Esoteric Weapons

[Frederick22]

I don think the af2 of thr dragoon is was made on times before the dragonsong war. I think it was was made much after that, even after the AF.
mm..I havent done the 50 - 60 drg story. but obious there is someone who uses that gear, maybe that story can gives us just a few speculations?

[Cilia]

About Dark Knights: I'm up to 51 DRK, and what I can tell you without spoilers is that you are the 3rd Generation Dark Knight, and only the 4th one ever it seems. Fray and the Dark Knight in the Forgotten Knight are the only 2 Second Generation Dark Knights. I know nothing of the First beyond what you know, Moose.

Correct; we're at least a 3rd generation dark knight. We're first "trained" by our own dark side, then Sidurgu who was trained by another dark knight.

Given that, and the fact dark knights probably have a shorter life expectancy by nature of their... line of work, I'd estimate the "antique" dark knight gear is at least 150-200 years old. That's just a guess, though, since no timeframe for when the first dark knight popped up was given.

[Frederick22]

I think we have to be the 4th. As you all remember Sidurgu told us the origin of the first Dark Knight, dunno maybe I'm wrong, but it didnt seem that his master was the first dark knight.

[PArcher]

About Dark Knights: I'm up to 51 DRK, and what I can tell you without spoilers is that you are the 3rd Generation Dark Knight, and only the 4th one ever it seems. Fray and the Dark Knight in the Forgotten Knight are the only 2 Second Generation Dark Knights. I know nothing of the First beyond what you know, Moose.

I'll debate that. We don't know who Fray and Sid's master was, and who trained him; Sid doesn't say that he was the first DRK, though, so he had a mentor in the arts. The Soulstone has the same description as all the others (sans MCH) so it implies the tradition is relatively old...however, there is an implication that there are few "real" DRK out there at once (we know of two Soulstones, your's/Fray's and Sid's. Sid may have his master's somewhere, since Reielle may want to become a DRK as well).

[Lusavari]

I had thought Sidurgu said that the first was his master, though going back and talking to him, I see he says his master was an accomplished Dark Knight.


When Asked "What is a Dark Knight?" (Level 51)

Sidurgu: If you've questions to ask, then by all means.
Sidurgu: Recall the story of the first, who was that rarest of knights─one who held his vows sacrosanct and strove ever to walk in the Fury's grace.
Sidurgu: This man good and true did what no one else had the courage to do. He passed judgment on a vile beast who had used his position in the clergy to commit unspeakable crimes.
Sidurgu: To wit, he cut down the clergyman before the eyes of gods and men, ensuring that the bastard would never harm another child of the Brume again.
Sidurgu: The Holy See could not abide such action, of course. He was detained and delivered unto the Tribunal. Though he won his freedom through trial by combat, he was later stripped of his titles and denounced for his deeds.
Sidurgu: But rather than lament his poor fortune, he embraced it. If they would condemn him as a dark knight, then he would take it as a title.
Sidurgu: He forsook the trappings of his past life, including his sigil and the shield which bore it. In its place, he came to wield something far more potent: a power born of the abyss which lies at the heart of us all.
Sidurgu: A darkness which can grant us great strength...at a price.

When Asked "Tell me about yourself."

Sidurgu: ...There is rather little to tell.
Sidurgu: My master was an accomplished dark knight who saved countless lives─including mine own.
Sidurgu: I owed him my life, and so I pledged it to his cause. I begged him to teach me the dark arts, and he agreed, making me his first pupil. Fray would become the second shortly thereafter.
Sidurgu: Heh, how different we were. I recall our master once likened me to a smoldering campfire and Fray to a frozen lake.
Sidurgu: ...We knew the risks. We swore that we would have no regrets. And I...I have none.
Sidurgu: All that remains is to finish what we started.