The Ice people believe that their gods take on the guise of bears whenever they wish to visit Gladvald in mortal form, so bears are regarded with equal measures of fear and reverence. Many believe that Snowstream, an Ice spirit capable of transforming into a mighty Ice bear, is the ghost of a powerful ancient war god, and anyone who’s seen it fight in the arena can understand why.
The Ice bear’s claws are so long and sharp that, when the beast enters a blood rage, they slash and tear enemies adjacent to the one bearing the full brunt of the attack. And these attacks are all delivered at double speed. According to the numerical scholars at the Imperial Academy, that adds up to at least quadruple total attack damage per second! And that’s without even taking Shapeshifter synergy into account...