Light of Deldrimor Plate—Top Half

Light of Deldrimor Plate—Top Half gleams with a frost-blue sheen that has learned patience from a mountain wind. The surface is hammered into facets, like ice catching a sun, with narrow etchings of the dwarven Deldrimor crest along the breastplate's edge. A central rune, half-sunken and half-lit, pulses faintly when the air tastes of rain and iron. The top curves to cradle the shoulder, with rivets that glint as if stars are trapped in the metal. In the light it wears the memory of old forges—hammerheads, chisel marks, and a hint of ancient soot that will not wash away. It is heavy, but the weight feels ceremonial, as if it carries a promise for whoever bears it: endurance and craft can still carve a path through chaos. Legends tell of a time when Deldrimor smiths melted starlight into refine steel, crafting two halves to be worn in tandem by those who defend stone and keep the peace. The Light of Deldrimor Plate—Top Half is the bright fragment of that story, the chest piece that partners with its Bottom Half. When worn together, they speak in a low, resonant tone, a pledge of resilience that turns the roar of a siege into measured defense. In daily play it translates as armor and theater: a silhouette that signals steadiness, a glow that marks the wearer as someone who has faced the worst and kept faith. Players talk about it not merely as protection, but as a reminder of the covenant between smith and shield-bearer. Beyond the battlefield, it has a practical life. Worn in the mid-to-late game, when players chase legendary routes or fractals, survivability matters but movement and presence carry weight. Those who hoard stories as well as gear prize the Light of Deldrimor Plate—Top Half for its aesthetics as much as its stats, using it to anchor a main character’s look or as a centerpiece in a roleplay vignette. Damaged relics yield glimmering fragments usable in salvage or traded into the Buyer’s Market, where merchants negotiate over lineage and lore. On Saddlebag Exchange, a listing put a price on the Top Half that turned heads: roughly a couple gold pieces for a clean, unblemished example, with occasional trades dipping or rising with events. The seller offered a leather harness fits for display, a small mercy in a world where every pound matters. Buyers haggled, not just over numbers but over stories, and the bargain settled into a quiet rhythm as the market breathed with distant drums. So the Light of Deldrimor Plate—Top Half rests in a sunlit cabinet in a quiet harbor town, a relic that keeps watch over travelers. Gear is more than metal; it is a thread in the world’s tapestry, linking smiths, runners, and guardians through memory and peril. When the day’s work ends, the piece glows softly, inviting the next legend to rise and claim its place in the story. In market and memory, it remains a beacon for travelers and traders alike, everyday.