Different armors are used all over Glimmer. Certain Bloodlines have their own unique and custom armors fitted to their race and the mounts that they ride. Knights may bear helms and other custom pieces of armor resembling the likeness of beasts which they have conquered or beheld their company on the battlefield. Depending on the knight and where they come from an image can mean a visage of slain evil or one of a respected ally. Beats covered in armor that grow natural weapons of defense such as horns often have pieces of armor fitted around them so that they can be used in battle. Sometimes this leaves vulnerable gaps around the face and paws. More expensive armor selections will have pieces overlapping and have sharpened pikes or blades fitted over their horns and claws.
HEAD ARMOR
Helm Armor
See Helmet Types (Wikipedia)
See Helmet Heraldry (Wikipedia)
Visor Armor (connected to Helm)
See Visor (Armor) (Wikipedia)
Mail Coif (maille armor)
See Mail Coif (Wikipedia)
Mengu (a face mask)
See Men-yoroi (Wikipedia)
Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, New York.
CHIN AND NECK ARMOR
Bevor or Gorget (Chin and Neck Plate Gap Armour)
See Bevor (Wikipedia)
See Gorget as Part of Armor (Wikipedia)
Aventails or Camails (flexible chain mail attached to the bottom of the helm which protects the neck)
See Aventail (Wikipedia)
SHOULDER ARMOR
Gardbrace (placed over the pauldron and covers the front of the shoulder)
Pauldron Shoulder Plate Armour (composed of overlapping lames for flexibility)
See Pauldron (Wikipedia)
Besagew Plate Shoulder Armour
See Besagew (Wikipedia)
Espaliers or Spaulders Shoulder Plate Armour
See Spaulders (Wikipedia)
BODY ARMOR
Hauberk (Type of mail armour constructed of loops of metal woven into a tunic or shirt, sleeves sometimes only went to the elbow, but often were full arm length, with some covering the hands with a supple glove leather face on the palm of the hand, or even full mail gloves, usually thigh or knee length, with a split in the front and back to the crotch so the wearer could ride a mount, sometimes incorporated a hood, or coif.)
Haubergeon (Meaning “little hauberk”, refers to a shorter variant with partial sleeves, but the terms are often used interchangeably, slits to accommodate horseback-riding are often incorporated below the waist, most are put on over the head. Hauberk can also refer to a similar garment of scale armor.)
Breastplate Upper Chest Armor
See Breastplate (Wikipedia)
Plackart Lower Chest Armor
See Plackart (Wikipedia)
Fauld Abdominal Armor (composed of riveted lames)
See Fauld (Wikipedia)
Tasset or Skirt Plate Gap Guards (connects to Fauld, covers the top of thigh armor)
See Tasset (Wikipedia)
Chain Mail (aka Chain Maille)
See Mail Armor (Wikipedia)
Scale Armor (scale-shaped plates attached to leather or cloth)
See Scale Armor (Wikipedia)
Splint Armor (simplified plate armor riveted to leather underpinnings)
See Splint Armor (Wikipedia)
Ring Mail (composed of rings larger than those used in chainmail and are attached to a leather armor)
See Ring Mail (Wikipedia)
Brigandine Leather Body Armour
Brigandine Cloth Body Armour
Brigandine Plates Body Armour
See Brigandine (Wikipedia)
Cuirass Upper Body Plate Armour (front and back plate)
Cuirass Upper Body Hardened Leather Armour (front and back plate)
See Cuirass (Wikipedia)
Gousset Mail (covered areas not covered by plate)
See Gousset (Wikipedia)
Backplate (Back Plate Armour)
ARM ARMOR
Rerebrace or Upper Cannon
See Rerebrace (Wikipedia)
Couter Elbow Guards
See Couter (Wikipedia)
Vambrace Forearm Guards or Lower Cannon
See Vambrace (Wikipedia)
Leather Gauntlet “Glove Armor”
Plate Gauntlet “Glove Armor”
Fabric Gauntlet “Glove Armor”
See Gauntlet Glove (Wikipedia)
Lance Rest (hook attachments to Breastplate which helps hold a lance)
See Lance Rest (Wikipedia)
LEG ARMOR
Cuisse Thigh & Upper Leg Leather Armor
Cuisse Thigh & Upper Leg Scale Armor
Cuisse Thigh & Upper Leg Plate Armor
See Cuisses (Wikipedia)
Poleyn Plate Knee Guard
Poleyn Leather Knee Guard
See Poleyn (Wikipedia)
Fan-Plate (connected to Poleyn)
Sabaton, Sollerets or Flemish Articulated Foot Armor (sometimes dagger like toe projections)
See Sabaton (Wikipedia)
Chausses (Leg Mail and Plate Armour)
See Chausses (Wikipedia)
Greaves or Jambs (Lower Leg Plate Armour)
See Greave (Wikipedia)
Schynbald (plates strapped to the front of the lower legs)
See Schynbalds (Wikipedia)
Spurs (metal spikes or wheels used to usher mounted beasts to move faster)
See Spur (Wikipedia)
SHIELDS
Buckler
See Buckler (Wikipedia)
Enarmes
See Enarmes (Wikipedia)
Guige
See Guige (Wikipedia)
Heater
See Heater Shield (Wikipedia)
Kite
See Kite Shield (Wikipedia)
Mantlet
See Mantlet (Wikipedia)
Pavise
See Pavise (Wikipedia)
Rondache
See Rondache (Wikipedia)
Boss
See Shield Boss (Wikipedia)
Targe
See Targe (Wikipedia)
BEAST ARMOR
Bard Beast Plate Armor
See Barding (Wikipedia)
Chanfron Beast Helm Armor
See Chanfron (Wikipedia)
SOURCES FOR INFORMATION ON ARMOR
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Components_of_medieval_armour
http://medievallifestyle.com/armor-and-weapons/suit-of-armor.html
http://www.medievalchronicles.com/medieval-armour/plate-armour-a-to-z-list/
http://www.medievalwarfare.info/armour.htm
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