Stand Between: When an ally within Very Close range is attacked, you may spend 1 Hope to move into range and become the target of the attack instead.

Unbreakable Guard: Your defensive instincts have become second nature.

When you use Stand Between, you gain +1 Evasion against the triggering attack.

Additionally, if the attack still hits you, you may mark an Armor Slot to reduce the severity of the damage by one threshold without needing to spend another resource.

Shield of the People: Your presence on the battlefield becomes a source of protection for everyone around you.

Once per scene, when you use Stand Between, you may protect all allies within Very Close range of you from the same attack.

Instead of the triggering attack affecting its original target, you become its sole target.

If you survive the attack, each ally you protected may clear 1 Stress.

Relentless: The first time each scene you succeed on a melee attack while you have 2 or more marked Stress, gain 1 Hope.

Blood in the Water: When you succeed on a melee attack against an adversary who has 2 or more Hit Points marked, you may spend 1 Hope to immediately make another attack against the same adversary.

Unstoppable Assault: Once per scene, when you succeed on a melee attack, you can enter an unstoppable assault until the end of the scene.

While in this state:

• When you succeed on a melee attack, gain +1 to your next melee attack.

• When you fail a melee attack with Fear, you may mark 1 Stress to reroll the attack.

• When you critically succeed on a melee attack, clear 1 Stress.

The bonus resets whenever you fail an attack.