these epaulettes were made by a broken-hearted armorer. the many precious stones that adorn it represent the number of years he spent waiting for his beloved, who had left on an expedition to unknown lands. when she finally returned, she was no longer the same, as a demon had taken possession of her soul. out of love, the man desperately agreed to sell his soul to rushu to be reunited with his true love, and was transformed into a horridemon to be possessed for all eternity by a demon consumed by resentment.