Shield-brother: Full Guide

Related: Shield-brother: Full Guide | Murder: Full Guide | Character Power | World Map and Travel | Chat Channels | Fair Play Rules

Shield-brother (kalkan-kardeş) is a lifelong bond between two player characters. You invite someone by name, they accept on the Shield-brother screen, and you share combat bonuses, travel protection, a private chat channel, and the Rallying Horn until the bond ends.

Open Character → Shield-brother (next to Racial Traits and Guards) to manage invites and your bond. Private messages about invites or rallying calls only link to that screen.

One slot, same side#

• Each character may have one active shield-brother at a time.
• Both must be on the same faction (good or evil).
• Different races and different alliances are allowed.

While both of you are alive, the bond cannot be broken voluntarily, except after an inactive bondmate (below) or when you close a vengeance chapter after murder.

Fair play and alt accounts#

Shield-brother is meant for separate players, not multiple characters controlled by the same person. If the game treats two accounts as linked under Fair Play Rules, they cannot form a shield-brother bond.

Invites#

1. Enter a character name and send an invite (one confirmation, with a link to this page).
2. The invitee accepts or declines on the Shield-brother screen (accept needs two confirmations because the bond is permanent while you both live).
3. Pending invites expire after 24 hours.

You cannot invite while you already have a bond, while a vengeance chapter is open, or while the target is unavailable.

Murder is forbidden between bondmates#

Shield-brothers cannot murder each other. This is separate from heir +25% vengeance in Murder; shield-brother +10% power applies only under the vengeance rules below.

Same city: tiered armor#

With an active bond and both alive in the same city, each of you gains flat armor in combat. The game uses your partner's recent activity (not your own):

Different cities → 0 armor from this rule.

Bond bar#

The Bond bar on the Shield-brother screen is a visual hint only (see the in-game info popover). It does not add power beyond the armor table.

Rallying Horn#

From the Shield-brother screen, you can call your partner to your city. They must accept there (not from messages). Calls last 10 minutes; the caller gets one successful horn per server day. Not available during a vengeance chapter or if you are already in the same city. Accepting teleports the partner instantly with full health and no normal travel damage.

Travel welcome#

When you travel into a city where your living shield-brother already is, travel damage is waived and your health is set to 100.

If your shield-brother dies by murder#

The bond ends. You enter a vengeance chapter: you cannot take a new shield-brother yet, you may fight the killer with +10% power while they remain an active character, and you receive a private message with what happened. When the killer is no longer active, you can close the chapter on the Shield-brother screen and invite someone new. You cannot close it while the killer still lives.

Inactive bondmate (15+ days)#

If your partner is alive but has not played for more than 15 days, you may break the bond from the Shield-brother screen (no vengeance chapter).

Shield-brother chat#

With an active bond, a private channel appears on Chat for the two of you only. It closes when the bond ends.

Profile#

Active shield-brothers are shown on each other's profiles as a linked name.

Vengeance buffs at a glance#