Sheltering WingsAll of your pieces next to your king cannot be captured for 3 moves.
EgyptIsis
Egypt · Style Protection
IsisThe great enchantress
Isis makes the pieces around your king uncapturable, heals fallen knights and bishops and wraps everything in her veil. The goddess for careful players.
Shields, heals and veils your pieces. For careful players.
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Who is Isis?
The great sorceress spreads her wings over the pieces around her king and heals the fallen.
Isis is the mightiest sorceress of Egypt. She put Osiris back together, hid her son Horus from Set and once tricked Ra into telling her his secret name. When she spreads her wings, everything beneath them is safe. Isis is kind, patient and very, very clever. Just never pick a fight with her family.
Before the first move, Isis hides the Wing trap on the board. If your opponent moves onto the square, Isis beats her wings: the piece is pushed back one square and Isis gains 8 favor.
Powers
Isis's three powers
Every move earns 1 favor, every captured piece adds its value on top. Instead of moving, you use a power. After that it needs a few moves before it is ready again.
- Sheltering Wings
All of your pieces next to your king cannot be captured for 3 moves.
- Healing Spell
One of your captured knights or bishops returns to an empty square next to your king.
- Veil of Isis
Ultimate power: All of your pieces (except the king) cannot be captured and are immune during your opponent’s next move.
In mythology
Who was Isis really?
Isis was one of the most powerful goddesses of Egypt, famous for her magic. She was the sister and wife of Osiris and the mother of Horus. After Osiris was murdered she searched for his body, revived him with her spells and then hid little Horus from Set in the marshes of the Nile Delta. A well known story tells how she tricked the sun god Ra with a snake until he revealed his secret name to her. She wears the sign of a throne on her head and is often shown spreading protective wings. Her worship spread as far as Rome. So in the game Isis is a protector: she shields, heals and wraps her pieces in a veil.
Tactics
How to win with Isis
Spread your wings under fire
When an attack rolls toward your king, Sheltering Wings make all his neighbors uncapturable for 3 moves. Only 5 favor.
Healing Spell brings a bodyguard
The revived knight or bishop appears right next to your king. Perfect when your defense has just lost a piece.
Get bold under the veil
Under the Veil of Isis your opponent can't capture anything on his next move. Plant a piece in his camp, for example to set up a fork.
A wingbeat before the king
Put the Wing trap on an entry square in front of your king. The attacker is knocked back and 8 favor bring you closer to the Veil.
Quips
Isis has something to say about everything
Do not be afraid. I protect my pieces, not yours.
at the startYour king should sit down.
when giving checkThank you for the favor.
when the trap snapsThat was Set, wasn’t it?
caught in a trap
Every mythology has a god of the Protection style: Athena and Heimdall play a similar game with very different powers.
Good to know
Questions about Isis
The download is free. Isis can be bought on their own in the game, or together with every other god in the Key of the Gods.
The ultimate power Veil of Isis. It costs 25 favor, works only once per game and does this: All of your pieces (except the king) cannot be captured and are immune during your opponent’s next move.
Every mythology has one god for the Protection style. Besides Isis, these are Athena (Greece) and Heimdall (The North).
24: eight each from Greece, Egypt and the North, each with a play style of their own. Zeus is playable right away, Gaia and Hermes join you after three wins.