Gaiaterra: Elysea's Conflict/White Lion Knights

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The White Lion Knights is the infantry used by the Katsuragi Protectorate and have served as the personal guard of the Phoenix King since the time of Caledor the First. They are voiced by.

Overview
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History
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In the distant past, whilst hunting in Chrace, Caledor received news that he was to be next Phoenix King. He immediately took the road to the Shrine of Asuryan, but was intercepted by Assassins. He would surely have died, but for the intervention of a party of Chracian woodsmen who swept out of the forest to defend him. The Chracians slew the assassins and, thereafter, saw Caledor safely to the Phoenix Shrine, employing every iota of their woodcraft to avoid further ambushes that lay in their path. Caledor's first act, once crowned as Phoenix King, was to form the Chracians into an official bodyguard based in Lothern.

A warrior can only join the ranks of the White Lions after displaying considerable valor and skill on the battlefield. He must then also complete the traditional rite of a Chracian warrior -- to hunt and kill a white lion. These great cats are amongst Chrace's fiercest creatures; they stand as tall at the shoulder as a horse, and a swipe of their claws is enough to shatter a spine. There are accounts of prides of white lions ravaging convoys, and even attacking isolated villages, should they become hungry enough. To slay such a beast is therefore an exceptionally difficult task but, if the warrior succeeds, he is entitled to wear the lion's pelt as a mark of courage. The thick pelt has another use too -- worn over armor, it offers excellent protection against arrows, bullets, and in modern times even laser and bolter fire.

Although every Phoenix King since Caledor the Conqueror has offered his bodyguard their choice of replacement weaponry, the White Lions continue to proudly bear the traditional woodman's axe into battle, though the weapon their wield today is the SNTK/Sumitomo Type 62 machine gun and occasionally the Type 01 LMAT launcher for anti-vehicle operations. Many of the axes are ancient heirlooms, handed down from father to son across centuries untold, yet they never lose their keen edge and can fell a tree or cleave a man in half with but a single blow, and those who think their axes are ceremonial today will suffer a rude awakening when they charge. White Lion regiments are often dispatched to join the armies of Ulthuan during times of particular danger, tasked with protecting High Elf, and later on Erune and Katsuragi (much to their chagrin), generals and mages, or bolstering the overall strength of the army. White Lions are renowned for their unflinching courage in the face of overwhelming odds and terrible horrors, protecting their charge whatever the foe and regardless of the danger to themselves.