Repaint of Digimon Birdramon with parts from Animorphs Rachel.
Beast mode: Griffin
Name: Paladin
Allegiance: Maximals
Function: Knight (Warrior)
"Honor, courage, and conviction are the only things a true warrior needs to survive."
Paladin happened upon the Beast Wars while chasing down a Terrorcon
fugitive from Cybertron. Both his ship and the criminal's crashed into
the planet, and he was found by the Mythical Wingspan. Wingspan used his
own beast form as a template to save Paladin's life, however Paladin's
more advanced dna scanner was able to duplicate the Griffin mode more accurately
than Wingspan's had. Out of gratitude Paladin joined the Mythicals in their
battle against the other Terrorcons. On Cybertron Paladin spent many long
hours studying historical documents about Earth, especially knights and
chivalry that were
recorded before Earth and Cybertron broke off their relations. Modeling
himself after these examples, he now strives to take after the class of
knights he took his name from. Although he hunts down evil wherever he
finds it, he refuses to take unfair advantage of his foes. For example
he will never hit an enemy from behind, while they're down, and he rarely
if ever participates in a sneak attack. He is capable of flight in both
modes, but prefers to do so only in beast mode. Mainly because he prefers
close combat in robot mode, and most of the Terrorcons aren't flight capable.
Although his shield looks low tech, it is actually made from titanium alloy
tempered with a magnetic field. His power lance uses a similar technique,
but he can also focus the field to fire short range energy pulses that
can short out his foe. The tip of the lance is on a telescopic rail which
allows it to be extended to three times it's original length. While his
fellow Maximals admire his principles, they feel that they are a tad unrealistic,
especially considering how desperate the war they are stuck in is.
STR: 7 INT:6 SPD: 4 END: 7
RANK: 5 COURAGE: 9 FIREPOWER: 3 SKILL:
8