The templars of the Shadow King Nibenay are the most feared
and terrible of all. They dress in black, like the dark and
mysterious legends that shroud their master, and they
wield terrible barbed spears made of agafari wood from
the Crescent Forest. Their armor is typically formed from
the black carapaces of giant insects, ridged with hideous
rows of spines and other natural, and deadly, decorations.
Most of the templars of Nibenay are women. Some
have said that they actually serve as the king's wives as
well as his warriors.
The templar warriors of Nibenay frequently have to
fight the judaga and champions of Gulg. They prefer to
stand in formation, forcing opponents to do open battle.
This tactic rarely gives them a victory, but neither does it
bring defeat. The open battle tactic is one of the reasons
why the war between Nibenay and Gulg has lasted for so
many centuries. Perhaps the Shadow King and Lalali-Puy
like it this way. It has been said that there is no ally like
a common enemy...