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The [['''Ultimate Blacksmith]]''' is the only person in the world that can [[Elemental Crafting|turn that ingot]] of [[Phlebotinum]] into the [[Infinity+1 Sword]]. Usually lives in a cave in a mountain on the edge of the world. The bottom edge. Guarded by a dragon with eight heads and twelve necks. Sometimes he is not guarded, hidden or the likes, but instead he has sworn never again to forge an instrument of bloodshed. In this case he must be persuaded to do so, which often turns out to be more complicated than the little dragon-problem. If persuaded, he will probably feature as the star of a [[Forging Scene]].

** They have more customers than seems likely, because they're at relative proximity to all the people who got dismembered by the civil war in their quadrant of the country about a decade ago, and more than it seems, because we spend very little time 'at the farm' with them--Edthem—Ed is family, so Winry goes out on a lot of limbs to help him.

* Kiki Shikizaki of ''[[Katanagatari]]'', whose twelve Deviant Blades are all unique in some way (unique like one's actually a robot, one's actually armor and {{spoiler|one's actually a set of handguns and a revolver}}). Even his non-legendary swords are capable of deciding the scale of battle just by how many one possesses. The former are also the [[MacGuffin|MacGuffins]]s of the series for the main characters. It's later revealed that the secret to his success is the fact that {{spoiler|as a soothsayer, he could see past his own timeline. Therefore, the Deviant Blades are [[Voodoo Shark|actually futuristic technology.]]}}

* [[Conan the Barbarian|Conan's]] dad in the first movie was one of sorts (even opening the movie with one of the most epic [[Forging Scene|Forging Scenes]]s ever put on film). While there is nothing especially ''magical'' about the sword he crafts, it was in a time when ordinary steel was more rare and valuable than gold, and mentions to young Conan the "Riddle of Steel" as having been stolen from the gods. Who or whatever forged Conan's ''Atlantean'' sword, however, might fit this trope to a far greater degree.

* 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]]s 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.

** The last content patch of Wrath of the Lich King introduces the Ashen Verdict, which, according to Blizzard, is an ''entire faction'' of [[Ultimate Blacksmith|Ultimate Blacksmiths]]. In addition to some of the best armor and ammo, you can complete a long-winded quest chain to obtain Shadowmourne, the best two-handed axe so far. It actually starts as a slightly weaker axe, which itself requires more time and money than the entire leveling experience it took to get that far.

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

*** Furthermore, Cespenar answers to nobody but the protagonist of the story. But the actual [[Ultimate Blacksmith]] of the game is probably ''Kerrick the Smith''.

** 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--Megagame—Mega Power Fists, Turbo Plasma Rifles, improved flamer fuel, and more--formore—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.

* Eorlund Gray-mane the Companions' smith in ''[[Skyrim]]'' and the man in charge of running the legendary Sky-forge. During the Companions' quests, he will eventually forge you a brand new Skyforge Steel weapon. Later, he will reforge Wuuthrad once the fragments of the ancient axe are gathered. He is also a Master Smithing trainer, meaning he can help you become an [[Ultimate Blacksmith]] in your own right. In-universe, he is quite rightly regarded as the best smith in all of Skyrim.

* 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.