Sigmund

Ability
Killing Combo Charge Speed: Average
 * Level 1: Deals 300% damage to the target and has a 50% chance to restore 100% mana, up to two times each turn. - Level 2: Damage +32% - Level 3: Damage +32% - Level 4: Damage +32% - Level 5: Damage +32% - Level 6: Damage +32% - Level 7: Damage +32%


 * Passive: after Ranger allies cast skills, Sigmund restores 50% mana.

Story
I. Sigmund was a very late bloomer. He is at least in his teens yet hasn't gained the stature of a kid just starting school. The fact he's timid and couldn't resist hiding in his mother's arms after a few words into a sentence makes guessing his age an impossible task. His adorability quickly arouses the maternal instinct of ladies from old grandmothers to young twenty-somethings, compelling in them the urge to cuddle him and pinch his cheeks. Sigmund seems to exist solely to be protected his whole life. '''II. '''Sigmund is an expert puppetmaker. The puppets he creates are exquisitely crafted and are even capable of sentience. They are treated as treasures by countless puppeteers, thus Sigmund has earned a lot of gold. Many vaudeville troupes coveted Sigmund as their golden goose and frequently visited his treehouse home by Port Idrith, where he lived alone, but on one's ever successfully recruited him to date. The mystique around him only grew in recent years, as passersby circulated rumors of spotting an older woman in his house or visitors who never came back out... The stories just kept getting taller and blurrier, evolving into the latest version - that Sigmund's mother eats all those who visit him! '''III. '''The wild accounts have drastically reduced Sigmund's visitors. Now only the truly fearless would dare enter his home. But Sigmund is, of course, never as terrifying as in the tales. He would indeed rebuke the evil, though never threatened anyone's life. Any patron who sought him out and could afford the price, he would make puppets for. Mr. Carrots once asked him to preserve his cursed, immobile brother as a puppet, and the attempt was very successful. But not every customer walked away happy. A pirate ordered a scarecrow named Hooke to tragic consequences. '''IV. '''If you've been one of Sigmund's customers, your impression is one of creepiness rather than pity. As the door opened you would see him leaning into a puppet, which he named Linnie and called "Mother". He would not talk to you directly but mimic a female voice with ventriloquism to have Mother speak. Some patrons asked if Sigmund could imbue soul into puppets, why is Mother just an ordinary doll? If would baffle Sigmund because he adamantly believed the puppet IS his Mother, so why wouldn't she have a soul? V. A widespread conjecture why Sigmund created a "Mother" is that he had a tragic childhood and lost his mother early. It wasn't until someone met a woman closely resembling the puppet and has the same name Linnie, who turned out to be Sigmund's birth mother. He has a mother, just that he loathed her domineering and harsh personality, so her crafted his proudest creation according to his idea of a perfect mom while "removing" his real mother from his mind.

Trivia

 * Sigmund is currently not available through hero summons, and has not been since the very early days of Call of Antia.
 * Call of Antia have announced that Sigmund will be available for a brief time to summon during (northern hemisphere) spring 2022.
 * Due to the fact Sigmund has not been available to summon for such a long time, there are few realms in which anyone at all has Sigmund, making him one of the rarest heroes.
 * Sigmund's creation Hooke was designed to care for the pirate's mother, but an unspecified incident occurred. Hooke is a member of the Dark Force.
 * Sigmund's ability to restore mana makes him one of the most formidable heroes in PVP.
 * It is not clear why Sigmund's race is listed as 'Artifact', as he is presumably human and only controls an artifact.
 * New players often assume Sigmund is Mother, possibly due to the fact his race is listed as Artifact.