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{{Infobox_character
|species = [[Antinium]]
|gender = Genderless - Identifies as Male
|status = {{Status|Alive}}
|residence = [[Liscor]]
|name = Pawn
|affiliation = *[[Liscor's Antinium Hive]]
*[[The Chess Club (Antinium)|Erin's Chess Club]]
*[[Erin Solstice]]
*[[Painted Antinium]]
*[[Lyonette du Marquin]]
|first appearance = [https://wanderinginn.com/2016/11/13/1-26/ Chapter 1.26] (Awoken as Individual)
|age = 3<ref>[https://wanderinginn.com/2022/12/11/interlude-the-first-and-last-of-us/ Interlude - The First and Last of Us]</ref>
|image = Pawn by Jason Yao.png
|caption1=By [[Fanworks/Jason Yao|Jason Yao]]
}}
'''Pawn''' is a Worker [[Antiniums|Antinium]] [Priest of Wrath and Sky] who is part of [[Liscor's Antinium Hive]].

==Appearance==
Pawn is an Antinium worker with a brownish-black body.<ref>[https://wanderinginn.com/2016/11/09/1-25/ Chapter 1.25]</ref> He was missing one antennae, which was cut off by Ksmvr. After his interrogation by Ksmvr, he lost three arms and part of one leg.<ref>[https://wanderinginn.com/2017/01/22/1-37/ Chapter 1.37]</ref> However, these limbs regenerated with the help of a unique Antinium substance.<ref>[https://wanderinginn.com/2017/04/13/2-11/ Chapter 2.11]</ref>

==Personality==
Pawn generally has a fairly meek personality. Originally, he was behaving as an Antinium worker and completely obedient to authority figures, such as [[Klbkch]] and [[Erin Solstice]]. This behaviour only changed gradually as Pawn became more introspective and got more levels and turned into a (spiritual) leader figure himself.

After becoming an [Acolyte], he has taken great interest in the well-being of Antinium in general, not wanting to lose any Antinium lives.

As the leader of the [[Painted Soldiers]], he cares deeply for his troops. He begins the wall of symbols, to commemorate the fallen Painted Soldiers, and recited the names of those fallen during the [[Moth's Attack on Liscor]] while walking Liscor's walls.<ref>{{VERef|5.12}}</ref>

== Background ==

== Chronology ==

=== Volume 1 ===
After Klbkch's death, a group of Antinium workers approach Erin in the streets to offer regret for her hurt. Instead of accepting the apologies from the group of workers, Erin instead invites the workers to come to her inn and play chess. On the road back to the inn, she asks the lead worker his name and convinces him to be individual. Although he nearly becomes aberration, Erin talks him out of it. The lead worker then requests for a name, and when Erin does not provide one, he chooses 'Pawn' for himself.<ref name="1.26">[https://wanderinginn.com/2016/11/13/1-26/ Chapter 1.26]</ref>

Pawn continues to lead workers to Erin's inn over the next weeks, regularly playing chess and consuming [[Acid Flies]].

Pawn is later summoned back to the hive by the newly created [[Prognugator]] [[Ksmvr]] to be interrogated by the queen, to see if he had become aberration. During the incident, Ksmvr cuts off one of Pawn's antennae, three of his arms, and part of his legs.<ref>[https://wanderinginn.com/2017/01/18/1-36/ Chapter 1.36]</ref> Pawn returns to the inn after the interrogation, but in a very confused and anxious state. Only through several games of chess with Erin does he calm down.

=== Volumes 2 and 3 ===
Erin teachers Pawn about religion after a particularly distressing questioning session between the 5 Antinium individuals and their queen. Afterwards, Pawn gains the [Acolyte] class.<ref name="2.31">[https://wanderinginn.com/2017/05/31/2-26/ Chapter 2.31]</ref> This causes problems within the hive, especially with Klbkch, who knows the severity of the dead gods. Pawn, who never liked Klbkch before, first hid after he gained that class, and barely survived telling the Prognugator about it. Then, he started spreading tales of Heaven among the Antinium,<ref>[https://wanderinginn.com/2017/08/22/3-06-l/ Chapter 3.06 L]</ref> which caused a mass suicide among Soldiers, until Pawn stopped the madness. Klbkch assigned him the entire group of Soldiers, which amounted to about 100 of them.<ref>[https://wanderinginn.com/2017/10/07/3-21-l/ Chapter 3.21 L]</ref>

=== Volume 4 ===
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===Faith:===

* {{Color|#99cc00|[Faith (Heaven and Sky) – The Painted Folk]]}}

==Powers and Abilities==

===Classes/Levels:===
* [Priest of Wrath and Sky] Lv. 44<ref name=":0">{{VERef|10.58 FP}}</ref>
** Derived from [Acolyte] → [Priest] → [Doomspeaker Priest]
*[Butcher] Lv. 2
* [Carpenter] Lv. 3
* [Tactician] Lv. ? (low)

==={{Color|#ff9900|Titles}}===
*{{Color|#ff9900|[Defender of the Helpless]}}

===Skills:===
* [Benediction of Hope] - Can only be used 3 times per day.<ref>[https://wanderinginn.com/2018/06/02/4-42-l/ Chapter 4.42 L]</ref>
* [Blessing of the Painted Antinium's Colors]<ref name=":0" />
* [Create Bread]
* [Holy Radiance]
* [Humble Presence]
* [Mass Prayer]
* [Prayer]
* [Prayer: A Leaf in the Storm]
* {{Color|#ff0000|[Summon Aberration]}}
* [Weapon of Faith]

===={{Color|#99CC00|Original Skills:}}====

* {{Color|#99cc00|[I Walked Under Heaven’s Sky]}}

=== Miracles: ===
*[Avatar of Faith]<ref name=":0" />
*{{Color|#ff0000|[Bane of Luck]}}
*[Cure Mundane Wounds]
*[Flood of Life's Colors]<ref name=":0" />
*{{Color|#ffd700|[Heal Major Wounds]}}
*[Heal Minor Wounds]
*[Holy Barrier]
*[Holy Hammer]
*[Mass Heal Minor Wounds]
*[Purify Wounds]<ref name=":0" />
*[Summon Workers (Holy)] → [Summon Heaven's Guardians]<ref name=":0" />

(For Leveling History see [[Pawn/Leveling History|Here]])

=== Abilities: ===

* '''Faith Scroll Creation:''' Pawn is able to create faith scrolls of approximate strength to his miracles.<ref>{{VERef|10.44 Z (Pt. 2)}}</ref>

=== Items: ===

* Wooden Club
* Shield of the Lamb<ref name=":0" />

=== Alternate Abilities: ===
Additional Skills and Miracles possessed in an alternate reality where he is a level 68+ [First Apostle of the Faith of Wondrous Skies] (derived from [Prophet of Rebirth]).

* {{Color|#ff0000|[Condemned by Hellfire]}}
* [Greater Miracle: Shield of the Faithful]
* [Holy Rebuke]
* [I Found My Path to the Promised Land]
* {{Color|#ff0000|[Marked for Hell]}}
* [Mend All Wounds]
* [Omen of Destruction]
* [Ray of Sunfire]
* [Restore Thy Flesh]
* [Shield of the Faithful]
* [Show Them the Antinium's Sky]
* [Summon the Cohort of Heaven]
*  ??? - Summons a giant lance of divine light to strike his foes.
*  ??? - Perceives the world as a web of connections, relationships, beliefs, and convictions.
*  ??? - Bestows a blessing of protection upon a chosen ally, taking the appearance of a halo.

== Trivia ==
* Pawn has stopped leveling in his [Tactician] Class.<ref name="2.31" />
* He had lived more than half of the average Worker’s lifespan when he became individual.<ref>[https://wanderinginn.com/2016/11/16/1-27/ Chapter 1.27]</ref>
* Pawn told Zel that he was created long after the Antinium Wars, with the last one occurring 12 years ago.<ref name="3.34">[https://wanderinginn.com/2017/12/02/3-34/ Chapter 3.34]</ref>
*He is rated as a Galadz-level threat by the [[Pallass|Pallassian]] military, one rank below the Centenium.<ref>[https://wanderinginn.com/2021/06/22/8-29/ Chapter 8.29]</ref>

== Quotes ==

* (Faith Scroll) ''Hope. What is hope? Hope is something you must learn, for we are born without it. We are birthed, given our tasks, bleed, suffer, and die, and there is little hope down there. Hope is the first moment you realize that things can be better. It is a taste of fresh air. Hope makes life harder, because once you feel it, you cannot unfeel it or lose it. It is heavy and painful, and it makes the darkness and the suffering worse. Hope is worthless if it is alone, because it is just longing, and it will never save anyone. Hope is not faith.'' ''Faith that is just hope means you do the same thing without working to make things different.'' ''Faith, and true hope, is action. When it is dark in the Hive, dig up to the light…’''

== References ==
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