Editing Death Smiths (section)

==Warband Appearance==
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The first thing people tend to notice about the Death Smiths is the quality of their equipment. A lot of them wear ornate suits of artificer armour, the decorations on which somehow stay undamaged in the heat of battle. Hammers, anvils, volcanoes and horned devils are common themes in their iconography, although the precise ornamentation used varies from Great Forge to Great Forge. Members of the First Forge etch their armour with reliefs of fists, while the Second Forge members cover their armour plates with depictions of lightning bolts and masks of Jove Ampere's divinely handsome face (at least they seem to find it handsome). Regardless of their precise allegiance, all of them paint their equipment black as a reminder of their warband's past as a Coven of the Black Augurs. The only exception to this rule are the fists of their armour suits, which they paint red and blue to honour Ilmari Wieland. Their visors are permanently aglow with a ghostly green fire that burns the retinas of anyone who looks at it without protection. For no apparent reason, their power armour produces more and louder clanking noise than usual, so their marching sound like hundreds of hammers rhythmically striking anvils. 

Nearly all of the Death Smiths bear multiple burns of varying degrees, reminders of their dangerous craft. Numerous splinters of metal are embedded in their skin. Although mutations are not ubiquitous, some display such disturbing features as goat or ram horns, metal nails and teeth, smouldering cracks in the skin or unusual skin colours such as red or orange. Ashamed of these mutations, they usually hide them by welding iron masks around their faces, although the members of the Fifth Forge are known to display them with pride. It is also commonplace to replace mutated body parts with augmentics whenever possible. 

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