Paladin

A paladin is a sword that belongs to a temple. He has taken its god for his own, and its code with the god, and he keeps the code in small things as in great: whom he may strike, when he must give warning, what he may leave undone. The other callings find this tiresome on a journey, and a comfort in a fight.

For he stands in the front like a warrior, and when the line is hurt he lays hands on it like a priest, and now and then the god lends him a small miracle. Neither art comes to him quickly, having to share him with the other. Every novice is told of Yiina, who slew a man on a false priest's word and lost her head for it, and is told that the code is there so that it shall not happen twice.

Details

• Melee, with healing and protective magic.
• Slow to perfect, since it is two crafts in one.
• A first class is not the last: in time a character takes two more.