mmmm.... your mom, if she's still alive, might want to KEEP her armor.<br/><br/>It's a personal thing, and who know some day having her show up in it for some particular reason might be cool, that wont happen if youve stolen her wardrobe :P<br/><br/>Same could be said for the dagger, so lets just get you your own stuff, especially if youre going to personalize it like that.<br/><br/>Since the armor is going to be tailored and specialized to specific characters, you may describe it as you please.  Just keep it in mind what youre trying to accomplish with the armor.<br/><br/>ie.  If youre trying to make it lighter,  high qualitiy leathers and hardened reinforce bits, might provide protection to key parts of the body while reducing the overall weight of the armor.  Armor that reduces arcane failure, will reduce the protections to arms allowing you to cast freely, while increasing protection elsewhere to provide overall freedom.  Armor that reduces the armor check penalty will have softer / more flexible armor to allow better over all give in the armor for physical activities... etc...<br/><br/>You're free to describe what it looks like, though you should keep in mind that you should be able to take it adventuring, ride a horse without resorting to side saddle, and if need be take it into a dungeon crawl as easily as wear it comfortably into a formal social event.<br/><br/>You may pick a reasonable shade of coloring (they can die it), cuts, looks, etc, somewhere on the armor should be stitched  a rose of some sort, usually on the left shoulder.  Specially made and tailored for a rose, it too is as much a badge of your station because no one else will be able to fit the armor without notable adjustment to the armor.  (treating it as fitted armor in the same manner as Full plate)<br/>