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===Blood Forging===
Blood Forging is the art of turning the blood of various creatures and peoples into different, magical metals. It is said it was invented by the knife ears, and that since blood is the currency of the soul, the quality of the soul effects the quality of the metal.

It is said, that the younger the blood used in blood forging, the more durable and potent the metal will be. Why this is? No one knows. But it is suspected that it is why the Knife Ears steal children during their raids... using their blood to create the metals that they so depend on.

* The blood of a holy man makes a metal that will turn aside all evil.
* The blood of an honest man will shiver in the presence of untruth.
* The blood of a criminal makes the best lockpicks.
* The blood of a mage crafts no finer magical focus.
* The blood of a Magos is said to make blades that shatter enchantment, or rune-letters that protect the bearer from spellcraft.
* The blood of a liar, specially forged, can craft a tongue-stud that twists the speaker's words to sound convincing to the listener.
* A blade forged with blood of the Chasatha leaves wounds that sicken easily, and will not heal.
* And the blood of an astrologer is said to craft devices that can read the future - the missing astrologers, some whisper, are being crafted into the Vizier's Orrery - the largest prognostication device ever made.
* The weapon forged from the blood of an orphan and quenched in their tears and heartblood always strikes true.