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= RGE,#D:%. TEN SCRAPS OF IRON

Pyrrhos is -the ),hammer-h%@\\and at Hermon=)#'s F]orge )`— a nobo?-dy #%they ca#:[ll Ember
/less%;, because..
he ca]]n't fee/l forge fire the way a re]al$ smith s=;-hou ld. H-.e*'s spent a thousa+nd night @s making the runeblades that.@, %),k *ill dra!;^gons and]? hydras acro%?ss t
he c%@\onti$`ne[ nt. `(On Assessment D_(:ay\, he watches the guild^(/= c;rown=* hi \/s senior brothe =%r De+?
ryk.[ for a ma?*sterpiece called Firs# tligh+/ ;t: Pyrrho]_+s's.@ =[]@des^/ign,=$ his `*t `hree years of work, [hi s# ! ?signature scraped off +the pla __ns. **Whe/!n he dema
nds his w *.ages and walks, , his master upends a  sack o:-n the anvil * —+- ten .^rust*,ed$^* scrap?s. Then, i?*/.n the d:`/_yi!@ng furna**.ce behind him, a threa %#d of pu:re g old flame ri?.ses o`=\n its own.]` (
Ten scra`;ps is his st
arting stake. Wi $+th a girl carr(yi-.-n,g a broken family sword, a la* ndlord's ba:ck r
.oom, $?,and=+ #a wartime.*= ord] [er no%
 one:,] else wi?-!ll fill, he+ builds%= a forge $(o
(ut of % * no*$/@thing a _nd st?arts scr:api;;@ng \the paint off the g)?u $ild's fake runes ;* o @ne *-+blade at a time. B..ut the fire i#)n his han=\@ds isn't(  #luck. It answers t/o a _bloodli$
.:`ne that tr^ace*s+ back to - Hephae
stus hi+mself, to a father] who burned ?_=w:ith =--his w\?_orkshop rather tha]*=n sur-=,_r^ender @[the plans for the Godsl`!ayer, a[nd]
) to $#; a$n order of ashes still( `@)huntin!./g the- se/;ven/ fr[ *agments # he scat-\tered. Delp+-%hi has a name-+$ wai##tin g for h=]im./ ! He`'d rather earn on;e.