07-09-2017, 10:17 AM
Location/Role: Smithy is in the stewardship/employee of the Empire. His main workshop is located somewhere on Tier 1, although its location is private save for those with high enough clearances. He has never appeared in public and rarely appears at any meetings save for those where his presence is requested/demanded by the Emperor.
Story: Smithy originates from a small realm of his own creation, where he toiled to create an army that could conquer the cosmos. His realm bordered a world where stars were magical, and the wishes made upon the trails of shooting stars could come true. It appears that this is the same realm from which King Bowser Koopa was likewise ‘pulled’, based on descriptions of “talking mushrooms, talking turtles, and ‘other fanciful madness’.”
Unlikely to share details, Smithy merely remarks that he had sought to harness the power of shooting stars. In his strive for greatness (hubris?), he shattered the cosmos of his world, causing the magic of what he calls ‘the Star Way’ to fall to the world of mortals. While he shares little details, it is clear from his frustration that he was either stymied in his efforts or defeated altogether.
Whatever the circumstances, it is obvious that he failed or dealt with serious setbacks, and his arrival to the Omniverse followed shortly thereafter.
Smithy’s arrival to the Omniverse also coincided with the appearance of various comets in several verses. The efforts of the Dalaran Astronomers’ Guild and several independent mercenaries/adventurers has revealed that those comets were actually shooting stars. Smithy, who found himself living in the dredges of Camelot, made the connections. When he tried to ‘acquire’ a star piece which had fallen into the possession of the Astronomers’ Guild, he was beaten, embarrassed, and exiled from Camelot.
A shrewd individual, he had been around the Omniverse long enough to understand the greater political picture. He took his services and his knowledge to the Empire. Believing that the stars were the same to those in his home world, he convinced the Empire of his usefulness (aside from megalomania, he is also an excellent blacksmith). As his stock rose, he was able to further ingratiate himself, and while the Empire has not backed his efforts to have the stars hunted down and repossessed, they have not stopped Smithy from organizing his own efforts to do so using their money.
Whether or not they are the same powerful artifacts from his home world, Smithy will not stop until he has collected the seven stars and solved their mystery.
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Story: Smithy originates from a small realm of his own creation, where he toiled to create an army that could conquer the cosmos. His realm bordered a world where stars were magical, and the wishes made upon the trails of shooting stars could come true. It appears that this is the same realm from which King Bowser Koopa was likewise ‘pulled’, based on descriptions of “talking mushrooms, talking turtles, and ‘other fanciful madness’.”
Unlikely to share details, Smithy merely remarks that he had sought to harness the power of shooting stars. In his strive for greatness (hubris?), he shattered the cosmos of his world, causing the magic of what he calls ‘the Star Way’ to fall to the world of mortals. While he shares little details, it is clear from his frustration that he was either stymied in his efforts or defeated altogether.
Whatever the circumstances, it is obvious that he failed or dealt with serious setbacks, and his arrival to the Omniverse followed shortly thereafter.
Smithy’s arrival to the Omniverse also coincided with the appearance of various comets in several verses. The efforts of the Dalaran Astronomers’ Guild and several independent mercenaries/adventurers has revealed that those comets were actually shooting stars. Smithy, who found himself living in the dredges of Camelot, made the connections. When he tried to ‘acquire’ a star piece which had fallen into the possession of the Astronomers’ Guild, he was beaten, embarrassed, and exiled from Camelot.
A shrewd individual, he had been around the Omniverse long enough to understand the greater political picture. He took his services and his knowledge to the Empire. Believing that the stars were the same to those in his home world, he convinced the Empire of his usefulness (aside from megalomania, he is also an excellent blacksmith). As his stock rose, he was able to further ingratiate himself, and while the Empire has not backed his efforts to have the stars hunted down and repossessed, they have not stopped Smithy from organizing his own efforts to do so using their money.
Whether or not they are the same powerful artifacts from his home world, Smithy will not stop until he has collected the seven stars and solved their mystery.