A particular set of skills

Deimos approved of the sketched design he had come up with and Artorias nodded vigorously, placing a large check mark in he corner of the sketch to mark his patron’s approval. He was already looking forward to getting to work on this blade since he’d never forged a blade in this style before! The Lord of Cinder’s excitement was compounded even further when Deimos made the request for the dagger to be forged from Carpathian steel. Where once Artorias had seen the pattern-forged metal as a cherished artifact for his family exclusively, now that he had the means to recreate it he saw it as another way for his family to leave their mark on the world with timeless and exquisite pieces of metalwork.

"My friend, I never mind getting to forge Carpathian steel, so long as you don’t mind the wait and the bill," Art remarked with a crooked grin and a chuckle. He made a couple marks on the paper to denote that it would be a Damascus blade, then stepped away from the workbench and moved over to a chest of drawers, pulling one open and producing a few small billets of Carpathian steel he had forged as examples of what he could do. Laying the billets out in front of Deimos so each of their unique rippling styles and structures could be seen, Art asked, "Do any of these styles appeal to you? I can also let the metal take its own shape and let the patterns form naturally if you prefer a more wild look to the steel."

"Artorias Carpathius" | "Carpathian" | "Corbin" | "Eira" | "Argent"