Saturday, August 25, 2018

Legion of Thrang - Gúlaran Fell-summoner



I've loved how the rewards from the Armory of Thrang boxes have forced me to get creative with my latest outfits. They've been a welcome addition to my repertoire of cosmetics, considering how much my creativity has lessened in recent months. I doubt I'll make something for each of the selectable weapons, as they've been a tad expensive. I've only collected four of them--out of a possible thirteen--and that alone set me back a whopping 3600 Ashes of Enchantment. I picked the short sword, staff, bow, and the two-handed axe. At this point, three of them have been featured. The axe will soon make an appearance, I promise.

Back to the outfit at hand, before I find myself getting distracted again!




Seeing as the Thrang weapons mainly have two colors, black and orange, finding clothing to match was incredibly difficult. I needed either skins that were primarily black with areas that would dye orange or skins that had bits of black and gray that could be dyed primarily orange. Unfortunately, there was very little to use...and I didn't want to reuse the Flame-touched Hauberk again so soon. The T2 Orthanc armor works very well, being black with white trims and maybe the occasional red, but those sets can't be dyed. The various Mordor sets, whether the crafted Doomfold gear or bartered ash gear, dyed well but didn't stylistically fit the Thrang weapons on their own. Beggars couldn't be choosers, so I made do with what I had. And I had to break with many of my fallback clothing combinations.


Luckily, I've been able to level several characters to 115 in the past year, which provided me with a decent pool of Mordor gear. Oddly enough, of all the ash equipment I'd collected, the "Of the Wyrm" pieces dyed the boldest and brightest. The Vanguard and Bane skins have a muted tone, which clashed with the saturated glow from the sword and staff. I loved the spikes on the medium and heavy gear. So much that I wanted them in this outfit. I took the heavy Wyrm gear and mixed it with various Orthanc pieces, finally settling on the Rune-keeper's Robe of Erebraw. Certainly, it's an unusual combination...but it works!


Head: Urdol-helm (Black, random chest reward from The Foundry instance)
Shoulders: Engraved Pauldrons of the Wyrm (Sunset orange, bartered from the Keeper of Mysteries - Heavy Armor)
Back: Woven Heavy Cloak of the Ash Plains (Sunset orange, Mordor Ultimate Edition package bonus)**
Chest: Robe of Erebraw (Default, Ox-clan Camp Rune-keeper class vendor)
Hands: Articulated Gauntlets of the Wyrm (Sunset orange, bartered from the Keeper of Mysteries - Heavy Armor)
Feet: Hardened Sabatons of the Wyrm (Sunset orange, bartered from the Keeper of Mysteries - Heavy Armor)

Staff: Thrang's Staff (Selectable reward from the Armory of Thrang box found at the Keeper of Mysteries vendor)
Sword: Thrang's Short Sword (Selectable reward from the Armory of Thrang box found at the Keeper of Mysteries vendor)

**If you don't have access to this cosmetic, the Woven Wool Cloak of the Pathfinder's Artifice or the Woven Wool Cloak of the Doomfold are excellent substitutes.

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