Heroes
Emberdeck has six heroes. Warrior, Monk and Druid are open from the start. Reach Act 2 on any run and the Sootveil, Stormherald and Cairnwarden become playable too. Each hero has its own cards, its own resource and its own relics.
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Warrior
Pressure becomes power.
An oathsteel weaponmaster who turns pressure into decisive strikes.
76 max HP. Resource: Rage, up to 10.
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Monk
The body remembers.
A martial pilgrim of palms, sweeping kicks, breath, and resonant shockwaves.
65 max HP. Resource: Spirit, up to 6.
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Druid
Become what survives.
A keeper of lost seasons who borrows predatory, guardian, and grove forms.
70 max HP. Resource: Growth, up to 6.
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Sootveil
Mark the wick. Pinch it out.
A smoke-cloaked wickwarden who brands foes with ember sigils, then snuffs every sigil at once.
66 max HP. Resource: Hush, up to 5.
Unlocks after you reach Act 2
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Stormherald
Borrow the sky; pay it back.
A weather-sworn caster who walks ahead of the ash storms, borrowing the sky's strength against tomorrow.
72 max HP. Resource: Surge, up to 6.
Unlocks after you reach Act 2
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Cairnwarden
Every name is cut in stone. Every stone keeps its heat.
A grave-keeper of the frontier who carves ember runes into cairn-stones, bone and skin, banks their heat across nights, and cracks them open when the dead are owed.
68 max HP. Resource: Etch, up to 12.
Unlocks after you reach Act 2