Name: Holden Cross
Overview: Cross is a commander of the Blackstone legion, led by Apollyon . Players first meet him in the Knight's story campaign mission called Warlords or Cowards. In this mission, Holden Cross and his faction set out to punish a warlord Daubeny named for stealing and deserting the Legion. He chooses to call out Daubeny and when he refuses to appear, he attacks the fortress with his army. The player is one of Daubeny's knights who fights to defend their home. After breaching the castle, he challenges Daubeny to trial by combat. When Daubeny declines, calling it an execution, he instead presents his second in command The Warden . When The Warden wins the trial, Cross knights and inducts him into the Blackstone Legion using Daubeny's sword. He leads the charge against the gates of Valkenheim and executed the survivors. Afterwards, he helped invade Svengard.
Several years later, he would defect and join The Warden and the Iron Legion against his former comrades and helped lead the siege on the Blackstone fortress.
Personality: Apollyon describes Cross as a 'practical man of limited ambition but of endless talent'. Years in battle have given him enough experience that a one on one duel against him is easily considered a form of execution. Despite allying himself with a group that seeks to create a never-ending war between all three factions, Cross is an honorable individual that keeps his promises no matter how much he resents it.
Name: Hervis Daubeny
Overview: Hervis Daubeny is a warden and was the former warlord and master of the Warden in the campaign. Players are introduced to him in campaign mission . Warlords and Cowards, He was a former knight of the Blackstone Legion but he only remained in the Legion for one season before leaving and taking what he could from the Blackstone Legion in the process. He uses his spoils to then hire local knights to serve him including The Warden . Enraged by Daubeny's theft and desertion, Apollyon sends Holden Cross to punish him. Daubeny's forces are overwhelmed but Cross challenges the former Blackstone to a trial by combat. Seeing that he was no match for Cross, he calls the notion of a duel an 'execution'. Cross presents his second as the combatant and Daubeny chooses The Warden as his. The Warden emerges victorious and Cross spares Daubeny after knighting The Warden as knight of the Blackstone Legion.
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