Mirror Shield of the Great Sea

The Mirror Shield of the Great Sea is a unique heavy armor shield. It is reforged from the Mirror Shield (Damaged) and may be converted into a light armor variant.
== Characteristics ==
The Damaged Mirror Shield is initially between an Iron and Dented Iron Shield in protection with a similar weight. After being reforged, the shield becomes equal to an Ebony Shield with a heavier weight. The light armor variant is between a Glass and Chitin Shield in protection, with twice the weight of a Glass Shield. 
The Damaged shield cannot be tempered, but the reforged versions may be tempered with both a Quicksilver Ingot and Dwarven Oil.
=== Effects ===
The Damaged Mirror Shield is initially unenchanted and cannot be enchanted. Once reforged, the Mirror Shield reflects up to 500 points of spell damage while blocking.
== Location ==
The Mirror Shield (Damaged) is located within the Pale Secret Grotto. It is found at the bottom of the underwater structure near Dwemer Ingots and other clutter.
The Pale Secret Grotto is south of Bronze Water Cave in Lake Yorgrim.
== Crafting ==
The Mirror Shield (Damaged) can be reforged into the Mirror Shield of the Great Sea at an Ancient Enchanter. It may then be freely converted between a heavy or light armor form at an Alteration Table.
=== Ancient Enchanter ===
Required Items 	Match Conditions	Alternate Conditions
Mirror Shield (Damaged)	N/A 	N/A
Light Essence (1) 	 	
Required Items 	Match Conditions	Alternate Conditions
Mirror Shield (Damaged)	Nayru's Ward 	N/A
== Lore ==
The Mirror Shield of the Great Sea was found by the Dwarves who built what became the Pale Secret Grotto. It was kept in storage and forgotten when the site was hastily abandoned.
== Background and Inspiration ==
The Mirror Shield of the Great Sea was originally part of a standalone mod before being included in Relics of Hyrule. The lore of the standalone mod was not carried over to Relics of Hyrule, similar to a version of the mod that was made to allow players to craft the shield (a decision JKalenad regretted, given the unique and antique nature of the shield).
The shield's appearance is based on the Mirror Shield from The Wind Waker, albeit with a slight redesign to serve as a large, heavy shield to distinguish it from other mirror shields. The model for the shield was made by Chief-01 and was converted to use in Skyrim by DMagnus.
The Mirror Shield of the Great Sea was the first mirror shield JKalenad designed a mod for, and is was the first mirror shield within Relics of Hyrule. The mirror effect of the shield's enchantment is inspired by an enchantment from the Elaborate Enchantments mod by J3X. The enchantment is very basic, and merely casts a ward spell while the player blocks. The ward is set to reflect magic and remains invisible except when it first starts, or if it reflects magic.
Players were originally able to learn the enchantment from an expendable iron mirror shield and apply it to other shields. However, it proved to be unreliable and the function was removed from the mod.
In version 6.5.19, the Mirror Shield of the Great Sea was made to be found in a more weathered and damaged state. This requires the relic to be reforged before being capable of reflecting magic again.
== Gallery ==
File:MirrorShieldWWDamaged.png|The damaged Mirror Shield of the Great Sea prior to 6.6.2.A.
File:MirrorShieldGreatSea.jpg|The Mirror Shield of the Great Sea prior to 6.6.2.A.
== Video ==
The shield is included in the Mirror Shields video, and is the first shield featured:
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== See Also ==
* Outset Shield
* Mirror Shield of the Desert
* Mirror Shield of the Well
* Mirror Shield of the Tower
* Golden Mirror Shield
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