Inside the hall of Light's Hope Chapel, Archbishop Faol was holding a grand armor-bestowal ceremony.
Through an extremely elaborate process, the first suit of Lightforging Armor was being fitted onto Uther.
Archbishop Faol muttered prayers with an air of mysticism, sprinkling holy water over the Lightforging Armor components.
Then two strong male priests lifted the heavy Lightforging Armor components and fitted them onto Uther.
Incredibly heavy armor, a mystic mumbling prayers, and an unidentified liquid being splashed around.
The scene certainly looked ceremonial.
If Faol carried a censer and the atmosphere were made a little darker, this would be an Astartes armor-bestowal ceremony through and through!
The Lightforging Armor was astonishingly thick.
Its heavily protected sections were generally over three centimeters thick.
Besides its thickness, the armor had also been made much larger.
This left plenty of empty space inside the armor to pack in more shock-absorbing material.
The impact damage suffered from heavy hammer blows or falls would be greatly reduced.
Its appearance might be somewhat bulky.
But that drawback was nothing compared with the benefits!
The entire suit was very well designed, with almost no weak points anywhere.
This was a suit of Power Armor without its own power supply.
Since paladins needed their eyes to observe their surroundings, the helmet required visibility.
Two small viewing holes had been cut into its faceplate.
Very clear crystals were set into the holes.
This protective measure had only a limited effect.
It could only block attacks that were not particularly powerful.
But battlefields changed in an instant, and even a slight improvement in protection was welcome.
With all his Lightforging Armor fitted, Uther had become a true humanoid tank.
Lightforging iron itself was about as strong as steel.
Once infused with holy energy, however, the metal's hardness and toughness could