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General Lothaire, the Eagle-Bearer, is the corrupted Grande Armee officer who closed every public build of Valor Mortis and who the studio has confirmed is the boss at the end of Chapter II.
What has been confirmed about buying and playing Valor Mortis: its October 13, 2026 launch date, platforms, Xbox Game Pass availability, the boxed edition and its retail prices, the funded post-launch DLC, storefront features and age ratings.
How to approach Valor Mortis for the first time: the core loop, lanterns, Catalysts, loadout, reading enemies, and what to expect from a game that ships with a single difficulty.
The alternate-history Napoleonic setting of Valor Mortis, the plague and Nephtoglobin, the corrupted Eternal Guard, the commonfolk resistance under The Shrike, and the questions the studio says the story answers.
The PC system requirements listed for Valor Mortis ahead of its October 13, 2026 release, plus controller support, console feature flags, upscaling technologies and why the circulating install-size figures are not real.
The development history of Valor Mortis, from its Cyber Slash code name and the 2025 publishing agreement through the pre-alpha playtest, the public demo, gone gold, and the funded post-launch plan.
Valor Mortis is a single-player first-person Soulslike action RPG from One More Level, launching October 13, 2026, in which a soldier of Napoleon’s Grande Armee is resurrected carrying the plague that corrupted his comrades.
Sergeant Gaspard "Cannonhand" Dubois is a named boss of Valor Mortis, a Grande Armee soldier remade by the plague with a cannon in place of his right hand.
William Dowsett is the protagonist of Valor Mortis, a young British volunteer in Napoleon’s Grande Armee who is killed on the eastern front and resurrected carrying the plague’s power.
The free Valor Mortis demo ran on PC from June 7 to September 8, 2026. This page records what it contained, how it changed across three windows, what players found in it, and why the studio took it down.
The confirmed weapons of Valor Mortis: the sabre, the rapier, the flintlock pistol, the musket, a blunderbuss shown in concept art, and the off-hand Transmutations that share the left-hand slot.
The Valor Mortis global pre-alpha playtest ran from October 6 to October 13, 2025. This page records what it contained, how it was distributed, its known issues and what the studio changed afterwards.
Transmutations are the off-hand Nephtoglobin powers of Valor Mortis, covering the Fire stream, a Shield, and the grapple, wall run and swing that make up the traversal kit.
Lanterns are the checkpoint and upgrade points of Valor Mortis, where William respawns, refills his healing flask and spends Catalysts.
How combat works in Valor Mortis: first-person melee built on parries, blocks and a stamina-gated dash, with weak-point pressure, finishers and an off-hand slot holding either a firearm or a Transmutation.
The Eternal Guard is the in-game name for Napoleon’s Grande Armee after the plague has remade it, and the faction that supplies most of the enemies William fights in Valor Mortis.
The Orphan is a Nephtoglobin abomination in the city sewers of Valor Mortis, revealed in April 2026 with a chest cavity that belches a flesh-stripping jet of acid.
What is confirmed about difficulty options and accessibility features in Valor Mortis, including the developer-declared accessibility panel on the PC store listing.
The Shrike is the rebel leader fighting Napoleon’s Empire in occupied Eastern Europe in Valor Mortis, revealed in the August 2026 Story Trailer and the target Napoleon’s voice points William at.
Valor Mortis is divided into numbered chapters. This page collects the confirmed chapter structure, the chapters and places identified before launch, and why demo footage is not a reliable guide to them.
The named boss fights of Valor Mortis, what hands-on builds have shown of each, and what the studio has said about boss design and the difficulty curve ahead of launch.
Napoleon Bonaparte is the emperor whose endless conquest frames Valor Mortis and the voice in William’s head after his resurrection, played by Vincent Cassel.
The Relentless are the elite greatsword-wielding soldiers of the Eternal Guard in Valor Mortis, volunteers deliberately infused with Nephtoglobin inside secret training facilities.
Catalysts are the progression currency of Valor Mortis, dropped by enemies and spent at lanterns on character levels, a skill tree, accessories and weapon upgrades.
Nephtoglobin is the substance behind the plague sweeping the continent in Valor Mortis, the source of the corruption in Napoleon’s soldiers and of the powers William carries after his resurrection.
An index of every enemy type, mini-boss and named figure shown for Valor Mortis before launch, with where each was revealed and which builds they appeared in.
How William moves through Valor Mortis: a Nephtoglobin-powered grapple, wall run and swing, plus a stamina-gated dash, used to gate optional routes in a linear chapter structure.
Corrupted villagers are the plague-twisted townspeople of Valor Mortis, common enemies who fight with tools, torches and farm equipment in unpredictable, almost feral bursts.
The seven announced English voice credits and their character roles in Valor Mortis.
