Word archon

Word archons are a type of archon found on the plane of Shavarath , the Battleground, that excel in the power of truename magic . [1]

Descriptions

They appear to be female humans , with bronze-colored skin and glowing faintly. They are held aloft by a cloud of scattered parchment papers in the shapes of wings. Each page displays a single rune. [1]

Most word archons stand about 7 feet (210 centimeters) tall and weigh between 150 and 200 pounds (between 68 and 91 kilograms). [1]

Word archons often carry a holy warhammer and wear magical breastplates . [1]

Personality

Word archons see themselves as the protectors of concepts such as "charity", "goodness", and "virtue". Word archons believe that the magic of true names is the purest form of language. They revere it and treat it as holy. Not surprisingly, word archons hate such creatures as logokron devils and garblers , beings who distort the purity of Truespeech . They will attack such creatures without hesitation. [1]

Activities

On Shavarath, they serve as soldiers in the celestial host and as guardians to visitors under the archons' protection. However, they commonly leave the plain to fulfill their goals, seeking to use pure words to inspire goodness in creatures everywhere [1]

Abilities

Like most archons, word archons can fly well, despite not having what most would consider aerodynamic wings. [1] They can also teleport anywhere that they desired without a chance of failure. [2]

Word archons are always protected by a magical barrier against evil and are immune to paralyzation and electricity [1] [2] and resistant to poisons . [1] They are further resistant to magic and cannot be affected by mundane weapons or even low-powered magical ones. [1]

They have darkvision [1] [2] and can see in dim light. [2]

They are exceptionally intelligent. [1] Like all archons, word archons can speak and understand any language they desire, [1] [2] but their true power of language came in their ability to utter combinations of words in Truespeech, the original language of the multiverse. Scholars who investigated the concept of Truespeech divide it into three "lexicons". Each lexicon concerned a single group of names—the true names of creatures, objects, or places. [3] Word archons are known to speak utterances from all three lexicons. [1]

Combat

Word archons generally begin a battle with a potent utterance that sends a shock-wave against their enemies. After protecting themselves from ranged attacks, they will enter melee combat with their holy warhammers. [1] When engaged in battle, they produce a menacing aura of righteousness that negatively affects their foes' ability to fight back. [1] [2]

If their enemies retreat, a word archon might target them from a distance with utterances of words that can cause physical harm. [1]

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