Blackstone Foundry and Forge, Wednesday

[built_fjord_tough]

Fjord had been mildly concerned, after yesterday, about the idea of going to work at the forge today. Not that he didn't enjoy the work, but given that he couldn't so much as hold his hand out yesterday without summoning his falchion (and that he'd been stuck mid-summon at one point and that was an experience he didn't care to ever repeast), he'd worried that there wasn't much he'd be able to do here anyway.

Surprise seawater splashing around the place while working with superheated metal would have been... not great.

Fortunately, things were back to normal today, which meant that after he came in and made damn sure everything was in its usual working order, he was setting himself up with the sword he'd been working on, throwing a lot of yesterday's frustration into the swing of a hammer and the shaping of his first blade.

It wasn't perfect by any means. It still needed a bit of fine-tuning. But he felt like he was getting a feel for the way the metal reacted to certain blows with certain hammers, and was feeling pretty good about it overall.

Anyway, it took his mind off of yesterday, which really was the best part of all of this at the moment.