Koenig Cuirass

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Statistics Koenig cuirass [Body] All Races DEF: 65 HP +60 STR -10 DEX -10 VIT +20 CHR +20 Lv. 73 WAR / PLD View the entire Koenig Cuirass Set.	Other Uses Resale Price: Cannot be sold to NPCs
Synthesis Recipes None	Used in Recipes None
Desynthesis Recipe None	Obtained From Desynthesis None

How to Obtain

Cannot be auctioned, traded, or bazaared.

Abjuration

Obtained by trading the following items to Alphollon C Meriard at the cathedral in Northern San d'Oria.

• Martial Abjuration: Body (dropped from Nidhogg and Odin).
• Cursed Cuirass.

Historical Background

Cuirass

A cuirass (from the Latin coriaceus meaning made of leather, and further from the Latin word corium which was a leather breastplate) is a plate armor formed of a single piece of metal, other rigid material or composed of two or more pieces which covers the front of the wearer's body. In a suit of armor, however, since this important piece was generally worn in connection with a corresponding defence piece for the back, the term cuirass is commonly understood to imply the complete body-armor including both the breast and the back plates. In the Middle Ages the complete body armor was frequently describes as a pair of plates.
A related item, the Corselet, is a comparatively light cuirass.

Koenig

König is the German language word for King. Family names derived from König are also spelled without the umlaut ö as Koenig or without correct transliteration of the umlaut just as Konig.