Armor of Brutus

"I leave my family's armor here, one of the finest sets ever made. May you who finds it receive strength in battle."

- Marcus Junius Brutus in the first Scroll of Romulus.

The Armor of Brutus is an unbreakable set of armor available in Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood, once in the possession of the Assassin Marcus Junius Brutus. The armor was the greatest possession of a mysterious cult called the Followers of Romulus, as they believed that it had been worn by Romulus himself (this, however, was a lie told to them by Borgia Captains). The armor is unlocked by obtaining all the Romulus keys from the Scrolls of Romulus in the six secret lairs spread throughout the city of Rome.

It is the strongest armor in-game and is found alongside the Dagger of Brutus. Like the Armor of Altaïr, the Armor of Brutus has 25 health diamonds, and cannot be dyed nor broken.

Appearance
The armor looks much bulkier than Ezio Auditore's Master Assassin robes due to the fur cloak that is padded along the pauldron and around the neck of the hood. It is unknown when the fur was added, but it may have been a tribute to Romulus by his Followers. There is a silver eagle on the right shoulder that holds the cape up, as well as on the waist area where the Assassin insignia is on Ezio's other outfits. A second insignia is engraved onto the back of the armor as well.

The armor comes with a grey, short-sleeved robe that is worn underneath the breastplate. The bottom of the robes are in three layers, each one on top of the other, and come down to Ezio's knees. However, these layers act in a similar fashion to a kilt, completely covering the legs, whereas the Master Assassin robes part at the sides and front-to-back to keep movement unencumbered. This does not affect mobility in the game, however.

The armor set consists of both metal and leather. The chest armor and spaulders are mostly metal, while the vambraces and greaves are completely leather. The vambraces and greaves are also very plain-looking pieces of armor, having very little design compared to the rest of the armor. Unlike the vambraces bought in the game, the Vambraces of Brutus cover both of Ezio's forearms instead of only his right. The hood and cape, which appear to be connected, are colored red with a golden trim on the cape, however there is no detail on the hood itself, like on the casual hood you wear. It is also more rounded in shape similar to Altaïr's hood.

Trivia

 * The Armor of Brutus gives the same amount of health to Ezio Auditore as the Seusenhofer armor set, albeit the latter allows Ezio to wear his regular, customizable robes.
 * The Armor of Brutus is much older than the Armor of Altaïr, yet how it managed to remain as strong as Altaïr's - when his armor was made using a special formula taken from the Sixth Apple (as seen in Altaïr's Codex) - remains unknown.
 * The armor itself has many differences in design than its picture in the scroll. Firstly, most of the armor is colored black while the one in-game is silvery. There was no fur cloak in the scroll. There are two black decoratively designed vambraces in the picture in the scroll while in-game, there are two leather vambraces with little design. Also, the spaulders are gold as depicted in the scroll while the in-game version has silver spaulders.
 * The Armor of Brutus does not have a Hidden Gun or Poison Blade on the wrist, however this does not affect Ezio's ability to use these weapons.
 * When reliving memories after the Armor of Brutus has been acquired, it replaces Ezio Auditore's current armor if the memory does not have Ezio's current armor available at the Blacksmith.
 * While wearing the armor, Ezio's Climb Leap Glove does not appear, though its functions remain.
 * While wearing the armor, the cape will always be red with a golden trim. The effect of the cape equipped still applies, however.
 * Because of the length of the armor Ezio kicks through it when running, so that the back of his foot can be seen.
 * In one of the movies taking place during Julius Caesar's assassination, Marcus is seen wearing armor very similar to the Armor of Brutus.
 * Some outfits that are specially obtained (such as the Helmschmied Drachen armour) replace the Armor of Brutus' apperance in-game, though it's health and resistance benefits stay the same.
 * Even though the ability to weild dual Hidden Blades was supposedly invented by Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad some time after 1191, the Armor of Brutus already has two blades; despite the fact that Brutus died in 42 BC.

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