❋ DLC · ORDERThe Black Knights of Messmer
Primary force of Messmer's army, a war without grace
The Black Knights of Messmer
"Though the engraving above the heart is a Scadutree design, it is etched in gold. A small consolation to those forced to wage a war without grace or honor."
From the Black Knight Armor description
"A rotten odor stubbornly clings to it. Perhaps it arises from the tainted nature of the blood that splattered upon it. Or perhaps it is the wearer's own blackened soul, festering after endless slaughter."
From the Black Knight Helm description
The Black Knights are the primary armed force of Messmer the Impaler, the soldiers Marika loaned to her son for the conquest of the Realm of Shadow. The Black Knight Captain Huw Spirit Ash description spells the chain of command : 'The Black Knights were the primary force of Messmer's army. Second to their first Knight-Commander was Huw, a man with agile command of both twinblade techniques and the powers of the Crucible.' Their armour is black iron ornamented with gold ; a Scadutree design is engraved over the heart, but the Black Knight Armor description notes a quiet contradiction in that emblem, 'though the engraving above the heart is a Scadutree design, it is etched in gold. A small consolation to those forced to wage a war without grace or honor.'
What the Black Knight gauntlets, greaves, and helm record together is what the war did to its conscripts. 'Black iron ornamented with gold. A rotten odor stubbornly clings to it. Perhaps it arises from the tainted nature of the blood that splattered upon it. Or perhaps it is the wearer's own blackened soul, festering after endless slaughter.' Messmer's army is the canon's clearest example of an Erdtree-blessed army that is, by its own gear's flavour text, ashamed of what it has done. The Tarnished walks past their corpses across Belurat, Shadow Keep, and the burned tower : an ash on every shoulder.
Black Knight ArmorArmor worn by the Black Knights, servants of Messmer the Impaler. Though the engraving above the heart is a Scadutree design, it is etched in gold. A small consolation to those forced to wage a war without grace or honor.
Black Knight HelmBlack iron ornamented with gold. A rotten odor stubbornly clings to it. Perhaps it arises from the tainted nature of the blood that splattered upon it. Or perhaps it is the wearer's own blackened soul, festering after endless slaughter.
