark where you are.
Cleave `ve fendo`	2	15	4 s	A wide slash that sparks off the air: the tile in front and both beside it. Hits for about 6 + 0.6 × level + 0.6 × melee skill Taught free
Mend `ka sana`	3	20	1 s	Warm hands. A small wound closes, the way a fire closes round a new log. Heals about 18 + 0.8 × level + 2.5 × magic level
Shield Bash `ve scutum`	8	20	6 s	Meet it with the shield first. A ring of dust, and the thing stands dazed for a breath (stunned 1.5 s: it neither walks nor strikes). Hits for about 14 + 0.8 × level + 0.6 × melee skill Taught for 1 silver 50 copper

Read Classes and levelling for how levels, spells and the path choice fit together.