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

prepared! The air vents aren't in

sinks! The second I turned my back they rushed in

started working!"

Cobalt slapped herself

forehead with an antenna. These morons. She understood

pressure piling up on the worker caste becoming

This was the second forge they'd

wasn't finished yet. Putting in the air vents

drew the air in

and the heat sinks were yet more enchanted cores that

be dispersed

all

never stopped coming! More

Construction on the new deep nest, a secure location for the

for the offensive,

already begun. Combined with the relentless push for new

time for the carvers, they were pushed to

point!

And they loved

and Tungstant had been relentless, chewing through work

they chewed through dirt and their fellow caste members had

step in and send detachments of soldiers to

before the carvers

fellow caste members being forcibly dragged away, legs kicking

air had only spurred the remainder of the carvers

to be forced to rest then

time!

"Why are five

of this work avalanche!" The

down the

"Hey, Tungstant,

you

"Cobalt! I came

cores for

in there

Cobalt gave a solemn

nod.

"Damn fools!

about ant biology tells us how dangerous that

they're losing

The colony had been

a huge number

been ant physiology

that they had known

being explored to discover the

primary discoveries as they'd ventured into

environment they enjoyed in the nest didn't

shaping metal. For the ants to

environment needed to be

started immediately, the heat sinks and air vents where the

this labour.

"No help for it.

on then, Cobalt. You and I can get this

this forge operational."

The two council

right to work. Tungstant had brought the required materials in

over her neck, yet another

installing the precious enchanted arrays with their

in key locations around the forge. After an

and stepped back as the