Primary Material: Tempered Steel
Herodotus wrote about the elite corps of Persian warriors he called the Athanatoi, the 'Immortals' who fought in the Persian Wars of 480 BC:
“…a body of picked Persians under the leadership of Hydarnes the son of Hydarnes. This corps was known as the Immortals, because it was invariably kept up to strength; if a man was killed or fell sick, the vacancy he left was at once filled, so that the total strength of the corps was never less -and never more- than ten thousand.”
-Herodotus, The Histories
The historians of Alexander the Great described warriors called “apple bearers” carrying spears with counterweights at the end fashioned of silver or gold, shaped like an apple or a pomegranate. The Persians own surviving records do not mention a corps called the Immortals, but we do have images of spears with metal counterweights clearly visible in ancient Persian artwork from this period.
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Speed
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Defense |
Base Damage |
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AP Bonus |
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VL |
6 |
2 |
4 |
1 - 8 |
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BP |
2 |
1 |
6 |
4 |
