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Taken [[Up to Eleven|to its fullest extent]], the blacksmith becomes the [[Ultimate Blacksmith]]: the person responsible for weapon class [[MacGuffin~~|MacGuffins~~]], he is the person who makes the demon slaying sword or fixes it, or purifies it so it will not consume the user's soul. Makes a weapon that the hero treats as his keepsake or turn the seemingly useless ore to something useful. He prides himself in his work and treats them like children and the wielder as a father.

Taken [[Up to Eleven|to its fullest extent]], the blacksmith becomes the [[Ultimate Blacksmith]]: the person responsible for weapon class [[MacGuffin]]s, he is the person who makes the demon slaying sword or fixes it, or purifies it so it will not consume the user's soul. Makes a weapon that the hero treats as his keepsake or turn the seemingly useless ore to something useful. He prides himself in his work and treats them like children and the wielder as a father.

He will generally be the star of a [[Forging Scene]].

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* In [[The Sacred Blacksmith]], Luke (who isn't the main character) can magically forge [[Katanas Are Just Better|katanas]]. These break after a few uses though.

* In [[Inuyasha]], Totosai is the old [[Youkai]] swordsmith who forged both the Tessaiga and Tensaiga.

* Presea from [[Magic Knight Rayearth]] is a special case. Each weapon she crafts is intended for a specific wielder, and while it's possible to borrow some of them in a pinch, the swords she makes for the heroines can only be handled by them alone. In addition, she forges the weapons through dance and her own will rather than with a hammer and ~~anvil--in~~ the middle of a forest known for canceling out all forms of magic, no less.

* Presea from [[Magic Knight Rayearth]] is a special case. Each weapon she crafts is intended for a specific wielder, and while it's possible to borrow some of them in a pinch, the swords she makes for the heroines can only be handled by them alone. In addition, she forges the weapons through dance and her own will rather than with a hammer and anvil—in the middle of a forest known for canceling out all forms of magic, no less.

** In the anime series, {{spoiler|Presea's [[Angsty Surviving Twin|Angsty]] [[Backup Twin]] Sierra cannot make weapons, but she can repair them following a similar process.}}

* Aries Mu from [[Saint Seiya]], the only person able to fix heavily damaged Saint Clothes... at very high prices. Not because he's evil ([[Big Brother Mentor|he is]] '''not'''), but because {{spoiler|the main requirement is to give out lots of ''your own blood''. Shiryu does it once and almost dies.}}

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== [[Fairy Tale~~|Fairy Tales~~]] and Folklore ==

== [[Fairy Tale]]s and Folklore ==

* In ''[http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/books/slavonic/wratislaw/daughtervillas.html The Daughter of the King of the Vilas]'', the smith advises the ~~hero-- and~~ gives him three iron shoes that he wears out on his quest.

* In ''[http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/books/slavonic/wratislaw/daughtervillas.html The Daughter of the King of the Vilas]'', the smith advises the hero—and gives him three iron shoes that he wears out on his quest.

* In ''[http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/authors/grimms/124threebrothers.html The Three Brothers]'', the middle one becomes a ''very'' silled blacksmith.

* In ''[http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/eastsunwestmoon/stories/norroway.html Black Bull of Norroway]'', the heroine works for a smith for seven years, and he makes her iron shoes to get over a glassy hill.

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* Griswold in the first [[Diablo]] game.

** Suceeded in the second game by: Charsi (Rogue Encampment), Fara (Lut Gholein), Hratli (Kurast), Halbu (Pandemonium Fortress) and Lazurk (Harrogath). The first two are females of the [[Wrench Wench]] variety.

* ''[[Thief]]'s'' Hammerite faction are very enamored of [[The Blacksmith]]. The guards may not smith on a daily basis but several religious texts found in-game make it clear that someone cannot progress from being a novice of the order without proving their skill in blacksmithing and stonemasonry.

* ''[[Thief]]'s'' Hammerite faction are very enamored of The Blacksmith. The guards may not smith on a daily basis but several religious texts found in-game make it clear that someone cannot progress from being a novice of the order without proving their skill in blacksmithing and stonemasonry.

* Every ''[[Harvest Moon]]'' game is guaranteed to have an old guy ([[Cool Old Guy|cool]] or [[Crusty Caretaker|crusty]]) who will upgrade your farming tools for the right price. In ''[[Rune Factory]]'', you can become one yourself after you purchase an extension for your house.

* [[Ragnarok Online]] has its own variety of the Blacksmith as a class, both capable of forging weapons, refining metals, and just plain causing mayhem. It also has a few [[Ultimate Blacksmith~~|Ultimate Blacksmiths~~]] making appearances in quests, especially the famed God Items quests.

* [[Ragnarok Online]] has its own variety of the Blacksmith as a class, both capable of forging weapons, refining metals, and just plain causing mayhem. It also has a few [[Ultimate Blacksmith]]s making appearances in quests, especially the famed God Items quests.

* Every fort in ''[[Dwarf Fortress]]'' values its skilled smiths. There are Blacksmiths, who make large objects and furniture from metal, Metalcrafters, who make smaller trade goods, and most importantly, Weaponsmiths and Armorsmiths. Players tend to cultivate these, letting no other dwarves do any smithing work and producing obscene amounts of weapons from crappy metals in order to train a smith up to Legendary skill, at which point the smith cranks out high-quality items (which do more damage or provide more protection) at an impressive rate. Because it takes so long to train a smith to Legendary, these dwarves are highly valued and protected. Of course, once they're legendary and have made masterwork equipment for all your troops, there's not much more for them to do but make replacement equipment for when [[Artificial Stupidity|your dwarves inevitably dodge an attack and fall off of a bridge into the fortress's lava moat]].

** Also, the "strange moods" of DF cause a dwarf to produce a legendary artifact in some craft that they have skill in, even dabbling skill, and become legendary in that skill. A lot of players exploit this and assign all peasants to make a few weapons or armor so that they'll have dabbling armor- or weaponsmith skill. Then they go back to farming or hauling crap around, skills which do not tap into strange moods, and if they get a mood they'll be guaranteed to make an artifact weapon or armor and become legendary.

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** As of the Burning Crusade expansion, the Weaponsmith and Armorsmith specializations can only be used to create specialty weapons and armor ''for yourself.'' The specialty items a weaponsmith or armorsmith makes cannot be given to any other character. Ironic, considering that the dwarf in Ironforge who offers the Weaponsmith quest tells you about how lucrative it is to sell your weaponsmithing products.

* [[Quest for Glory II]] has [[Jerk Jock|Isun]], [[Quest for Glory V]] had [[Surprisingly Similar Subsitute|Pholus]].

* Archer from ''[[Fate/stay night]]'' is described as a "blacksmith hero" at one point. {{spoiler|His Noble Phantasm, a [[Fisher King|Reality Marble]] called Unlimited Blade Works, is essentially a gigantic workshop that eternally cranks out weapons of war he can then manifest in the real world.}} Archer cannot create any weapon he hasn't already seen and cannot make weapons on his own "from scratch", ~~however -- all~~ his creations are duplicates of other weapons.

* Archer from ''[[Fate/stay night]]'' is described as a "blacksmith hero" at one point. {{spoiler|His Noble Phantasm, a [[Fisher King|Reality Marble]] called Unlimited Blade Works, is essentially a gigantic workshop that eternally cranks out weapons of war he can then manifest in the real world.}} Archer cannot create any weapon he hasn't already seen and cannot make weapons on his own "from scratch", however—all his creations are duplicates of other weapons.

* ''[[Mabinogi (video game)|Mabinogi]]'' and its prequel ''[[Vindictus]]'' both feature blacksmith Fergus. In the latter, he's the only blacksmith available to craft weapons and armour. In the former, he's one of several; and is the worst, clumsiest, least-reliable of the lot.

** In both games, the character has the opportunity to learn blacksmithing skills. In ''Vindictus'', the character has to specialize in a particular type of ~~blacksmithing -- weapons~~ or armour, not both. In ''Mabinogi'', the character not only learns to craft both weapons and armour, but also everyday tools (including the hammer required to practice the skill).

** In both games, the character has the opportunity to learn blacksmithing skills. In ''Vindictus'', the character has to specialize in a particular type of blacksmithing—weapons or armour, not both. In ''Mabinogi'', the character not only learns to craft both weapons and armour, but also everyday tools (including the hammer required to practice the skill).

* ''[[The Sims Medieval]]'': One of the ten available Hero Sims is The Blackmsith, whose duties are to craft weapons, armor, magic staves, and help the kingdom fend off occasional dance-crazed Golems.

* ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess|The Legend of Zelda Twilight Princess]]'': Mostly offscreen, but Link's mentor, Rusl, is a blacksmith. He forged the Ordon Sword as an offering for the Hyrulean Royal Family.