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Prince Jiriki of the Sithi

Jiriki, the prince of the Sithi, the elves of Osten Ard. And yes, his equipment is entirely Japanese, and made out of wood.
I usually hate the trope of samurai wooden armor, because it's stupid and somewhat racist (the idea of the Japanese not being smart enough to create metal armor until the arrival of the Europeans is pretty much racist/Eurocentric bullshit) but in this case I like it because his entire panoply is made of magical wood, because for the Sithi iron is basically toxic.
The armor is inspired mostly by 15th century samurai armor, with a few elements, like the kote, from Edo period armor.