The wearer gains a +1 bonus to AC while wearing the armor.Within each of the runic sections, there are mentions of elements such as fire, ice, and lightning. They relate the history of her penance for ascending and taking the throne of another entity that was supplanted, woven in with a very strong enchantment. They tell the tale of the creation of the Raven Queen and her ascendance from mortal to immortal. The runes are in a forgotten language, dead since before the Divergence. The edge of its mantle is trimmed with the black feathers of the Matron of Ravens. Later that night, Vax realized that he was unable to remove the armor.ĭeathwalker's Ward is a set of beautiful jet-black studded leather armor covered in intricate scrollwork, runic engravings, and carvings over almost every square inch of the leather. He woke from his vision, back in the tomb, and seeing the dire situation, attacked angrily, moving with astonishing, superhuman speed, singlehandedly battling the creature and eventually killing it. The Matron herself appeared, touching Vax'ildan with one finger, and his armor alit with runes and glowing lines. Purvan knelt, hailing the new champion of the Matron of Ravens. When Vax accepted that the inevitability of death meant it was out of his control and stood quietly, eyes closed, as he was attacked, Purvan's sword passed through him harmlessly. During the ensuing battle against a creature released by Zahra Hydris, he received visions of Purvan Suul during The Calamity, during which Purvan attacked and fought him, bringing him close to death.
In The Legend of Vox Machina, Season Two, the armor appeared on Vax'ildan after he bargained his life to The Raven Queen in exchange for his sister's. It appeared to have awakened as a consequence of Vax'ildan agreeing to become the new Champion of the Raven Queen. ĭeathwalker's Ward was the first vestige to reach the awakened state, identified as such by Headmaster James Crayon in Ank'Harel and by Gilmore after the party's second fight with Hotis in Whitestone, where its flight powers made their first appearance.
After a dream given to him by the Raven Queen, he agreed to serve as her champion, later becoming her paladin. Later that night, Vax'ildan quietly put on Deathwalker's Ward and wore it thereafter. He reluctantly began donning it in order to acquire the allegiance of the Champion's wolf ally, Galdric, but stopped and removed it midway. The party then successfully retrieved the Deathwalker's Ward and it was taken by Vex'ahlia.Īlthough it was first given to Vex'ahlia, she passed the armor to Vax'ildan, who at first was reluctant to accept or wear it.
Kashaw, with the aid of Percy, Zahra, and Vax'ildan, was able to revivify her, but as part of the ritual the Raven Queen accepted Vax'ildan's offer to take him in lieu of his sister. When Percy attempted to remove the vestige from the Champion's sarcophagus, he triggered a powerful necrotic trap, which killed the already-wounded Vex'ahlia. Vox Machina obtained Deathwalker's Ward from the corpse of a former Champion once known as Purvan Suul before ritualistically giving his name to the Raven Queen.
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