Nippon
Fast magical war beasts · T2 · flanking and harassment
Inari Fox Emissary
稻荷灵狐使者
Spirit-fox emissaries of the Inari shrines, claws woven of spirit and swift as the wind, guarding these sacred grounds for generations.
Background
The Inari spirit foxes are the divine messengers honoured by the shrines of Nippon for generations: servants of the Inari faith, and the most loyal of a shrine's spirit-familiars. Bound to the shrine by an ancient pact, they lie hidden in the depths of the shrine halls, hearkening to the summons of the miko's kagura bell; but the moment a shrine is beset and evil crosses its border, they pour out through the torii gates in packs, tearing at the invaders with claws and fangs wrought of raw spirit, and guarding every tree and blade of grass on the hallowed ground with their lives.
Unit type
- Class
- War beasts (a pack) · melee
- Equipment
- Spirit claws and fangs (magical melee)
- Armour and shield
- Armour 15 (leather); no shield
- Training
- Trained
Recruitment
- Recruited from
- Shipboard Shrine (tier 1) → Shipboard Kagura Hall (2) → Shipboard Inari Main Shrine (3) → Kirin Roost Sanctuary (4) in the Shipboard Inari Shrine chain; Inari Shrine (tier 1) / Inari Kagura Hall (2) / Inari Grand Shrine (3) / Divine Beast Sanctuary (4) in the Shrine chain on land; Great Shrine Outer Sanctuary / Great Shrine Inner Sanctuary / Great Shrine Messenger Hall (landmark)
- Unlocked by
- Building any of the above (the tier 1 Shipboard Shrine is enough)
- Recruitment time
- 1 turn
- Unit cap
- None
Stats
- Melee attack
- 35
- Magical attacks
- Melee defence
- 25
- Weapon strength (base / AP)
- 30／20
- 40% armour-piercing
- Bonus vs. infantry
- 4
- Charge bonus
- 38
- Armour
- 15
- Leather
- Leadership
- 60
- Speed
- 95
- Health per model
- 143
- 6864 across 48 foxes
- Unit size
- 48
- Missile resistance
- 15%
Unit traits
Magical Attacks
Its spirit claws and fangs deal magical damage
Unit attributes
Formation AttackVanilla
The unit will try to stay in formation when in melee. Melee defence will be slightly increased.
Hide (forest)Vanilla
This unit can hide in forests until enemy units get too close.