Friend of mine told me it was from Natalan (sp?) I didn't check but he's done that more then me so worth a shot. I personaly will get it just to have it cause yea it does have very nice stats. Even though you can't put materia in it, it still has stats you can't get from materia so it would be nice to have for when the time calls for them. I just dont understand why Sent gear is able to be slotted but ours and mage gear cant. Who knows maybe they will change it, but if not oh well lol.