Daeva! See the life of a master armoursmith?

Smoke. Heat. Torrents of orders, always complicated. Hammers ringing all the bloody time. At the end of the day, fall over, then wake up and do it all again. But I have to, don't I? Can't grumble. We all do our bit.

Know what I have to do today? Plate armour. With iron. I bloody hate making iron armour. But you can't whinge, I say. You just crack on.

• "Harsh."

Oh, but know what you need to make blasted iron plate armour? Steel bloody ingots. And you know what you need to make steel balfired ingots? Blasted iron ore, that's what.

And who takes all the balflamed iron ore? Humans. The blasted Humans use it all up. No iron ore in Pandaemonium for love nor money. No ore? No ingots.

So what's poor Kinterun to do, eh? Turn down orders? Drive up prices? With a war on? Not complaining, mind. Can't be helped. Just have to lump it.

• "Anything I could do?"

There might just be! You ever learn forge skills? If not, no matter. I can start you, and you'll knock ingots out like a champion. Three Steel Ingots'd do me for now!

All you do, you get iron ore from wherever it's left, then refine it with my Armour Forges. Piece of cake!

It's worth asking your chums if they have spare ore. Amazing what folk have down bottom of their cube....

• Accept.
• Decline.

You're a right trooper, Daeva. With your help, I'll have that armour made. You just get those Steel Ingots, and I'll swing the rest.

Grupaks over there sells charcoal briquettes, if you need. There's Iron Ore all 'round Moslan Forest. Bring it here and forge ingots in the Armoursmithing Forge. Since you're just starting, you'll make a mess of the first few before getting the knack, so best make sure you get extra iron ore.

Off you go. I've plenty to do.

• "To the forest!"

Kinterun is stuck with an order but no steel ingots to make it with. Collect iron ore in Moslan Forest and make steel ingots on an Armour Forge.

Back already, are you?

You don't mess about!

Let's have the Steel Ingots, then.

• "What do you think?"

Ah. It appears we have a misunderstanding. When I said 'forge steel ingots', that's what I meant, not 'go for a stroll and come back empty-handed.'

YOU volunteered, so hop to it!

Customer's waiting.

• "Sorry, I'll get on it."

Pretty fast. Bought 'em off someone else, did you?

I'll tell you what, though. It's good work, this. If this is yours, keep it up. There's fine smithcraft here!

Cheers for that! Now I just make the balblasted armour. Well, back to it. Mustn't grumble. Can't stand bloody moaners.

Master Armoursmith Kinterun was in trouble because he had an order for iron plate armour but no materials to make it.

You made him the needed steel ingots.