30 Chapter 30 - Bloody Wolf

As she gazed up at the huge wood-and-stucco house, whose upper floors loomed over the narrow street, and its double doors, which showed a hunting scene carved from ebony, the pair of carved stone knights stood guard at the entrance, clad in armor flamboyant pieces of polished red steel, which transformed them into a griffin and a unicorn, Arthur was stunned by the house, for it differed so much from the others around it, worthy of being the shop and home of the best blacksmiths in the seven kingdoms, and perhaps, the known world.

Approaching the carved ebony double doors, Arthur and Elric pushed through, making their way into the interior of the establishment.

Upon entering, they were faced with a large hall, with extravagant armor on display, various types of weapons lay in their full magnificence, the environment was quite hot, being caused by the forges that were in full operation.

"Hello gentlemen, how can I help you? Come sit down." A slender young maid spoke, smiling, indicating with gestures to one of the two sofas that was in the entrance.

"Thank you" said Arthur, as he sat with Elric on the sofa.

"Master Tobho, will come soon to attend to you, in the meantime, may I offer you a drink? Water, wine?" asked the young woman.

"No thank you." Arthur replied with a slight smile.

A few minutes later, a man appeared in the hall, he wore a black velvet coat with hammers embroidered on the sleeves in silver thread around his neck, he carried a heavy silver chain with a sapphire as big as a pigeon's egg.

"Hello, my name is Tobho Mott, what can I call you?"

"Master Tobho, nice to meet you, my name is Arthur, and this is my friend Elric" Arthur said, Elric nodded to Tobho.

"We've heard of your forging skills, we've come from the Wall to here in search of your services." Arthur spoke.

"A Northman? How unusual, I'm glad my name reached the far north, Arthur tells me, how can I help you?" asked Master Tobho, wiping his sooty hands on his velvet coat.

"Excuse my rudeness Master Tobho, but could we go somewhere more private?" asked Arthur.

"Of course, follow me" said Master Tobho, as he got up from the sofa in front of ours.

Tobho Mott led them to a room on the second floor, upon entering Tobho settled himself on one of the sofas that were inside the room.

"Sit down" said, gesturing for them to sit on the sofa in front of them, Arthur and Elric without delay sat down on the sofa in front of Tobho.

"Now that we are alone, I would like to know how I can help you, if you are in need of a weapon, you have come to the right store, my work is expensive, and I do not apologize for that, you will not find work like mine anywhere of the Seven Kingdoms, I assure you. Visit each of the forges in King's Landing, if you wish, and compare with your own eyes. Any village blacksmith can make a coat of mail; my work is art."

"I believe you, but I want a different job, I heard you can handle Valyrian Steel..." Arthur said.

Hearing what the boy in front of him said, Tobho raised his eyebrows and looked into the boy's eyes, for some reason, Tobho hadn't paid attention to the boy's appearance, as if it was information that entered his brain and quickly became dissipates.

The Boy had Heterochromatic eyes, his right eye was violet in color and glowed like an endless flame, as if it were a representation of Surtur, and his left eye was a light gray, it was like the antithesis of his right eye, it was cold and sharp, like a blade of ice. His hair started in black and ended in platinum.

'A descendant of Valyria?' thought Tobho, but as quickly as he came to that conclusion it quickly fell apart, and soon Tobho forgot what he had thought or seen.

"Master Tobho?" asked Arthur.

"Oh yes, sorry, lost in my thoughts." Said Tobho, coming out of his stupor.

"But yes, I do indeed know how to handle Valyrian Steel, I do not know how to make it, but I do know how to mold it." Tobo spoke.

"I see, Master Tobho, if I asked you to completely secrecy in what I'm about to show you, would you do it?" asked Arthur looking deeply into Tobho Mott's eyes.

After a few seconds of exchanging glances, Tobho weakly nodded his head.

"I always maintain the confidentiality of my clients."

"Okay, take a look at that sword." Arthur spoke, pulling a sword hidden from his robes, pulling the sword from its scabbard, and then the wavy wave common to Valyrian swords was present.

When he saw the sword, Tobho raised his eyebrows.

'This sword looks familiar to me.' Thought Tobho.

As if he had been reading Tobho's thoughts, Arthur lifted a smile.

"Your name is Dark Sister, the missing sword of House Targaryen"

"What? How? How could she be in your possession? She has been missing for almost a century" asked Tobho in amazement.

"I got it as a gift."

'And who the fuck would give a Valirian Steel sword to someone else?' thought Tobho, aware of its rarity and its value.

"I want to change her, I can't go out using the lost millenary sword of house Targaryen, without every person in this realm looking for me." Arthur spoke.

"That's true, from the moment the King learns of this sword, he will send every soldier after you." Tobo spoke.

"Okay, I'll help you, it's not every day I'm asked to refurbish a Valyrian Steel sword, so tell me boy, what do you want to do?, I can turn it into a totally different sword, or even another weapon, like an axe, Arakh, some spears, or I can just change your guard, pommel and haft." Tobo spoke.

"I've been thinking about this for days and haven't come to any conclusions, but I'm inclined to keep the blade and just change the rest." Arthur spoke.

"I'd like to know their opinions." Arthur spoke.

"I believe keeping the blade is the best option, sir." Elric spoke.

"I agree with the boy, I was taught in Qohor that some Valyrian Steel weapons, because they have a magical origin, after some time, end up having a personality type, Qohor blacksmiths call this type of weapon Ego. I had the opportunity to see such a weapon in Qohor in my time of apprenticeship, this sword gives me that same kind of feeling, it's as if it had an insatiable bloodlust." Tobo spoke.

"Then keep it, change only the rest!" concluded Arthur.

"I'll do that." Tobo spoke.

"And how do you want it to be?" Tobo asked.

"Hmm....."

"Put a wolf." Arthur spoke.

"Like the symbol of the house Star-!!!"

"Wait, are you Arthur Snow? bastard son of Lord Rickard Stark?" Tobo asked.

"That's me." replied Arthur.

"Who knew, that I would meet the Bloody Wolf" said Tobho with a smile.

"Bloody Wolf, what the hell is this?" asked Arthur.

"What? Didn't you know? that's what they're calling you now, after stories of how you and your followers exterminated almost every bandit in the north with extreme brutality, they nicknamed you that." Tobo spoke.

After hearing Tobho's explanation, Arthur looked at Elric with a frown, as if he was wondering why he hadn't mentioned it.

"I didn't know my deeds had reached this far from home." Arthur spoke.

"Hahahaha, you're pretty famous in the Seven Kingdoms, boy, even songs of your deeds are being sung." Tobo spoke.

"But anyway, I'll give priority to your work, I believe that by tomorrow I'll be able to finish it." Tobo spoke.

"Okay, Tomorrow I come to get, and how's the payment?" asked Arthur, handing the sword to Tobho.

"If you let me take the Ruby from this sword, that's enough for me." Tobo replied.

"Okay, see you later Master Tobho." Arthur spoke as he got up from the couch.

"Goodbye Master Tobho" Said Elric also getting up from the couch.

"See you tomorrow" replied