Death of the Iron Lords

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Iron Camelot Bond: "Forged in remembrance of Skorri, she who sang out the Iron Song."

Iron Camelot Cloak: "Forged in remembrance of Gheleon, he who was a true Guardian to the people."

Iron Camelot Mark: "Forged in remembrance of Radegast, he who was first among the peers of the Iron Banner."

Iron Camelot Hood: "Forged in remembrance of Felwinter, he who stared into the Void."

Iron Camelot Casque: "Forged in remembrance of Efrideet, she whose keen eye never missed her mark."

Iron Camelot Helm: "Forged in remembrance of Silimar, he who was the Last City's first wall."

Iron Camelot Gloves: "Forged in remembrance of Timur, he whom the City's enemies dreaded most."

Iron Camelot Grips: "Forged in remembrance of Perun, she who hunted the Darkness where it dwelt."

Iron Camelot Gauntlets: "Forged in remembrance of Jolder, she whose mighty hammer taught the Darkness fear."

These are the nine new PS4 exclusive IB items. Each is dedicated to an Iron Lord, each one forged in their memory. In addition, we get canon genders for each Lord (not super important, just something cool that I like to see). These items also seem to prove one very important thing:

The Iron Lords are dead.

However, the tale goes to much deeper and darker places - places of war and betrayal. But I get ahead of myself. Let us pull back to where all good stories start: the beginning.

While no one truly knows how the Iron Lords came to be, the "when" is quite clear. They stood as an unbreakable line during the Battle of Six Fronts. They never wavered, they never broke, they never failed. They were the Wall before the Wall existed. The Wall was built around them. (Iron Banner)

Then something changed. The invincible bond created between them was broken. For while no external threat could ever hope to crack the iron, internal strife can fell even the mightiest of heroes. As Gheleon was quoted as saying, "Thought we formed the Banner to fight the Darkness, not ourselves. Just don't bode well, s'all I'm sayin'" (Segoth's Head). And he was right. While the exact cause of this strife is unknown, I shall present my own theory.

Felwinter, tainted by his study of the Void, attacked and killed Radegast, the leader of the Iron Lords. In the attack, Radegast's blade was shattered, and the Iron Banner shattered with it; for it was said, "So long as this sword was whole, the Iron Banner could not be broken" (Radegast's Blade). And thus began a terrible civil war. The ferocity of the fighting is evident in the weapons that now bear their names: Fury, Revenge, Wrath, Fire...

In the end, only one remained, and only because she chose to step aside before all was lost. Skorri was left alone. "They say she's apart from the Iron Banner, yet she sings songs of her lost companions" (Skorri's Dirge). In mourning, she sang the Iron Song, a testament to her loss and the danger that now faced the City. For without the Iron Lords, how could the Wall stand unbroken?

Skorri's call was heard.

"In our darkest hour, nine Iron Wolves emerged from the ruins. Under a red dawn, the Iron Wolves gathered beneath the Ironwood. And beneath its branches, the Iron Wolves forged an unbreakable oath."

And so the Iron Banner lives, now under the watchful eye of the Iron Wolves. May they not repeat the mistakes of the past.

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