Meriaghen's Shield
The shield protecting Thissan Ka is the result of an experiment made thirty years ago by Dekkan Meriaghen, an armorer-scientist familiar with the basic principles of dark magic.
After countless exhausting days of work, Meriaghen and his apprentices, among them the famous Kayl Kartan, managed to create a shield able to absorb the energy wasted in combat in order to increase its bearer's endurance. When equipped with this shield, a warrior can fight for hours on end before fatigue finally makes him collapse!
Alas, the resources and sacrifices needed are too great to allow these shields to be mass-produced.
When Thissan Ka makes a Counter-Attack, the player controlling him must announce if he is using his sword-axe or Meriaghen's shield. If he is using the latter, then he does not benefit from the special rule bound to the sword-axe, but from the following effect: if the Damage Roll caused by this Counter-Attack inflicts the target with a Wound or a KILLED OUTRIGHT, then roll 1D6. If the result is 5 or 6 then the shield bearer's Wound level improves by one degree. If the artifact's bearer is killed in the same round, but is still fighting thanks to the Fierce ability or any other similar effect, then his Wound level cannot be improved using the shield.
This artifact is reserved to Thissan Ka.
Cost: 12 AP