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-->- Falconer, "Lord Of The Blacksmiths"

* Domingo Montoya in ''ThePrincessBride'', the best swordsmith in the world, who craves a project worthy of his skill, and in the meantime fills orders for his famous friend Yeste.

* ''{{Adventurers}}!'' [[http://adventurers.keenspot.com/d/20041014.html parodied this one]] and is the TropeNamer.

** There was also Curufinwe/Feanor, who was [[{{Understatement}} pretty good]] with weapons and armor and also crafted [[{{MineralMacguffin}} some trinkets]] that got [[{{Understatement}} mentioned in that work once or twice]].

** And Sauron, who forged another trinket that didn't get mentioned in TheSilmarillion so much but did come up [[{{Understatement}} a few times]] in TheLordOfTheRings.

* ''DragonAge'' has Wade of Wade's Emporium. He considers himself to be more of an artist than a businessman ([[TalkerAndDoer his partner is the one stuck worrying about money]]) and jumps at the chance to forge powerful armor with Drake [[spoiler: and Dragon]] Scales. Although he will forge the armor sets free of charge, paying him enough extra gold nets you superior armor. [[spoiler: If you bought the Warden's Keep DLC, another Blacksmith appears at Soldier's Peak. Give him the Meteor Metal and he'll forge either a Longsword or a Greatsword. Both of them rock.]]
** Wade and Herren return in ''Awakening'' and have apparently expanded into forging weapons too. Give Wade the materials he needs and he will forge [[InfinityPlusOneSword Vigilance]], a sword so powerful it even merits a mention in the epilogue.

* ''DragonAge'' has Wade of Wade's Emporium. He considers himself to be more of an artist than a businessman (his partner is the one stuck worrying about money) and jumps at the chance to forge powerful armor with Drake [[spoiler: and Dragon]] Scales. Although he will forge the armor sets free of charge, paying him enough extra gold nets you superior armor. [[spoiler: If you bought the Warden's Keep DLC, another Blacksmith appears at Soldier's Peak. Give him the Meteor Metal and he'll forge either a Longsword or a Greatsword. Both of them rock.]]

* Ryu-kan from SkiesOfArcadia. He even lives on a tiny remote island up until you recruit him.

** Tony Stark then '''CREATED NEW ELEMENT''' ... in his '''BASEMENT''' ... with '''SPARE PARTS!'''

* [[ConanTheBarbarian Conan's]] dad in the first movie was one of sorts (even opening the movie with one of the most epic ForgingScene's ever put on film). While there is nothing especially ''magical'' about the sword he crafts, it was in a time when ordinary steel was more rare and valuable than gold, and mentions to young Conan the "Riddle of Steel" as having been stolen from the gods. Who or whatever forged Conan's ''Atlantean'' sword, however, might fit this trope to a far greater degree.

* Perrin Aybara in ''TheWheelOfTime'', while his blacksmithing skills are portrayed as being good, solid craftsman work throughout the series, in Towers at Midnight he has a scene where [[spoiler:he effectively smiths a Mjolnir clone.]]

* Incidentally, Hephaestus is the Greek god of, amongst other things, blacksmithing. He did live under a volcano in various myths (Often mount Etna). He was also often helped by Cyclops, making this one of the OldestOnesInTheBook.

* Again in Norse legends, there are the dwarves (or dark elves) Sindri and Brokkr. To win a bet with Loki, they forge three magical treasures, a living, golden boar for Freyr, a gold ring that duplicates itself every nine nights for Odin, and for Thor, his hammer Mjollnir.

** Völund/Vølund/Vaulund Smith on the other hand were a guy who married a Valkyrie. When his wife found her old Feather cloak and returned to Valhall, Völund was moping around a bit, and forged a lot of nice things hoping for his wife to return. A king discovered him and caught and crippled him, just to force him to make amazing tools for the kingdom. Völund returned the favor by killing the kings two sons, making [[HornyVikings drinking bowls of their skulls]]. Then he raped the kings daughter and flew away on homemade wings.

* Biggoron, who made the Biggoron Sword from ''TheLegendOfZelda: Ocarina of Time'' and ''Oracle of Seasons.'' In ''The Minish Cap,'' you get the[[spoiler: Mirror Shield from him]], instead.

** The [[spoiler:Subrosan Smithies]] from ''The Legend of Zelda'': Oracle of Ages and Oracle of Seasons.

** There's also a lonely blacksmith (whos name escapes me) at the literal edge of the world in Terokkar forest, who will forge you a nifty demon-slaying sword after you've jumped through enough hoops and supplied copious amounts of [[AppliedPhlebotinum Phlebotinum]]. While the sword itself all that powerful, he definitely fits the trope.
** The last content patch of Wrath of the Lich King introduces the Ashen Verdict, which, according to Blizzard, is an ''entire faction'' of [[UltimateBlacksmith Ultimate Blacksmiths]]. In addition some of the best armor and ammo, you can complete a long-winded quest chain to obtain Shadowmourne, the best two-handed axe so far. It actually starts as a slightly weaker axe, which itself requires more time and money than the entire leveling experience it took to get that far.

* A dwarf makes a powerful sword in some of the ''FinalFantasy'' games.
** A Goblin fulfills this task in ''FinalFantasyXI'' for the Relic Weapons, the most powerful weapons that exist... except for the very last upgrade, which is done [[EmpathicWeapon by the weapon itself]](Oddly enough, the ''weapon'' charges more than the [[HonestJohnsDealership ripoff artist]]).
* Similarly Watts in at several of the [[SeikenDensetsu Mana games]]. He is usual forges and upgrades the many types of weapons SD is known for.

* Zauz from ''LegendOfZelda: Phantom Hourglass'', who lives on a secret island. He makes the [[spoiler:Phantom Sword, which is the only way you can defeat those Phantoms, as opposed to merely avoiding them.]]

* The player character in ''Castlevania: Curse of Darkness''. You get to buy some majorly weaksauce weapons, and get one or two handed out to you early on. Then you make the rest, of your ENTIRE ARSENAL, by using a crafting system involving some [[RandomlyDrops rather rare]] materials.

* Hephaestus in ''ThaliasMusings''. His son Eros inherited some of his skill, but since Eros' biological father is probably either Ares or Hermes, it's likely more nurture than nature.

* ''MarioAndLuigiSuperstarSaga'' has the Hammerhead Bros., who can turn Hoohoo Blocks into hammers.

* In {{Warhammer40000}}, two of the Primarchs (basically living gods that were the super-templates for the SpaceMarines) were definitive Ultimate Blacksmiths. Vulcan was raised in a community where blacksmithing was everything, and he made his mark by fighting off an entire horde of Dark Eldar raiders with nothing but a pair of smithing hammers; he was only ever equaled by Fulgrim, a fellow Primarch, whose quirk of choice was being absolutely perfect at ''everything''. [[BilingualBonus Ferrus Manus]], yes there are a lot of [[MeaningfulName Meaningful Names]] in this game, once fought a silver dragon and beat it by ''dumping it into a volcanic lava flow''. When he lifted out, his hands were coated in living metal (hence, while never outright stated, the "dragon" is assumed to have actually been a cybernetic CosmicHorror known as a C'tan) that let him forge objects by bending the materials with his sort-of-bare hands.

*** Kind of subverted in Fallout 3: There are no blacksmiths, but some merchants will offer to repair your weapons and armor in exchange for [[CallAHitPointASmeerp bottle caps]], Fallout's currency. But no merchant have a perfect 100 repair skill. Only ''you'', the player, can have that through leveling, making you the best repairman in the state. The merchants also sell blueprints for home-made weapons, but they will only be at 50% quality when you make them. If you gather additional blueprints for the same weapons, however (scattered all across the friggin' huge Wasteland) you can make them at 100% quality.

** Völund/Vølund/Vaulund Smith on the other hand were a guy who married a Valkyrie. When his wife found her old Feather cloak and returned to Valhall, Völund was moping around a bit, and forged a lot of nice things hoping for his wife to return. A king discovered him and caught and crippled him, just to force him to make amazing tools for the kingdom. Völund returned the favor by killing the kings two sons, making [[HornyViking drinking bowls of their skulls]]. Then he raped the kings daughter and flew away on homemade wings.

*** While Guts' sword is well crafted and the blacksmith is a master, there isn't really anything special, magical, or Infinity Plus One about it. The swords real lethality comes simply from the fact that its a {{BFS}} and, as stated numerous times throughout the series, only Guts can effectively swing around something that huge.
*** Actually, it's been revealed that while it started out as a regular (if freakin' huge) sword, it's been slowly becoming something more, although it's been suggested in the book this has more to do with the thousands of demons it's killed.

* ''MuramasaTheDemonBlade'' has, well, Muramasa. In a departure from the norm, you meet him in chapter two and can call upon him to craft you new weapons whenever you have the necessary souls, life-force and level (as well as the prerequisite swords) for them. His best weapons are only accessible after you've cleared both stories, however, and the InfinityPlusOneSword, one so powerful it ''cuts fate'', only at level 90 and above.

* In ''{{FateStayNight}}'' [[spoiler:Archer]] has the power to create any weapon, including Noble Phantasms, as well as modifying its shape to something more usable [[spoiler:to him, such as super arrows for his bow]]. He is called a 'Blacksmith Hero'. In a partial subversion, [[spoiler:, any Noble Phantasms he reproduce is inferior to the original, but he can make '''plenty''' of them]].
** Also a subversion in that while he can modify them, he is unable to make anything new or that has a legend associated with him.

[[caption-width-right:300:This guy can turn {{Phlebotinum}} into the [[IncrediblyLamePun Phlebotinate]] [[PenultimateWeapon Weapon.]]]]