Motif · Book 8, A Parade of Horribles

The Cloak of the Benevolent Champion

The first celestial item on Earth, 'handed out like candy and venereal diseases'.

Segment appearances

• Chapter 8 — Hats; the Danforth; the godslayer box
• Chapter 9 — Radiant claws; the crupper's rant

Progression

The Crupper of the Benevolent Champion comes out of an origami swan (ch. 8); the set's buffs draw the AI's first rant on one of Donut's items (ch. 9).