Banner of the Bold

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Description

The intricate needlework required to embroider a banner of the bold is time consuming in the extreme. Trace amounts of dragonbone and iridescent gloaming are used to trim and reinforce the sturdy cloth of the standard, but it is the intricate designs worked into the fabric itself that provide most of the magic. In truth at least some of the effect is likely to be a placebo - any unit of fighting men and women benefits from the presence of their own standard - but the true potency of this banner becomes clear when the soldiers are exposed to auras of fear and dread such as those produced by some horrors or Eternals, or built by enemies of the Empire to protect key areas.

As with most magical banners, a banner of the bold bears the appropriate symbols for the heraldry or livery of the soldiers who will use it. This means that the banners are most often made for commission, although some artisans focus their attention on producing fine blank canvases which can be embroidered or painted with appropriate symbols after they have been sold.

A banner of the bold often bears the runes Feresh or Tykonus worked into the banner pole, or embroidered around the edge. Some banners, especially those made by Dawnish weaver cabals use the intricate Summer sigil, carefully worked in thin silver or gold thread into the reverse of the flag proper.

Rules

• Form: Magic Standard.
• Effect: Any character bonded to this banner who is exposed to a roleplaying effect that creates fear can respond by becoming resolute and brave instead.
• Materials: Crafting a banner of the bold requires no special materials. It takes two months to make one of these items.

It is said that the General Halmerad always insisted on having his command banner unfurled and present when he was due to appear before the Empress Varkula. This was, of course, a sign of martial respect, and not - as has been scandalously suggested by certain other scholars - an indication that he in any way feared his beloved monarch...