Power Forge

The Power Forge grants the wielder supernatural proficiency in crafting items, artifacts, and constructs, imbuing them with properties and power far beyond conventional limits. Practitioners can:

• Forge weapons of unimaginable sharpness.
• Craft armors with invincible resilience.
• Sculpt statues that channel divine beauty and power.
• Create sentient beings, realms, or realities, making the wielder a true architect of existence.

This power enables the blending of esoteric magic, impossible materials, and sheer will to manifest creations that defy logic and reality.

Techniques and Applications

The Power Forge incorporates a wide array of techniques that blend craftsmanship and metaphysics:

1. Craftsmanship Magic: Mastery of crafting items through magical processes that enhance their innate properties.
2. Reality Forging: The creation of realms, dimensions, or entire universes through the manipulation of reality's fabric.
3. Impossible Forging: Crafting objects or beings that defy physical and metaphysical laws.
4. Soul Forging: Imbuing creations with SOULs, granting them sentience and individuality.
5. Supernatural Properties Manipulation: Altering or enhancing the attributes of materials to make them extraordinary.
6. Transcendent Weaponry/Armor Creation: Forging artifacts of unparalleled power and resilience.
7. Enchantment and Infusion: Imbuing objects with mystical energies or spells.
8. Mystical Material Manipulation: Shaping and combining rare or impossible materials, such as those from other dimensions.
9. Property Replication and Transference: Duplicating or transferring properties from one object to another.
10. Alchemic Material Manipulation: Transforming base substances into more potent or rare materials during the forging process.

• Magic Negation/Destruction: Objects created through the Power Forge can nullify or destroy magic, depending on their intended function.
• Dependency on Tools and Space: The wielder requires specific tools, materials, and often a specialized space to perform their craft.

The Power Forge originates from the Crucible, a fragment of chaos left behind when Ymir, the First Born of the Yawning Void, was slain. When Yggdrasil, the Tree of Worlds, was created, a spark of the Crucible's primordial essence was seized by the first Dwarven Kings. This spark became the foundation of the Power Forge, an ability tied to their lineage.

Only those born as Dwarf-folk possess the Power Forge inherently. The only exception is through a rare and sacred boon granted by a reigning Dwarven King, though such gifts are given sparingly, as they require immense trust and respect.

When Ymir fell, his body gave rise to powerful beings, including the Dwarves, who were imbued with fragments of the Crucible’s raw creative potential. Among these, four Dwarves rose to prominence as the First Great Dwarven Kings, each a master of the Power Forge:

1. Smuthorgun the Soft-Spoken: Known for forging delicate yet impossibly resilient creations.
2. Fimdargun of the Quivering Bones: A master of crafting animated constructs and sentient beings.
3. The Invincible Gruin: Renowned for forging indestructible weapons and armor used in legendary wars.
4. Barys the Lord of Many Ways: Innovator of multidimensional artifacts and the creator of pathways between realms.

Under their guidance, the Dwarves established Niðavellir, a realm forged entirely by their skill and will. This realm, nestled within Yggdrasil, is both a homeland and a testament to their mastery.