Steelshield Arbalest

The Order of the Silver Shield's arbalests are trained to hold their positions, spot targets, and kill them. When Palifala Weslinath began warping time in the Pristine Northwest, the order deployed them to the front.

They march in formation with full plate and heavy crossbows. Around them, reality fractures. Knights and ulund charge forward, then backward, then forward again. Trees age centuries in seconds. Mercenaries flicker between moments.

The arbalests plant their feet and scan for targets.

A Conclave goon tries flanking through distorted space, thinking the temporal displacement hides him. An arbalest spots the distortion, tracks the movement, looses. The bolt punches through the goon's chest.

Temporal magic washes over the line. Some arbalests move slower, caught in time pockets. Others move faster, snapping through reload cycles in seconds. They adjust, compensate, keep firing.

Palifala's forces try to exploit the chaos. The arbalests pivot and drop them.

Palifala can warp time all she wants. The arbalests will keep killing.