The Bretonnian player may pray for the Blessing of the Lady before the battle begins but after both players have deployed their army. The enemy can then choose to take the first or second turn.

The Lady’s Blessing is automatically granted. The Blessing affects all units and characters that have The Knight's Vow, The Questing Vow and The Grail Vow. In addition, Prophetesses of the Lady and Damsels of the Lady are also affected. The Blessing also affects the mount of any affected model.

The effects of the Blessing are as follows:

• Affected models get a 6+ ward save

• Affected models get a 5+ ward save versus attacks with Strength 5 or higher.

Losing the Blessing

Characters and units can lose the Blessing, and once lost, it cannot be regained. A unit or character loses the Blessing for the following reasons:

• The unit or character flees for any reason (including breaking from combat)

• The Bretonnian player refuses to meet a challenge in a fight where a Knightly character (or the Champion of a unit of Knights) could have accepted. In this case, if there is more than one unit of Knights in the combat, then all units and characters involved in the combat will lose the Blessing.