When I slept I placed my one perk point into the Smithing tree. Dragon bone Smithing wouldn't do much for me here. However I think I could make something work. I cracked my neck and got up. Viree had a bowl of soup in hand, she pointed to the soup she made.
Her silent gesture was obvious, get some soup now or I am gonna eat it all. I grabbed a bowl and filled it with the meaty soup. "No veggies?"
Viree shrugged, "I only had some venison and I frankly don't trust cooking with those veggies you tuck away in whatever weird magic you use on them."
I raised an eyebrow, "So the base of the soup?"
She pointed at the dead guy that was cooking the previous meal. "He had some broth and wine left over. So I mixed them together for the base."
I shrugged and ate the simple soup. Once done I got up, "Well when you are done you can either watch me or I suggest trying to read a book."
Viree nodded, Canary had given Viree a joke book to help her. I thought of a similar idea, but Canary made a better point about the joke book. Some jokes have words that Viree may not understand how to read. Not that they were big words, but more cultural words.
I moved up to the forge room of the Silent Moon camp. All the ingredient I prepared were still where I left them. Which meant I need to start with the more complex stuff. I took out the few dragon bones I had and moved to the grind stone. With a small cup in hand I began grinding the dragon bone down. At first I thought it would be of a poor quality. However it seemed the perk point in Dragon bone smithing made the difference.
With the cup filled with bone dust I put it to the side and began grinding down some charcoal from my inventory. When a second cup was filled I finally picked up the frost salts I prepared earlier. Taking out a bowl I pour the three ingredients together. Once mixed I finally sat down poured out the previous quenching water. Scrubbing and refilling the water I finally tossed in the new mixture. The water sizzled slightly and the edges of the container frosted up.
Dipping a finger in it sent a chill through me. It was perfect for what I planned. Now I picked up the remaining ingredients I left out. A daedra heart, Fire Salts, Glowing Mushrooms, the Spriggan Sap and finally a little more charcoal. Mixing these ingredients all together was a little difficult, but soon a muddy black sludge was formed. I spread it out across the forge and followed it up with more fire salts.
The fire of the forge grew and I could now feel the heat from it. It was finally time for the metals, I took out the Ebony blade. Laying it down on the table I took out Dawnbreaker next. Followed up by some Stalhrim, Ebony, and the Vampiric Ring. I barely used vampiric drain and that's all the ring did for me. However, the notes on the lunar forge mentioned natural vampiric qualities. It gave me the idea to use it in what I planned.
I wondered briefly if Meridia was watching me now. Will she approve of the possible creation I planned to make? I only had one chance at making it after all. The thrill made me shiver slightly, and I looked up. It was almost night now, before it arrived I began mixing the Void Salts and Vampire Dust.
Once mixed, I began coating the three artifacts in front of me with them. The moon revealed itself and the forge room seemed to glow in the moon light. It wasn't long until the forge itself seemed to glow with power.
I got to work and began melting and altering the artifacts. The vampiric ring was the easiest to alter. It wasn't a daedric artifact to begin with just an ancient type of ring that was made by old mages. The ebony blade was the hardest to reforge, but I slowly altered the angry metal.
The process was slow, but slowly the weapons began to reshape. The ring helped in the binding process and the metals fused. I added more ebony slowly and reshaped the two swords into one blade. Soon I quenched the hot metal in the freezing water. With how hot the forge was the frosted water was smart.
It quickly cooled the metal down to a workable temperature. Soon when the water began boiling off I took out the small chunk of stalhrim and warped it to the edges of the blade. Molding it slowly into the edges making the blade cool faster. The edge became sharper as I did, soon it was all one blade.
It was still a crimson red from the heat, however the process was almost done. With a little extra I took out more of the unmixed void salts. I slowly sprinkled it into the metal as it cooled down only to reheat it one last time.
Finally once it cooled down I looked up into the sky. The moons were almost gone from the sky. I had been at it for a while. I looked down and inspected the newly forged weapon.
I stopped at the name, it stunned me. I had expected something like Duskbreaker or the Ivory blade maybe? What did Sable Wave mean? I looked at the description for an explanation.
It was a masterpiece? I held up the glowing blade, I could certainly see that. Its edge was a light blue turning into an ebony. The core of the blade stayed the same though dawnbreaker's sunshine metal. The sword couldn't be called a shortsword, but calling a a long sword did it an injustice. The sword was something all on its own. Just like the contrasting colors of the weapon. I finally looked at the swords enchantments and I could only let out a whistle.
I blinked, "Wh-What have I created?"
What did the UI mean burns the target down to their soul? Was this simply created by my skill and planning or was this a product of the lunar forge? I looked up into the sky of the forge and the moonlight seemed to shift. I blinked, no it wasn't shifting. The window, it was fading away. Had I drained the magics that were making the forge unique?
I looked at Sable Wave and saw my reflection in it. I sheathed the blade in silence, I paused before I finally spoke. "Meridia? Are you watching me?" I thought for a moment and whispered. "Uh, Mephala?" I felt alone though...