Hey everyone, I've been thinking about what would happen if the pawn in front of the King were replaced by a completely new piece. Here's what I came up with:

**The Agent**

**Movement:** Moves like a King — one square in any direction.

**Special ability:** Instead of capturing, the Agent can swap positions with any enemy piece in its surrounding 8-square zone. The enemy piece teleports to the Agent's old square; the Agent takes the enemy's square. This uses the full turn.

**Limitations:** Cannot capture anything directly. Can be captured from any direction like a normal piece.

**Why I think it's interesting:**

It's a purely **indirect** threat. An opponent who parks a rook or bishop near your King thinking it's safe — because the Agent can't capture — suddenly finds that piece relocated to a terrible square, potentially blocking its own lines or even delivering discovered check.

It punishes passive placement of pieces in the King zone and rewards players who think about **where** enemy pieces end up, not just whether they're attacked.

Estimated value: \~1.5–2 pawns. Weak in open positions, surprisingly annoying in closed ones.

Would love to hear if something similar already exists in fairy chess, and what you think about the balance. Is the swap ability too powerful?

[Piece Concept] The Agent — a non-capturing swapper that replaces the King's pawn