General Lothaire, the Eagle-Bearer, is the first major boss demonstrated for Valor Mortis . He has anchored the public face of the game since the Gamescom 2025 reveal and has been the closing fight of every hands-on demo to date, including the global pre-alpha playtest in October

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Getting Started

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This page introduces how to approach Valor Mortis for the first time. It is a demanding first-person Soulslike, so the early hours are about learning its...

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Weapons

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Weapons are the foundation of the first-person melee fighting in Valor Mortis. They shape how you engage the corrupted enemies of the world and pair with...

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Sergeant Gaspard "Cannonhand" Dubois

Sergeant Gaspard "Cannonhand" Dubois is a named boss of Valor Mortis , introduced in the November 2025 "Crimson Plague" gameplay trailer. He is one of the elite human figures the supernatural plague has produced inside Napoleon's corrupted Grande Armee, the in-game Eternal Guard.

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William

William is the protagonist and sole playable character of Valor Mortis. He begins the story as a soldier of Napoleon Bonaparte's Grande Armee, one of...

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Transmutations

Transmutations are the off-hand corruption powers of Valor Mortis. Where melee weapons handle the direct, physical side of a fight, Transmutations channel...

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Setting and Story

Valor Mortis takes place in an alternate-history version of 19th-century Europe, set during the campaigns of Napoleon Bonaparte. In this reimagining,...

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Catalysts and Progression

Catalysts are the core progression currency in Valor Mortis. As William cuts down the corrupted soldiers of the Eternal Guard, he gathers these Catalysts...

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Combat

Combat in Valor Mortis is a demanding, skill-based affair fought entirely from a first-person view. It draws on the Soulslike tradition, rewarding patience,...

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The Orphan

The Orphan is a major enemy of Valor Mortis , revealed in the April 9, 2026 Triple-i Initiative gameplay trailer. It is described as a Nephtoglobin abomination that lives in the sewers beneath one of the game's plague-stricken cities, making it both a story beat and a likely boss

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Development

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Valor Mortis is being developed by One More Level and published by Lyrical Games. As an original IP, it represents a new direction for the studio while...

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Traversal

Traversal in Valor Mortis covers the ways William moves through the world outside of straight running and jumping. The game pairs the slower rhythm of its Soulslike Combat with an active mobility kit drawn from One More Level's first-person action background, giving William ways

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Valor Mortis

Valor Mortis is a first-person Soulslike action RPG from One More Level, the Polish studio behind Ghostrunner and Ghostrunner 2, published by Lyrical Games....

General6/13/2026 3 min read