I got it off of a werewolf in the WC event... this is probably one of the least useful items that were dropping over the extended-Halloween weekend.
Granted, a newbie warrior would love it... not for long, however. It was definetely no replacement for my Orc Fang Earring, which I'm trying to replace anyway...
i have to agree with you, it's like the ranger earring that was dropping. 1 str, 1 agi, 1 wis i think, i looted it with my lvl 10 ranger and then proceeded to buy 2 orc fang earrings for 100pp.
I thought they were German mercenaries hired by the British army during the American Revolution, whom Washington attacked December 26 after crossing the Delaware because most of the soldier's terms had been served by Christmas Night so they didn't have to fight. A Merry Christmas to the British... indeed? No problem on the history lesson.
They were also a popular term to call "heavy metal" type people when I went to junior high and high school. I have no idea where the idea came of calling them that but I always thought it was funny, "hey look the hessians."
This item was given out during the Halloween GM events in 2001. (Several zones were changed including WC, NRO, EK, Rathe, which spawned special armor/weapon dropping monsters)