This was brought to my attention courtesy of Zeirah of Azeroth Life.
These gloves are a reference to a character from George R.R. Martin’s Game of Thrones series – Syrio Forel, who was employed by Edward Stark to be the “dance teacher” (aka fencing instructor) for his daughter, Arya Stark. The item flavour text is his line “What do we say to death? Not today.”
