The Singularity of Steel
The Singularity of Steel
“To mend the shards of gods, one must find the smith of stars.”
— Hook · explore
“Mara Vaelen slides a charred obsidian map across the table. To forge your artifacts into one, you must seek a smith who exists beyond the veil of mortal comprehension. Only the entity known as the Iron Star has the heat necessary to melt the steel of gods.”
— Hook · explore
The air in Mara Vaelen's private study is thick with the scent of old parchment and expensive tobacco. She looks at the magical artifacts on the table and sighs, knowing that she is sending her most capable ally into a kiln that has claimed heroes of every known world.
Guildmistress Mara Vaelen
Mara is professional and weary, treating this information as a final settlement of a blood-debt. She warns the adventurer that the path is not just a journey through space, but through the elemental extremes of a dying dimension.
Rumours
d3 · table- 01The Iron Star was once a god of the forge who chose to become a dying sun to escape the War of Planes.
- 02Guildmistress Mara Vaelen only shares the location of the Sun-Drenched Sanctum with those she truly fears or deeply respects.
- 03No mortal metal can survive the Sanctum; only artifacts of legend remain solid near the core.
Failure results in the destruction of the artifacts and the adventurer's soul being scattered across the Elemental Chaos. Success grants a weapon capable of altering the fate of an entire plane.
Background Lore
The Iron Star, or Ignis-Varn, is a Primordial entity residing in a collapsing demiplane of fire and gravity. Centuries ago, he grew tired of forging weapons for planar wars and withdrew his sanctum into a singularity where only the most powerful beings can survive. The artifacts the protagonist carries are of such high caliber that their combined resonance acts as a beacon for the starving entities that inhabit the waste around the Sanctum.
You are seeking the legendary forge of Ignis-Varn to combine several high-tier magical artifacts into a single weapon of unparalleled power. The journey requires traveling to a collapsing demiplane where physical laws are unstable.
