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[@TemplarKnight07] Have to say, I'm loving the attention to detail and time period.  As a point of interest, the Black Death generally referred is usually the pandemic in the mid 1300s.  Your character would have been born around 1550, give or take, and while there were still outbreaks, none was quite so bad as the 1346-1353 (roughly) one.  It could be anywhere from a couple years to a couple decades between outbreaks, and there are a couple that fit the time frame you're looking at, one in the mid-60s, one late 80s, and one near the turn of the century.  However since many people or their parents had already survived one or more outbreaks, the death toll was far less -- one or two in ten died, on average, instead of only two or three out of every ten surviving.  The thought of the end of days was long past -- in fact, this was considered a golden age by many among the wealthier members of the population.  Peasants had it (comparatively) better as well.  Plague had come and gone multiple times, and was merely a fact of life, along with many other types of illness.  It's pretty unlikely that decimated villages were so common.  It's not necessary to change anything -- it's a pretty minor detail, and likely won't come up.  With the details of his past life forgotten, Dagon only needs a reason that he wanted to forget, and you have that done solidly.  But since you clearly put in time researching, I kinda wanna discuss it.  Granted, it's been a while and I had to look some stuff up.  I just  *flailing* someone who wanted that sort of historical accuracy!  *tackle*
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Why is it when I bring up points like this people call it nitpicking but when someone else does it it sparks interesting debate?

[quote=@shylarah]
[@LadyRunic] What's the point of having iron if it's not harmful?  I mean, it's good for working with, but honestly, fey have other metals that are far easier to obtain and just as good, if not better.  The benefit of iron is that it is lethal.  I was under the impression that some fey could handle iron, like the...was it goblins?  Also, both Nyx and Sini's mother had blades with flecks of iron, though I think Duska gave hers to the captain that followed her.  I actually didn't catch the bit about the captain of the guard, or I would have gone with it already for Sini.

To be harmful, the iron must come into contact with the fey or the magic, right?  Toxic, but minor injuries will heal eventually, just not as fast, and they get far worse far faster than other injuries, and do more damage.  But this means having iron on the blade of a weapon is like coating it in poison.  As long as you don't touch it directly, you're okay.  Makes maintaining said blade interesting, because it's a contact poison as opposed to needing to reach the bloodstream to have any effect, but I imagine it can be done.  Gloves, caution...maybe serious work is handed over to iron-resistant smiths.
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Correct me if I'm wrong Runic but I believe that iron infused blades, ones made of another metal with a quantity of iron mixed in to give the wielder an edge are not exactly common but they are not unusual either. I think they are mainly reserved for high ranking knights, and like Nyx, Court Assassins. They prevent healing magic from being very effective making the likelihood of a target or opponent recovering from a deep wound unlikely.

Full Iron blades on the other hand, again Runic correct me if I'm wrong, are about a hundred times more potent. They cut through enchantments and kill fae very easily. I'm not sure about this part but in a lot of lore close proximity to iron makes fae feel seriously ill, sort of like radiation poisoning so having a full iron blade is basically illegal plus being debilitating to both the wielder and anyone else in the area simply by existing.

Did I get all of that right [@LadyRunic]?