Shield
From The Heretic Knowledge Vault
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In context, not part of a set of armor, but a spell. Not to be confused with Barrier, another spell.
Description
There may be two different types of magical Shield, but they have the same general goal: keep bad things from happening to the caster. The one time it's been seen by name, Ian is using it to fend off conventional magical attack by Lightning Bolt or Force Bolt or some such. Failure to cast the Shield would result in barbecued Ian, so we can presume that the spell absorbs the nasty magical energy and turns it into something harmless, at least relatively speaking. In the second, hypothesized use (see next section), it's not physical damage, but rather messing with one's head, that's averted by the Shield.
Where Used
Ian definitely uses it in the flashback sequence, to absorb incinerating bolts of energy being launched at him by Toren. He may also use something Shield-like here, when he gets suspicious about the quiet street, anticipating Toren's attack via Disruption effects. Somehow he manages to dodge the worst of the Disruption attack (in contrast to Meji, who gets flattened by it), so we can infer that he has some kind of magical defense up by the time Toren finishes casting. Whether it's the same Shield spell as in the later combat isn't clear, however.
