Difference between Droknar's Forge armor and armor in the south

I finally arrived at Droknar's Forge. It was a tuff journey but I made it :P
The first thing I did, was searching for the Armor-guy. I saw he could sell me armor for 1500 gold. But, people told me there were armors of 15 000 gold...
So, i started asking around and they've told me: there's only 1500gold-armor in Droknar's, but there are 15 000gold-armors to the south of Droknar's Forge...
And they also said the armor have the same specs, they just look different..
Is this all true?
Why pay for a 15 000gold-armor if you can buy it for 1500?

because the 15PLATINUM armor looks alot better (in most cases)

but the specs are still the same?

Anyway, i'm just curious... I'm definetly going for the 15k armor, takes alot more time -> more fun and more chance to get new weapons

yea the specs are the same and sometimes you can tell notible differences between the armors if you put them next to each other. I bought 15k Ascalon, 15k drakescale, 15k Plate. plate look kind of the same just some minor tweeks, ascalon armor has spikes in arms, legs, and the horns are slightly bige. if you dye it you will alway get this gold subtle color outlining your main color. drakescales is one of the best looking armors.