Bracers to the death

The bracers to the death were a specific set of bracers of defense that circulated around Faerûn during the 14 century DR.

Powers
These magical bracers greatly increased the defenses of the wearer, assuming they were wearing no armor other than simple clothes.

History
The bracers once belonged to a gladiator of an unknown land, who wore them while fighting in the arena for decades. While he was undefeated for years, he was finally killed the day that the bracers to the death went missing.

During the 1360's, rumors circulated that they were still worn by those who engaged in feats of competitive combat. In truth they had been in the possession of the mage Davaeorn, who had been working as an agent of the Iron Throne within the mines beneath the Cloak Wood forest.

By the Year of the Gauntlet, 1369 DR they had come into the possession of another wizard Mekrath, who had imprisoned the tiefling performer Haer'Dalis beneath the Temple District of Athkatla.

Notable Owners

 * Elan Garaq, a rakshasa trader in the Black Pits.
 * Dulf Ebonbeard, Gerrold Darkfellow, and Gezzthemin from Dennaton's gladiatorial Thayvian arena.

Appearances

 * Video games
 * Baldur's Gate series (Baldur's Gate &bull;Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn &bull;Baldur's Gate: The Black Pits &bull;Baldur's Gate II: The Black Pits II – Gladiators of Thay)