"I am a dwarf and I'm digging a hole! Diggy, diggy hole! Diggy, diggy hole!" - exerpt from a popular dwarven work song
Description
A complex of forges and craftstations where the fires burn day and night while craftsmen work on some of the finest arms and armours Kildar has ever seen. Founded by the dwarf Berethor Mason it is now helmed by Sevetar Mason, a human that was adopted into the Mason clan and is now its patriarch.
While not the largest forge works in Ironhold compared to the many industrial forges found across the city, it make up for its smaller output by the sheer quality of craftmenship that is tempered in its forges.
Most of its products are produced for The Eldritch Inquisition and nobles that can afford the quality pieces the forge produces.
Origin
Founded in the early days of Ironhold as the Owlbear Smithing Company by Berethor Mason it had its humble beginnings as a manufacturer of mining equipment and mining equipment accessories. It had some succes supplying the miners of Ironhold and the surrounding area. It wasn't until Berethors grandson Ferrum bought a set of armour from the craftsman Heinz Ferraro. Ferrum found the design to be near perfect, but wanting in a few areas. It is said that when Ferrum sought out Heinz and proposed some slight alterations to the design, a heated debate ensued.
In the end, Ferarro took Mason's suggestions as an insult to his craft and told the latter to start his own armour smithing business if he thought he knew better. A suggestion Ferrum Mason took to heart. A bitter rivalry ensued when the Owlbear Smithing Company started producing arms and armours that rivaled those made by Ferarro in quality.
These days, the rivalry has taken on a more good natured, competetive quality, but in the past corporate espionage and sabotage were not unheard off.
Ever since the founding of the Ironhold Chapter, the smithing company took on the name The Mason Forge Works.
Routine
The forges of the forge works burn day and night. The hammering of steel and the rythmic sound of work songs echo through the streets surrounding the forges day in and day out.