Remias Mori
The man who makes, in turn, himself remade.
No journey through Grara would be complete without visiting Cliffside - Irontown - the place from which most of our metals flows. Sometimes literally. Upon reaching the higher portion of the city I was greeted by the infamous statue of Remias Mori, the man who became a statue.
A Son of Fire
In the town of Cliffside the children of miners are called children of stone and those of metalworkers are refered to as children of fire; Remias Mori was one of the latter. As the first son of a blacksmith, taking over the family business was always the plan while his siblings - two brothers and two sisters - would have to make a living another way or go out and start their own smithy. Since his younger years Remias always sought creative solutions to problems and new, better, ways to perform old processes. In the beginning this was an annoyance his father but eventually his ideas actually started helping out. He created the worm gear as part of a mechanical solution to move things between the lower and upper parts of Cliffside.The Easy Way
The smiths of Cliffside were asked to build large metal tubes for an expansion of the Unseen River. The dimensions requested were immense and their creation would be difficult and incredibly labour intensive. Having made several rings for the wedding ceremonies of his four siblings he was familiar with casting. He thought that a ring is just a small tube and it was then that Remias had an idea. He knew it wouldn't be so easy for metal but they could build two giant gooden cylinders and coat the outside of the small one and inside of the big one with plaster. Molten metal could be poured in and left to cool before the outer cylinder was removed, the plaster broken off and the tube sent off to its final destination. The other smiths were willing to give it a try, it seemed like it would work, and it did - just not the first time.The Cast
When the first casting was being performed and Remias was guiding the huge, crane-supported crucible of molten metal, a rope broke and Remias was covered in the red-hot iron. Those who witnessed the event will never forget how he didn't die instantly, the molten iron slowly dripping as it hardened while Remias writhed in agony and screamed - at least until the iron got into his mouth. The statue - Remias' body still inside - remains where it was when he died. Known as the Cast of Remias Mori, it serves as a warning to everyone about pride, caution, and why the 'hard-way' is sometimes the way things are done. Despite this tragedy and the lesson it taught, the smiths did complete the tubes using the method he pioneered.Stub Article
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In the Machine's Eye
As an young prodigy of an inventor it was often said that Remias Mori would eventually be asked by the secretive Machine Priests to join their ranks. While no one can confirm this, it is said that he was once visited by a representative but that his ego and unwillingness to listen to others cost him his chance with the organization.A Good Catch?
While Remias Mori was considered quite attractive by the standards of the people in Cliffside, he was often too absorbed in his work to look for romance. When he tried - or rather was pulled away from his work against his will - he struggled to establish the social and emotional bonds that build strong and lasting relationships. By the time he died, his four younger siblings had been married, and Remias was truly happy for them but never felt left out since there was always another problem to be solved.
Children
"You certainly couldn't fault him for his intelligence - if his pride hadn't killed him, that mind might have improved all of our lives - but his personality, that certainly could have used some improvement. Stubborn and always trying to show off. The problem wasn't that he was smart, it was that he was smart and he knew it."
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