gold cloth (saint seiya)

In Saint Seiya, the Gold Cloths are the highest class of Cloth that Athena's Saints wield. They're given to exceptionally powerful Saints who have mastered their Seventh Sense.

There are twelve Gold Cloths, one for each corresponding The Twelve Signs of the Zodiac. They provide the most protection and cover most of the body. Though they don't have as many unique abilities as their weaker counterparts.

Specifications:

Like all Cloths, Gold Cloths are alive. Using the cosmo of the wearer, they function as protection. They can be destroyed, though they have survived since the ages of myth through countless battles. It takes the strength of a god in his true body to completely destroy a Gold Cloth. They all freeze at -273.15 degrees Celsius (Absolute Zero) and typically speaking, the wearers can fight at the Speed of Light, due to their having awakened the Seventh Sense.

Gold Cloths are even able to withstand the power equivalent to that of a big bang, the same force the created the universe. As stated in the Hades arc. when Muu, Aiolia and Milo come together to use the devastating attack, Athena's Exclamation.

In Next Dimension; it is revealed there was a 13th gold cloth during the age of myth, based on the Ophiuchus (Zodiac) .

Modern day Gold Saints:

• Aries Muu
• Taurus Aldebaran
• Gemini Saga
• Gemini Kanon
• Cancer Death Mask
• Leo Aiolia
• Virgo Shaka
• Libra Douko
• Scorpio Milo
• Sagittarius Aioros
• Capricorn Shura
• Aquarius Camus
• Pisces Aphrodite

18th century Gold Saints (Next Dimension):

• Aries Shion
• Taurus Ox
• Gemini Cain and Gemini Abel
• Cancer Deathtoll
• Leo Kaiser
• Virgo Shijima
• Libra Douko
• Scorpio Ecarlate
• Sagittarius Gestalt
• Capricorn Izo
• Aquarius Mystoria
• Pisces Cardinale
• Ophiuchus Odysseus