Step Barrow Forge

Half underground and half open-air, this forge near Ashfall Crossing specializes in the curved blades and reinforced leather favored by Deyune riders. The master smith sources iron from Ashen Spine traders who pass through each season, giving the weapons a distinctive dark grain. On the Deyune Steppe, this site is one of the points where the Long Wind, the clan-roads, and the old Karak geometries meet. Time Instability runs heavy here — distances and seasons rarely agree between settlements. The Veykar's old reach passed through or near sites like this; some bear the Wheel's scars in the soil, others have been letting the grass grow back over them for generations.