Hail Elyrians!

And thank you for joining us for another shiny moment! Since we shared light and medium versions of some Hrothic armor last week, we figured we would round out the set with the heavy incarnation of the same armor style. Have a look:

I noticed in some of the feedback last week that there were concerns about the fact that these armor styles are using what appear to be linked, but not overlapping plates. I just wanted to say: That's a great concern to voice. One of you noticed that you can't actually see through the spaces between the plates in those images, and supposed that this meant they weren't actually free standing at all but were backed by some other material such as leather. I wanted to confirm that that was the case.

Those plates actually were split and free moving in the concept art, but the problems with that were quickly noticed and so before the concept moved to the sculpt phase, the design was changed to make this armor style more like a coat of plates or brigandine than a curtain of tiles. This is, perhaps, more obvious in the heavy incarnation where most of the leather has been replaced by metal.

Of all of the starting tribes of Elyria, the Hrothi have the most experience working with metal. While this armor style is a style of heavy armor, it is not the only style you'll see the Hrothi wearing. Likewise, while this version shows steel, most Hrothi armor is actually made from Hrothic Alloy, an alloy of iron and metals only they, to date, have any reliable access to thanks to their experience with mining and delving. Hrothic Alloy performs very similarly to steel, but is lighter weight and has a reflective golden, or yellowish, appearance that is the source of most of the descriptions of Hrothic armies as "shining defenders."

Enjoy!