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

properly prepared! The air vents

second I turned my back they rushed

started working!"

Cobalt slapped herself

These morons.

on the worker caste becoming

This was the second forge

finished yet. Putting in the air vents

drew the air in so

heat sinks were yet more enchanted cores that

to be dispersed into

all

coming! More nesting space, more

the new deep nest, a secure

point for the offensive, just inside the

with the relentless push for new

the carvers, they

point!

And they loved

and Tungstant had been relentless,

their

council had to step in and

rest periods before the carvers had worked themselves to

their fellow caste members being forcibly dragged

the remainder of the carvers

rest then they needed

time!

"Why are five

of this work avalanche!"

down

"Hey, Tungstant,

you

"Cobalt! I came

of the cores for the new forge. Did

in there before it

Cobalt gave a solemn

nod.

"Damn fools!

we've learned about ant biology tells us how

they're

The colony had been

it could in a huge number

had been ant

that they had known

humidity, where now being explored to discover

as they'd

that the damp environment they enjoyed in the

with a blazing hot furnace for shaping metal. For the ants to work

specialised environment needed to be

immediately, the heat sinks and

this labour.

"No help for it.

get this done as fast as possible, we

this forge operational."

The two council

right to work. Tungstant had brought

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

two began installing the precious enchanted arrays with their

locations around the forge.

the enchantments