The amazement among Meesei's pack served to quite substantially fuel the forgemaster's confidence. He practically radiated pride as he answered. "You'll be hard-pressed to find anything in Tamriel or beyond that could break through my masterwork. Dragon bone and ebony, all of it. The kind of materials that most smiths will never see in a lifetime, and what kind of forgemaster would I be if I didn't jump on the chance to work it. But, um, well..." 

Valgar's demeanor rather suddenly lost its boastful pride and became far more reserved. He shifted in place and cleared his throat. "As much as I'd love to take credit for it all, though, I'm not the kind of scum to go back on his promises. Dragon bone is the hardest damned material I've ever had to figure out how to work with, and considering I can work with Daedric metal, that's saying something. No chance I would have figured it out in time without help. Since we've got those teleporters, though, I can work with experts from all over. Darka gra-Lumbash up in High Rock was the one to figure out the basics of how to reshape the bone without damaging it. I refined her process, made it practical. Taranor, down near Silvenar, figured out how to put the right size of holes in the bones reasonably quickly, so we could get the plates attached properly to the rest of the suit. His method is much faster than grinding would've been, else the suit would've taken most of a year to make. Don't get me wrong, [i]I[/i] did forge this suit, but I want to give credit where credit is due."

Meesei lifted up her hand, staring down at the dragon claws. It felt strange to wear [i]anything[/i] in this form, much less armor, but even as a mage, she could recognize the power of this armor. Not to mention the fact that she could not imagine any more intimidating beast than a dragon-plated werewolf. It could provide a boost to their warriors' morale to see her projecting such power. "The bones are heavy, but I hardly feel it in this form. This armor is magnificent. It would take some of my stronger spells to even damage these plates."

"Indeed. And with two dragon skeletons and a whole dragon's worth of scales to work with..." Valgar began, his gaze shifting over to the rest of the pack. "I'd say we could make a few more sets. And there is no one who deserves this more than our Champion's pack."