What Is a Paladin?

Inside the world of Record of the Paladins.

In this series, Paladins are humans divinely gifted with angelic abilities by God. They’re not perfect, not bulletproof, and not above doubt. They bleed, break, repent, and get back up again.

A Paladin sees the war most people pretend isn’t there. They walk into churches, fields, bars, boardrooms, and warzones with the same quiet assignment: stand where the line is, even when no one else believes it exists.

Some see pre-shadows before violence erupts. Some feel the weight of demonic lies in a room. Some carry gifts that look like madness from the outside. All of them are ordinary people God has dragged into an extraordinary war.

The Paladins

Paladins you’ll meet

The lives at the heart of the Record, all in one place.

Book 1

Oliver Donnelley

A small-town pastor whose quiet faith is shattered open when he discovers spiritual warfare is not a metaphor. Oliver sees pre-shadows, hears what others miss, and learns that a shepherd sometimes has to fight like a soldier.

Meet Oliver

Veteran Paladin

Roland

A seasoned warrior of faith whose shield and scars carry the weight of older battles. Roland embodies the hard, disciplined, battle-tested side of the Paladins and helps show Oliver what this calling really costs.

See Roland’s world

Investigator Paladin

Melissa

The one who recognizes Oliver for what he is and helps pull him into the larger war. Melissa brings discernment, leadership, and a sharp sense for what is happening beneath the surface.

Meet Melissa’s circle

Support Paladin

Persephone

Brilliant, fast, and often the voice in a Paladin’s ear, Persephone helps keep the team connected, informed, and alive. She proves the war is not fought only in pulpits or on the front line, but also through intelligence, timing, and nerve.

Meet Persephone

Book 2

Ivon

Forged by war and pulled into a conflict bigger than nations, Ivon carries scars, grit, and a hard-earned instinct for survival. His story shows how the Paladins’ war reaches across borders, battlefields, and broken homelands.

Meet Ivon

Book 2

Ivoire

One of the central lives in Book 2, Ivoire moves through the war with intelligence, discipline, and a gift set that makes her hard to pin down and harder to forget. Her path reveals the cost of survival, truth, and trust in the middle of chaos.

Meet Ivoire

Book 3

Anseis

A brilliant doctor with wounds of her own, Anseis enters the Paladins’ world through medicine, trauma, and the desperate need to heal what cannot be seen on an X-ray. She brings mercy, precision, and hard questions into the fire.

Meet Anseis

Book 4

Tabho Elias Turpin

Raised in poverty with Scripture, a notebook, and a grandfather who taught him to listen, Turpin grows into a prophet-like voice aimed at false shepherds and counterfeit revival. His obedience makes him dangerous to everything pretending to speak for God.

Read Turpin’s preview