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| released          = {{Patch name|6|13|2013}}<br />([[Second Workshop Content Pack]])
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| released          = {{Patch name|6|13|2013}}<br>([[Second Workshop Content Pack]])
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   | item-kind        = Cosmetic Armor
 
   | item-kind        = Cosmetic Armor
  | 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.
 
   | 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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{{Quotation|'''The Demoman''', defending|I need some help holding them off!|sound=Demoman_helpmedefend02.wav}}
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{{Quotation|'''The Demoman''', defending|I need some help holding them off!|sound=Demoman helpmedefend02.wav}}
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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''' 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.
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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 ==
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* The Dark Age Defender was added to the game.
 
* The Dark Age Defender was added to the game.
  
'''{{item schema|6|17|2013|id=http://git.optf2.com/schema-tracking/commit/?id=36ff59b64f7db67e742cc207c0d817cbd1cb50ef}}'''
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'''{{item schema|6|17|2013}}'''
* Removed 'Back', 'Feet' and 'Pants (Demoman)' equip regions.
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* Removed "Back", "Feet" and "Pants (Demoman)" [[equip region]]s.
  
 
'''{{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.
  
'''{{item schema|8|20|2013|id=http://git.optf2.com/schema-tracking/commit/?id=7e90ba0fb249317c838d517b7ba096d10e8a0adc}}
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'''{{item schema|8|20|2013}}'''
 
* Changed item type to Cosmetic Armor.
 
* Changed item type to Cosmetic Armor.
  
 
'''{{Patch name|7|2|2013}}'''
 
'''{{Patch name|7|2|2013}}'''
* {{Undocumented}} Added the Dark Age Defender to the item drop system.
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* {{Undocumented}} Added the Dark Age Defender to the [[item drop system]].
  
 
'''{{Patch name|11|12|2013}}'''
 
'''{{Patch name|11|12|2013}}'''
 
* {{Undocumented}} Added [[Strange]] quality.
 
* {{Undocumented}} Added [[Strange]] quality.
  
==Trivia==
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== Trivia ==
* 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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* 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.
** 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).
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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.
*The description of this item has the mentioning of the name [[w:Merlin|Merlin]], the exact name of the legendary wizard and enchanter from [[w:Matter of Britain|Arthurian legend]], although of how it is phrased, it uses the name as a sort of term in a way.
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* The item description references [[w:Merlin|Merlin]], the famous wizard from [[w:Matter of Britain|Arthurian legend]].
  
 
== Gallery ==
 
== Gallery ==
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* [[Glasgow Great Helm]]
 
* [[Glasgow Great Helm]]
  
{{Second workshop pack nav}}
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{{Second Workshop Pack Nav}}
{{Demoman Nav}}
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{{Hat Nav}}
{{HatNav}}
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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