Ensanguined Shield

Ensanguined Shield , also known as Hematic Shield, Blood Shield, Bloody Shield, Cursed Shield, or Sanguine Shield, is a recurring shield in the Final Fantasy series. It is often a powerful shield, but generally comes with a downside to it.
==Appearances==
===Final Fantasy V===
The Hematic Shield is a dummied shield that would have provided +15 Defense, +1 Evasion, +5 Magic Defense, +10 Magic Evasion, and +5 Weight, with the downside of never evading an attack. The shield, along with Bone Mail, Thornlet, and the Cursed Ring, has the annoyance of being equipped all the time when using the Optimize command, if the player has it in their inventory.
===Final Fantasy VI===
The Cursed Shield is found in Narshe in the World of Ruin, received from one of the surviving townsfolk in a locked building. It has a penalty of -7 to Magic, Speed, Stamina, and Strength, is weak to , , , , , and , and inflicts Confuse, Berserk, Silence, Sap, and Doom upon the wearer. This armor is ignored by the Optimize option in the equipment menu.
After being equipped for 256 battles with the user remaining alive at the battle's end, the Cursed Shield is uncursed and becomes the Paladin's Shield, the most powerful shield.
===Final Fantasy XII===
In the original version, the Ensanguined Shield is the strongest shield, beating even the Zodiac Escutcheon. It provides +90 Evasion, almost double the boost given by the second-strongest shield, but inflicts Poison, Sap, and Slow on the wielder. It can be found as a treasure in the Henne Mines, the Feywood, and Balfonheim Port, and requires 90 LP and the Ensanguined Shield license to equip.
In the Zodiac versions, the Ensanguined Shield now requires the Ensanguined Shield license for 100 LP. It can be found as a treasure in the Necrohol of Nabudis (Cloister of the Highborn), is obtained from the Hunt Club sidequest, and is a rare steal from Disma in Stage 88 of the Trial Mode. It can be equipped by the Red Battlemage, Knight, and Foebreaker. It is no longer the shield with the best evasion, being beaten by the new secret shield Gendarme.
===Final Fantasy Tactics A2: Grimoire of the Rift===
The Ensanguined Shield is the second-strongest shield, being bested by the Reverie Shield, and provides +15 Evasion as well as absorption of the Dark element, but makes the wielder weak to the Fire element. However, equipping it causes the member equipped with it to gain more health from White Flame. It can be obtained through the Bazaar through the Cursed Armor A category.
===Dissidia Final Fantasy (2008)===
The Ensanguined Shield is a level 90 shield that provides +73 Defense, but also has Initial HP -95% and Initial Bravery -100%. It can be obtained from the shop by trading 31,920 gil, Taurus Recipe, Wyvern Egg, and Snowboard.
====Dissidia 012 Final Fantasy====
The Ensanguined Shield is a level 100 shield that provides +73 Defense, Initial HP -95% and Initial Bravery -100%. It can be obtained from the shop by trading 180,320 gil, Taurus Recipe, Wyvern Egg, and Snowboard.
===Final Fantasy Record Keeper===
===Final Fantasy Explorers===
Ensanguined Shield is a pavis that provides +24 P-Defense, +14 M-Defense, and adds zero to parry stats. It causes the bearer to consume AP at a faster rate, and reduces resistance to all elements and to all status ailments.
Upon reaching the "Into the Storybooks" chapter, a subquest becomes available requiring the Ensanguined Shield. Delivering the Ensanguined Shield removes the shield from the inventory, but the reward for the subquest is a schematic for the Hero's Shield.
===Final Fantasy Brave Exvius===
==Non-Final Fantasy guest appearances==
===Bravely series===
In Bravely Default Bloody Shield provides 45 P.DEF, 23 M.DEF, and -100 Evade. It can be bought as part of the Norende reconstruction from the Adventurer for 5000 pg.
In Bravely Second: End Layer, the Bloody Shield provides 47 P.DEF, 24 M.DEF, and -100 EVD. It can be stolen from Geist (ch 5) and found in a post-game treasure chest (ch 6). After being equipped for 255 non-consecutive battles per shield, the Bloody Shield becomes the Hero's Shield.
==Gallery==
FFVI Cursed Shield Artwork.jpg|Official art from Final Fantasy VI.
Uncursing.png|Final Fantasy VI, the curse on the Cursed Shield is dispelled.
FFTA2 Ensanguined Shield.PNG|Final Fantasy Tactics A2: Grimoire of the Rift.
FFRK Blood Shield FFVIII.png|Final Fantasy Record Keeper [FFVIII].
FFRK Ensanguined Shield FFXII.png|Final Fantasy Record Keeper [FFXII].
==Etymology==
Category:Shields