Province: The warforged (conquest, revenge)

Suggested Cleric Domains: Forge (Xanathar’s Guide to Everything), War

Suggested Paladin Oaths: Conquest, Vengeance

The Lord of Blades is a warforged insurgent. He asserts that the warforged were created as tools and weapons, but now it is time for their former masters to reap the harvest they have sown. Some of his most devoted followers—who call themselves Blades—believe that there can be no peace between the warforged and creatures born of flesh and blood, and that there will come an apocalyptic reckoning between the two. They don’t believe the Lord of Blades to be a god, but they do consider him to be a divine champion. There is a parallel here to the Becoming God, as the Blades believe the Lord of Blades is the vessel for the spirit of their people, the fulcrum of their destiny; the primary difference is that the followers of the Becoming God seek peaceful coexistence, while the Blades devotedly believe in both conquest and vengeance.

Due to the antagonism between Blades and creatures of other races, this path would be an unusual choice for a player character, unless the entire party of adventurers is comprised of warforged. However, it’s possible a Blade paladin could be pursuing a sacred mission—perhaps searching for a particular artifact or the secret of how new warforged can be created— that requires them to find a way to peacefully work alongside creatures of flesh. Perhaps along the way, they will conclude that coexistence is possible.

While the Blades believe that conflict is inevitable, they aren’t fools, and few are bloodthirsty or cruel. Most Blades are combat veterans with tactical experience, and know better than to simply attack every human they encounter; when they act, they strike strategic targets and have a plan of attack. At the moment, there are working toward acquiring strategic resources, developing weapons, and striking at those perpetrating injustice toward the warforged. They may make bloody examples of their enemies, but most acts of violence are carefully planned.

Source: Exploring Eberron


The Lord of Blades runs his society like a military dictatorship with religious undertones. Calling themselves the Blades, most of his followers name themselves after bladed weapons, weapon parts, or the results of using such weapons.

The Blades value no spiritual truths, and they revere no distant god. To them, the Lord of Blades is divine. They empower him with their devotion, and he gives them purpose and direction. His sermons and statements are divine truths, which they memorize and repeat as prayerlike sayings or battle oaths.

The Blades are not a typical faith, for they place no special value on spiritual existence. They waste no time on questions about the nature of souls and whether warforged have them; they have awareness and free will, which is enough. They see no purpose to imagining spiritual energy that comes from a distant god; they receive a tangible benefit from proximity to their leader and increase his power by their own obedience.

Such materialism seems to be oxymoronic in a religion. Yet there can be no doubt that the Blades are a religious organization: All the ritual, the prayer, and the spiritual sustenance is present. Oddly enough, in the view of some outsiders, it appears to be a worship without faith. Still, for those who have met him, their god’s existence is undeniable.

Most Blades are murderous fanatics. They embrace their construct nature over the “weaknesses” of their living side. Blades eschew emotion and empathy, and value no nonconstruct creature. They kill nonwarforged without remorse. Willingly they die to attain their ends, and they suffer none to leave their ranks except through death.

These warforged believe they are destined to lord over Eberron, for they alone are fit to do so. To accomplish this, they intend to carve a nation from Cyre’s corpse. Then they’ll conquer the common races of Khorvaire, destroying any who oppose them and ruling over those who surrender.

Source: Faiths of Eberron