The game designers are a bunch of drunk monkeys. They don't know what they're doing.

I think WizKids rules arbitrators need to instate the following motto for themselves:

"WWJCD?"

"What Would Johnny Cochrane Do?"

That about sums up their ability to decide/act on the decisions of others. The very definition of rules-lawyering is to ask one's self what a lawyer would say after he read a rule.

Actually, they did fix this. In the latest FAQ it is clarified that relic requirements are checked only when first equipped. So as long as you meet the relic requirements before your army is deployed (before domains, too), you can wield it even if your speed mode, faction or whatever changes. Don't drop it, though.

so on anorther note does that mean I can stil wield spirit armor, khamsin crown or gain the benefits from Heartseeker when I play Lords of the apocolypse domain then?

Yes it does. :)