[quote=@Leidenschaft]
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The guards' attire is made mostly of padded cloth and a nasal helm, equipped with a polearm usually, and a sword. The captains and lieutenants are better and more extravagantly armored. The Captain of the Guard is arrayed in a polished breastplate, dark leather pauldrons and a flowing white cape with the sigil of the Lord's House emblazoned on it. Guards will have the sigil stitched onto the left side of the chest or the right arm.
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You're plucking the chords of my deep affection for antiquated armour, sigils, and the like.