Cleric's Privateer Hat of Rata Sum

The Cleric's Privateer Hat of Rata Sum rests on the desk like a curious compass, ivory-white felt sculpted into a rounded crown, its edge bound in aquamarine braid and a small brass buckle catching the light with a patient gleam. The brim sits firm yet forgiving, and the lining—a velvet-soft teal—reaches cooler tones against the scalp as if to remind the wearer that rain and rumor are never far away. A sigil is embroidered near the crown in gold thread—a delicate blend of an eye overlapped with a cog—an homage to the city’s scholastic resilience and a hint of the wind-swept miles that privateers call home. A single feather, dyed the color of a late-summer sea, curls from the side, a nod to the sea-roving life that tempered the hat’s wearer into someone who could argue with a storm and win. Lore threads through the fabric as surely as the stitches. Crafted in the towers of Rata Sum, the hat is said to carry a whisper of wards, a memory of long corridors where wards and calculations could bend a day’s weather. It was conceived for clerics who traded in sanctified mercy, and for privateers who traded in news, cargo, and the mercy of a fast ship’s lift. Those who wear it speak of a certain poise under pressure—the calm breath before a rescue or a retreat—and of a confidence that comes from knowing the hat is both a shield and a signal: a mark that your loyalties stretch from vaulted sanctuaries to sunlit gunwales. In gameplay terms, the hat becomes less a mere headpiece and more a piece of the wearer’s evolving story. It signals to allies that the bearer understands the balance between faith and force, between ritual blessing and sea-won cunning. It’s a cosmetic icon you carry into conversations, a conversation starter for fellow travelers who recognize the hat’s fusion of scholars and sailors. Worn with robes or leathers, it can anchor a look that says, “I’ve charted quiet harbors and crowded boulevards alike.” For some, it’s a reminder to keep a healing hand steady while the other hand grips the wheel; for others, a badge that invites questions about journeys taken and promises kept. And because it’s a fashion piece with history sewn into its seams, it also serves as a gateway to transmutation—dyed or mixed into a broader ensemble, it becomes the signature note of a character’s evolving identity. Market talk threads naturally into the narrative, too, because not every legend is free to travel on its own. In the GW2 marketplace, Saddlebag Exchange is where the living price of a hat like this tends to drift with tides of demand, season, and the stories people tell about it. A collector might tell you it sits in the several hundred gold range during peak interest, while a flurry of quiet trades can nudge the price down in calmer weeks. Traders watch those boards like they watch the horizon—ready to pounce when a rumor or a cache chunk surfaces. Whether you’re chasing the lore, the look, or a bit of both, the Cleric’s Privateer Hat of Rata Sum remains a telltale thread in the tapestry of saints, sails, and stories—an artifact that travels as surely as its wearer does.