Pike and Spike
Pike
LN Warblade 5/Warforged Juggernaut 3 (specializes in White Raven Manuevers)
Spike
LN Warblade 5/Warforged Juggernaut 3 (specializes in Stone Drapgon Manuevers)
Pike and Spike are Fracture's lieutenants, he often delegates comand of the Iron Band (the warforged unit) to them whenever he makes his mysterious disappearences.
The most notable feature of these warforged is that they are identical, to the point where they are commonly refered to as "the twins". Pike and Spike were created in the same creation forge right after each other, they were trained together in the arts of the warblade, and they served together in the armies of Cyre. Often the only way they can be told apart is by their choice in weaponry. Pike, as the name implies, favors polearms with his favorite being the halberd. Spike on the other hand lugs around an iron-shod club thats nearly as tall as he is with cruely barbed spikes embeded around its tip. They occasionally use this fact to their advantage by trading weapons, pulling practical jokes on their allies and confusing their enemies.
In combat each of the twins is an accomplished warrior in their own right but their greatest strength comes when they are fighting a foe in tandem where they have carefully coordinated their fighting styles with each other as well as developed several specific tactics. One of their favorite tactics is for Pike to circle around into a flanking position and then sweep out the feet of their foe with his halberd. Then Spike quickly drops the foe for good with a crushing blow from his spiked maul.
Outside of combat Pike and Spike spend most of their time seeing to the training of the Iron Band. While Fracture may be the source of the tactical genius of the warforged at Caer Shadowfast, the twins are responsible for turing each and every soldier into walking killing machine in their own right. In fact they have been so successful Cassius once assigned the twins to train a group of his humanoid soldiers to see if he could replicate the success of the Iron Band.
This was a complete failure.
By the end of a week half the soldiers had suffered nervous breakdowns while the other half was in intensive care thanks to the twin's merciless training regime. It did serve to improve discipline within the ranks however since few soldiers are willing to slack off at their posts if they know it will mean a fortnight with the twins learning the true meaning of the word "discipline".
In terms of personality both twins, like the rest of the Iron Band, share their commander's view of humanity to one extent or another. In the twins case they are not as openly contemptuous of breathers as Fracture is but they still see themselves as superior to the average meatsack. Of the two, Pike tends to be calmer and more level-headed, always examining the situation before deciding on an course of action. He often has bouts of introspection examining with actions in his mind, trying to decide how they might be improved. He also favors careful tactics in combat, tripping, disarming, and otherwise disabling his foes before going in for the kill. On the other hand he is sometimes slowe to react to a threat. Spike is the more impulsive and hotheaded of the twins, tending to act first and ask questions later (if ever). He also shows a bit more competitiveness and bloodlust than Pike. In combat he favors charges, bullrushes, sudden, powerful strikes that eliminate a foe quickly. Unfortunately he sometimes rushes into situations that are over his head without thinking.
