The Hooded

A Secret Alliance

Shadow walked home to his smith shop. He thought of what to get for spears, bows, arrows, and other things. "Wood! I need a woodcutter, or I could ask the man who runs the woodcutting, but he doesn't like people to come to him all the time. And he hates doing special shapes... I'll just see if I can get at least one spear or bow or arrow part." Thought Shadow aloud. So he decided to get a spear part on the way back. When he got to the woodcutting station, he asked the man, "Can I get a spear part? I know it's a strange request for a blacksmith, considering I've never made one, but I'd like it whatever time of day is fine." The woodcutter looked confused. "I can see what I can do, how many?" He asked. "I'd like three, if that's alright." Said Shadow. "That will be five gold, please." He said."Alright, here you go. Five gold. Could you have that ready for me by the time I get back? I have a job as a blacksmith, so after a couple orders I'll come back." Said Shadow. "Deal" said the woodcutter and Shadow went back to his shop. He had a new mallet, so he was ready to make the swords as sharp as steel.  He was a bit surprised that he took the order, he must be in a good mood today, thought Shadow. Then, he was surprised to see the first hooded man who came to his shop, Aaron, was it? "Hello there, let me guess, you want a spear? I'm going to get it after my shift, if that's alright." Said Shadow. "Actually, I wanted to talk to you later, where you met Dreth and Garret. Meet me there at nightfall, and don't tell anyone about us." Aaron said, but he didn't have his face mask on. "See you, then, and I'll bring the spear." Said Shadow. Aaron left, back into the forest. 

A bit later, Shadow went to go get the spear parts. "I could have two spear parts, then cut the third into arrow parts! That would be good." said Shadow to himself again. The woodcutter gave him the parts when he got there. Shadow said his thanks and was off to make a spear. He needed to go to Jon, because he needed the molds for a spear. After Shadow got the molds for both arrows and spears, he headed home. It was getting close to dusk, so he needed to hurry with the spears and arrows. When he finally got back, he got iron and a small amount of ruby, which he had a ton of, but still needed to be resourceful. He put them in the furnace, kept shoveling the coal until the molten iron and ruby were perfect. Then, he put the molten mixture in the spear mold, and split the molten mixture so that there was enough for both the molds, and enough for the other spear, once the first one was done. He shaped the first spear with his mallet, very sharp and big, and same for the other spear. Shadow made the arrow sharp, not too wide, and great arrodynamics. He got some feathers from Jon that he would attach to the arrow, as well. He dipped them all in the water tank to cool down. Then, he put on the wooden parts to the spears, then the arrow. He finaly put the feather piece on the arrow and the handles on the spears, and headed out, since only a tiny piece of the sun was still visible from the horizon. Shadow sprinted, which was hard with carrying the weapons. That was really fun to make those, he thought.