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{{Item infobox
 
{{Item infobox
| type              = misc
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| type              = cosmetic
 
| image              = Dark Age Defender.png
 
| image              = Dark Age Defender.png
 
| used-by            = [[Demoman]]
 
| used-by            = [[Demoman]]
 
| equip-region      = left shoulder
 
| equip-region      = left shoulder
| contributed-by    = {{Backpack Item Link|76561197993359730|1718468091}}
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| contributed-by    = {{Backpack Item Link|76561197993359730|2114954596}}
| released          = {{Patch name|6|13|2013}}
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| released          = {{Patch name|6|13|2013}}<br />([[Second Workshop Content Pack]])
| availability      = {{Avail|Purchase|craft|Drop}}
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| availability      = {{Avail|Drop|Purchase|craft|crate61|collectors|keyless-crate}}
 
| trade              = yes
 
| trade              = yes
 
| gift              = yes
 
| gift              = yes
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| numbered          = no
 
| numbered          = no
 
| loadout            = yes
 
| loadout            = yes
   | quality          = unique
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   | item-kind        = Cosmetic Armor
   | level            = Level 1-100 Armor
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   | level            = 1-100
   | item-description = This knight's armor will repel anything someone from the 12th century might throw at you, be it a rock, a sword, a thatched cottage or a Merlin
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   | item-description = This knight's armor will repel anything someone from the 12th century might throw at you, be it a rock, a sword, a thatched cottage or a Merlin.
  | loadout-name    = Dark Age Defender
 
 
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{{Quotation|'''The Demoman'''|Thus begins my thousand year reign of blood!|sound=Demoman_dominationdemoman01.wav}}
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{{Quotation|'''The Demoman''', defending|I need some help holding them off!|sound=Demoman_helpmedefend02.wav}}
The '''Dark Age Defender''' is a [[Steam Workshop|community-created]] [[miscellaneous]] item for the [[Demoman]]. It consists of a wrought-iron [[w:Breastplate|breastplate]], codpiece, and spiked [[w:Pauldron|pauldrons]].
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The '''Dark Age Defender''' is a [[Steam Workshop|community-created]] [[Cosmetic items|cosmetic item]] for the [[Demoman]]. It adds a wrought-iron [[w:Breastplate|breastplate]], [[w:Codpiece|codpiece]], and spiked [[w:Pauldron|pauldrons]] to the Demoman's default armour, in whole composing it into a set of medieval plate armour.
  
The Dark Age Defender was [http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=8086 contributed] to the [[Steam Workshop]] under the name "Mail Bomber".
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The Dark Age Defender was [http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=8086 contributed] to the Steam Workshop under the name "Mail Bomber".
  
 
== Update history ==
 
== Update history ==
'''{{Patch name|6|13|2013}}'''  
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'''{{Patch name|6|13|2013}}''' ([[Second Workshop Content Pack]])
 
* The Dark Age Defender was added to the game.
 
* The Dark Age Defender was added to the game.
  
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'''{{Patch name|6|20|2013}}'''
 
'''{{Patch name|6|20|2013}}'''
 
* {{Undocumented}} Fixed levels not showing up in-game.
 
* {{Undocumented}} Fixed levels not showing up in-game.
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'''{{item schema|8|20|2013|id=http://git.optf2.com/schema-tracking/commit/?id=7e90ba0fb249317c838d517b7ba096d10e8a0adc}}
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* Changed item type to Cosmetic Armor.
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'''{{Patch name|7|2|2013}}'''
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* {{Undocumented}} Added the Dark Age Defender to the item drop system.
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'''{{Patch name|11|12|2013}}'''
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* {{Undocumented}} Added [[Strange]] quality.
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==Trivia==
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* The item's name refers to the [[Wikipedia:Dark Ages (historiography)|Dark Ages]], an outdated historiographical term used for the Early Middle Ages (circa 500 - 1000 AD). Despite popular conception, the term is now largely discouraged as  knowledge and learning did not drop from Roman times, as was commonly thought in later centuries.
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** Furthermore, although this item is labeled "Dark Age", this sort of plate armor is more akin to what would be developed around the High Middle Ages (c. 1000 - 1250 AD).
  
 
== Gallery ==
 
== Gallery ==
 
<gallery>
 
<gallery>
File:Dark Age Defender workshop preview.jpg|Steam Workshop thumbnail image for the Dark Age Defender.
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File:Dark Age Defender workshop preview.jpg|Steam Workshop thumbnail for the Dark Age Defender.
 
</gallery>
 
</gallery>
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== See also ==
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* [[Glasgow Great Helm]]
  
 
{{Second workshop pack nav}}
 
{{Second workshop pack nav}}
 
{{Demoman Nav}}
 
{{Demoman Nav}}
 
{{HatNav}}
 
{{HatNav}}

Revision as of 22:07, 19 December 2018

I need some help holding them off!
The Demoman, defending

The Dark Age Defender is a community-created cosmetic item for the Demoman. It adds a wrought-iron breastplate, codpiece, and spiked pauldrons to the Demoman's default armour, in whole composing it into a set of medieval plate armour.

The Dark Age Defender was contributed to the Steam Workshop under the name "Mail Bomber".

Update history

June 13, 2013 Patch (Second Workshop Content Pack)

  • The Dark Age Defender was added to the game.

June 17, 2013 [Item schema update]

  • Removed 'Back', 'Feet' and 'Pants (Demoman)' equip regions.

June 20, 2013 Patch

  • [Undocumented] Fixed levels not showing up in-game.

August 20, 2013 [Item schema update]

  • Changed item type to Cosmetic Armor.

July 2, 2013 Patch

  • [Undocumented] Added the Dark Age Defender to the item drop system.

November 12, 2013 Patch

  • [Undocumented] Added Strange quality.

Trivia

  • The item's name refers to the Dark Ages, an outdated historiographical term used for the Early Middle Ages (circa 500 - 1000 AD). Despite popular conception, the term is now largely discouraged as knowledge and learning did not drop from Roman times, as was commonly thought in later centuries.
    • Furthermore, although this item is labeled "Dark Age", this sort of plate armor is more akin to what would be developed around the High Middle Ages (c. 1000 - 1250 AD).

Gallery

See also