Tweaky tweaky. [hider=Ze god of crafting] [color=9e0b0f]Name:[/color] [b][i]Ha[/i][/b] [color=9e0b0f]Nicknames/Titles:[/color] lord of the forge, master of arms, steel personified, chivalry's father. [color=9e0b0f][b]Domain(s):[/b][/color] Steel, forging and crafts, weapons, chivalry, walls. [color=9e0b0f]Gender:[/color] [b][i]Ha[/i][/b] sees himself and holds the form of a male. [color=9e0b0f]Base Appearance:[/color] [img]http://vignette2.wikia.nocookie.net/darksouls/images/c/ce/Black-Knight.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20111029180212[/img] http://static.giantbomb.com/uploads/original/0/1520/2418717-theblackknight_art.jpg [b][i]Ha[/i][/b], has the appearance of a massive knight clad in black steel armour, told to be taller than the tallest pine in the forest, he wields great strength in combat, but is also intelligent. Armed with a massive sword which never cooled after its forging, and never will. How [b][i]Ha[/i][/b] looks beneath his harness is unknown and non who have tried have ever succeeded to persuade him to show. Neither through words or martial prowess. [color=9e0b0f]Other Appearances:[/color] [b][i]Ha[/i][/b] isn't known to take on any different appearances. But can change his size. [color=9e0b0f]Personality:[/color] [b][i]Ha[/i][/b] is a stout individual, that values his solitude, he often resides within his forge and contemplate upon his next wonder he will construct. When he leaves his forge, he commands without doubt and demands the very best of each of his subjects. Failure is frowned upon and to fail [b][i]Ha[/i][/b] himself is often punished, at times even with death. He is contemplative and resourceful in nature, never rushing into a situation. [b][i]Ha[/i][/b] values honor and chivalry, and as such gives those who live by its codes the respect they deserve. [b][i]Ha[/i][/b] often likes to make a show out of things, making unnecessary statements and pretentious acts. [color=9e0b0f]Skills:[/color] [b][i]Ha[/i][/b] as the god of chivalry holds massive skill in swordplay and strategy. He seldom needs to fight all out. He also is the god of the forge, he has all but mastered the art of forging artifacts in all of their forms. None can make artifacts greater than [b][i]Ha[/i][/b]. While [b][i]Ha[/i][/b] could create artifacts that are not necessarily forged, he finds them a bit more challenging. Making a silken weave isn't his forté but he could make it. [color=9e0b0f]Powers:[/color] [b][i]Ha[/i][/b] has the ability to create simple objects of his dominions at will, weapons and armour can be created at a whim, with effort and magic he can make even larger weapons of war or fortifications of legend. He also takes little damage from heat and has limited ability to conjure and control fire. Blunt weapons seems to do little harm upon him. [i][b]Ha[/b][/i] can grasp and manipulate all sorts of magical materials, which means he can hold a portion of a years first summer wind and hammer it into a medallion and similar things. He also has knowledge of basically all magical materials, many of which he himself has created, how to obtain them and how to utilize them. [color=9e0b0f]Fighting Style:[/color] [b][i]Ha[/i][/b] is a master of the blade, fighting with skillful strikes and keeping on the offense, relying on his prominent armour for defense, he fights up close only if he has to though. He usually tries to let others fight for him as he sees himself as a general and commander. [color=9e0b0f]Vulnerabilities:[/color] [i][b]Ha[/b][/i] will seldom fight all out, often underestimating his opposition. [i][b]Ha[/b][/i] also has little control over the world outside his domains. He cannot shape mountains, nor conjure up tidal waves. He needs to work through artifacts to create things like this. Artifacts which need obscure materials to be really powerful. [color=9e0b0f]Artifacts and creations:[/color] [b][i]Ha[/i][/b] wields the sword "Ember" when it strikes home the blade bursts into flame making it cut through armour like cloth and bathing the struck in flames. Normal mortals cannot hope to survive its strike, and gods either envy its power, fear it or both, although epic heroes or gods with powerful weapons might be able to parry Ember's might. [i]Ha[/i] also wields a runic hammer of the forge, the first hammer, and named after [i]Ha[/i] himself ,[i]Ha-mmer[/i]. With its might, less magical resources is needed when forging magical artifacts. And its strike can shake mountains, but is unwieldy in combat. The fortress city of "Ha'zufel", it's massive bulwark of defenses has never been defeated by mortal hands. Time and time again it has stood against sieges. The divine forge was constructed by [i][b]Ha[/b][/i] to be the ultimate workplace of a smith, armourer, even other professions. There are numerous albeit difficult or hidden ways to enter the divine forge and mortals have been known to enter and work the miracle tools. However if they disrespect his home, [b][i]Ha[/i][/b] is known to have forged misbehavers into discs of tortured souls, which he hangs in the entrance to warn visitors. [color=9e0b0f]Home:[/color] [b][i]Ha[/i][/b] lives in his divine forge, a massive foundry made of marble filled with all sorts of wondrous tools for crafting and smithing, [b][i]Ha[/i][/b] has gifted the understanding of many a tool to mortals. The foundry stands atop a fire spewing mountain within his small realm, which basically only contain the mountain with the forge and some burnt forest around the base of the mountain. It is said that every furnace is a gate to the divine forge, while this is an exaggeration [b][i]Ha[/i][/b] does have a great affinity to the forges of the mortals and usually acts from or near them. [color=9e0b0f]Biography:[/color] At the first stroke of a hammer against the first anvil, [b][i]Ha[/i][/b] was born. He himself being that hammer and Ragnarok being the anvil and the material. His form gradually became that of the towering blackened steel warrior as his crafts were used more and more for war. [b][i]Ha[/i][/b] is popular with armies and generals that uphold the laws of chivalry. Knights often have [b][i]Ha[/i][/b]'s blessing, albeit seldom in more than a figurative sense. More anarchistic forces tend to dislike [b][i]Ha[/i][/b], mostly since he is always their opponent. [b][i]Ha[/i][/b] is controlled in his actions and always try to justify his acts. [b][i]Ha[/i][/b] is not shy of helping those that uphold his values. Smiths, warriors of chivalry and those who command. [color=9e0b0f]Religion and culture:[/color] [b][i]Ha[/i][/b] is usually worshipped by humans. Primarily by smiths and other craftsmen, but also soldiers and kings. He is a common deity for worship but very few hold him as a primary deity. But there is no serious smith or armourer who doesn't know the name [i][b]Ha[/b][/i], their life dependent on how well they perform in his domain. And the stories go that if you strike an anvil five times with a hammer, [i][b]Ha[/b][/i] will appear and scold you for disrespecting the tools. While this is more of a joke, [i][b]Ha[/b][/i] has stepped out of a furnace more than once. [color=9e0b0f]Known relations:[/color] [hider=Kilgarrah] [b][i]Kilgarrah:[/i][/b] [i][b]Ha[/b][/i] finds the elder dragon a bit of a nuisance, sure he is honorable. But he makes such a ruckus tromping around with his big feet. Otherwise [i][b]Ha[/b][/i] holds no particular views of him. [/hider] [hider=Nahargu’ul] [i][b]Nahargu’ul:[/b][/i] [i][b]Ha[/b][/i] holds no particular enmity against the lurker in the deep. A lot because he has never actually seen him. Only heard him in the distance or seen shapes in the sees. [/hider] [hider=Nahash] [i][b]Nahash:[/b][/i] [i][b]Ha[/b][/i] mistrusts Nahash, but that's probably just common sense, Nahash is known as the beguiler and she who tempts the heart after all. [/hider] [hider=Dormammus] [i][b]Dormammus:[/b][/i] [i][b]Ha[/b][/i] is on good footing with Dormammus, their domains at times intertwine and [i][b]Ha[/b][/i] has at times asked for guidance when creating some strange artifacts. [/hider] [hider=Iuppiter] [i][b]Iuppiter:[/b][/i] [i][b]Ha[/b][/i] has a rather good relation with Iuppiter, as in he speaks with him from time to time without a specific reason or task in mind. [i][b]Ha[/b][/i] has worked with Iuppiter to produce some artifacts of weather and lightning. [i][b]Ha[/b][/i] claims it is to more easily obtain materials without Iuppiter's help. But he suspects [i][b]Ha[/b][/i] actually wanted them so he could appear as more impressive in front of everyone. [/hider] [color=9e0b0f]Tales:[/color] At the twelfth siege Ha'zufel, when the besieging force of western barbarians were about to break through the first of the cities four walls, [i][b]Ha[/b][/i] stepped out from the cities largest foundry and walked to the fallen flank. He uttered the words. -"So, the times have changed." And struck the frontline of the enemy force with Ha'mmer with such force, it was defeated and from the ground the cities now outermost fifth wall arose from the ground. -"And remember students, don't ruin the anvils. If you strike five nicks into it in the same day, [i][b]Ha[/b][/i] will come and strike five nicks in you with his hammer." [hider=Clarifications and measurements.] His size is that of a tall man when he is in his foundry. 1,95 meters. When he treads the mortal realm, he likes to appear larger. Although seldom as massive as some of his equals, he could appear that large but usually prefer not to. His equipment appear as the same scale as [b][i]Ha[/i][/b] himself and therefore also shifts in size. [i]Ha-mmer[/i] and [i]Ember[/i] was forged by [b][i]Ha[/i][/b]. [i]Ha-mmer[/i] is a one-handed hammer, it is beautifully decorated with flowing design. While it is told it could shake mountains it could not really do that. It's supposed to lessen the magical resources needed and doesn't hold earth shaking powers. It's probably one of [b][i]Ha[/i][/b]'s shows that have given birth to this misconception. [hider=Secret stuff] [b][i]Ha[/i][/b] collects forging artifacts. He has a second, really small dimension which holds these items. A tiny little forge in a hut with a pit kiln. The hut has no outside and is dimly lit by the fire in the kiln and in the firebed. He has searched far and wide trying to find as many ancient items as possible, the first anvil, the first mortal hammer, the first whetstone. Etcetera. This smaller portable dimension can be entered from his divine forge or from the place [b][i]Ha[/i][/b] thinks is the site of the first forge. Regardless if this is true, there is a gate to that place in a long forgotten and ruined settlement next to a mountain. The entire place is really shoddy looking, filled with very rusty tools and broken equipment. A few items are placed in a manner which resembles a blacksmith's workstation. Most of these tools are very damaged and rusted. But they are very ancient. This is [b][i]Ha[/i][/b]'s true sanctum, should anyone tamper with this sacred place, he will be very, VERY angry. [/hider] [/hider] [/hider]