On their journey to Nivaris they reach many towns but something kinda feels odd, they keep going through this towns so smoothly and it seems peaceful but the feeling of conflict underneath the surface is evident. The group finally after a long journey, reaches the entrance to Nivaris and are met by two guards, Sylvan steps forward, "Me and my group are here to meet with an expert blacksmith that resides in this Kingdom and we are looking to have him forge us some weapons."
The two guards look at them firmly and suspecting. One of them speaks, "what's the name of this blacksmith?"
Sylvan stands straight and confident not budging, "Velgrus Ironfist, my father was a close friend of his."
They both look approvingly, "you pass, you all may enter now."
Sylvan nods, "Thank you."
They head down into this cave and when they get deep enough they see the sight that is this steampunk looking city that is the home of the Dwarves. Albion looks in awe, "amazing. I've never seen anything like it before."
Sylvan and Ciaran nod and smile as if it's nothing new to them but Luna is also excited, "Wow! Its so cool!! There are so many machines running everything and it's so bright even though it's underground."
They all enjoy the view together until Sylvan finally leads them ahead, "I believe I remember where Velgrus lives so I'll lead the way, fair warning though. He is a bit of an odd one."
Sylvan leads the way down into the city where they reach a nice looking building and they open the door to head in. Inside Velgrus is seen forging a weapon for a client. they all watch for a while as they watch him forge the weapon and give it to the client and after the client leaves with their weapon Sylvan clears his throat and speaks up, "It's been a while, Velgrus."
Velgrus looks at him with squinting eyes not recognizing him, "Who the hell are ya?"
Sylvan looks disappointed and sad at the same time and is taken back, "REALLY? You don't remember me, I'm Sylvan Zahiraeth!"
Velgrus looks as if he's thinking hardly about it, "doesn't ring a bell."
Sylvan is getting pissed, "Damn it you old bastard you don't even remember the son of your best friend?"
Velgrus seems as if he finally remembered something, "oh I see, your Vaelion's son, you're grown now. How's the old man doing?"
Sylvan looks down a little, "He's dead."
Velgrus looks a bit pissed now, "that damn elf, he's gotten so distant that I didn't even know he died? How long ago was it?"
Sylvan looks sad remembering the death of his father, "It was 3 years ago, he was captured by Maliketh, the leader of the dark elves and executed in front of all of our citizens including me."
Velgrus starts tearing up a bit and seeing this Sylvan can't help but tear up a bit too, "I'm sorry kid, your father was a great man as you know, I just wish he could've gone out better and not so soon. He had another century ahead of him I'm sure. Damn it!"
He hits the counter aggressively, he calms down a bit after, "Sorry, now to get to business what brings you here and who are the others?"
Sylvan nods, alright I'll let them introduce themselves, Ciaran goes first, "I'm Ciaran Draven, a previous king of the now lost kingdom of Lionhart, I'm a skilled swordsman who is helping on this journey to stop the tyranny of the dark elves."
Luna goes next, "I am the princess of the dark elves, Luna Shadowheart, I was captured but these men saved my life and recruited me to help stop my empire, they need to be stopped. They only treated me and the rest of the women and any citizen like trash."
Finally Albion introduces himself, "I am Albion Dawnspire, I was the prince and the should-be king of the Elandor empire, after my father and mentor were both killed by a man, I was framed and sentenced to death where I was saved by Ciaran, and set out on a journey which turned into our current mission after having a run in with the dark elves and meeting Sylvan."
Sylvan speaks now, "that's all of us."
Velgrus nods, "alright, great to meet you all, I'm Velgrus Ironfist, I was a warrior who previously defeated the Black Dragon, Thrakhurg along with Sylvans father and a few other powerful people."
They all look shocked, but Sylvan speaks, "Dragon!? Like, dragon's really exist?"
Velgrus smirks, "Indeed they do, they are a rare species but they do exist and they are way more powerful then anything you could imagine, but again we are off topic, let's get to the point what are you all here for?"
They all sigh and calm down, Sylvan speaks for them, "Sorry, anyways, we're here to ask a favor of you. We are planning to fight and defeat the dark elves but we need your help. We need you to forge us some weapons fitting of the four of us to help us defeat them, if you could."
Velgrus sighs as if he is getting ready for what he is about to say, "I'll do it but under one condition."
Sylvan smiles, "Alright what's the condition?"
Velgrus smirks, "you gotta let me join the 4 of you, I may be old but I'm sick of just being a blacksmith, I want an adventure just like the old days. And for a great cause no less. I'm in."
Sylvan and then all smile, "Deal, now let's get started."
Velgrus smiles happy that they accepted, "Alright, let's get started, Sylvan what weapon do you desire for me to make?"
Sylvan clears his throat, "A bow, one that has range but can be fired quickly if the user is skilled enough, could you do that for me?"
Velgrus, "that's an easy task for me, will do. Now, Ciaran?"
Ciaran quickly moves up to make his request, "I would like a Katana but make it longer than the usual, and make sure it is sharp and pretty light."
Velgrus, "easy enough, now Luna?"
Luna jumps up with excitement, "I'd like a dual set of daggers, make them a medium length for a dagger and make them suitable to throw as well."
Velgrus, "Simple, will do, now finally, Albion what is it you would like?"
Albion steps up, "I would like a shortsword made with the best of your ability."
Velgrus answers, "A unique choice, what makes you choose that?"
Albion speaks up, "I trust you as a blacksmith."
Velgrus smiles, "that's exactly what I like to hear. Now it may take me until tomorrow to get all of that done so I would recommend you all go rent a room at a nearby inn and check in on me tomorrow if that's ok with you all?"
They all nod, Albion speaks, "Sounds great, we will be here in the morning."
Velgrus sends them off and begins his work on the weapons. The others walk through the streets of Nivaris, Albion, "this place is too amazing, but I'd love to check out more stuff here but to be honest I'm exhausted from the journey, it took us a week and I didn't get much sleep during that time, so I could use the rest."
The others nod in agreement and they find an inn and rest for the night. Which they could tell because the Dwarves lower the lighting in the underground city as it becomes night above ground so they can still sleep easy and know when it is night. The light turn back on to there normal brightness and the group is all up, they get ready, eat breakfast at the inn and make it to the entrance to Velgrus's shop, they open the door, and Velgrus is sitting there with all the weapons done, him sitting there passed out from all the hard work.