"​Edward’s father had given him that Moorish armour black as...

"​Edward’s father had given him that Moorish armour black as ebony, telling him it would make him fearsome to others. It is a strange thing, but in time the black mask he wore to mask his fear became his outer attitude. On the grounds of Crécy, garbed in black, he won his spurs. And I imagine my son replete with honor in the lists, his own blue eyes glimmering like frost within a lionhearted helm."
— from the novel Sinful Folk