Senri's Satellite Dojo Forge

[Ryutatsu "Sakurai Sword"]

Over the entrance is a saying that Ryutatsu picked up in his travels that seemed to fit. For his mentality matched the thought expressed in it.

“As a blacksmith uses heat to temper steel, so should a trial by fire strengthen one’s mettle.”
― Jeffrey Fry

Sparing no expense, Ryutatsu bought and created the best forge he could. Here was a large smithy that was built on top a thermal generator. This was a modern forge with all the amenities on could ask for when working with metal. Especially Swords have several items that were specifically for the creation of such art. Ryutatsu made it expansive enough for students to try their skills.

Add-On: After meeting a fearsome monster in the fake Valhalla of the Land of Snow, Ryutatsu returned with the components to turn his forge into a Remorhaz Forge. His Forge now had a strong chakra aura and he could craft wonders of the world from his special place.

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Smithy, Perfected
Rank: "S"
Type: Main, Room, 3 Stronghold Space, Craftsman Room
Effect: A Crafting Room dedicated for all kinds of Blacksmithing/Metalworking.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: Similar to the basic smithy, this area features a polished stone floor and marble-encased forge of the highest quality. Working in this smithy gives a character a +80 circumstance bonus on any Craft pertaining to Blacksmithing/Metalworking (Armour, Blacksmithing/Metalworking, etc.) checks. This area requires the services of a smith. There may be up to 6 people working in this area.
Limit: Must be created by a Construction Crafter.
Cost: 130,000 Ryo

Remorhaz Forge - The Remorhaz Forge carries a strong chakra aura, and can weigh 1,000 pounds. A remorhaz forge is crafted from the innards of the feared polar worm. Without fuel it can heat itself enough to melt any known metal, or instantly absorb white-hot heat without harming the cooled object. Using this forge grants a craftsman a +50 bonus to their Crafting Room when working with metals, and enables them to craft both Fire-forged Steel and Frost-forged Steel Weapons and Armour without any extra cost time.

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Cost:
2,500 Base Gauntlet
10,000 for Aeroglass
=12,500
Tech Path III/Mastercrafted automatically makes items two more levels higher i.e. Superior
+ 1 Level for Aeroglass is automatically at Mastercrafted
=Advanced
12,500
+ 50%
=18,750 Pristine
+ 50%
=28,125 Perfected

3,000 Base Claw
20,000 for Troll Iron
=23,000
Tech Path III/Mastercrafted automatically makes items two more levels higher i.e. Superior
23,000
+ 50%
=34,500 Advanced
+ 50%
=51,750 Pristine
+ 50%
=77,625 Perfected

Gauntlet/Claw = Perfected

77,625
-5% (3,881) for Eldritch Smith
= 73,744 - Claw

28,125
-5% (1,406) for Eldritch Smith
= 26,719 - Gauntlet

1/3 for materials = 24,541
Claw
1/3 for materials = 8,906
Gauntlet

1/3 for time = 24,541
Claw
1/3 for time = 8,906
Gauntlet

24,541
-1/4 (6,135) for time due to Book: Textbook: Volume IX: Craftworks: Metals
=18,406 - Claw

8,906
-1/4 (2,226) for time due to Book: Textbook: Volume IX: Craftworks: Metals
=6,680 - Gauntlet

25,086 for time
Time to Completion

125 Weaponsmith Skill
+80 Tech Path III
+30 Skill Focus
+10 Renowned Master of Craft
+20 Artisan Skill Bonus
+80 Perfected Forge
+30 for Tuned Tools
+30 for Book: Textbook: Volume IX: Craftworks: Metals
+25 for Blacksmith
= 430



Total posts needed: 58


Claw (Overview)
Rank: "C"
Type: Main, Piercing/Slashing, Claw
Effect: Claws attached to Gauntlets to add slashing or piercing damage.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: A Light Weapon. These weapons do +4 Amour Points of Damage. A weapon that either gives claws to a gauntlet, or a blade(s) are attached to a horizontal handle that projects out from the fist when held. These weapons allow the wielder to hold things in their hand while using a Clawed weapon, however the user cannot use the claw and a weapon in the same hand at the same time to attack. Since these weapons are basically variants of Gauntlets they cannot be disarmed unless they are removed from the user's hand. Examples of Claw Weapons: Bagh nah, Katara, Pata, Push Dagger, Roman Scissors, Tekko, Claws, and Tekagi-shuko.
Limit: These items may be bought inside any Weapon Shop.
Cost: 3,000 Ryo each

• Iron, Troll’s
  Rank: "B"
  Type: Main, Mineral, Special Material
  Effect: Special material that increases weapon damage, and gives Fortitude bonus with armour.
  Special: ---
  Drawback: ---
  Description: Identification: Average; Hardness: 12; Armour Points/Inch: 30; Armour Class: +0. This greenish-colored metal can only be found in the lower caverns of the subterranean world, deeper than even people dare venture. Various races of the underworld, will trade troll’s iron tools and weapons with those without access to the metal. At times, merchant caravans from the surface world set off on expeditions to trade for as much troll’s iron equipment as they can lay their hands on. Tools, weapons, and Armours crafted from the oddly colored metal are far stronger than those made of iron and almost as durable as steel items. Weapons constructed of troll’s iron gain a +1 Weapon Size to damage. Armours constructed of at least 50% of their weight in troll’s iron provide the wearer with a +2 bonus to all Fortitude saves.
  Limit: These items may be bought inside any Weapon Shop.
  Cost: +20,000 Ryo per Weapon; +20,000 Ryo per Armour Piece/ +3,000 Ryo per Helmet.
  

Gauntlet (Overview)
Rank: "C"
Type: Main, Bludgeoning/Piercing/Slashing, Gauntlet
Effect: A defensive and offensive armour used as a weapon or protection for the user's arms.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: A Light Weapon. These weapons do +3 Amour Points of Damage. Metal or armoured gloves that allow the user to deal lethal damage with unarmed strikes. A strike with a gauntlet is otherwise considered an unarmed attack. The opponent cannot use a disarm action to disarm a user with gauntlets on unless they remove the gauntlets completely. Examples of Gauntlets: Brass Knuckles, Cestus, and Gauntlets.
Limit: These items may be bought inside any Weapon Shop.
Cost: 2,500 Ryo Each

• Aeroglass
  Rank: "B"
  Type: Main, Mineral, Special Material
  Effect: Special material allowing armour to float, and a user to strike +1 extra time for 1 movement.
  Special: ---
  Drawback: ---
  Description: Identification: Average; Hardness: 7; Armour Points/Inch: 12; Armour Class: -4. Non Magnetic Material. Aeroglass is a light, strong glass containing small amounts of adamantine and numerous minute air bubbles. It is sometimes found as slag floating on top of lava in active volcanoes. Not as strong as steel per unit volume, it has hardness 7 and 12 Armour Points per inch of thickness; an equivalent volume of aeroglass weighs only 1/5 as much as steel. Weapons made of aeroglass are always masterwork. Due to their light weight, they gain an additional +1 additional attack in 1 movement per round while using a weapon made of Aeroglass, though this bonus does not stack with any enchantment bonus. Aeroglass armour needs to be thicker in order to provide the same protection as normal Armour, so gives no special benefits. However, since it floats, adventurers sometimes wear armour of this substance.
  Limit: These items may be bought inside any Weapon Shop.
  Cost: +10,000 Ryo per Weapon; +10,000 Ryo per Armour Piece/ +1,500 Ryo per Helmet.

Evoke Emotional Response - using Tech Path III for automatic application of
Rank: "C"
Skill: Supplementary
Effect: The Artisan’s ability to create has reached the point that they can start to create items that give and emotional response to people that see or use them.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: This is an enhancement of the Tame the Savage Breast ability. The Artisan can choose a particular emotion to evoke with any of their work; whether it be confidence, fear, horror, love, doubt or any other kind of reaction. The target of the emotional response must also be chosen by the Artisan from the possible options of: “the owner”, “the wearer”, “the reader”, “the user” or “the audience”. Building an emotional effect into a craftwork has a cost of 1/10 of total cost (Materials are not purchased), and once the extra component and the original item are both complete, the item is then ready for use. The Save is the same as Tame the Savage Beast.
Limit: Must be an Artisan. Must know Tame the Savage Beast

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Tech Path III/Mastercraft instant Superior Quality

500 Ryo for Knife 1
+30,000 for Shineblade
=30,500 Base
x 50 % for Advanced
=45,750
x 50 % for Pristine
=68,625
x 50 % for Perfected
=102,937.5

500 Ryo for Knife 2
+ 500 x5 for Umbrite
=3,000 Base
x 50 % for Advanced
=4,500
x 50 % for Pristine
=6,750
x 50 % for Perfected
=10,125

1000 Ryo for 5 meters of Wire
+0 for Copper Plating
=1,000 Base
x 50 % for Advanced
=1,500
x 50 % for Pristine
=2,250
x 50 % for Perfected
=3,375

Vision and Mirage Total = 116,437
- 5 % (5821.85) For Eldritch Smith
= 110,616

1/3 for Materials
=36,872

1/6 for Time
=19,406.16
Crystal Mastery II takes only 60 percent of time
=11,643.6
Book: Textbook: Volume IX: Craftworks: Metals - Reduce time takes by a quarter again
=8,732.7


125 Weaponsmith Skill
+80 Tech Path III
+30 Skill Focus
+10 Renowned Master of Craft
+20 Artisan Skill Bonus
+80 Perfected Forge
+30 for Tuned Tools
+30 for Book: Textbook: Volume IX: Craftworks: Metals
+25 for Blacksmith
+50 for Remorhaz Forge
= 480

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Vision and Mirage
Rank: "A" Rank
Type: Secondary, Piercing/Slashing, Twin Knives connected by a Wire
Effect: An instrument composed of a blade fixed into a handle, used for cutting or as a weapon connected to a second by five meters of Copper Plated Wire
Special: Vision and Mirage combine light and darkness. One side Vision is a knife crafted from Shineblade. Shineblade is an extremely rare fey metal that, when struck, sheds a purplish light that helps negate the concealment of hidden or obstructed creatures in a 10-meter radius. A creature wielding a weapon made from this material gains an immediate Observation check to notice hidden creatures, with a fey wielder gaining a +20 circumstance bonus on the check. If the character makes an attack against a revealed creature in the same round, the miss chance due to concealment is reduced by half (from a 20% miss chance to only 10% in most cases).
The other side is Mirage. A knife created to absorb light as vision was created to shed light. It was crafted with a non Magnetic Material known as Umbrite. Umbrite is a dark, dense metal of surprising hardness. While umbrite is no match for the hardness of mithral or adamantine, it is stronger than steel and easily among the most durable metals known. Beyond its capable performance as a metal, umbrite is remarkable for its light-absorbing qualities. Umbrite seemingly absorbs light at a slow rate, causing shadows around it to deepen considerably. In fact, veins of umbrite are often located by noting areas incurring a sudden loss of light. Strangely, umbrite is a relatively new discovery, having first been written about within the last 200 years. When the first reports of this material were made, they were dismissed as hallucinations produced by the subterranean gases. This may be one reason umbrite has remained unknown for so long. Umbrite is only found during mining operations for other ores or rare gems, and even more curiously, only in the deepest and darkest locales where few civilized folk venture. One sage has theorized that umbrite may well be a new material. Its appearance and location may be linked with the little-known fact that it only appears near large concentrations of the strange radiations that are said to grow through the underworld. Other learned folk have speculated that umbrite might be seepage from the plane of shadow. Many agree with this theory, since umbrite is only found in places of deepest darkness. Miners have long maintained that umbrite is an unlucky material and bodes ill. Stories abound of miners disappearing frequently after a vein of umbrite has been uncovered. Miners have considered it a nuisance material for decades, since until recently it was impossible to forge umbrite into any useful product. The underdark civilizations have begun vying to learn this secret and, more importantly, to gain control of umbrite mines of their own. Umbrite-forged items are immensely expensive. A forged umbrite item weighing 1 pound or more retains much of its light-absorbing properties. While wielding any umbrite item of 1 pound or more, the user gains a +15 circumstance bonus against an Observer’s Observation check per Armour Piece. Shadows around them seem to be deeper and darker. This affects a 2-meter area around the wielder and does not extend to others.
The Copper Plated Wire is a Non Magnetic Material. Copper-plated objects take half damage from acid effects. Armour composed primarily of metal that is plated in copper confers to its wearer acid resistance +5% per Armour Piece. Copper-plated armour or shields render the wearer more vulnerable to electricity attacks, however, either granting any attack against the wearer that deals electricity damage a +10 bonus to attacks while reducing saves by +1. Copper-plated weapons that channel or that deal electricity damage deal 1 extra point of electricity damage per 6 Armour Points of Electrical Damage.
Drawback: ---
Description: A Light Weapon. These weapons do +18 Amour Points of Damage. The Range Increment of this weapon is 5 meters. A knife has a blade that is about less than 1 foot in length. The user gains a +10 bonus on Sleight of Hand Skill to conceal a knife on their body. While the wire portion which is detachable does These weapons do +18 Amour Points of Damage. Wire is a single, usually cylindrical, flexible strand or rod of metal. Wires are used to bear mechanical loads and to carry electricity and telecommunications signals. Wire is commonly formed by drawing the metal through a hole in a die or draw plate. Standard sizes are determined by various wire gauges. When using Wire over 1.2 m (1 to 4 feet) they are treated as a 2-handed weapon. Wire under 1.2 m (1 to 4 feet) are treated as 1-handed weapons. If the user learns Wield Oversized Weapon the user is able to wield the weapon 1-handed.
Limit: Crafted by Ryutatsu Exclusively for Raikage Marii
Cost: 116,437

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Knife (Overview)
Rank: "C" Rank
Type: Secondary, 2 per Slot, Piercing/Slashing, Knife
Effect: An instrument composed of a blade fixed into a handle, used for cutting or as a weapon.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: A Light Weapon. These weapons do +4 Amour Points of Damage. The Range Increment of this weapon is 5 meters. A knife has a blade that is about less than 1 foot in length. The user gains a +10 bonus on Sleight of Hand Skill to conceal a knife on their body.
Limit: These items may be bought inside any Weapon Shop.
Cost: 1,000 Ryo per Slot, or 500 Ryo Each.

• Shineblade
  Rank: "A"
  Type: Main, Mineral, Special Material
  Effect: Special material that allows creatures to notice hidden creatures.
  Special: ---
  Drawback: ---
  Description: Identification: Very Difficult; Hardness: 10; Armour Points/Inch: 30; Armour Class: +0. Shineblade is an extremely rare fey metal that, when struck, sheds a purplish light that helps negate the concealment of hidden or obstructed creatures in a 10-meter radius. A creature wielding a weapon made from this material gains an immediate Observation check to notice hidden creatures, with a fey wielder gaining a +20 circumstance bonus on the check. If the character makes an attack against a revealed creature in the same round, the miss chance due to concealment is reduced by half (from a 20% miss chance to only 10% in most cases).
  Limit: These items may be bought inside any Weapon Shop.
  Cost: +30,000 Ryo per Weapon.

Knife (Overview)
Rank: "C" Rank
Type: Secondary, 2 per Slot, Piercing/Slashing, Knife
Effect: An instrument composed of a blade fixed into a handle, used for cutting or as a weapon.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: A Light Weapon. These weapons do +4 Amour Points of Damage. The Range Increment of this weapon is 5 meters. A knife has a blade that is about less than 1 foot in length. The user gains a +10 bonus on Sleight of Hand Skill to conceal a knife on their body.
Limit: These items may be bought inside any Weapon Shop.
Cost: 1,000 Ryo per Slot, or 500 Ryo Each.

• Umbrite
  Rank: "B"
  Type: Main, Mineral, Special Material
  Effect: Special material capable of bending light, making the target easier to hide.
  Special: ---
  Drawback: ---
  Description: Identification: Difficult; Hardness: 12; Armour Points/Inch: 30; Armour Class: -2. Non Magnetic Material. Umbrite is a dark, dense metal of surprising hardness. While umbrite is no match for the hardness of mithral or adamantine, it is stronger than steel and easily among the most durable metals known. Beyond its capable performance as a metal, umbrite is remarkable for its light-absorbing qualities. Umbrite seemingly absorbs light at a slow rate, causing shadows around it to deepen considerably. In fact, veins of umbrite are often located by noting areas incurring a sudden loss of light. Strangely, umbrite is a relatively new discovery, having first been written about within the last 200 years. When the first reports of this material were made, they were dismissed as hallucinations produced by the subterranean gases. This may be one reason umbrite has remained unknown for so long. Umbrite is only found during mining operations for other ores or rare gems, and even more curiously, only in the deepest and darkest locales where few civilized folk venture. One sage has theorized that umbrite may well be a new material. Its appearance and location may be linked with the little-known fact that it only appears near large concentrations of the strange radiations that are said to grow through the underworld. Other learned folk have speculated that umbrite might be seepage from the plane of shadow. Many agree with this theory, since umbrite is only found in places of deepest darkness. Miners have long maintained that umbrite is an unlucky material and bodes ill. Stories abound of miners disappearing frequently after a vein of umbrite has been uncovered. Miners have considered it a nuisance material for decades, since until recently it was impossible to forge umbrite into any useful product. The underdark civilizations have begun vying to learn this secret and, more importantly, to gain control of umbrite mines of their own. Umbrite-forged items are immensely expensive. A forged umbrite item weighing 1 pound or more retains much of its light-absorbing properties. While wielding any umbrite item of 1 pound or more, the user gains a +15 circumstance bonus against an Observer’s Observation check per Armour Piece. Shadows around them seem to be deeper and darker. This affects a 2-meter area around the wielder and does not extend to others.
  Limit: These items may be bought inside any Weapon Shop.
  Cost: x5 Ryo per Item.

Wire (Overview) - 5 meters (1000 Ryo base)
Rank: "C"
Type: Main, Slashing, Soft Weapon
Effect: Metal drawn out into the form of a thin flexible thread or rod.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: A Two-Handed Weapon. These weapons do +4 Amour Points of Damage. Wire is a single, usually cylindrical, flexible strand or rod of metal. Wires are used to bear mechanical loads and to carry electricity and telecommunications signals. Wire is commonly formed by drawing the metal through a hole in a die or draw plate. Standard sizes are determined by various wire gauges. When using Wire over 1.2 m (1 to 4 feet) they are treated as a 2-handed weapon. Wire under 1.2 m (1 to 4 feet) are treated as 1-handed weapons. If the user learns Wield Oversized Weapon the user is able to wield the weapon 1-handed.
Limit: These items may be bought inside any Weapon Shop.
Cost: 3,000 Ryo per Bundle, 200 Ryo per Meter

• Copper-Plated
  Rank: "C"
  Type: Main, Mineral, Special Material
  Effect: Special material giving resistance to acid while becoming more susceptible to electricity.
  Special: ---
  Drawback: ---
  Description: Identification: Average; Hardness: 10; Armour Points/Inch: 30; Armour Class: -3. Non Magnetic Material. Copper-plated objects take half damage from acid effects. Armour composed primarily of metal that is plated in copper confers to its wearer acid resistance +5% per Armour Piece. Copper-plated armour or shields render the wearer more vulnerable to electricity attacks, however, either granting any attack against the wearer that deals electricity damage a +10 bonus to attacks while reducing saves by +1. Copper-plated weapons that channel or that deal electricity damage deal 1 extra point of electricity damage per 6 Armour Points of Electrical Damage.
  Limit: These items may be bought inside any Weapon Shop.
  Cost: +0 Ryo for Weapons and Armour

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Post 1

Ryutatsu began the work that was going to be one of his masterpieces. He was making the Vision and Mirage for the Raikage. Ryutatsu in the few training Sessions he had with her noticed that she didn't use much in the way of big weapons. No she was a small arms expert. So he laid out the design for twin daggers that were connected by wire and could detach. It would be up to the Raikage though to get the best use out of this. 

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Post 2

Ryutatsu began the long set up process of acquiring the right materials. He needed sturdy leather for the grips and something better than twine to bind it. But wire would tear up the wielder's hands. He would make this a masterpiece to be worthy of a Kage. Shineblade would be Vision. This would allow the special sighted Kage to see all her enemies who hide.

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Post 3

Luckily for Ryutatsu he no longer had to control the exact fuel level for his forge. His forge of advanced design used a limitless chakra fuel basically. He was working out how to get just the right temperature levels he needed. For each phase of the crafting and forging process had its own requirements at this point. Ryutatsu needed to make sure he had everything at hand for just the right moment for perfection. He wasn't going to shy on the work for such a piece. 

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Post 4 

Ryutatsu was finally ready to begin phase one of combined weapon. He placed a bunch of raw shine-blade ingots over the heat. He needed the metal more than just malleable but not quite melted. This metal he was using was a very rare ore and he could only find a very little of it in the markets. Only the best worked with such material. Identifying was near impossible until you stuck it. The purplish light would shine even in the darkest of places. 

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Post 5

With his specialized equipment that was just for this forge he reached for the heated metal and brought it over an anvil. There he struck it with a sound blow of his hammer. Ryutatsu was very strong and it was partially for all the work he put into his process. Now he could make it easier on himself by using his Kyoudo blood. But he liked the ring of the hammer and the heat on his skin.

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Post 6

Over and over Ryutatsu would strike the metal until a rough shape was formed. Then he would quench the read hot metal to see the full shape of the thing. He wasn't satisfied with it so he would stick it over the heat again to get back to the state he wanted. He was very precise about his process of making any blade. But this one was going to be one of his best.

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Post 7

Ryutatsu then took the hot shine blade pounded metal and placed back on his anvil to strike at it more. Each staggering blow made the material shine with a light from within the metal. The metal was in and of itself something fey. But it was still just a metal something that his blood was in tune with. Each blow was a strike into shaping it's final form that he could see before his eyes even though it wasn't there yet.

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Post 8

Ryutatsu again quenched the small but now dull blade into the water. He took it once more out and into the heat. There was still more to pound into it before he cut away teh excess. Even though the blades were smaller they still took just as long as bigger pieces. He was slow at crafting but it was worthwhile. Ryutatsu began the process of hammering once more and struck again and again. Ever approaching just the thickness he needed.

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Post 9

Ryutatsu now took it out of the heat for what will be the last time. This time he was pounding away the excess and folding the metal into actual blade. It was becoming less dagger like and more of a dagger in actuality. The edges while not in their final form was shaping up nicely. Each time the blade was folded it gave it strength and honed the metal to it's best state. Ryutatsu worked in an exacting manner to get every stroke just right. It was the process that made the finest weapons. 

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Post 10

A raw blade sat before him, and it was still hot and malleable. So the next step was to finish up the end where the hilt would stay before he could move onto the next piece. So he took out a punch and chisel and began to shape that end so it would lock in nicely. No fear of the blade slipping out of the hilt from his blades. No, Ryutatsu formed even the parts unseen to the point where it will fit just perfect. Then lastly an etching of a Rose and Lightning Bolt intertwined on that part to signify his make. 

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Post 11

Now that he had Vision in such a state, it was time for the Mirage. The shine blade's challenge was crafting just right to keep the fey magic alive. But Mirage's challenge was much different. He was going to have a hard time even seeing the metal. He was going to have to rely on his Kyoudo blood to sense the metal. He closed his eyes and became in tune with his shop and the metal he was working with. Umbrite, a dark metal from the depths that was unknown to even exist until recent times. He was going to breath life into a dark metal that absorbed the very light around it. 

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Post 12

The process of making a blade didn't change much when working with metals. But Ryutatsu knew the subtle differences of force of the hit of the hammer and other differences to be had. Ryutatsu took care and skill to make Mirage as good as Vision. The combination of a blade that absorbed light to be paired to a blade of light was going to be interesting. He hoped that the Raikage was going to like the gift that should bring the Kyoudo clan more into the light.

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Post 13

Each strike of the hammer should have given off sparks but in this case it did not. Even the metal did not give the appearance of being red hot. No the feeling of heat was there and as was the sound but the sight was gone. The whole of the smithy was darken by working on a metal that miners think is cursed. Only those of the dark lands really get at this metal. Ryutatsu with his contacts in the merchant world was able to get his hands on a limited supply. 

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Post 14

The chakra aura of the forge and the constant heat made working with even such a difficult metal something fun. Ryutatsu relished a challenge and if he couldn't get it on the battlefield, in the smithy was next best. The shape of a second dagger soon took shape on the anvil before him. It was a similar process to the metal that made its own inner light. Heat, pound, quench and repeat, over and over again was simple but yet complicated pattern.

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Post 15

Finally he had the Vision and Mirage on his table as two separate raw blades. Vision to have light to clarify what was before the wielder and mirage to make the wielder but a shade. But he was far from finished. Though this piece of the work would be a snap in comparison. He still had to make the thread of wire that would connect them and allow a skill user to call the blade back if thrown. Wire was a process completely unlike the making of a blade. 

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Post 16

With the process almost complete, Ryutatsu was moving faster now seeing the end is near. The steel wire was going to be more than that. Fore wire had to be thin and tied together like twine. It would give it flexibility and strength. But each thread of the wire was more than basic steal it would also get plated in copper. Ryutatsu used a magic that was inherent in his blood to manipulate the hot steel mixture and copper in the air making the wire just so.

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Post 17

Ryutatsu then fitted both blades into their respective hilts. For to be able to wield the blades effectively one needs to be able to grip them right. Ryutatsu had long ago taken an idea of how the Raikage's hand was sized. So since this was going to be for her he fitted each blade with a hilt for her hand. The grips should align with the size of the diminutive woman. Then he added a little extra loop at the end of each hilt, at the pommel to fit where the wire will hook on.

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Post 18

Ryutatsu then took each portion of the weapon and gave it a masterful work over. He sharpen the blade to a fine point but compromised not the integrity. He used a Jorges whetstone that he had bought earlier just for this. Slowly his blades would become things that legends used. Ryutatsu was soon satisfied with the pair and there he sheathed them in fine chitin sheaths.