Charisma

“King Arthur had a Stranger power?” Armstrong asked incredulously. “What?”

“According to Armsmaster and Miss Militia’s reports, it made her seem grander, stronger, and more capable than her appearance would suggest,” said Emily. “A leader, in other words. A king. Miss Militia described it as a kind of charisma that carried not only in her bearing, but in a subtle, indefinable quality in her voice.”

Whatever that really meant. She could only guess that you had to experience it for yourself to understand it, and she wasn’t eager to put herself at the mercy of a cape just for the chance to see what that Stranger power actually felt like.

“Which makes a degree of sense, I suppose,” Armstrong replied, settling back down. “Now that I think about it, yes, I don’t think it’s too strange. Her powers, however they work, might have interpreted any charisma King Arthur might have had in his legend into something more tangible. In that case, it might be a good idea to treat any charismatic hero from mythology as having the same kind of power until proven otherwise.”