12. Old Wyrm Tools & Forge

Just east of the merchant square in Twilight Falls, a thick-browed stone longhall hugs the slope of the road, its slate roof streaked with soot and its tall iron chimney forever trailing dark smoke into the forested sky. This is Old Wyrm Tools & Forge, the heart of steel and flame in the village—part smithy, part shrine, and wholly essential to frontier life.

Within the forge's hall resides not only Twilight Falls’ most skilled blacksmith, but its quiet spiritual guide to craft and endurance: Hadden Ironhallow, a Dwarven forge adept of Bleredd, the god of metal, mines, and smiths. The forge serves as a place of prayer and practicality, a shrine consecrated with fire and hammer, where every blade or barrel hoop forged becomes a tribute.

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Structure & Atmosphere

Exterior

• Built from dark stone and heavy timber, with a runed iron anvil motif over the doors
• Roof is steep and reinforced, streaked black from decades of smoke
• Iron bell hangs at the front to signal a new order or completed commission
• Iron rails and pulleys used to haul raw ore and equipment in from caravans

Interior

• Central forge glows hot day and night, its flame blessed and bound to holy practice
• Rows of tools, shelves of nails, blades, and horseshoes line the walls
• A long worktable serves as altar to Bleredd—set with hammer, tongs, and a carved anvil-shaped brazier
• Smoke and incense mingle in the air, as workers speak softly and reverently
• Dwarven and Common runes etched into the beams: prayers to Bleredd and inscriptions of resilience

You push open the iron-bound door to the forge, and the heat rolls out like a tide. Sparks rise from the hearth, and the rhythmic clang of hammer to steel stills as the figure at the anvil straightens. The dwarf turns—broad-shouldered, his beard streaked with soot and silver, eyes deep as quarry stone—and wipes his hands on a leather apron. His voice rumbles like distant thunder across stone halls.

He narrows his eyes with a smith’s precision, taking your measure. "Well now… strangers, are ye?”
“You don’t look like merchants, and you’re too clean to be loggers. So tell me—what is it you seek? Steel, repair… or guidance?”
He gestures toward the long worktable, where hammer and tongs rest beside a brazier shaped like an anvil. “In this hall, craft is prayer and every blade a story. Speak yours plain.”

Hadden Ironhallow – Forge Adept of Bleredd

A weathered dwarf of late middle age with a thick black beard streaked with silver and braided with metal beads. Hadden wears soot-stained clerical robes beneath his smith's apron. His eyes are dark with discipline and wisdom, and his hands are calloused like the stone walls around him.

Faith of the Forge – Worship of Bleredd

• The forge is both workshop and temple; labor is worship, and fire is sacred
• Hadden maintains a shrine within the longhall, where services blend with clanging hammers and the ringing of anvils
• Festivals and holy days involve displays of smithing prowess, exchanges of crafted goods, and blessings of new tools and mines
• Followers believe in the sanctity of labor, the transformation of raw earth into tools, and the sharing of knowledge

Key Elements of Worship:

• Holy Symbol: The iron mule
• Sacraments: Blessing of forges, consecration of ore and tools, forging contests
• Ritual Tools: Anvils, tongs, hammers, and fire-lit braziers
• Clergy Traits: Skilled artisans, practical, neutral-aligned, masters of metal

Political and Social Role

• Though a dwarf and priest, Hadden acts more like a guildmaster than a zealot
• Refuses to take sides publicly in town politics, but has been seen arguing with Robleth Tyne over labor rights
• Provides quiet spiritual guidance to many rangers, hunters, and even repentant brigands
• Works with Mounted Borderers to maintain weapons and armor on the frontier

Adventure Hooks

• A sacred anvil once gifted to the forge has gone missing; Hadden fears dark omens
• Robleth Tyne attempts to conscript Hadden’s apprentices into his lumber operations
• A strange metal ore is delivered to the forge—its properties defy known crafting rules
• A ranger’s broken sword, returned to the forge, bears runes that weren’t there before

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Old Wyrm Tools & Forge is more than just a smithy—it is a temple of flame, stone, and sweat, where the rhythm of the hammer is both labor and liturgy, and the light of the forge keeps both steel and souls bright in the Gnarley wilds.

Old Wyrm Tools & Forge by 3orcs

“Bleredd teaches us that the world yields only to those who shape it.”

— Hadden Ironhallow

Hadden Ironhallow – Forge Adept of Bleredd

Shop Assistant: Brenna Sootcloak

Tall for a human woman, with braided red hair always tied back and eyes like flint. Muscular arms, burn scars on her forearms, and a permanent smudge on her cheek.

Personality & Role

• Hard-working, direct, and practical—loyal to Hadden like a daughter
• Expert in bladesmithing and tool repairs
• Rumored to have once fought in a border skirmish before taking up the hammer
• Oversees orders and helps teach young apprentices

Type

Craftsman, Blacksmith / Smithy

Parent Location

Twilight Falls

Additional Rulers/Owners

• Bleredd

Inventory & Services

Blacksmithing & Gear

• High-quality tools: axes, picks, hammers, saws
• Reinforced horseshoes, wagon rims, barrel hoops
• Functional weapons: short swords, spears, maces (no frills, built to last)
• Custom orders accepted (1d4+2 days)

Religious Services

• Blessing of Tools (grants +1 to tool checks for 24 hours; donation required)
• Prayers to Bleredd for strength, endurance, and honest work
• Ceremonies for apprentices and guild oaths

Notable Items

• Forge-Blessed Tools: Advantage on one crafting-related check (25 gp)
• Bleredd’s Ember Coin: A religious token blessed by Hadden (rare; 50 gp or gifted)