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The Blackguard armor is a suit of armor employed by the many clans of the Blackguard.{{Ref/Site|Id=CFMyths|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/news/myths-mysteries|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Canon Fodder - Myths & Mysteries|D=31|M=8|Y=2021}}
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The '''Blackguard armor''' is a suit of armor employed by the many clans of the Blackguard.{{Ref/Site|Id=CFMyths|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/news/myths-mysteries|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Canon Fodder - Myths & Mysteries|D=31|M=8|Y=2021}}


==In-game information==
==In-game information==
The Blackguard armors were implemented for use in ''[[Halo: The Master Chief Collection]]'' in [[Season 8: Mythic]]. The helmets are available for use in the ''[[Halo 3]]'' and ''[[Halo: Reach]]'' components of the collection, while all other parts of the armor suite are only available for use as [[Armor customization (Halo 3)|''Halo 3'' permutations]].
The Blackguard armors were implemented for use in ''[[Halo: The Master Chief Collection]]'' in [[Series 8: Mythic]]. The helmets are available for use in the ''[[Halo 3]]'' and ''[[Halo: Reach]]'' components of the collection, while all other parts of the armor suite are only available for use as [[Armor customization (Halo 3)|''Halo 3'' permutations]].
===Helmets===
===Helmets===
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|[[File:HTMCC H3 Blackguard AshenCrown Helmet Icon.png|75px]]<br/>Blackguard Ashen Crown helmet
|[[File:HTMCC H3 Blackguard AshenCrown Helmet Icon.png|75px]]<br/>Blackguard Ashen Crown helmet
|align="left"|Blackguard Ashen Crown description.
|align="left"|It is better to rule in shadows than serve in the light.
|[[Season 8: Mythic|Season 8]], Tier 89 ({{SeasonPoint|1}})
|[[Series 8: Mythic|Series 8]], Tier 89 ({{SeasonPoint|1}})
|[[Season 8: Mythic|Season 8]], Tier 19 ({{SeasonPoint|1}})
|[[Series 8: Mythic|Series 8]], Tier 19 ({{SeasonPoint|1}})
|- align="center"
|- align="center"
|[[File:HTMCC H3 Blackguard Warfeast Helmet Icon.png|75px]]<br/>Blackguard Warfeast helmet
|[[File:HTMCC H3 Blackguard Warfeast Helmet Icon.png|75px]]<br/>Blackguard Warfeast helmet
|align="left"|Blackguard Warfeast helmet Description.
|align="left"|Bitterness and pride alloyed into frozen iron.
|[[Season 8: Mythic|Season 8]], Tier 29 ({{SeasonPoint|1}})
|[[Series 8: Mythic|Series 8]], Tier 29 ({{SeasonPoint|1}})
|[[Season 8: Mythic|Season 8]], Tier 21 ({{SeasonPoint|1}})
|[[Series 8: Mythic|Series 8]], Tier 21 ({{SeasonPoint|1}})
|- align="center"
|- align="center"
|[[File:HTMCC H3 Blackguard ForsakenDragon Helmet Icon.png|75px]]<br/>Blackguard Forsaken Dragon helmet
|[[File:HTMCC H3 Blackguard ForsakenDragon Helmet Icon.png|75px]]<br/>Blackguard Forsaken Dragon helmet
|align="left"|Blackguard Forsaken Dragon helmet Description.
|align="left"|There is no fall from grace, only an awakening to reality.
|[[Season 8: Mythic|Season 8]], Tier 51 ({{SeasonPoint|1}})
|[[Series 8: Mythic|Series 8]], Tier 51 ({{SeasonPoint|1}})
|[[Season 8: Mythic|Season 8]], Tier 37 ({{SeasonPoint|1}})
|[[Series 8: Mythic|Series 8]], Tier 37 ({{SeasonPoint|1}})
|- align="center"
|- align="center"
|[[File:HTMCC H3 Blackguard CarrionCrow Helmet Icon.png|75px]]<br/>Blackguard Carrion Crow helmet
|[[File:HTMCC H3 Blackguard CarrionCrow Helmet Icon.png|75px]]<br/>Blackguard Carrion Crow helmet
|align="left"|Blackguard CarrionCrow helmet Description.
|align="left"|Some are born to taste ill winds.
|[[Season 8: Mythic|Season 8]], Tier 68 ({{SeasonPoint|1}})
|[[Series 8: Mythic|Series 8]], Tier 68 ({{SeasonPoint|1}})
|[[Season 8: Mythic|Season 8]], Tier 49 ({{SeasonPoint|1}})
|[[Series 8: Mythic|Series 8]], Tier 49 ({{SeasonPoint|1}})
|- align="center"
|- align="center"
|[[File:HTMCC H3 Blackguard SorrowfulVisage Helmet Icon.png|75px]]<br/>Blackguard Sorrowful Visage helmet
|[[File:HTMCC H3 Blackguard SorrowfulVisage Helmet Icon.png|75px]]<br/>Blackguard Sorrowful Visage helmet
|align="left"|Blackguard Sorrowful Visage helmet description.
|align="left"|Fear can be honed to a sharpness keener than any blade.
|[[Season 8: Mythic|Season 8]], Tier 82 ({{SeasonPoint|1}})
|[[Series 8: Mythic|Series 8]], Tier 82 ({{SeasonPoint|1}})
|[[Season 8: Mythic|Season 8]], Tier 73 ({{SeasonPoint|1}})
|[[Series 8: Mythic|Series 8]], Tier 73 ({{SeasonPoint|1}})
|- align="center"
|[[File:HTMCC H3 Blackguard FallenEquerry Helmet Icon.png|75px]]<br/>Blackguard Fallen Equerry helmet
|align="left"|Those who were closest to the light can learn to appreciate the dark.
|N/A
|N/A
|}
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|[[File:HTMCC H3 Blackguard KnightOfVerent Shoulder Icon.png|75px]]<br/>Blackguard Knight of Verent shoulders
|[[File:HTMCC H3 Blackguard KnightOfVerent Shoulder Icon.png|75px]]<br/>Blackguard Knight of Verent shoulders
|align="left"|Blackguard Knight of Verent shoulders description.
|align="left"|Renowed as pirates and smugglers, the blackguard of Verent cast greedy eyes on the land below their skyborne castle.
|[[Season 8: Mythic|Season 8]], Tier 18 ({{SeasonPoint|1}})
|[[Series 8: Mythic|Series 8]], Tier 18 ({{SeasonPoint|1}})
|- align="center"
|- align="center"
|[[File:HTMCC H3 Blackguard KnightOfVenezia Shoulder Icon.png|75px]]<br/>Blackguard Knight of Venezia shoulders
|[[File:HTMCC H3 Blackguard KnightOfVenezia Shoulder Icon.png|75px]]<br/>Blackguard Knight of Venezia shoulders
|align="left"|Blackguard Knight of Venezia shoulders description.
|align="left"|As acquisitive and greedy as any Jackal, the merchant-thieves of Venezia prowl the outskirts of war, looking for the vulnerable and unlucky.
|[[Season 8: Mythic|Season 8]], Tier 31 ({{SeasonPoint|1}})
|[[Series 8: Mythic|Series 8]], Tier 31 ({{SeasonPoint|1}})
|- align="center"
|- align="center"
|[[File:HTMCC H3 Blackguard KnightOfAleria Shoulder Icon.png|75px]]<br/>Blackguard Knight of Aleria shoulders
|[[File:HTMCC H3 Blackguard KnightOfAleria Shoulder Icon.png|75px]]<br/>Blackguard Knight of Aleria shoulders
|align="left"|Blackguard Knight of Aleria shoulders description.
|align="left"|The necrotechs and corpse-grinders of Aleria labor over moldy tomes and strange ichors to uncover secrets best left buried.
|[[Season 8: Mythic|Season 8]], Tier 65 ({{SeasonPoint|1}})
|[[Series 8: Mythic|Series 8]], Tier 65 ({{SeasonPoint|1}})
|- align="center"
|- align="center"
|[[File:HTMCC H3 Blackguard KnightOfMadrigal Shoulder Icon.png|75px]]<br/>Blackguard Knight of Madrigal shoulders
|[[File:HTMCC H3 Blackguard KnightOfMadrigal Shoulder Icon.png|75px]]<br/>Blackguard Knight of Madrigal shoulders
|align="left"|Blackguard Knight of Madrigal shoulders description.
|align="left"|The fall wardens of Madrigal are siegemasters and alchemists of peerless skill and unfathomable cruelty.
|[[Season 8: Mythic|Season 8]], Tier 87 ({{SeasonPoint|1}})
|[[Series 8: Mythic|Series 8]], Tier 87 ({{SeasonPoint|1}})
|}
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|[[File:HTMCC H3 Blackguard Banetouched Chest Icon.png|75px]]<br/>Blackguard Banetouched chest
|[[File:HTMCC H3 Blackguard Banetouched Chest Icon.png|75px]]<br/>Blackguard Banetouched chest
|align="left"|Blackguard Banetouched chest description.
|align="left"|BLACKGUARD plate is worn by fallen lords and outcast knights who nurse ancient grudges in the tattered edges of civilization
|[[Season 8: Mythic|Season 8]], Tier 34 ({{SeasonPoint|1}})
|[[Series 8: Mythic|Series 8]], Tier 34 ({{SeasonPoint|1}})
|- align="center"
|- align="center"
|[[File:HTMCC H3 Blackguard Margrave Chest Icon.png|75px]]<br/>Blackguard Margrave chest
|[[File:HTMCC H3 Blackguard Margrave Chest Icon.png|75px]]<br/>Blackguard Margrave chest
|align="left"|Blackguard Margrave chest description.
|align="left"|Renegade princelings and once-blessed lords of Tribute and Venezia are powerful if unpredictable allies against the Covenant hordes.
|[[Season 8: Mythic|Season 8]], Tier 93 ({{SeasonPoint|1}})
|[[Series 8: Mythic|Series 8]], Tier 93 ({{SeasonPoint|1}})
|}
|}


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|[[File:HTMCC H3 Blackguard BaneMarked Forearms Icon.png|75px]]<br/>Blackguard Bane Marked forearms
|[[File:HTMCC H3 Blackguard BaneMarked Forearms Icon.png|75px]]<br/>Blackguard Bane Marked forearms
|align="left"|Blackguard Bane Marked forearms description.
|align="left"|Renegades have access to arts and armor banned by the enlightened [[SolCore|Solarian Core]].
|[[Season 8: Mythic|Season 8]], Tier 53 ({{SeasonPoint|1}})
|[[Series 8: Mythic|Series 8]], Tier 53 ({{SeasonPoint|1}})
|- align="center"
|- align="center"
|[[File:HTMCC H3 Blackguard SorrowMarked Forearms Icon.png|75px]]<br/>Blackguard Sorrow Marked forearms
|[[File:HTMCC H3 Blackguard SorrowMarked Forearms Icon.png|75px]]<br/>Blackguard Sorrow Marked forearms
|align="left"|Blackguard Sorrow Marked forearms description.
|align="left"|The scales must always be balanced
|[[Season 8: Mythic|Season 8]], Tier 96 ({{SeasonPoint|1}})
|[[Series 8: Mythic|Series 8]], Tier 96 ({{SeasonPoint|1}})
|}
|}


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|[[File:HTMCC H3 Blackguard TributeKeep Legs Icon.png|75px]]<br/>Blackguard Tribute Keep legs
|[[File:HTMCC H3 Blackguard TributeKeep Legs Icon.png|75px]]<br/>Blackguard Tribute Keep legs
|align="left"|Blackguard Tribute Keep legs desctription.
|align="left"|The outer kingdoms are no place for the weak or hopeful.
|[[Season 8: Mythic|Season 8]], Tier 32 ({{SeasonPoint|1}})
|[[Series 8: Mythic|Series 8]], Tier 32 ({{SeasonPoint|1}})
|- align="center"
|- align="center"
|[[File:HTMCC H3 BlackGuard FarIsleKeep Legs Icon.png|75px]]<br/>Blackguard Far Isle Keep legs
|[[File:HTMCC H3 BlackGuard FarIsleKeep Legs Icon.png|75px]]<br/>Blackguard Far Isle Keep legs
|align="left"|Blackguard Far Isle Keep legs description.
|align="left"|The thrice-damned armorers who dwell in the haunted ruins of Far Isle serve any who pay their tithe of adamantium and bones.
|[[Season 8: Mythic|Season 8]], Tier 72 ({{SeasonPoint|1}})
|[[Series 8: Mythic|Series 8]], Tier 72 ({{SeasonPoint|1}})
|}
 
===Back Accsessory===
{| class="wikitable" style="width: 75%;"
! style="width: 15%"|Chest
! style="width: 55%"|Description
! style="width: 30%"|Unlock requirements<br/>(''Halo 3'')
|- align="center"
|[[File:HTMCC H3 Sorrowmourn Backpack Icon.png|75px]]<br/>Sorrowmourn back accessory
|align="left"|Its blade is a thorn of malice.
|[[Series 8: Mythic|Series 8]], Tier 22 ({{SeasonPoint|1}})
|- align="center"
|[[File:HTMCC H3 EvalachsLament Backpack Icon.png|75px]]<br/>Evalach's Lament back accessory
|align="left"|Ambition is your shield.
|[[Series 8: Mythic|Series 8]], [[Challenges/Halo: The Master Chief Collection|Challenge]]: Lamentable
|- align="center"
|[[File:HTMCC H3 Ironburst Backpack Icon.png|75px]]<br/>Ironburst back accessory
|align="left"|This mace has shattered the bones of countless heroes and villains.
|[[Series 8: Mythic|Series 8]], [[The Exchange]], ({{SeasonPoint|3}})
|}
|}
==Production notes==
{{Quote|The faith of the newly converted burns bright enough to consume any truth.{{Ref/Reuse|CFMyths}}}}
The [[MCC Insider|Flight]] preview builds for ''[[Series 8: Mythic]]'' contained an additional helmet that was later [[Cut Halo: The Master Chief Collection customization|cut from]] the final release. The helmet, ''Blackguard Tearful Bishop'', was featured in the original flight and given an official description in the accompanying [[Canon Fodder]] article released alongside the armours - though ultimately absent from the final release.{{Ref/Reuse|CFMyths}} The ''Halo'' 20th Anniversary celebration event in November 2021 ultimately saw a redesigned form of the ''Tearful Bishop'', the ''Fallen Equerry'', added into the game.
<gallery>
File:HTMCC H3 BlackguardTearfulBishop.jpg|The original Tearful Bishop helmet.
File:HTMCC H3 Blackguard FallenEquerry Helmet Icon.png|The redesigned Fallen Equerry helmet icon.
</gallery>


==List of appearances==
==List of appearances==
*''[[Halo 3]]'' {{1st}} {{C|''Halo: The Master Chief Collection'' only}}
*''[[Halo 3]]'' {{1st|MCC}}
*''[[Halo: Reach]]'' {{C|''Halo: The Master Chief Collection'' only}}
*''[[Halo: Reach]]'' {{MCCo}}


==Sources==
==Sources==
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[[Category:Halo 3 multiplayer armor permutations]]
[[Category:Halo 3 multiplayer armor permutations]]
[[Category:Halo: Reach multiplayer armor permutations]]
[[Category:Halo: Reach multiplayer armor permutations]]

Latest revision as of 06:37, March 22, 2023

An image used for the Fracture notice.
 This article contains information from the Blackguard Fractures universe, and is not a part of the established Halo canon. To learn more information about the Blackguard universe, see its article.

The Blackguard armor is a suit of armor employed by the many clans of the Blackguard.[1]

In-game information[edit]

The Blackguard armors were implemented for use in Halo: The Master Chief Collection in Series 8: Mythic. The helmets are available for use in the Halo 3 and Halo: Reach components of the collection, while all other parts of the armor suite are only available for use as Halo 3 permutations.

Helmets[edit]

Chest Description Unlock requirements
(Halo 3) 		Unlock requirements
(Halo: Reach)
HTMCC Season 8 battlepass icon.
Blackguard Ashen Crown helmet 		It is better to rule in shadows than serve in the light. Series 8, Tier 89 (Spartan Point 1) Series 8, Tier 19 (Spartan Point 1)
HTMCC Season 8 battlepass icon.
Blackguard Warfeast helmet 		Bitterness and pride alloyed into frozen iron. Series 8, Tier 29 (Spartan Point 1) Series 8, Tier 21 (Spartan Point 1)
HTMCC Season 8 battlepass icon.
Blackguard Forsaken Dragon helmet 		There is no fall from grace, only an awakening to reality. Series 8, Tier 51 (Spartan Point 1) Series 8, Tier 37 (Spartan Point 1)
HTMCC Season 8 battlepass icon.
Blackguard Carrion Crow helmet 		Some are born to taste ill winds. Series 8, Tier 68 (Spartan Point 1) Series 8, Tier 49 (Spartan Point 1)
HTMCC Season 8 battlepass icon.
Blackguard Sorrowful Visage helmet 		Fear can be honed to a sharpness keener than any blade. Series 8, Tier 82 (Spartan Point 1) Series 8, Tier 73 (Spartan Point 1)
MCC Menu icon.
Blackguard Fallen Equerry helmet 		Those who were closest to the light can learn to appreciate the dark. N/A N/A

Shoulders[edit]

Chest Description Unlock requirements
(Halo 3)
HTMCC Season 8 battlepass icon.
Blackguard Knight of Verent shoulders 		Renowed as pirates and smugglers, the blackguard of Verent cast greedy eyes on the land below their skyborne castle. Series 8, Tier 18 (Spartan Point 1)
HTMCC Season 8 battlepass icon.
Blackguard Knight of Venezia shoulders 		As acquisitive and greedy as any Jackal, the merchant-thieves of Venezia prowl the outskirts of war, looking for the vulnerable and unlucky. Series 8, Tier 31 (Spartan Point 1)
HTMCC Season 8 battlepass icon.
Blackguard Knight of Aleria shoulders 		The necrotechs and corpse-grinders of Aleria labor over moldy tomes and strange ichors to uncover secrets best left buried. Series 8, Tier 65 (Spartan Point 1)
HTMCC Season 8 battlepass icon.
Blackguard Knight of Madrigal shoulders 		The fall wardens of Madrigal are siegemasters and alchemists of peerless skill and unfathomable cruelty. Series 8, Tier 87 (Spartan Point 1)

Chest[edit]

Chest Description Unlock requirements
(Halo 3)
HTMCC Season 8 battlepass icon.
Blackguard Banetouched chest 		BLACKGUARD plate is worn by fallen lords and outcast knights who nurse ancient grudges in the tattered edges of civilization Series 8, Tier 34 (Spartan Point 1)
HTMCC Season 8 battlepass icon.
Blackguard Margrave chest 		Renegade princelings and once-blessed lords of Tribute and Venezia are powerful if unpredictable allies against the Covenant hordes. Series 8, Tier 93 (Spartan Point 1)

Forearms[edit]

Chest Description Unlock requirements
(Halo 3)
HTMCC Season 8 battlepass icon.
Blackguard Bane Marked forearms 		Renegades have access to arts and armor banned by the enlightened Solarian Core. Series 8, Tier 53 (Spartan Point 1)
HTMCC Season 8 battlepass icon.
Blackguard Sorrow Marked forearms 		The scales must always be balanced Series 8, Tier 96 (Spartan Point 1)

Legs[edit]

Chest Description Unlock requirements
(Halo 3)
HTMCC Season 8 battlepass icon.
Blackguard Tribute Keep legs 		The outer kingdoms are no place for the weak or hopeful. Series 8, Tier 32 (Spartan Point 1)
HTMCC Season 8 battlepass icon.
Blackguard Far Isle Keep legs 		The thrice-damned armorers who dwell in the haunted ruins of Far Isle serve any who pay their tithe of adamantium and bones. Series 8, Tier 72 (Spartan Point 1)

Back Accsessory[edit]

Chest Description Unlock requirements
(Halo 3)
HTMCC Season 8 battlepass icon.
Sorrowmourn back accessory 		Its blade is a thorn of malice. Series 8, Tier 22 (Spartan Point 1)
HTMCC Season 8 battlepass icon.
Evalach's Lament back accessory 		Ambition is your shield. Series 8, Challenge: Lamentable
MCC Season 8 menu icon.
Ironburst back accessory 		This mace has shattered the bones of countless heroes and villains. Series 8, The Exchange, (Spartan Point 3)

Production notes[edit]

"The faith of the newly converted burns bright enough to consume any truth.[1]"

The Flight preview builds for Series 8: Mythic contained an additional helmet that was later cut from the final release. The helmet, Blackguard Tearful Bishop, was featured in the original flight and given an official description in the accompanying Canon Fodder article released alongside the armours - though ultimately absent from the final release.[1] The Halo 20th Anniversary celebration event in November 2021 ultimately saw a redesigned form of the Tearful Bishop, the Fallen Equerry, added into the game.

  • The original Tearful Bishop helmet.

    The original Tearful Bishop helmet.

  • The redesigned Fallen Equerry helmet icon.

    The redesigned Fallen Equerry helmet icon.

List of appearances[edit]

  • Halo 3 (First appearance; Halo: The Master Chief Collection-only)
  • Halo: Reach (Halo: The Master Chief Collection-only)

Sources[edit]

  1. ^ a b c Halo Waypoint, Canon Fodder - Myths & Mysteries (Retrieved on Aug 31, 2021) [archive]

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