Endure
Build a resilient position and make the opponent work to uproot it.
FIRST CLASH · PLAYABLE NOW
THORNBOUND
Preserve. Regrow. Endure.
When the world broke, the Thornbound chose not to harden against it. They learned to shelter what still lived, bind unstable Silverflow through living materials, and make renewal a discipline rather than a hope.
Enter the Realm
THE VERDANT REALM
A realm that refused to wither.
Thornbound settlements grow around ancient roots, sheltered groves, and living structures shaped to move with the forest instead of against it. Their communities treat survival as stewardship: preserve what remains, strengthen what is wounded, and leave enough life behind for tomorrow.
What survives is not merely saved. It is given the chance to grow again.
RECLAIMED REGULATOR TRADITION
Amberlite & changed Silverflow
Thornbound Reactors are reclaimed pre-Collapse regulators restored to handle the Realm's amber-changed Silverflow. Root-shaped housings, carved wood, amberlite reservoirs, sap channels, and living materials give the old mechanisms a distinctly Thornbound form while keeping their original purpose: stabilizing a flow that no longer behaves as it once did.
How Thornbound shapes a fight.
Restore
Recover momentum, reinforce damaged pieces, and turn survival into advantage.
Grow
Develop patiently until the board begins working as one living system.