Tags:

Cosmetics armor Clothing Other

Authors:

AladarCZ, svanax

Side:

Both

Created:

Dec 31st 2025 at 10:56 AM

Last modified:

Apr 22nd at 2:42 PM

Downloads:

36927

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Latest release (for Vintage Story 1.22.0, potentially outdated):
Forgotten Armory_Varangian v1.1.0.zip  1-click install

"Before the calamity. Before the rot set in. Before the Blackguards and the Forlorn Hope marched.
There was an age of wealth and power — master craftsmen forged blades fit for kings, knights grew fat on coin and blood, women wove their own webs of influence, and lords ruled with iron hands.
Wars raged in the name of the king, calling the boldest and the strongest to seize glory — or die chasing it.

That meant every blacksmith, craftsman, and worker strove to give their best. The most skilled members of the guilds approached the status of scholars and devoted their entire lives to perfecting the crafts they were so deeply committed to.

In these times, armors of unquestionable quality appeared, forged with techniques that only the greatest of masters could replicate.

All of this, of course, is now lost to time.
What remains are a few forgotten scrolls, passed down through generations scarred by hardship and suffering, now left to rot on dust-choked shelves and in the deepest shadows of abandoned strongholds.
Only a handful of these schematics survived the devastating scourge of rot, scattered across the broken world — waiting to be unearthed, claimed, and brought back to glory!

The forge of excellence and perfection awaits you — step forward, and let your hands reignite the flame that shapes destiny."

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This series of mods aims to introduce historically inspired armors into the game.
This one is dedicated to the Varangian style.

Armors added by this mod are improved versions of the vanilla items, which serve as the base for crafting these modded armors.
Varangian armor is universal and versitale, matching the Greenwich variants from other mod.

You will need a specific schematic, which can be found in newly generated ruins or may appear at the Treasure Trader once he restocks after you install this mod.
Due to the rarity of these schematics, their price won’t exactly be a bargain.

Anyway, this is a simple content mod at heart.
I’m aware that the recipes are VERY expensive, and that’s intentional — these armors represent very late-game technology. On the bright side, once crafted, the armor is easy to maintain.

Of course, all feedback is welcome, and the availability of this armor in survival mode can be rebalanced in the future if there’s enough pushback.

Compatibilities:(only for 1.21.x)

Combat Overhaul
Useful Traders

Hope you enjoy!

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Roadmap

(without any commitment and subject to change)

Greenwich style (plate armorvariation) - DONE	Gothic style (plate armor variation) - DONE	Templar style (plate, scale, mail armor variation) - DONE
Landzknecht style (brigandine armor variation) - DONE	Hussar style (brigandine, plate armor variation) - DONE	Jousting style (plate armor variation) Planned
Maximilian armor style (plate armor variation) Planned	Conquistador style (Brigandine armor variation) Planned	English longbowmen (mail / leather variations) Planned
Hussites (mail / leather variarions) Planned	Armor styles outside of European / Shields / Optimisation	and More

... and anything that comes to my mind during development or maybe is suggested by you guys :-) 
speaking of

Mods made by commision and generously shared with yall

(not every one is going to be shared)

Chineese dynasties style (scale armor variations)

Viking style (plate + chain armor variations)

Varangian style (plate + scale armor variations)

Thanks to

ToR, Crazedwolf (and the whole Thrones of Emberfall server) for the commision

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[Scene: Early morning in the forge. The air smells of oil and hot iron.
On the central rack stands a strange armor: unmistakably reminiscent
of lorica segmentata ]

Thomas (slowly, incredulously):
…Master.
Is that…
Roman?

Master Eldred (without looking up, hammering calmly):
What?

Thomas (stepping closer, squinting):
Because it really looks like lorica segmentata of the ancients.
Did you… run out of ideas?

[The hammer stops mid-air. Eldred turns his head just enough for one furious eye to be visible.]

Master Eldred (low, offended):
Beg you pardon?

Thomas (grinning, poking the armor):
I mean… returning to the wisdom of men who thought plumbing was magic?
What’s next, master — bronze helmets and short swords?

Master Eldred (snaps fully around):
You watch your tongue, boy.
And more importantly — your eyes.
This is not Roman legionary armor.

Thomas (raising an eyebrow):
Oh?
Because the Romans would like a word.
Several words probably.

Master Eldred (booming):
THIS is Varangian armor!

Thomas (bursts out laughing):
Varangian!? Master, the Varangians are Norsemen!
From Kievan Rus! Big axes, mail shirts, fur, round shields!
This—this is straight out of an imperial parade ground!

Master Eldred (snorts with absolute contempt):
That is what scribes say.
Men who never held a hammer.
Never marched. Never bled.

Thomas (scholarly, enjoying himself):
With respect, master, the Varangian Guard serve Byzantium.
They are Scandinavians!

Master Eldred (eyes blazing, stepping closer):
And what if I told you, Thomas…
that the entire northern look is wrong?

Thomas (grinning):
I’d tell you you’ve finally lost it.

Master Eldred (triumphant, arms wide):
Then prepare to be educated.

[He slams a hand onto the segmented cuirass, metal ringing.]

Master Eldred:
The Varangians marched south boy!
They entered the empire.
They saw Roman discipline, Roman engineering, Roman steel.
Do you think Emperor would leave them walking around in furs like savages?

Thomas (dryly):
Well...

Master Eldred:
They ADOPT IT!
They improve it!
They make it fit their brutality!

[He gestures wildly to the armor.]

Master Eldred:
This is lorica segmentata as it should have evolved!
Thicker bands!
Stronger fastenings!
Built for axe blows, not Gallic peasants with sticks!
Flexible like mail, rigid like plate!
Perfect for elite guards sworn to emperors!

Thomas (arms crossed, amused):
So…
You’re saying every depiction of fur-clad Norse Varangians is wrong…
And you are fixing history?

Master Eldred (without hesitation):
YES.

Thomas:
All of it?

Master Eldred:
ALL OF IT.

Thomas (laughing):
Master… historians are going to riot.

Master Eldred (snorts):
Let them! I forge truth, not consensus.

Thomas (shaking his head, smiling):
One day, master, someone will write a book about you.

Master Eldred (picking up his hammer):
They already have, Thomas.
They just haven’t realized it yet.

[Hammer strikes steel. The segmented plates gleam ominously in the firelight.
Thomas watches, half-amused, half-impressed, as yet another chapter of history
is violently rewritten.]