Escort

Escort is the special talent of Classic Knights. Its game description reads:

"The lord gains an ability to escort a commanded stack. The lord then performs a direct attack on each creature* that would attack the escorted stack in melee."

"After establishing escort, the lord will be moved back by only 0.5 on the ATB scale, however, each escorting strike moves him back by 0.25 scale."

"Only one stack can be escorted by any one lord at any moment of a combat."

Knights will typically use Escort when a single large stack of theirs remains on the battlefield, such as Bowmen or Swordsmen.

* If the escorted stack is attacked by an enemy Lord instead (not a creature), there is no retaliation. The same applies to magic spells, distant attacks and other types of effects affecting the escorted stack.