Cloths

The 88 Cloths (聖衣 Cuross) are the armors worn by Athena's Saints, one for each constellation. There are 48 Bronze Cloths, 24 Silver Cloths, 12 Gold Cloths, 4 Cloths of unknown material and, outside of the 88, one more Cloth that is Athena's Cloth, a God Cloth. The Cloths are of extreme importance to Saints both defensively and offensively. They firstly cover their body because despite of their superhuman capacities, they still have human bodies that would be quickly damaged to death with those powers. Cloths have also a great importance in the attacking phase not only because arms and legs are covered by the Cloth, but most of all because Cloths creates a sort of synergy with the Saint and his/her constellation, helping him/her to burn Cosmo at the extreme extent making it explode. Cloths can't be trusted exclusively without relying on Cosmo first, because if it isn't the Saint that burns his Cosmo in the first place, the Cloth will not react to it and won't harmonize with it's wearer, becoming a dead and heavy armor that results more a burden than a help. When Seiya first weared his Pegasus Cloth it is what actually happened, the same for Sagittarius Cloth against Aiolia before even knowing what Gold Saints' Seventh Sense was. In case the Saint would burn his Cosmo instead, the Cloth amplifies his skills greatly allowing him to show the full potential. Seiya again managed to damage Shaina, a Silver Saint, because he weared the Cloth while her didn't have hers. It also happened to Kanon in Hades saga, when he had his Gemini Cloth he was able to fight on par with Rhadamanthys, while leaving it to return it to his brother, he was no match for Rhadamanthys anymore. Cloths are known to be living beings, that's because they are filled with Cosmo that is the source of life and in extreme situations have shown to be able to take decisions on their own, like when the Cancer Cloth, faithful to Athena like all the Cloths left his owner Deathmask naked considering him too wicked to be a Saint. They can also respond to the will of their previous deceased owners, like there would be a bond between them and their Cloths, even after death. Cloths have been created during the Myth Age by the Alchemists of Mu Continent race to counter the power of Poseidon's Marina wearing Scales, impossible to being defeated by the unarmed Athena's followers. The descendants of those Alchemists, the Jamir tribe, remain the only people that knows the secret art of repairing Cloths or bringing them back to life. A Cloth that is heavily damaged or deastroyed could actually die and become useless, unless it's revived with the use of some ingredients including a great quantity of Saint's blood. The other elements Cloths are made include: Gamanium, Stardust Sand and Orihalcon, an almost undestructible metal that is also the base component of Scales. Cloths are kept hidden in wild places until the destinied Saints receive them from their masters, often the previous owners of the Cloths themselves. There is a place in Jamir called "Cloths Graveyard" where many dead Cloths are left unused. It's said that they are a remnants of a previous Holy War but very few is known. Cloths are kept inside special boxex called Box Cloth or Pandora's Boxes, the latter name is refered to the fact that a Cloth can bring both hope or despair, according to how it's used, for justice or for personal reasons, that means Cloths are powerful weapons. It's said that a damaged Cloth can progressively repair itself, expecially staying inside it's Box, but repairs are mostly illusory because the Cloth endurance decrases and they become more and more fragile until properly repaired. To repair Cloths a Saint needs some special tools related to the Sculptor Bronze Cloth, whose Saint is specialized in repairs, although the owner of those tools and the respective Cloth during 20th Century is Aries Mu, the only one left famous to be able to repair Cloth, an art he is transmitting to his trainee Kiki.
 * Bronze Cloths
 * Silver Cloths
 * Gold Cloths
 * Unknown Cloths
 * God Cloth