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==Current Paladins==
 
==Current Paladins==
 
*[[Shiro]]
 
*[[Shiro]]
**Leader of the Paladins
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**Former leader of the Paladins
 
**Black Paladin
 
**Black Paladin
 
**Guardian Spirit of Sky
 
**Guardian Spirit of Sky
**Pilot of [[Black Lion (Legendary Defender)|Black Lion]]
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**Former pilot of [[Black Lion (Legendary Defender)|Black Lion]]
**torso and head of [[Voltron (Legendary Defender)|Voltron]]
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**Former head and torso of [[Voltron (Legendary Defender)|Voltron]]
 
*[[Keith (Legendary Defender)|Keith]]
 
*[[Keith (Legendary Defender)|Keith]]
**temporarily Leader of the Paladins
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**Leader of the Paladins
 
**Red Paladin
 
**Red Paladin
 
**Guardian Spirit of Fire, later Sky
 
**Guardian Spirit of Fire, later Sky
**Formerly pilot of [[Red Lion (Legendary Defender)|Red Lion]], temporarily pilot of [[Black Lion (Legendary Defender)|Black Lion]]
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**Former pilot of [[Red Lion (Legendary Defender)|Red Lion]], current pilot of [[Black Lion (Legendary Defender)|Black Lion]]
**Formerly right arm, temporarily torso and head of [[Voltron (Legendary Defender)|Voltron]]
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**Former right arm, current head and torso of [[Voltron (Legendary Defender)|Voltron]]
 
*[[Pidge (Legendary Defender)|Pidge]]
 
*[[Pidge (Legendary Defender)|Pidge]]
 
**Green Paladin
 
**Green Paladin
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**Blue Paladin
 
**Blue Paladin
 
**Guardian Spirit of Water, later Fire
 
**Guardian Spirit of Water, later Fire
**Formerly Pilot of [[Blue Lion (Legendary Defender)|Blue Lion]], now pilot of [[Red Lion (Legendary Defender)|Red Lion]]
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**Former pilot of [[Blue Lion (Legendary Defender)|Blue Lion]], current pilot of [[Red Lion (Legendary Defender)|Red Lion]]
**Formerly right leg, now right arm of [[Voltron (Legendary Defender)|Voltron]]
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**Former right leg, current right arm of [[Voltron (Legendary Defender)|Voltron]]
 
*[[Hunk (Legendary Defender)|Hunk]]
 
*[[Hunk (Legendary Defender)|Hunk]]
 
**Yellow Paladin
 
**Yellow Paladin

Revision as of 03:48, 16 June 2018

S2E11.271. Allura still giving poor Keith grief

The Paladins are an order of warriors who serve as the pilots of Voltron. The lions choose their pilots, seeking warriors that embody their spirit. In ages past, the Paladins were of other alien races, like Alteans and Galras, who lived in the Castle of Lions. Ten thousand years after King Alfor hid the lions on planets all across the universe, the lions chose new Paladins: five humans from planet Earth.

The motif of the five Paladins is that they embody the five classical elements: water (ice), earth, fire, air, and plant life or "forest." Each has a specific trait that the lion looks for in a pilot.

Current Paladins

Former Paladins

From left: Gyrgan, Blaytz, Trigel, Zarkon, and Alfor.

Equipment

Uniform

The Paladins are equipped with high tech armor that responds to thoughts like an extension of their wearer's body. They allow the Paladins instant access to their Bayards, has a built-in oxygen mask that can be activated mentally, a jet pack, and gauntlet-mounted energy shields. It is heavily protected against radiation, temperature extremes, and impact forces, as well as the degradation of bodily functions due to extensive time in zero gravity environments. This is likely by simulating gravity to a degree within the armor.

The armor's communication systems also protects the Paladins from harmful noises that could damage or cripple their hearing, as they have no trouble with hearing quiet sounds, but are simultaneously unaffected by the loud roars of the lions and blaster. The armor seems to be capable of channeling energy from within its protective layers, as Shiro is able to use his prosthetic hand's energy projection capabilities without rupturing the armor, as well as still being able to plug into Galra technology without needing to uncover the paneling to it.

The helmets also include multiple scanners that can be fed input straight from the Castle's sensors, and communications systems that allow the team direct contact with one another whether piloting their lions or mobile on foot. The visors can be completely blacked out to blind the wearers as a training tool or for protection. Though tough, the armor has been penetrated before, as Haggar and her Druids' magic seems to be particularly effective at rupturing the armor's defenses.

The armor's boots seem to be magnetic, allowing the Paladins to adhere to metal surfaces, which they often use to gain traction in zero gravity environments. Whether or not the adherence mechanism is magnetic in nature is still subject to speculation as the technology produced by Alteans is very advanced, and may instead be based in gravitational manipulation.

The jetpacks used by the Paladins appear to have limits to how long they can be run in standard gravity, as while stranded on a hostile planet after escaping the destabilized wormhole, Keith required an alternate means of leaping over a vast canyon on his own.

The armor also comes equipped with small wrist-mounted blasters, grappling devices that can operate in space, multi-spectrum search lights, and even a 3D camera capable of taking scans so detailed that a three-dimensional rendering can fool facial recognition-based security systems. The armor is also equipped with holographic displays for hacking systems as well as projecting images both two and three dimensional.

The armor also appears to adjust to the size of the wearer (being able to shrink down to fit Pidge's small size or expand to accommodate Hunk's sheer girth).

The armor's design consists primarily of a dark grey/light black full-body undersuit, and is topped by stiffer segments of white armor, accented in places with the Paladins' respective signature color. The body suit provides a strong, flexible base for the armor, while the white armor segments provide a sturdier defensive layer, similar to the design sensibilities in chain mail armor being covered by steel plate armor worn by medieval knights.

Bayard

A Bayard is a Paladin's multi-function weapon, capable of taking on a unique form suited to the specific Paladin who wields it. When integrated with the cockpit control system of a lion, the Bayard can also be used to deploy a colossal variant of the Paladin's personal weapon as armament for Voltron.

Speeder

Each Voltron Paladin has access to a small, high speed hovercraft housed in their lion. While rarely used, these speeders do afford an added element of mobility away from the lions in confined areas if speed is required and the brute firepower of a Voltron lion is not.

Notes

  • The Paladins, sometimes known as the Twelve Peers, were the foremost warriors of Charlemagne's court, according to the literary cycle known as the Matter of France. They first appear in the early chansons de geste such as The Song of Roland, where they represent Christian valour against the Saracen hordes inside Europe.[1]
  • The armor variant worn by the original Paladins bears a marked resemblance to the armor worn in the original Voltron: Defenders of the Universe series, including the polygonal symbol right above the Paladin's foreheads on their helmets.

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References