The Lord's Mail (also called the Armor of Morihaus or the Gift of Kynareth) is an artifact given to mortals by Kynareth, one of the Eight Divines. It is an ancient plated mithril cuirass of unsurpassable quality, considered to be heavy armor. It grants the wearer power to absorb or regenerate health, resist the effects of spells, and cure poison. It is said that whenever Kynareth deigns the wearer unworthy, the Lord's Mail will be taken away and hidden for the next chosen one. The Mail was originally owned during the Merethic Era by the bull Morihaus, a demiprince and early cultural hero of the Cyro-Nordics who was closely associated with Kynareth and the Lord. The cuirass is sacred to the Imperial Legion and the Imperial Cult, and is accepted as uniform in the Legion.
The cuirass was uncovered by the Eternal Champion during the Imperial Simulacrum in either Skyrim or Black Marsh (accounts vary). In the events leading up to the Warp in the West, a clue to the artifact's location was discovered by a witch living in the Iliac Bay region. In return for kidnapping the witch's great-granddaughter to become the witch's successor, she revealed the clue to a questing member of a knightly order, who retrieved it from the dungeon where it lay.
Later in the Third Era, the Mail came into the possession of the Imperial Legion. It was stored in a shrine in Castle Ebonheart, the seat of Imperial authority on Vvardenfell. In 3E 427, the cuirass was stolen by Furius Acilius, a member of the Legion, who then deserted and fled into the underground cave network beneath Ebonheart. A Knight Protector of the Legion recovered the cuirass and gave it to Varus Vantinius, the Knight of the Imperial Dragon on Vvardenfell. The Knight Protector later challenged Vantinius for the title of Knight of the Imperial Dragon; the two dueled in the arena of Vivec, and Vantinius was slain. The victor then claimed the Lord's Mail. Later that year, the cuirass was sold to Torasa Aram, who put it on display in her Museum of Artifacts in Mournhold.
Previous Owners:
- Morihaus
- Imperial Legion
- Furius Acilius, deserter
- Varus Vantinius, Knight of the Imperial Dragon
- Torasa Aram
Gallery
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Daggerfall (male)
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Daggerfall (female)
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Morrowind
See Also
For game-specific information, see the Arena, Daggerfall and Morrowind articles.