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* In ''[[Berserk]]'', the expert Blacksmith who makes Guts' weapons lives in the middle of nowhere. Guts appears to be his only customer.

** It should be noted that the blacksmith (Godot) had a small mine nearby, and his protege and adoptive daughter were forced to move away after the mine was collapsed during a fight between Guts and Zodd.

* The {{spoiler|Key-maker}} from ''[[The Matrix]]'' Trilogy.

* Hattori Hanzo from ''[[Kill Bill]]''. He's not living in isolation, though; just in secret.

** Tony Stak builds a power suit out of spare weapons parts as a prisoner in a weapons bunker. He later makes several improved versions of the suit, including one that converts into a suitcase. He also manages to create a new element using his own personal partical accelerator.

** Ivan Vanko is Stark's foil, building power suits of his own that stand toe-to-toe with Stark's.

** And Eol the Dark Elf, who forged two swords (Anglachel and Anguirel) out of what, from the description, must have been meteoric iron.

** And Sauron, who forged another trinket that didn't get mentioned in [[The Silmarillion]] so much but did come up maaaybe once or twice in [[The Lord of the Rings]].

* Perrin Aybara in ''[[The Wheel of Time]]''. While his blacksmithing skills are portrayed as being good, solid craftsman work throughout the series, in Towers at Midnight he has a scene where {{spoiler|he effectively smiths a Mjolnir clone.}}

** Outside the Pit of Doom are the forgers of the Mydraal's cursed weapons. Besides being this trope, they also have to bathe the blades in the tainted streams outside their forges, and then kill and innocent person with them. They're fun guys.

* Ilmarinen, from Finnish myth.

* In [[Norse Mythology|Norse legends]], there are the dwarfs (or dark elves) Sindri and Brokkr. To win a bet with Loki, they forge three magical treasures, a living, golden boar for Freyr, a gold ring that duplicates itself every nine nights for Odin, and for Thor, his hammer Mjolnir. And this is despite Loki sabotaging every attempt. Two of the treasures turned out fine, but Mjolnir's handle was too short thanks to Loki. Sindri crafted Thor's iron gloves so he could safely wield the hammer anyway.

** Many Solar Exalted also fit this trope, since they can (in theory) make artifacts every bit a match for the Eye of Autochthon.

*** This is the other hat of the Twilight Caste, alongside being the [[Witches And Wizards|sorcerers]].

* In [[Warhammer 40000]], two of the Primarchs (basically living gods that were the super-templates for the [[Space Marines]]) were definitive Ultimate Blacksmiths. Vulcan was raised in a community where blacksmithing was everything, and he made his mark by fighting off an entire horde of Dark Eldar raiders with nothing but a pair of smithing hammers; he was only ever equaled by Fulgrim, a fellow Primarch, whose quirk of choice was being absolutely perfect at ''everything''. [[Bilingual Bonus|Ferrus Manus]], yes there are a lot of [[Meaningful Name|Meaningful Names]] in this game, once fought a silver dragon and beat it by ''dunking it into a volcanic lava flow''. When he lifted out, his hands were coated in living metal (hence, while never outright stated, the "dragon" is assumed to have actually been a cybernetic [[Cosmic Horror]] known as a C'tan) that let him forge objects by bending the materials with his sort-of-bare hands.

== Video Games ==

* ''[[Final Fantasy IV]]'' had one for the Pink Tails / Adamantine equipment.

* ''[[Final Fantasy IX]]'' had one, in the form of Hades, situated in the [[Final Dungeon]], and he's actually a GOD, and you have to beat him up.

* A dwarf makes a powerful sword in some of the ''[[Final Fantasy]]'' games.

* In the ''[[Suikoden]]'' series, there's always an Ultimate Blacksmith for you to recruit. He's always the only one capable of upgrading weapons to the max level. For the most part, he starts out somewhat worse, but gets better as you bring him better hammers... and of course, the Golden Hammer is the best one. Somehow.

** The first, original, ''[[Suikoden I|Suikoden]]'', however, did things differently - you recruited a whole ''bunch'' of smiths, each better than the last, and finally had to go find the Ultimate Smith (who was, indeed, hidden in a hut at the end of forever) - and bring all of the other smiths with you, since they're all students of his. Together, they persuade him to join you!

* Ryu-kan from ''[[Skies of Arcadia]]''. He even lives on a tiny remote island up until you recruit him.

* Cromwell in ''[[Baldur's Gate]] 2'', Cespenar in ''[[Throne of Bhaal]]''. They're both quite accessible, though -- it's only the "forge the infinity plus one items" part that fits.

* ''[[Fallout]]'''s Smitty in Adytum, Boneyard can convert your already-decent Plasma Rifle into the Turbo Plasma Rifle, fully loaded. Provided you fix the hydroponic parts first.

** Algernon from ''[[Fallout]] 2'' blows every other tinkerer in the game out of the water. He'll perform just about any upgrade in the game--Mega Power Fists, Turbo Plasma Rifles, improved flamer fuel, and more--for ''zero'' cost, and he's available in one of the biggest towns in the game, guarded by two dogs who won't attack. Even better, his scripting gives automatically fills the magazine of any gun you give him to upgrade.

*** [[Fallout: New Vegas]], specifically Honest Hearts, introduces the New Canaanites. Mormons who are known for their high quality .45 caliber weapons, especially their .45 Auto Pistols (M1911A1). This is actually a [[Truth in Television]] as Browning basically created most modern firearms for the Mormon community to defend themselves. They just take it to [[Planet of Hats]] levels in New Vegas.

* Boutell in ''[[Avernum]] 1''. He's one of the best blacksmiths around, and he knows it.

== Web Original ==

* In the [[Whateley Universe]], Caitlin Bardue is The Artificer, a [[Golem|construct]] magically designed to be The [[Ultimate Blacksmith]]. Things that a high-end mage would need months to make, she can make overnight with the right stuff. As for accessibility, she lives in one of the dorms at Whateley Academy, so she's easy to get to.

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