[En Sabah Nerd]

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Originally Posted by Dr Kain

I actually thought this was an Assassin's Creed figure until I read your description about it being Azrael from DC. o_O

I like the 90s costume with the red better.

I'm responding to your post but I hope it's clear that I'm not being hostile to you for your thoughts, I'm just using them as a jumping off point for this post.
I see a pretty decent amount of people who look at this design and go "oh like assassin's creed." To a point I understand why, because it's a popular game series, but did they just stop teaching about the crusades at some point so they don't know what the Knights Templar was? Are these people only learning bits and pieces about it from a fictionalized depiction in a video game? Have they never seen the Saxon album cover? The last question was a joke but seriously, the Knights Templar was a real faction of Christians during the crusades and this design is just a blending of elements from the original Azrael's costume and their actual attire of the white tunics with the large red cross. Even in the comics the Order of St. Dumas was always said to be a group which started from the Knights Templar so there is an established reason why the bearer of the Azrael mantle would look like this.

I get why most people have a preference for the red and gold costume since it's the original and a pretty cool look on its own but I like that the suit of sorrows has a more historically inspired fit to the character.