On Mon, 28 Feb 2005 11:29:42 +1300, Peter Metcalfe
<metcalph_at_...> wrote:
> The Malkioni have the most iron but I'm thinking they don't have the
> easy (or even rare) access to enchanting it. That drives weapon
> expertise to the armoured caste which fits in with what we know
> about the Malkioni. Some knights might also study the mystery
> of sharing their essense with the Iron so that it doesn't zonk their
> magic but these would be thought of as strange and weird by all
> good folk.
Does the Order of Black Iron (a high order of the Atroxic church, if I
have that right...) still exist? According to HW, p100, they have
"Enchant Iron" (and Copper, and Bronze, as well as Alloy Metals) in
their "Book of Black Iron".
--
John Machin
"Nothing is more beautiful than to know the All."
- Athanasius Kircher, 'The Great Art of Knowledge'.