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The italic comments are not in the book, but are personal comments.
In addition to utilizing multiple weapons like Warrior, these outlaws take their offensive abilities to the extreme by acquiring Black Magic.
Chaos Sollerets
Sollerets armor the feet and provide shin guards. They are crafted from darksteel, just like the rest of a Dark Knight armor.
Chaos Gauntlets
This gauntlet-type arm-guard covers from the elbow down to the fingers. The joints are designed to be flexible and easy to maneuver.
Chaos Flanchard
This piece of armor protects the upper thighs and femur. There are sharp, pointed decorations outside this armor, which help give a sense of the Dark Knight offensive nature.
Chaos Cuirass
This heavy plate mail is made from a number of obsidian black sheets of metal. The shoulders are decorated with similar spikes as are seen on the helmet.
Chaos Burgeonet
This burgeonet-type helmet is designed to almost completely cover the head, and is defined by the horns that adorn the top.
Gerwitz Blade of Evil
One day at the Metalworks, Cid receives a letter from Zeid, a Dark Knight who disappeared some time ago. It states that weapons created by Gerwitz are being revived in the form of Evil Weapons in Ordelle's Caves.
Gerwitz was a skilled darksteel metallurgist who crafted Zeid's armor and authored Dark Steel Formula, a book of secret crafting techniques. You must travel to the limestone caves of Ordelle and crush the Evil Weapons and eventually the form of Gerwitz himself. To appease his soul, you must stop his most dastardly creation: a scythe known as the Blade of Evil.
Zeid
Galka have spoken of this Wielder of the Dark Sword from the time they lived in Altepa. Zeid is no ordinary sword fighter however; he forges his own path in an attempt to control the darkness and use it as his weapon. Zeid, (aka: Warcloud) is a former member of the Mythril Musketeers, where he served as second-in-command. He was also one of the brave warriors who subjugated the Shadow Lord twenty years ago during the Great War. Once the Crystal War ended, however, he disappeared from Bastok.
Some say he still fights on by pursuing the evil Kindred, but many are made uneasy by the disappearance of him and other Galka, such as the Talekeeper Raogrimm, and their finest swordsman Werei.
Despite this, Zeid will occasionally present himself to those adventurers whom dare to tread the path of the Dark Knight.
Does your blade glow with the power of Darkness?
Abilities
Blood Weapon
Blood Weapon is a Dark Knight ultimate technique, which allows them to steal life energy through their weapon and add it to their own power. The greater the wound one inflicts on their enemy, the more energy they are able to steal. Unfortunately, the undead have no life energy within them, so this ability is ineffective on them.
Arcane Circle
This ability gives an Arcana Killer effect that allows one to fight more effectively against arcane monsters such as Evil Weapons and dolls. It manifests as a circular barrier, which bestows this power upon the Dark Knight and all party members who stand within it.
Souleater
By cutting away at one own life energy, a Dark Knight can use this ability to increase their damage. It is essentially the opposite of Blood Weapon; the more life energy one expends, the greater effect (more damage) they can produce.
Weapon Bash
This ability utilizes the great arm strength of the Dark Knight to smash the enemy with their weapon, simultaneously damaging them and halting their movement.
Weapons and Armor
Falx
This sickle-shaped two-handed saber is designed for severing the limbs of the enemy. It was once utilized by the fearsome Chatiff tribe of Elvaans before the unification of the Kingdom of San d'Oria. Afterwards, it fell out of use and can only be found manufactured in Tavnazia.
Harvester
The Harvester is a zaghnal-type weapon designed to combat plantoids. A certain wealthy TaruTaru was fed up with Madragoras ruining his garden, and commissioned the Manustery to solve his problem. Together with the Rhinostery, they developed this magical weapon.
Havoc Scythe
Havoc is the name given to this great darksteel Scythe, due to the great destruction the wielder can inflict upon enemies. It will tear out their very spirit as it slashes away at them.
Aegishjalmr
Aegishjalmr is a helmet found within the heart of the great wyrm Fafnir. The helmet bears the great wyrm's power, and those who gaze upon it have feelings of terror, hatred and fear awakened within them as if they were before Fafnir itself.
Pictures and translated information are from Final Fantasy XI Life in Vana’diel, published by Enterbrain
JP Button administrator for the in-depth translation.
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