Hoplite Titans are centaur-like warriors possessing the body and legs of a lion. These armored warriors, though relatively weak while alone, gain power when working together as an army. They are closely related to the lion-like gladiator Titan, Bellona.
History[]
The Hoplite Titan is like the centaur of Greek mythology, except it has a lion's body instead of that of a horse. Ancient Greek hoplite soldiers used swords, shields, and spears to defeat their enemies. Like this Titan, Greek hoplites grouped together in battle so that their shields could overlap and thus create a stronger defense. Around the same era, an army of Hoplite Titans had been used by Jason, who led the Argonauts. Allegedly, he was able to summon this army with his dragon's teeth.
In modern times, Jason's logbook was used to locate the sunken ship, the Argo, off the coast of Sutos Island. There, Zhalia Moon uncovered several Hoplite Amulets protected by a magical puzzle. Upon returning to find Lok Lambert and Sophie Casterwill fighting against a coalition of Suits and Sutos citizens, Zhalia gave both of her teammates a Hoplite Amulet so that they could stand their ground, and later on the team used these Titans for their easy summoning and for their great teamwork powers. S1E12
Lok later invoked his Hoplite in Klaus' bookshop to fight Klaus, that invoked Nighlurker. The two Titans fought until Dante, and later Sophie, invoked their own Hoplite Titans to help defeat Nighlurker, taking advantage of Hoplite's Teamwork ability. S1E16
Lok, while fighting for Cavalier's Amulet on his own, again used his Hoplite in the Mausoleum of Sir Lancelot in response to Rassimov's Thornment. Hoplite was quickly made imobile by Thornment and sent back to its amulet. S1E18
Both Lok Lambert and Sophie Casterwill summoned, in addition to many other Titans, their Hoplite Titans to fight agaisnt the Professor and the three Legendary Titans in The Professor's Castle. The two Hoplite fought Behemoth along with Freelancer but were quickly overpowered by the much stronger Legendary Titan, and got sent back to their amulets. In the same episode, Zhalia Moon used her Hoplite alongside Gareon to fight the two Undergolem Titans summoned by Eathon the dog to guard the castle; Zhalia's Titans were eventually sent back to their amulets. S1E26
One Hoplite Titan, along with a Freelancer and an Ironsquire Titan, were somehow summoned by the Ring of Arc from nearby amulets at the Cathedral of Notre Dame. The three rogue Titans attacked Clements. Metz, who was on a call with him at the time of the incident, is worried about the sudden lack of response from Clements, and calls the Huntik Team to investigate the issue. Upon arrival, Lok tried to handle Hoplite on his own with the use of the Willblade, but was unsuccessful; Lok then summons Baselaird to fight Freelancer and Hoplite. Lok's Titan is succeseful in defeating Freelancer, and so Cherit delivers the final blow on Hoplite, sending it back to its amulet. S2E34
Abilities[]
Though relatively weak Titans on their own with low offensive and defensive powers, Hoplites gain strength as they work together. They also have great skill with a sword and are good defensive titans. One Hoplite alone was able to hand for moments a Nighlurker titan, and one Hoplite is a soldier, two is an army. Hoplite titans are also quite fast on their feet. These titans have claws that are great for gripping the ground.
Design History[]
The Hoplite Titans were based on the hoplites, citizen soldiers of ancient Greece who were armed with swords, spears, and shields. Due to their cooperative fighting style, the Hoplite Titans likewise were designed to be best suited for combat as a team. Though originally designed as humanoid soldiers, animalistic traits including a lion's mane were added to make Hoplite more unique. The lion was chosen due to Greek myths involving the powerful animal.
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