The Myrmidons are a race of men, but The Myrmidons they are not true men. Created by the gods from 2 ants, these grim warriors are resolute, fearless Written by Chris A. Field and powerful, but they lack the spark of imagination- the anima, the feminine principle- Cover Illustration by: LPJD Image that gives true men their creativity. A people completely untouched by magic, Myrmidons have Portfolio (Storn Cook) a reputation throughout the world for their fearsome efficiency in battle. As a race of Interior Illustrations by: LPJD Image mercenaries, well organized companies of Portfolio (Storn Cook) and Shaman’s Myrmidons are fighters without equal. They have Stockart (Anthony Cournoyer) fought in every major campaign that has shaped All illustrations are property of their the course of history, and in most of the minor frays. creators and are used with permission.

Otherverse Games Appearance www.otherversegames.blogspot.com Myrmidons are one of the many races of Compatibility with the Pathfinder Roleplaying mankind, but they are not a true race. Their Game requires the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game strange origin as god-crafted folk has made them from Paizo Publishing, LLC. See http:// homogenous, and without true birth, their species paizo.com/pathfinderRPG for more information has never grown. Unchanging and stoic, on the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game. Myrmidons today share a strong resemblance to Paizo Publishing, LLC does not guarantee their forebears. The race is fit and athletic to a compatibility, and does not endorse this product. man, with lean, powerful musculatures sheathed beneath leathery, olive skin. Myrmidons have Pathfinder is a registered trademark of PaizoSampleangular file faces, with high cheek bones and narrow, Publishing, LLC, and the Pathfinder Roleplaying almond eyes. The warrior men wear their hair Game and the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game long and unbound, and most wear neatly trimmed Compatibility Logo are trademarks of Paizo mustaches or goatees. Publishing, LLC, and are used under the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game Myrmidons are warriors without Compatibility License. compare, who are trained to wear armor and See http://paizo.com/pathfinderRPG/ fight from the moment they can hold a sword. compatibility for more information Those who know the race well claim that when on the compatibility license. the god’s took the Myrmidon’s carapaces and made them men, the first Myrmidons forged “These were men created from ants on the island breastplates and shields to compensate for their of Aegina, in the reign of Aeacus, Achilles’ lack. No Myrmidon can rest comfortably unless grandfather, and they were Achilles’ followers in armored. As a whole, the race tends towards the Trojan War. Not only were they thrifty and paranoia- they sit with their backs to the wall, industrious, as one would suppose from their watch the eyes and sword hands of anyone they origin, but they were also brave.” meet, calculate escape routes and plan killing -Edith Hamilton’s Mythology, pg 310 strokes. Glancing into their cold, black eyes is unsettling for most commoners; few Myrmidons ever bother to hide the fact they are calculating Myrmidons do not love, they do not romance and they reproduce with even less passion than the 3 ants the race hail from.

Myrmidons spawn new offspring in a wierd ritual that echoes the races’ own mystic birth. Once per level, an adult Myrmidon can create a son. The Myrmidon spills his seed atop an ant mound, which becomes a strange womb. In minutes, a nude Myrmidon child of about twelve emerges from the ant mound, ready to begin his training in martial arts and warrior ethos.

When a Myrmidon is slain, his body dissolves into a roiling mass of ants, which quickly scurry away, leaving the fallen warrior’s possessions behind. It is possible to raise or resurrect a fallen Myrmidon, though the spell requires an item worn or carried by the warrior at the time of his Sample file demise rather than a physical body. to kill anyone they meet. They rarely threaten, letting their sociopathic gaze speak for them. Faith and Alignment

There are no women to be found among Myrmidons are a cold and violent people, the race. who most often worship gods of warfare, strength and duty. The race credits a war-god Biology and Reproduction with its creation, though which one is a matter of great debate among the race. One thing all Myrmidons are certain of is that they were Myrmidons are a sexless people; they do birthed by a god, never a warrior goddess. not reproduce like true men, though their form is similar. They have no interest in women, nor Myrmidons have a sense of honor a men. It might be natural to assume that as a race warrior’s code. They will not break a covenant, of men who have formed a warrior society, go back on an oath, nor retreat from a battle Myrmidons are homosexual. However, the before ordered to do so. Most members of the embrace of other men is of as little interest to a race are Lawful Neutral, with a plurality of Myrmidon as any other form of affection. The