#lantern shield

From the Philadelphia Museum of Art

The lantern shield was an especially odd and rare Renaissance-era European weapon. In its most basic form, it is simply a shield combined with a lantern, used for fighting at night time. At some point, though, some enterprising young armorer decided that, well, we’re already incorporating a lantern into the design. What else can we add to it? So, several surviving examples are fitted with an integrated gauntlet, as well as a frankly irresponsible number of blades and spikes, giving a wielder a wide variety of offensive options. That said, the difficulty of their construction and rather niche use means that not many examples survive to the modern day.

This piece of kit is one of the most insane things ever. It's like a bug with a bunch of spikes that screams "don't mess with me". I couldn't imagine trying to fight with one let alone in the dark.

featuring cute halfling grandpa and his service dog he rides like a pony

This is my OC To̅mi Andrei illustrated by @cirenk! Her code name is Plasmasonic and she's velfen (half vampire and half-elf). This is a variation outfit for her new story: Plasmasonic: Deadtides.

Available on Redbubble!