[center][h2] The Blacksmiths' Chronicles: Chapter 5; Iron and Innovation (Supposedly)[/h2][/center]
[center][h3] 3 years PA (Post Arrival) [/h3][/center]



After his ship performed so well the others in the tribe started respecting him more, and his tower-home got a higher priority rating. Additionally they managed to find Iron ore on this island, and on other islands in this archipelago they managed to find coal. His home recently got finished to his specifications and it is nice to have a home of his own. Additionally it appears like this island in the capital. Since the discovery of the coal and the iron ore Olliver has been working hard on upgrading the technology of the island/island chain. Olliver had had to invent a forge capable of melting the iron, so that it could be cast or forged. They now have iron swords and daggers, and also some iron chestplates and such. Olliver is doing his best to refine the iron. Soon he thinks that he might have them sufficiently refined that he can use wrought iron, and make scale or possibly feather mail. The tribesman dont bother him when he is in his forge however, they respect the ideas and quality that emerge from it too much to disturb it and risk ruining the work.

However Olliver is wondering if there might be others who have been brought here, in other corners of the globe, and is thinking about trying to expand the sphere of influence in the area so that they will benifit from other countries innovations instead of being more stagnant. Additionally there have been some ladies in the village who have been dropping hints and trying to catch Ollivers eye. Unfortunately for them, in the past year Olliver has gained an apprentice, a few of them actually, they are all from blacksmithing families, and know their trade fairly well, but they need new training inorder to use iron to its fullest potential, and one of those apprentices is Alemeda, a lady of ~28, who grew up in the forge and learned better than her brothers and is slated to take over the smithy. She has a light olive skin tone, and has relatively short, dark hair (about shoulder length), due to it getting in the way in the smithy before. The most odd thing about her appearence are her eyes, most people here have dark brown eyes, but hers are of the most esquisite green, like unto an emerald. And it is she alone who has caught Ollivers attention.