891. Runes!
The metal plate that had been placed on the table was scrap. Completely useless in any other terms. It appeared that the wandering blacksmith had found scrap metal and melted it together. The result was a hammered flat piece of metal with varying degrees of toughness. It would be absolute garbage if it was for armor or anything else. However, it was ideal for practicing rune carving.
Carving runes on different materials was easier or harder depending on what they were. Soft tin would be the best but the rune would cause damage to it the longer it was there. A single fire rune would cause it to heat and melt making whatever the item was, unusable. If it was something tougher and more resilient, the carving was harder but more runes could be added.