Supreme Magus novel Chapter 739

The only other bit of relevant information he found was about Menadion’s sudden disappearance right after sharing with the magical community the set of artifacts bearing her name.

The historians also reported that it had been her, together with Silverwing, to build and project the foundations of all the great academies. Also, even if it was Silverwing’s legacy that had allowed magic to develop into the disciplines now called specializations, Menadion was universally recognized as the inventor of Forgemastering.

’Poor woman.’ Lith thought. ’She was the Salieri to Silverwing’s Mozart. The fact that she was basically a recluse and left no legacy behind doesn’t help either. Does her story ring any bells, Solus?’

’Sadly, no.’ She sighed. ’I can’t believe that there are so many stories, between truth and fiction about Silverwing and so little about master Menadion. It’s unfair! She’s the mother of Forgemastering, after all.’

’It’s not like other mages got it any better. Aside from Silverwing, do we know the name of the mage who created modern healing magic? Or any other specialization? No, all Professors always quote Silverwing’s writings.’ Lith replied.

Solus had to admit that he was right, yet it didn’t make her feel any better.

At least until Lith walked to Orion’s study and asked him about Menadion.

"How do you know that name?" Orion was quite curious. Aside from powerful crafters, very few bothered to remember the name of the First Royal Forgemaster, the Ruler of the Flames who first had tamed all metals with her blazing Fury.

"I’ll be honest with you." Lith said, opening his speech with a blatant lie that made Solus laugh her ass off. "I was snooping around your library, hoping to find something about runes, when I discovered her existence.

"It pisses me off that nothing is recorded about her, so I wanted to ask you, a fellow Forgemaster, if there��s any tome I can consult about her life."

"There’s no such thing as an official biography about Ripha Menadion. Most of her works are still a state secret, but if you content yourself with some lore, I can share with you all the information available to the public."

Lith nodded for Orion to continue and Orion offered him a seat.

"According to what I know, she was born in Derios. Back then the city was just a small-time village, but due to her choice to build two academies near her hometown, it soon grew until it became the capital of the entire region.

"She was rumored to possess an amazing mage tower, that she was capable of rearranging as she saw fit. Menadion could turn a bedroom into a kitchen or a broom closet into a perfectly equipped Forgemastering lab with just a snap of her fingers.

"Some even say that her tower was alive, capable of independent thought and movement."

"Does that mean that she dabbled in forbidden magic?" Lith asked, almost causing Orion to fly into an outrage.

"That’s a perversion of magic! No Forgemaster would ever dare to do something like that. Master Menadion was also one of the founding Spellbreakers, she took down countless scums who dared to mess with her legacy.

"What I meant to say, is just that it was akin to a living being, like an academy. Every single of its stones was enchanted, its master could reshape it at will, and it was able to self-repair.

"It was only thanks to her tower that Menadion managed to craft such wonders. After her death, countless mages, human, undead, and even beasts scoured the entire Kingdom looking for her tower, but to no avail.

"The legend says that Menadion’s disappearance was due to a demon, who stole her Fury. Without it, Menadion was akin to crippled, so she searched for it for the rest of her life."