Wintershield 9

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[p]In preparation for Wintershield, our heroes have bought an old map from a street vendor in Waterdeep. Then it started talking. I guess we'd better see where it leads.Wintershield 9 is here with Featured Champions Anson Iro, the human fighter from The Fallbacks, and a much-needed update for Binwin Bronzebottom, whom you may recognize from Binwin's Minions!

Learn all about the first event of 2026 as you read on!

[/p][h2]Featured Champions[/h2][h3]Anson[/h3][p] Anson has known his share of hardship in his life. Orphaned at a young age, he and his younger brother were forced to live on the streets, doing what they had to do to keep from starving. But while that experience taught his brother to fear and mistrust the world, it had the opposite effect on Anson...

Learn more about Anson in his Champion Spotlight.

[/p][h3]Binwin[/h3][p] Binwin Bronzebottom was a member of a rather infamous adventuring group/company, until he left to spend more time with his family. A grumpy and headstrong dwarf with a penchant for springing traps rather than disarming them, if he's not the first into battle then he's disappointed. There's nary a door, tankard, or acid pit that hasn't felt the wrath of Binwin Bronzebottom at one time or another...

Learn more about Binwin in his Champion Spotlight when it launches this Friday, January 9th!

[/p][h2]Flex Champions[/h2][p]Flex Slots allow players to unlock additional Champions and earn chests during
events, choosing from a pool of retired Champions associated with the event.
This collection of retired Champions includes the Champions from previous years of the
event as well as some Champions whose events have been retired.
This event's Flex Slot pool includes:

[/p][h2]Event Augments[/h2]

• [p]Augment 1: Golden Weekly Offers (Returning Augment)
  
  Description: One of your weekly offers will be Golden during this event. Golden offers provide an additional 10% discount! The Golden tag persists when an offer is rerolled.[/p]

• [p]Augment 2: Auto-Blacksmith (Returning Augment)
  
  Description: Event Champions whose recruitment adventure or variants you complete gain common rarity equipment in all slots if they don't already have better. Every tier two or higher event variant completed automatically applies 100 Tiny Blacksmithing Contracts to the variant's Champion's equipment for free![/p]

• [p]Augment 3: Challenge Week (Returning Augment) Description: A Mastery Challenge will start on the third week of the event, providing opportunities to prove your formation-building skills and earn unique rewards.[/p]

• [p]Augment 4: Boon Enhancements (Returning Augment)
  
  Description: An additional boon buff at each level increases global damage based on the number Humans, Elves, Dwarves, and Halflings in your formation, stacking additively![/p]

[h2]Wintershield Feedback Wanted[/h2][p]
It's our first event of 2026! What do you think?
The best way for us to hear your feedback would be for you to join our community on an officially-supported platform:

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