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{{Item infobox
| type         = misc
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| type               = cosmetic
| image       = Dark Age Defender.png
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| image             = Dark Age Defender.png
| team-colors  = no
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| used-by           = [[Demoman]]
| used-by     = [[Demoman]]
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| equip-region      = left shoulder
| released     = {{Patch name|6|13|2013}}
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| contributed-by    = {{Backpack Item Link|76561197993359730|2114954596}}
| availability = {{Avail|Purchase|craft}}
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| released           = {{Patch name|6|13|2013}}<br>([[Second Workshop Content Pack]])
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| availability       = {{avail|drop|craft|purchase|crate61|collectors|keyless-crate}}
 
| trade              = yes
 
| trade              = yes
 
| gift              = yes
 
| gift              = yes
| paint              = yes
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| marketable        = yes
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| paint              = no
 
| rename            = yes
 
| rename            = yes
 
| numbered          = no
 
| numbered          = no
 
| loadout            = yes
 
| loadout            = yes
   | quality          = unique
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   | prefix          = The
   | level            = Level 1-100
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   | item-kind        = Cosmetic Armor
   | item-description = This knight's armor will repell 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.
 
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The '''Dark Age Defender''' is a [[Steam Workshop|community-created]] [[headwear]] item for the [[Demoman]]. It consists of a wrought-iron breastplate, codpiece, and spiked 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.
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The Dark Age Defender was [https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=8086 contributed] to the Steam Workshop.
  
 
== 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.
  
{{Demoman Nav}}
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'''{{item schema|6|17|2013}}'''
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* Removed "Back", "Feet" and "Pants (Demoman)" [[equip region]]s.
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'''{{Patch name|6|20|2013}}'''
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* {{Undocumented}} Fixed levels not showing up in-game.
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'''{{item schema|8|20|2013}}'''
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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 [[w: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 did not drop from Roman times to the extent commonly thought in later centuries.
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** Furthermore, although this item is labeled "Dark Age", this type of plate armor is more akin to what would be developed in the [[w:|High Middle Ages]] (c. 1000 - 1250 AD). The item description referencing the 12th century seems to acknowledge this.
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* The item description references [[w:Merlin|Merlin]], the famous wizard from [[w:Matter of Britain|Arthurian legend]].
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== Gallery ==
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<gallery>
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File:Dark Age Defender workshop preview.jpg|Steam Workshop thumbnail for the Dark Age Defender.
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</gallery>
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== See also ==
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* [[Glasgow Great Helm]]
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{{Demoman Nav|state=collapsed}}

Latest revision as of 06:51, 20 October 2023

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.

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]

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

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 did not drop from Roman times to the extent commonly thought in later centuries.
    • Furthermore, although this item is labeled "Dark Age", this type of plate armor is more akin to what would be developed in the High Middle Ages (c. 1000 - 1250 AD). The item description referencing the 12th century seems to acknowledge this.
  • The item description references Merlin, the famous wizard from Arthurian legend.

Gallery

See also