Greet Rivianne.

You walk up behind the Blacksmith who has been at the weapon rack inspecting items for most of the entire day. "Ya know...they aren't going to run away." you tell her as you get close enough.

It frightens her as her body shakes briefly, causing the short sword she was holding to bounce of her hands and fall to the dirt below "Eek!"

"Oh!" you step forward, bending down to pick up the sword off the ground "I'm sorry for startling you." you extend your hands, offering the blade back to her.

"Sorry..." she looks up at you "Oh! Darien! Leader!" she tries to straighten her back, saluting you with her fist.

"No need for that." you smile, letting out a brief chuckle "May I ask what you're doing? You've been here looking over these weapons all day now. I mean...they ARE just weapons."

"Shitty ones at that." she mumbles out as she looks back at the blade, spinning the sword in a circular motion as she looks over it "Built for practice, not for war."

You're just looking at Rivianne, her eyes are wandering all over the weapon, glancing from the grip, to the hilt, to the blade itself all the way to the tip at the end. You could definitely tell she had a thing for being a Blacksmith "By the way...nice to meet you, I believe it's Rivianne?"

Her eyes go wide as she looks back up at you "Oh my...I'm sorry sir!" she reaches her hand out accepting yours as the two of you shake "Yes...Rivianne! But most people just call me Riv."

"Pleasure to meet you, Riv!" you say with a smile "So I heard you're the best Blacksmith in the Syndicate?"

She places the short sword back on the weapon rack before nodding at you "Yup."

"Inspecting our weapons to make sure they are up to quality?"

"Kind of...also just needed to get away from the Blacksmith. Memories..."

"I've heard." you bring your right hand up, placing it on her left shoulder "I'm sorry for your loss." you stand there in silence for a few moments.

She smirks at you "Thank you." before her eyes drop back down to the weapon rack to her right, eyeing the shields this time.

"So, I'm curious if you do anything custom? Weapons? Armor? Shields?"

Her eyes brighten up as she looks at you "Custom is what I do! I hate producing shit weapons like all these training ones. I know that's what the Syndicate needs, so they have stuff to practice with. It's also low cost and can generally be mass produced but they are garbage. Complete and utter garbage. Also boring as hell to make. Any well-made blade will completely bust these piece of shit weapons." she continues to talk as you can tell this is what she loves to be doing "If you want me to create something custom for you, you just let me know! Also if you have any ideas on what you would like, I would love to produce it for you. Whether you want a new steel infused short sword or a golden gem coated dagger I can do it all!"

You just grin at Rivianne as she continues to talk weapons and armor.

"I'll even do custom armor! Custom armor is the best to do! I have so much fun with it. I can do steel, gold, leather, cloth, you name it! I've even done stuff out of clay and bone one time. It wasn't very durable but it's good for camouflage in the desert." her hands are flying through the air as she's exaggerating her process "It really scratches an itch when I can just do whatever I want with the armor...but if you have certain specs then that's okay too!"

"hah hah!" you laugh at Riv "I love your passion!" you place the palms of your hands onto each of her shoulders, looking at her face "I'm leaving for Rathkin in five days. Can you get it ready that quick?"

"Hah! Five days? Who do you think I am? A shitty High Keep Tenor blacksmith?" she laughs at her joke even though you don't really get it "I could have your armor done in two days, max!"

"I dual wield weapons. A short sword and a dagger. I also prefer a softer armor as it gives me more movement. I tend to not wear a helmet either because I believe it limits my vision of the battlefield."

"Short sword...dagger..." she tilts her head to the side as he eyes go up, she's clearly thinking "Most likely just go with some type of leather armor...possibly some exotic animal hide. No helmet, but I'll make sure there is protection around your neck area." her hand kneads her chin a few times "Steel weapons are probably best...but maybe I can infuse it..."

"That sou..."

"And gems! And bones! We need to make it look good!" she smiles at you "You're the leader of the Sunriders. The first male leader in history. I need to make the best damn armor and weapons anybody has ever seen!" her hands grip your right hand, shaking it promisingly "You can count on me, Darien!" she smiles bright at you "Give me two days!!!" she drops your hand and almost gallops off into the mountain.

"What the..." you just look at Rivianne as she walks away from you, heading towards the Smelting Pot in the Syndicate, ready to make you a customized armor and weapon combination "I love her passion..." you mumble again, smiling in her direction. Your eyes trail her body as she fades into the darkness of the mountain.