Linaster Ceremonial Armour

If I must, I will give Emperor Treveon the Second this - There is no other greedy, foolish, or brave enough to do what he did. Infusing planar iron with magic to create a "stylish" suit of armour? That is one of a kind.

— Lani Koshidan, Telziado Royal Historian

This set of Linaster Ceremonial Armour was custom-made in 382 AC for Emperor Treveon II of The Vosti Empire. It was made from Planar Iron and infused with magic. The full set, along with all its accompanying accoutrements, is on display in the Imperial Museum in Shonyul.

History

The idea of adding magic into the very fabric of armour has been a popular idea for thousands of years, but found little viability early on. While partly due to the difficulty of the process - and the subsequent ease of making mistakes which ruined the piece - a far larger issue was that iron did not take magic in the slightest. This prevented the strong iron armour sets from being infused or enchanted, limiting the use of infusion in armour design.
This changed somewhat with the discovery of Planar Iron, an otherworldly metal with an appearance like a chunk of the night sky, which had similar properties to regular iron. It differed in one key area - it not only did not reject magic, it welcomed it. Small individual armour and weapons were made using infused planar iron, however this did not become common practice due to the rarity of the material and the accompanying prohibitive expense.
The Shawa family of the Vosti Empire, despite their low noble standing, were at the forefront of investing in and manufacturing infusion armour techniques. This caught the attention of Emperor Treveon II, who in 381 AC commissioned the family for its most expensive project - a ceremonial armour set made of infused planar iron, replete with gold and silver accents, complete with an infused silk cloak. This took more than a year for the family to produce, due to the processes of infusion beginning with raw material.
The full set saw only two appearances, both at military parades in 382 and 384, showing off the strength and grandeur of the empire. Some of the accoutrements saw use outside of these appearances, before being stored with the armour in the imperial archives. A few years after Treveon's death in 402, the set was moved to the Imperial Museum in the capital city of Shonyul, where it remains on display.

Current Location

Shonyul

Owning Organization

The Vosti Imperial Family

Rarity

Unique

Raw materials & Components

Infused Planar Iron, Infused Silk, Silver, Gold, Volcanic Glass

Imperial Name

The designation of Treveon's armour set as 'Linaster' is a strange one, for many reasons. The manufacturers, the house of Shawa, usually named all sets after either themselves, or the house of the noble who had ordered the piece. As Treveon was the younger brother of the Marquis of Skardel, by right it ought've been named the Skardel set.
It's believed Treveon forwent attaching his house to this armour due to a falling out he had with Marchioness Shari of Skardel, his niece, following the death of Treveon's older brother Faris. From 380 AC onwards, Treveon never referred to himself as a Skardel, instead taking his wife's house of Linaster.

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