AEW star Athena made her way to ROH Supercard of Honor via Faerûn as she dawned Karlach inspired ring gear for her ROH Women’s Championship match against Hikaru Shida.
On April 5th, 2024, Ring of Honor presented the 17th edition of their internationally acclaimed Supercard of Honor PPV.
The PPV featured a blockbuster ROH Women’s Championship match between ‘The Fallen Goddess’ Athena and former AEW Women’s Champion Hikaru Shida.
After cosplaying as DC supervillian Bane at ROH Final Battle back in December, reigning champion, Athena took her elaborate ring gear to the next level at Supercard of Honor dawning gear inspired by Balur’s Gate 3 protagonist Karlach Cliffgate.
Athena would take to social media to comment on her gear and thank Larian Studios for allowing her to pay homage to Faerûn’s fiercest Tiefling.
“A massive thank you to Larian Studios and Wizards for letting me be my favourite character from Baldur’s Gate 3 Karlach!!!!
With love and anger Your #ForeverROHChamp and #DNDNerd
-Athena”
Athena would continue her dominant ROH Women’s Championship reign on the night, defeating Hikaru Shida via pinfall to extend her record setting title reign to almost 500 days.
What is Baldur’s Gate 3?
Baldur’s Gate 3 is third instalment in Larian Studios critically acclaimed fantasy RPG franchise.
Based on the mechanics of Dungeons & Dragons, Baldur’s Gate 3 allows players to take control of a range of pre-designed protagonist or design their own before taking part in an in-depth story spanning hundreds of hours as the player looks to discover the truth behind the Mindflayers.
The game stole headlines during 2023 reaching a mammoth 10,000,000 copies sold earlier this year and grossing an estimate $30,000,000 since it’s release.
Baldur’s Gate 3 has had a similarly dominant year winning a whopping 26 major awards in 2023 including multiple ‘Game of the Year’ awards.