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| type         = misc
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| type               = cosmetic
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| image       = Dark Age Defender.png
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| image             = Dark Age Defender.png
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| team-colors  = no
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| used-by           = [[Demoman]]
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| used-by     = [[Demoman]]
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| equip-region      = left shoulder
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| released     = [[June 13, 2013 Patch]]
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| contributed-by    = {{Backpack Item Link|76561197993359730|2114954596}}
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| availability = {{purchase}}
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| released           = {{Patch name|6|13|2013}}<br>([[Second Workshop Content Pack]])
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| numbered     =  
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| availability       = {{avail|drop|craft|purchase|crate61|collectors|keyless-crate}}
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| loadout     = yes
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| trade              = yes
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| gift              = yes
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| marketable        = yes
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| paint              = no
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| rename            = yes
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| numbered           = no
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| loadout           = yes
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  | prefix          = The
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  | item-kind        = Cosmetic Armor
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  | item-description = This knight's armor will repel anything someone from the 12th century might throw at you, be it a rock, a sword, a thatched cottage or a Merlin.
 
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The '''Dark Age Defender''' is a [[Steam Workshop|community-created]] [[headwear]] item for the [[Demoman]].
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{{Quotation|'''The Demoman''', defending|I need some help holding them off!|sound=Demoman helpmedefend02.wav}}
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The '''Dark Age Defender''' is a [[Steam Workshop|community-created]] [[Cosmetic items|cosmetic item]] for the [[Demoman]]. It adds a wrought-iron [[w:Breastplate|breastplate]], [[w:Codpiece|codpiece]], and spiked [[w:Pauldron|pauldrons]] to the Demoman's default armour, in whole composing it into a set of medieval plate armour.
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The Dark Age Defender was [https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=8086 contributed] to the Steam Workshop.
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== Update history ==
 
== Update history ==
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'''{{Patch name|6|13|2013}}'''  
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'''{{Patch name|6|13|2013}}''' ([[Second Workshop Content Pack]])
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* Dark Age Defender was added to the game.
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* The Dark Age Defender was added to the game.
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'''{{item schema|6|17|2013}}'''
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* Removed "Back", "Feet" and "Pants (Demoman)" [[equip region]]s.
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'''{{Patch name|6|20|2013}}'''
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* {{Undocumented}} Fixed levels not showing up in-game.
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'''{{item schema|8|20|2013}}'''
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* Changed item type to Cosmetic Armor.
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'''{{Patch name|7|2|2013}}'''
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* {{Undocumented}} Added the Dark Age Defender to the [[item drop system]].
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'''{{Patch name|11|12|2013}}'''
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* {{Undocumented}} Added [[Strange]] quality.
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== Trivia ==
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* The item's name refers to the [[w:Dark Ages (historiography)|Dark Ages]], an outdated historiographical term for the Early Middle Ages (ca. 500–1000 AD). The term is now largely discouraged, as after [[w:Western Roman Empire|Roman times]], knowledge did not drop to the extent previously believed.
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** Although this item refers to the Dark Ages and the description mentions the 12th century, this type of plate armor is more akin to developments of the [[w:Late Middle Ages|Late Middle Ages]] (ca. 1300–1500).
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* The item description references [[w:Merlin|Merlin]], the famous wizard from [[w:Matter of Britain|Arthurian legend]].
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== Gallery ==
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<gallery>
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File:Dark Age Defender workshop preview.jpg|Steam Workshop thumbnail for the Dark Age Defender.
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</gallery>
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== See also ==
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* [[Glasgow Great Helm]]
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Latest revision as of 21:29, 29 August 2024

“
I need some help holding them off!
Click to listen
— The Demoman, defending
 ”

The Dark Age Defender is a community-created cosmetic item for the Demoman. It adds a wrought-iron breastplate, codpiece, and spiked pauldrons to the Demoman's default armour, in whole composing it into a set of medieval plate armour.

The Dark Age Defender was contributed to the Steam Workshop.

Update history

June 13, 2013 Patch (Second Workshop Content Pack)

  • The Dark Age Defender was added to the game.

June 17, 2013 [Item schema update]

June 20, 2013 Patch

  • [Undocumented] Fixed levels not showing up in-game.

August 20, 2013 [Item schema update]

  • Changed item type to Cosmetic Armor.

July 2, 2013 Patch

November 12, 2013 Patch

  • [Undocumented] Added Strange quality.

Trivia

  • The item's name refers to the Dark Ages, an outdated historiographical term for the Early Middle Ages (ca. 500–1000 AD). The term is now largely discouraged, as after Roman times, knowledge did not drop to the extent previously believed.
    • Although this item refers to the Dark Ages and the description mentions the 12th century, this type of plate armor is more akin to developments of the Late Middle Ages (ca. 1300–1500).
  • The item description references Merlin, the famous wizard from Arthurian legend.

Gallery

  • Steam Workshop thumbnail for the Dark Age Defender.

See also

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Workshop Gold Star.png Second Workshop Content Pack
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Tools
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