Under a small tree in Middle-Earth, someone has left a glowing chest. This happens a lot because people in games are careless. They drop stuff all the time, like weapons and life pills - if we had a glowing chest we'd probably keep it safe. Especially if it had some pauldrons in it!

Yes, pauldrons! Now ask yourself if you know what pauldrons are. We had to think back to history lessons in about, oh, 1979. See also faulds and bracers. Thanks to the stylists at EA though, any equipment is added to your virtual dolly, showing you what it is and where it goes - an interactive lesson in armoury. This also makes typing "pauldrons" into Google redundant. They're little pieces of armour, by the way.