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A stalwart is a form of eximorph common in the Inspiration Age. Stalwarts are able to manipulate their own personal reserves of telluric energy (or "Inspiration") in order to effect physical changes: improved speed or strength, a commanding presence, the ability to leap tall buildings in a single bound.

Stalwarts are the antecedent to the novas of the Nova Age.