Arena:Auriel's Shield/Intro

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Artifact: Auriel's Shield (lore page)
Shares Appearance With	Ebony Kite Shield
Statistics
Rating	-3 AC
Rating	-3 AC		{{{health}}}
Weight	8 kg
Enchantment
Resist Fire: 80% chance, +1% per level, 3 rounds per level Spell Reflection: 80% chance, +1% per level, 3 rounds per level Create Shield: 50 HP shield, +35 points per level
Map Dungeon Province
High Rock
Can be used by the following classes
Barbarian, Bard, Knight, Ranger, Rogue, Spellsword, Warrior

Auriel's Shield

"Auriel's Shield, an Ebony shield said to have once belonged to the quasi-mythical Elvish deity Auriel, can make its wielder nigh invulnerable. In its resistance to fire and magick, Auriel's Shield is unsurpassed. To defend its wielder from any attacks it cannot absorb, the Shield lends him or her health. Like many artifacts of Tamriel, the Shield has life and personality of its own, and does not feel bound to its user. A popular fable tells the tale of it abandoning one wielder in her greatest hour of need, but this is perhaps apocryphal."
— Codex Scientia

Auriel's Shield is an ebony kite shield artifact that can be obtained by taking part in its artifact quest.

Auriel's Shield boasts the strongest shielding enchantment of any artifact in the game, reaching 750 points of shielding by level 20. The shield's fire resistance and spell reflection enchantments are somewhat weaker than other artifacts with similar effects, especially at low levels. However, by level 20, Auriel's Shield has a spell reflection effect equal in magnitude and duration to the Warlock's Ring and of equal magnitude to and greater duration than Chrysamere, and a fire resistance effect equal in magnitude to the Ebony Mail (but with less duration) and Chrysamere (and with greater duration). Combined with the scaling nature of its shielding enchantment, this makes Auriel's Shield a valuable artifact at higher levels. Despite the wording in its description, Auriel's Shield does not heal its wielder when used.