Knight's Exalted Coat

Knight's Exalted Coat spills across the chair like a dark flame, its fabric a deep, wine-warmed red that drinks the candlelight and leaves a faint, ship-salt scent on the air. The outer shell gleams with a lacquered sheen, as if carved from a polished ember, while along the seams a thread of fine metal runs like a hidden river. The texture shifts from the velvet-soft feel of the outer cloth to a stiff, almost armor-like resistance at the shoulders, where the plates are shaped into restrained pauldrons that catch every glimmer of light. A crest is stitched into the lining—a twisting knot of runes and laurel, the old insignia of a knightly order that once rode hard to defend a border town from a siege. Touch it, and the coat seems to sigh, as though the wearer is stepping into a story that predates the room you’re standing in. In the long, crowded hours of its history, the coat has been more than cloth and color. It is said to have been forged in the heat of a night battle, when a commander pressed the last banners into a single garment to remind his guards that courage is a fabric woven from many threads—duty, mercy, and the stubborn hope of home. That lore clings to the coat’s edges like a rumor you can nearly feel under your fingertips: a symbol, a memory, a vow pressed into wool. Gameplay-wise, the Knight's Exalted Coat is no mere costume. It sits at the chest of a warrior with a temper for frontline work, offering a blend of resilience and presence on the field. Wearing it, a battlemaster finds more steadiness in the face of crowd-control and a steadied gaze that seems to draw allies closer. The coat enhances survivability while bolstering the wearer’s aura of leadership, translating into real, measurable cues: higher vitality, a steadier cadence in combat, and a passive boost to nearby teammates’ confidence. When paired with like-minded armor pieces from the same set, it unfurls a subtle, protective glow—an armor-breaker’s chorus that grants shield or armor benefits to those standing near the wearer. It doesn’t just equip a hero; it stitches the hero into a living, breathing band of comrades. The coat’s market life unfolds in quieter rooms and crowded stalls alike, where bargaining is a sport and history is a currency all its own. In town markets you can find it traded or tracked by keen-eyed collectors who consult the rougher ledgers of the Saddlebag Exchange, where prices swing with fashion, scarcity, and rumor. A seller might ask for a modest treasure of gold, or for a jumble of salvaged relics that echo the coat’s own layered past. A buyer might offer a story instead, trading ambition for the chance to wear a piece that carries a personal memory of a night when courage was a visible thread running through a crowd. In that exchange, the Knight's Exalted Coat remains not just an item, but a bridge—between past valor, present duty, and the ongoing chapter that every wearer writes with their footsteps.