I'd like to thank everyone that posted in this thread. I ended up discovering the perfect glam for my "mage tank," on the axis of his headcanon/other-universe existence as a "vampire," and threw together the vampire cape (didn't know it existed before), the Halicarnassus sword, emporer's new shield and claws of the beast to turn him into a gorgeous gothy rapier tank! Between the site suggestions and item suggestions in this thread, I now have an excellent concept for my "archmage alt" to tank in!

Thanks again for all your good ideas and intel!