You focus your powers of observation on the tattered cloak of one of the nine plaguebearers:
Item 'the tattered cloak of one of the nine plaguebearers' is type clothing, alignment 0, made of cloth (in (100%) condition),
has keywords 'tattered cloak plaguebearer bearer new moons eve', equipped about the body.
This item weighs 0 stones and 25 pebbles, and is valued at 53,810 gold. {Cat. 6}
This level 241 item has the attributes: invis unbreakable
This item has a default lifespan of 730 days and will expire on Thu Jan 27 21:58:56 2022, but can be renewed.
Relics: (none)         (0/3 slots occupied)
Affects disease-prcnt by 5.
Affects holy-prcnt by -5.
Affects ar-torso by 24.
*Your Mark of Decrepitude must be equal to True to use this item.
*This item may be repaired 1 time and renewed 4 times.
This is part of the 'Raiments of the Nine Plaguebearers' set.
- Item 'the tattered cloak of one of the nine plaguebearers'
- Item 'the ashen robe of one of the nine plaguebearers'
- Item 'the oath ring of one of the nine plaguebearers'
- Item 'the infectious scythe of one of the nine plaguebearers'
- Item 'the bloodwalk sandals of one of the nine plaguebearers'
Grants knowledge of 'pestilence' at 100% (Requires 4 items).
Affects disease-prcnt by 10 (Requires 3 items).
Affects disease-spell-prcnt by 15 (Requires 5 items).
When casting plague, increases duration by 2. (Requires 5 items).
The nine plaguebearers are evidently not as mythical as some would make them
out to be.  Regarded in equal balance as old wives' tales and as members of
an omnipotent cabal seeking to cull the world's populace, evidence is
leaning towards the latter.  Judging by this cloak's condition, it seems as
though the plaguebearers' raison d'etre is genuine; not simply black for
show, this cloak is tattered and stained with the bile and death stench of
ten thousand men.