Harland the Ironhearted

About

Where steel meets spirit, Harland transforms raw metal into living legends, her calloused hands whispering ancient secrets into every blade and armor she crafts. Beneath her scarred exterior beats the heart of a poet, translating raw emotion into razor-sharp edges that carry the dreams and nightmares of warriors who will wield her creations.

Backstory

The seventh funeral pyre crackled before young Harland's eyes as another village blacksmith succumbed to the mysterious metal plague that turned their blood to rust from the inside out. She alone possessed the rare gift of immunity—her touch could purify the cursed iron that had begun appearing in mines across the realm, but only after she learned to channel her emotions through the forge itself. Each weapon she crafted became a vessel for human feelings, literally beating hope into steel for those who wielded them, while simultaneously drawing the poison from any tainted metal she worked. Warriors sought her not just for superior weapons, but for blades that could bolster courage in battle and shields that radiated an almost supernatural sense of protection. Her greatest secret remained the first piece she ever forged—a simple iron flower that had somehow reversed her dying mother's metal poisoning, though Harland never discovered whether it was her love, her tears, or something deepe

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