Starlight Legion

Starlight Legion is comprised of several factions each led by one of the seven heroes, who are also its founders.^[2]

Purpose

To battle against the encroaching doom (Curse of Darkness), they swear to bring back the light even though they never saw it.^[2]

Founders

The founders of the Starlight Legion (or the seven heroes) were described as beings born in the all-consuming darkness:^[3]

A knight in an intricate plate armor forged of white metal, with a stalwart blade grasped firmly in his hands.^[2]
A graceful priestess in a light flowing robe, her delicate hands shining with gentle light.^[2]
A mighty hunter in an archaic cuirass leaning on a beautiful bronze spear.^[2]
A masterful builder holding a mason's hammer in his calloused hands.^[2]
A regal lord with a humble crown resting on his head, a single gem decorating its simple design.^[2]
A subtle and merciless slayer with a ghostly stiletto hidden cunningly behind her back.^[2]
A stranger from a misty land who wore a stone-like armor and never showed his face, with a heavy round shield resting at his feet.^[2]

Colossal Statues of the Seven Heroes

Each statue had a Nightmare Champion tied to it by some invisible bond.^[4] The creatures were described as cursed soldiers of the fallen legion.^[4]

Statue	Description	Nightmare Champion	Shard Memories	Details
Knight	It was an ancient, colossal statue at least two hundred meters tall that depicted a knight clad in elaborate plate armor, with seven shining stars carved into his breastplate. In his hands, he was holding a gargantuan sword, pointing it to the ground. The giant stone knight was missing his head.^[5]	Carapace Demon	Midnight Shard	After Sunny killed the Carapace Demon he obtained the Midnight Shard.^[6]^[7] The Carapace Demon was connected to the statue of the Knight.^[4] The statue of the Knight was where Sunny had spent his first night on the Forgotten Shore.^[8]
Hunter	A colossal stone warrior clad in an archaic cuirass, with a beautiful spear resting on his shoulder. It was facing south, as though greeting the travelers who traveled on the road to reach the ancient city. It was also missing its head too.^[9]	Iron (Spider) Matriarch	Zenith Shard	The Iron Spider Matriarch was killed by the Second Ruler of the Bright Castle. That was how she received the Zenith Shard, which Effie then inherited.^[9] The Hunter statue was where the cohort had burned the Iron Spiders' nest.^[8]
Lord	︖	︖	Dawn Shard	Nephis took the strip of metal from the skeleton of the First Lord of Bright Castle.^[10] The Lord's monument in the distant city from the west, which was seen while marching with the Dreamer Army to the Crimson Spire. The First Lord of the Bright Castle had defeated a powerful abomination there, receiving the Dawn Shard as a reward. It was still one of the most powerful tools in Neph's arsenal.^[8]
Stranger	An unfinished statue cut from the giant pillar by an unknown sculptor. Its upper torso was almost finished, while the lower half was still encased inside the stone. The details of the unfinished giant's armor and shield were eerily similar to the armaments that the Black Knight guarding the ruined cathedral wore.^[4]	Cursed Herald	Dusk Shard	Sunny received Dusk Shard after killing Cursed Herald.^[11] The unfinished statue of the Stranger was far to the south, on the precipice of the Underworld.^[8]
Slayer	︖	︖	Moonlight Shard	Nephis got the Moonlight Shard in the north of the Dark City. On her map, there was another red cross drawn near a symbol resembling a grotesque, misshapen skull.^[12] The Slayer statue was where the expedition of Nephis, Cassie, and Effie had formed to acquire a Shard Memory, the Moonlight Shard. It was also the place where Cassie had earned the Quiet Dancer.^[8] Sunny had a special affinity for the Slayer, a stealthy assassin.^[8]
Builder	A monument that had somehow come to life and now wandering the Forgotten Shore.^[4] The walking statue was neither a living being nor a Nightmare Creature. It had no soul. Instead, it contained seven Transcendent soul shards connected by essence channels. The ancient colossus was an automaton created by the Builder and brought to life by sorcery. It was a crude, far less intricate creation than even the Echoes that the Spell weaved.^[13]	︖	Sunlight Shard	It was rumored that the First Lord of Bright Castle chased its statue around the labyrinth for a long time.^[4] Sunlight Shard belonged to the walking colossus, the statue of the Builder who had created the walls of the Dark City.^[14]
Priestess	A headless statue of a graceful woman, one of her hands was raised toward the heavens. The other had broken off thousands of years ago, lying in the mud at the base of the giant statue.^[15]	Lord of the Dead	Starlight Shard	After Effie killed the Lord of the Dead, she received the Starlight Shard.^[16] The Priestess whose statue was located just outside the walls of the Dark City.^[8]

The stolen heads of the seven colossal statues were torn off by the Crimson Terror thousands of years ago and lay them at the base of the spire for all eternity.^[17]

Starlight Crest

Also known as "The Crest of the Seven". Its symbols are seven shining stars which are not only carved into the robe of the giant statue standing in front of the impregnable city wall, but it was also often depicted in numerous stone carvings decorating the wall of Dark City.^[1]

History

In the end, to create the artificial sun, the seven heroes sacrificed tens of thousands of people. Then, as the last sacrifice, the seven heroes turned their weapons on themselves, thrusting them into their hearts.^[18]

The stone colossus with a missing head, surrounded by six stone heads: The Lord, the Priestess, the Hunter, the Slayer, the Knight, and the Stranger, stares at the space where the gates of the Crimson Spire once stood. The seventh head, the Builder's head, is held gently in the statue's hands. The colossus remained motionless having found what he had been looking for.^[13]

Sunny believed that the Stranger, one of the seven heroes of the Forgotten Shore, was one of the Stone Saints who brought a small number of his soldiers to the Forgotten Shore. The Builder, in awe of Nether's craftsmanship, recreated it clumsily, creating a walking giant. The seven soul shards in his stone body were devoid of essence, one step away from being extinguished. The colossus may have been absorbing power from the artificial sun or exhausted all its power, reaching a natural end.^[13]

Trivia

The seven heroes had left behind the keys, hidden in the Shard Memories, that can be used to once again seal and lock the all-consuming darkness underground.^[3]
The Builder, one of the Seven Heroes, may have drawn inspiration from Nether, the Demon of Destiny. Sunny suspects that Saint disdains the Builder's works due to their inferior imitation of the Stone Saints.^[19]

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Chapter 153 Guiding Star
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 ^2.4 ^2.5 ^2.6 ^2.7 ^2.8 Chapter 281 Seven Heroes
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 Chapter 283 Final Piece of the Puzzle
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 ^4.2 ^4.3 ^4.4 ^4.5 Chapter 257 Nightmare Champion
↑ Chapter 31 Low Tide
↑ Chapter 73 The Circle of Death
↑ Chapter 74 Midnight Shard
↑ ^8.0 ^8.1 ^8.2 ^8.3 ^8.4 ^8.5 ^8.6 Chapter 1763 Sea of Dust
↑ ^9.0 ^9.1 Chapter 221 Zenith
↑ Chapter 254 The First Lord
↑ Chapter 260 How to be a Hero
↑ Chapter 262 Path to Damnation
↑ ^13.0 ^13.1 ^13.2 Chapter 1760 Ruins of the Crimson Spire
↑ Chapter 307 Throne of Light
↑ Chapter 201 Lord of the Dead
↑ Chapter 313 Starlight Shard
↑ Chapter 323 Siege of the Crimson Spire (9)
↑ Chapter 282 Sacrifice
↑ Chapter 2282 Dark Explorer