Midnight Forge

Type

Crafting and adventuring guild

Focus

Smithing, enchanting, and alchemical equipment

Operating Area

Altoria and commissions across Eldranis

Leadership

Grand Master Torrek “Ironbrow” Stonehewer

Headquarters

Midnight Anvil, Craftsman's Row, Altoria

Motto

“Where Craft Meets Magic, and Innovation is Forged.”

The Midnight Forge makes and improves weapons, armor, magical artifacts, and alchemical tools. Smiths, armorers, enchanters, and alchemists work together on commissions and experimental designs.

Members also accompany adventuring parties to maintain equipment and learn how it performs in the field. The guild favors practical crafting over purely theoretical magical research.

Equip adventurers with reliable mundane and magical gear.
Develop new enchantments, devices, materials, and alchemical tools.

The Grand Master directs the guild. Masters oversee major projects and apprentices; Journeymen take their own commissions while consulting Masters on difficult work.

Grand Master — Torrek Stonehewer directs the guild’s work.
Masters — Oversee projects, train apprentices, and have exclusive access to the Star Forge.
Journeymen — Full members who take commissions and independent projects after basic training.
Apprentices — Work under a Master, completing routine tasks while learning.

Crafting — Make weapons, armor, enchanted devices, potions, and explosives.
Experimentation — Combine smithing, magic, and alchemy; test materials such as bloodstone and astral steel.
Field support — Maintain adventurers’ gear and assess its use during expeditions.

Increase production to meet demand and attract custom commissions.
Test rare materials and refine combined crafting techniques.

Develop new enchantments and gadgets and secure military and noble commissions.
Establish control over rare crafting materials and techniques.

Smiths, armorers, enchanters, and alchemists join from crafting families or through demonstrated talent. Apprenticeship can last years. Collaboration and experimentation are encouraged, but faulty work can mean expulsion.

Demonstrate dedication and skill to enter apprenticeship.
Forge a weapon or tool under a Master’s supervision in the Hammer’s Edge rite. Those falling short may be sent for more training.

Access to the Midnight Anvil’s materials, forges, and alchemical labs.
Work and training with experienced craftspeople.
Opportunities to join expeditions and test equipment in the field.

Maintain standards of workmanship and collaborate on major projects.
Protect the guild’s reputation for quality and integrity.
Members selling substandard or faulty gear are expelled.

Forging of the Nightsteel — On the longest night each year, selected members forge a rare metal said to hold the power of the night sky.
Hammer’s Edge — Apprentices make a weapon or tool under supervision; its quality determines their future training.
Master’s Trial — A Journeyman must create a new kind of magical item or enchantment to become a Master.

Torrek “Ironbrow” Stonehewer — A smith and guild leader whose enchanted blades carry different elemental affinities. He trains apprentices strictly.
Selene Starveil — An Arcana-forger who uses the Star Forge to infuse weapons and armor with celestial magic.
Korath “Flamefist” Garn — An alchemist making strengthening elixirs, magical protection, volatile devices, and Flame Bombs.

Guild Accord — commissions specialized gear and enchanted items.
Golden Compass — trades rare expedition materials for durable, enchanted equipment.
Iron Talons — competes over outfitting clients and questions the Forge’s reliance on magical innovation.
Imperial Academy of the Arcane — competes for magical research, materials, and artifact contracts; theory and practical crafting often clash.

The Midnight Anvil in Craftsman's Row contains forges, enchanting chambers, and alchemical laboratories. The Grand Forge handles intricate artifacts, and guarded archives hold blueprints and experimental designs.

The Star Forge is said to run on stardust and celestial essence. Only Masters may work there.

History

Master smiths and enchanters founded the Midnight Forge centuries ago to combine crafting with magic. Its workshops grew to include armorers and alchemists, producing equipment for clients across Eldranis.