Hero
Cassian Dawnward
Oath of the First Light
Tank- Melee
AoE
Heal
Shield
Buff
Debuff
Origin Oath-knight of the high Valcaris towers
Cassian swore his vigil in the white chapels of Valcaris, kneeling until dawn while Velune sang the hymn; they were to marry when his vigil year ended. Then the court began rationing dawn and demanded every oath resworn to heaven in bronze. Cassian broke his scabbard and walked out with the bare sword. At a ford Hathu told him a sword without a scabbard is a verdict without a seal; he answered hers had lain in its lake nine hundred years while heaven's debt went unpaid. He keeps his oath to the people behind him: first into the press, a shield of light over the falling. The Oathwarden Aurex holds his destined Oaths and makes every vow a shackle.
A vow is made to the living, never to the gods who hold the ledger.
Level 1 to 36
Attributes
Health (HP)- 760 4680
- 4680 at level 36 +3,920 from level 1
Mana- 380 1640
- 1640 at level 36 +1,260 from level 1
Attack (ATK)- 56 210
- 210 at level 36 +154 from level 1
Armor- 30 86
- 86 at level 36 +56 from level 1
Magic Resist- 30 65
- 65 at level 36 +35 from level 1
Attack Speed- 0.72 1.1
- 1.1 at level 36 +0.38 from level 1
Move Speed- 3 m/s 3 m/s
- Fixed Fixed
Attack Range- 1.2 m 1.2 m
- Fixed Fixed
6 skills
Skills
Skill I
Radiant Strike
Active 
Single- Heal
CC
- Cooldown
- 9s
- Cost
- 55 mana
- Cooldown
- 7s
- Cost
- 85 mana
Level 1
Strike with holy light: 60 (+60% ATK) magic damage and a 1s stun, healing Cassian for 30% of it.
Next: level 2 at hero level 7
Strike with holy light: 90 (+60% ATK) magic damage and a 1.1s stun, healing Cassian for 30% of it.
Level 6
Strike with holy light: 210 (+60% ATK) magic damage and a 1.5s stun, healing Cassian for 30% of it.
He honed this stroke during his knightly vigil in the high chapels while Velune sang the morning hymn. Cassian steps forward and brings down his bare steel sword in a two-handed cleave. The gold line along the fuller blazes with the brilliance of dawn, smashing the enemy's guard with searing radiance that stuns the target and restores his resolve.
Skill II
Sunward Shelter
Active - Shield
- Cooldown
- 16s
- Cost
- 90 mana
- Cooldown
- 13s
- Cost
- 135 mana
Level 1
Every ally within 8m gains a 90 shield for 4s.
Next: level 2 at hero level 8
Every ally within 8m gains a 135 shield for 4s.
Level 6
Every ally within 8m gains a 315 shield for 4s.
He took this vow when heaven began rationing dawn to the common folk of the Valcaris valley. Raising his bare steel sword vertically before his white breastplate, Cassian lets the gilded cross guard catch the light. A shimmering mantle of warm gold flares outward, encasing nearby comrades in radiant shields that turn aside hostile arrows and heavy blows.
Skill III
Oathbound Aura
Passive - Heal
- Buff
Level 1
Aura: allies within 8m gain +8 armor and +2 HP regeneration.
Next: level 2 at hero level 9
Aura: allies within 8m gain +11 armor and +3 HP regeneration.
Level 6
Aura: allies within 8m gain +23 armor and +7 HP regeneration.
The gold sunrise emblem on his white-enamelled breastplate marks his unbreakable pledge to the living. A gentle, steady light radiates from his dawn-gold harness, casting a golden aura across the churned grass. Allies who fight within his shadow feel their wounds slowly knit and their armor reinforced by his unwavering watch.
Skill IV
Hallowed Charge
Active - AoE
- Debuff
Mobility
- Cooldown
- 13s
- Cost
- 70 mana
- Cooldown
- 10.5s
- Cost
- 110 mana
Level 1
Charge into the densest group within 8m, unstoppable while running: enemies within 2.6m of the impact take 70 magic damage and are slowed 30% for 2s.
Next: level 2 at hero level 10
Charge into the densest group within 8m, unstoppable while running: enemies within 2.6m of the impact take 105 magic damage and are slowed 30% for 2s.
Level 6
Charge into the densest group within 8m, unstoppable while running: enemies within 2.6m of the impact take 245 magic damage and are slowed 30% for 2s.
He learned to break battle lines when he strode out of Valcaris through the gatekeepers' lowered pikes. Bracing the bare sword across his chest with the white leather grip locked in his gauntlets, Cassian surges forward in an unstoppable rush. He crashes into the enemy formation with a concussive boom, unleashing a golden shockwave that slows and dazes all nearby foes.
Skill V
Warden's Oath
Passive - Heal
- Cooldown
- 20s
- Cooldown
- 20s
Level 1
Passive: when an ally within 7m drops below 35% HP, it is healed for 120.
Next: level 2 at hero level 11
Passive: when an ally within 7m drops below 35% HP, it is healed for 180 (20s cooldown).
Level 6
Passive: when an ally within 7m drops below 35% HP, it is healed for 420.
He made this promise the day he shattered his scabbard and swore to shield those behind him. When an ally falters under heavy fire, the gilded remnant of his broken scabbard chimes softly at his belt. A ray of piercing dawn light shoots from his bare blade across the field, instantly sealing the companion's mortal wounds with pure warmth.
Skill VI
Verdict of Dawn
Ultimate - AoE
- Heal
- CC
- Cooldown
- 60s
- Cost
- 200 mana
- Cooldown
- 45s
- Cost
- 400 mana
Level 1
Ultimate: a pillar of dawn: enemies within 4.2m take 170 magic damage and are stunned 1.2s; allies within 8m heal 140.
Next: level 2 at hero level 12
Ultimate: a pillar of dawn: enemies within 4.4m take 306 magic damage and are stunned 1.35s; allies within 8m heal 252.
Level 6
Ultimate: a pillar of dawn: enemies within 5.2m take 1020 magic damage and are stunned 1.95s; allies within 8m heal 840.
This verdict he pronounced against the Oathwarden Aurex when he rejected heaven's bronze shackles. Cassian drives the point of his bare steel sword deep into the soil and kneels, calling upon the unrationed sun. A colossal pillar of blinding dawn light crashes from the clouds, crushing enemy soldiers beneath an overwhelming stun while washing all wounded allies in soothing, golden warmth.
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Character sheet
Appearance
Cassian is a tall, broad-shouldered knight in his early thirties with a clean-shaven square jaw, steady blue-grey eyes and short wavy golden-brown hair. He wears Valcaris oath-knight plate: a full harness of white-enamelled steel edged with thin dawn-gold trim, a gold sunrise emblem on the breastplate, a white surcoat with a pale gold border and a short white cape fastened at the left shoulder. His one weapon is the bare sword: a long, straight, double-edged blade of bright steel with a gold line inlaid along the fuller, a plain cross guard of gilded steel and a white leather grip, always carried naked in his hand or over his shoulder, never sheathed. At his left hip hangs the broken scabbard, only its gilded throat and a hand's length of white leather left, swinging empty on its strap. Palette: white, dawn gold, steel. Silhouette hook: a white knight with a naked sword and a broken empty scabbard.