The Gifted Blacksmith
The story of the Gifted Blacksmith is one that has been passed on from generation to generation. It describes a simple Minauran blacksmith granted the ability to enchant anything he forged with his hands. But gifting magic from one person to another is seen as impossible throughout Violem leaving many believe it is just a story.
The Legend:
There lived a man born without a connection to the aura in the air. But that never stopped him from learning, training and becoming an expert in his craft. In fact, his talents brought the attention of many across the land. His name is lost to time, simply referred to as The Gifted Blacksmith.
A Minauran by birth with the ability to forge the most complex and intricate weapons, craft armour that could be worthy of royalty and construct trinkets that would make passersby awe in its wonderous creation. Anyone with talent would draw the attention of powerful people, which is exactly what happened. When he King of Presalin, the old capital of Eyaton, heard of the man's capabilities he personally walked down to the workshop to demand a weapon that could direct the might and strength of his power at enemies with swiftness and precision. But when he found the Blacksmith and his lack of magical prowess, the King paused.
How to overcome this dilemma? He required the skills of the Blacksmith, but he didn't have magic. Enchanting and imbuing was a skill that could only be performed by a magic wielder. Then it struck him. The king sighed before taking the Blacksmith outside, away from the workshop and into the forest. So it was only just the King and the Blacksmith. The king spoke an incantation of his own creation and summoned a storm of pure aura that swallowed the pair in a raging vortex of energy. Under the command of the king, the aura storm came crashing down on the Blacksmith. His body was lit on fire, his soul blinded by light and the forest shook at the sight of what was happening. By the time the spectacle had finished, the Blacksmith kneeled on the floor, panting. Hear pounding. His body, strangely warm. He was alive that was for sure and not a single scratch on him. He looked up to see the king for answers, who met his gaze with a kind smile.
The actions of the king had set the Blacksmith on a new path, one which would see him capable of forging as he had done so before, but forced to learn the new talents of imbuing his creation with the magic now bestowed upon him. Thus the Gifted Blacksmith was born.
Shrouded in Mystery:
The story of the Gifted Blacksmith a short and simple one. But he is more well known for appearing in other legendary stories. Some surrounded by truth, others entirely false. Some tales describe him as becoming immortal and residing in the forest he was first blessed inside. Others talk of the Blacksmith corrupted by the immense power and losing his sanity. He is tied to being one of the few in existence to forge with Aura Stone, the creator of Bibbara's Beacon as well as the sword which slayed the Elder Beast. The Gifted Blacksmith is a legend that has spread throughout Violem and one that is often told to children in bedtime stories.The impossible is just something that has not been achieved in the past or present. But there is nothing stopping it from becoming the future.
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