Hummingbird Knight for Troika Background Jam 2024

An entry for the Troika Background Jam 2024. Originally published as part of the 'Invertia' expansion, available on my main itch.io page.

When first informed of the hummingbird knights that fly out from Pearlescent Court, one might imagine armoured warriors riding fluttering birds of gigantic size. But in fact, the hummingbirds of Invertia are approximately the same size as similar species found in many other spheres. The knights have simply found a method of attaching quite a fair number of them to every available surface of their armaments in tiny, intricate cages. 

The buzz, rustle and twitter of their approach is quite extraordinarily loud… as is the amount of sweet fruit syrup that they must feed their feathered companions in order to maintain such energetics. Yet the acts of glittering airborne mobility and lancing acrobatics they can perform is a sight to behold. There is certainly a reason they are considered among the most formidable combatants in all Invertia.