Bronze scale hauberk

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First appears

Book 2 · Ch. 15

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The Bronze scale hauberk first appears in Deadhouse Gates as the standard-issue armor of the Seventh's medium infantry, worn beneath reinforced bronze helmet cages and chain camails. Across the series, this armor type becomes emblematic of the Malazan Empire's disciplined, professional soldiery, its distinctive bronze scales glinting on battlefields from the deserts of Raraku to the streets of Y'Ghatan. As the narrative expands, the hauberk evolves from mere equipment into a symbol of the Empire's reach and the soldiers' endurance, its wearers often marked by the scars of distant campaigns.