Chrysalis

The history of enchanted equipment is as long and storied as that of Classes themselves. Though many gloss over or even ignore the manifold achievements of the crafters, it is an undeniable fact that without their expertise in producing powerful weapons and armour, the Sapient races of the surface would have had enjoyed none of the success in delving that they have achieved.

The early records of

System made equipment are completely lost to us, of course, but following the

Cataclysm there are many records of scavenging the strange wonders that had

been attempted and constructed in that time. A society put itself back

together, the uptake of talented individuals into the crafting fields was slow,

as the surface needed to be reclaimed and with the recent memory of the

disaster fresh in people's minds, martial and magical classes proliferated.

At first, progress was

slow, staves that allowed mages to recharge their mana faster, shields that

were enhanced to improve their durability. Weaving mana into objects is as much

an art as it is a science, but slowly the Skills of the artisans rose and so

too did the demand for monster cores. A demand that quickly became voracious.

With more hands at the

till and more resources, developments came thick and fast. Agni Ruffterson

developed the first reflective shield, the lauded Ms Bromina Steelhand was the

first to channel elemental mana through a weapon, building the construct within

the weapon itself. It was the great mage artificer Wyrrin Lella who discovered

the secret of enchantments that could directly increase the Stats of a person,

and his research lead directly to the uncovering of Skill enhancing

enchantments. These breakthroughs changed the world and now even the meanest

mercenary delve will be equipped with such gear, as even a paltry +1 can mean

the difference between survival and an ignoble death.

Excerpt from 'The historical significance and

progression of the Crafting arts' by T.J. Smithinson

"Why are five of

my best smiths passed out in the tunnels?!" Cobalt bellowed.

The artisan in charge

of the new forge was just as indignant.

"I told them to

was properly prepared! The air

I turned my back

started working!"

Cobalt slapped herself

an antenna. These morons. She understood why they'd do

up on the worker caste becoming

the second forge

it wasn't finished yet. Putting in the

drew the air in so it could expelled

were yet more enchanted cores

to be dispersed into specialised

was all

stopped coming! More nesting

on the new deep nest, a secure location for

for the offensive,

Combined with the relentless push for new

the carvers, they

point!

And they loved

Cobalt and Tungstant had been

chewed through dirt and their fellow caste

had to step in and send

rest periods before the carvers had worked

their fellow caste members being forcibly dragged away, legs kicking

of the carvers to work harder!

forced to rest then they needed to complete more

time!

"Why are five

lying down in the middle of this

blasted down the

"Hey, Tungstant,

brings you

"Cobalt! I came

the installation of the cores for

and work in there before it was

Cobalt gave a solemn

nod.

"Damn fools!

biology tells us how

they're

The colony had been

learning all it could in a huge number of fields but one

been ant physiology and

they had known

being explored to discover the

of their primary discoveries as they'd ventured into the world

damp environment they enjoyed in the

blazing hot furnace for shaping metal. For the ants

specialised environment needed

heat sinks and air vents where the early fruits

this labour.

"No help for it.

Cobalt. You and I can get this done as fast as

this forge operational."

The two council

work. Tungstant had

bag slung over her neck, yet another creation of the carver caste,

precious enchanted arrays with their

key locations around the

as the enchantments