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Much later, after several secret relocations, one priest noted that the helmet was indeed turning by its own will, but not toward the ancient battlefield where Prince Lehimn met his end. According to him, the helmet seemed to be looking towards the the [[Golden Valley]] region in the lands of [[Lómaner]] but at the time could not speculate as to why.
'''Chapter 5: Inheritance of the Meek'''
From time to time artisans and priests would get the opportunity to secretly study the Shadow Wraith set and would come close to making similar strength swords and shields, but the armor set itself was still beyond their knowledge. Most who did study the armor came to the conclusion that it truly had to be made from the hide of a creature that did not exist in these lands, and without that hide replication would be impossible.
The Shadow Wraith set would exchange hands on quite a few occasions over time as its only real value to most leaders was for barter with other kingdoms. Many wanted to display the armor in their castles as a testament of their wealth, but more often than not, it would be kept in some vault or guarded keep at the insistence of the churches.
During one contentious period, the Queen of Saena learned that her neighboring ally Boraweth had possession of the Shadow Wraith set and after a failed negotiation to obtain the armor civilly, she set her troops to burn their crops, kill their forest animals, dam up their only fishing river, and rob any food caravans that might bring imports to them.
It took only a matter of months to begin starving Boraweth kingdom as their food access was practically cut off. Having tried to keep the Shadow Wraith set off of the bargaining table, King Dikai acquiesced to the Saenan Queen’s demands when he saw the children too weak to even play.
The Queen of Saena patted herself on the back for obtaining the legendary Shadow Wraith set without paying a single coin and obtaining for her own kingdom a large bountiful harvest of food and gold taken from the trade caravans trying to get through to her neighbor. She would soon pay dearly for her acts as the over abundance of grain and food being kept in makeshift storehouses attracted plague rats and locusts.
Within a year the Kingdom of Saena was falling due to pestilence and disease. The Saenan Queen and her family would be killed by her own subjects when they learned why this misfortune had befallen them and soon Saena was merged with the lesser Boraweth of whom their Queen had starved to obtain the Shadow Wraith set. This brought the set right back into the hands of King Dikai who had it to begin with.
The King of the merged kingdom Bora-Sae immediately sent word through church proxies that the Shadow Wraith set was up for trade in exchange for medicines, foods, and the services of healers. He came to see the Shadow Wraith set as a bane on any kingdom and wanted nothing more to do with it. He even wrote on the sales ledger ‘It destroys from within!’
''To Be Continued...''
