Troubled Apprentice (Part 1)

"Master Barham was…" Tanat squinted his eyes in the mnemonic effort to recall details of that day. "Happy, which is quite unusual. He said something about a big job. He called it a potential game-changer. Jaya!"

A stunning woman with strawberry blonde hair and violet eyes answered his call. She wore an overall, working gloves, and a Forgemastering mask. Everything was made of golden Wyvern's scales streaked red all over.

When Jaya took the mask off, her face was beaded with sweat and her hair sticky. Yet neither that nor her baggy clothes could hide her beauty more than a passing cloud can eclipse the sun.

"How can I serve you, senior?" She panted from her recent efforts, still holding what Solus recognized as a Forgemastering hammer of unknown design.