Pyrrhos is the $hammer-hand at Hermon's Forg^=e — a nobody they c#
all!=^, Emberless, %because he can't
? feel forge fire the way a r -]e!%-al +
#_smith should. He;`.'s s$,pent/ a] =% tho];usand nights making the ./rune`bl,@ade*@s that ?kill dragons an@ d hydr[(as a(cross the contine_nt. On Assessm)^en$t Day, he wat#?c_??hes the #guild cro?!wn- his s\#];e^)ni/or brother D ] `eryk,: for  a ma^?ster +piece*@` called Firstlight: Pyrr]*\hos'! s  \ des%@ign,, his three years of% wo- rk` , his =*! signa`ture s# craped off the pla[
ns!. When )he dem
a]nds ]his wag$ es and#^[ walks,#* his ma-st%er u)\-/pends a sa\ck on th(#-_e anvil — ten rust:ed scr@a)ps.
:Th_=en, i?_n th#e dying fur=!nace \!%-behind him, a thread [of pure] gold
 fl:ame ri[ses on)_ -its ow*n.
 T[%`e=n!@ sc? rap/s is his )s[@.t@.!/arting stake. With a girl carry:ing a# br
,+ok@e
n family (+-sword?,=+$ a landlor]$.d's bac);_@k room, a^nd a -$#wartime ord;er \/no/ one e%+lse =[will fill, he b u!]?;ilds a forge ou:t o ?f no thi==n`/=g and star\ts scraping the paint$ -,:of$f the%; guild= 's fake ru?nes ;`o=ne-+ blade?( at a ]%time. But ; the fire in hi +_s han):ds i[sn't luck(-%. It an%sw__+ers ) to a bloodline^# ^tha;`t traces-@ bac#.k t*
,o Heph^`%aestu#+s himself, to a father who ) ?burned with his work-sh,`op r+@ather than =$sur*r) en +_der the plan+s for th;,e Gods[,layer^, ]and ,*)to an orde^(%r of as!\?hes s`%til\l hunting the  seven,] fragments =;he? scattered. Delphi
 has a name waiting for him._ He'd  rather e,(arn @one.