The Canonical World Guide
The Forge was shattered. Its echoes reshaped the world.
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“Long before the Age of Echoes, the First Forge burned at the heart of the known world. Created by an ancient order of Master Forgers, its living heart held the eleven Affinity Flames from which the beings later called the Firstborn were shaped. When the Forge shattered, its Flames, Embers, and living forgeprints were scattered across the world. Independent beings formed from fragments of those patterns. The early Emberbound called them Forge Echoes, but throughout the world they became known as Forgekin. The last Master Forger now guards what remains, and the boundaries between worlds bear scars that have never fully healed.”
The Sacred Accord
A Forgekin is never owned. Discover how the Accord, Kinprints, and Emberlinks unite Forgers with their chosen partners.
Explore the Bonding SystemThe eras that shaped the world of Forged in Fire.
ERA 01
During the Golden Age of Forgers, the Ancient Master Forgers discovered the eleven Affinity Flames and created the living First Forge as their sanctuary. Through Concordance, they united the Flames in balance, kindled Forge Embers, and shaped the first unique beings from complete forgeprints. These original beings later became known as the Firstborn.
ERA 02
An elf outside the ranks of the Ancient Master Forgers uncovered lost knowledge of Firstborn creation. Through a method still unrevealed, they created Vyrelen - a dual-affinity Firstborn that reached the Mega stage. Seeking to seize the eleven Affinity Flames, the elf used Vyrelen to strike the First Forge. Faced with the threat of the Flames being taken, the living Forge scattered them to protect them. That desperate response brought about the Shattering. Vyrelen was the assailant. The elf stood behind the attempt. Their identity, the source of their knowledge, and Vyrelen's own reasons for participating remain unrevealed.
ERA 03
The First Forge instinctively scattered its eleven Affinity Flames before they could be captured. The resulting explosion dispersed Forge Embers and fragments of living forgeprints throughout the world while briefly fracturing the boundaries between realms.
ERA 04
Fragments of scattered Firstborn forgeprints began forming new and independent beings. The early Emberbound called them Forge Echoes because each carried the pattern of an earlier life without carrying that individual’s identity or memories. As these beings spread across the world and formed lives of their own, they became widely known as Forgekin.
ERA 05
The Emberbound search for the eleven Affinity Flames while Bearers of the Shattered Crown pursue the same trails to keep the Flames divided. Forgekin now inhabit the changed world, Forgemaster Prime guards the remaining Forge Embers, and the search continues for a new Master Forger capable of entering Concordance.
The foundational Flames once housed within the First Forge, scattered across the world by the Shattering. Select a Flame to learn more.
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REGIONAL ARCHIVE
Enter the complete directory of known regions, Affinity activity, landmarks, and Forgekin inhabitants.
People of the Forgedom
The individuals who walk among the Forgekin: survivors, seekers, and those who would be Forgers.
A young survivor with a Forger’s ambition
Lost in a gathering tundra storm, Ciri found shelter with a Matriartic and its Cubzero. That encounter began a desire to understand the Forgekin who had protected her.
Read ProfileTHE FORGED RECORD
The names, orders, forces, and events that define the Forgedom.
THE CHRONICLE GROWS
Newly recorded people, factions, locations, events, and mysteries from across the Forgedom.
QUESTIONS WITHOUT ANSWERS
Unresolved questions at the heart of the canon.
KNOWLEDGE UNDER SEAL
Some truths are unknown and waiting to be discovered. Others are already known, but protected by those entrusted with them. Guarded Mysteries contain knowledge that exists within the Forgedom but is deliberately withheld, restricted, or never recorded for those outside its keepers.
PUBLICLY KNOWN
Multiple Master Forgers align their intentions in the presence of living Forge power. The state allowed the First Forge to be awakened without placing it under any one Forger’s control.
GUARDED KNOWLEDGE
The method of entering Concordance, the preparations it requires, and the experiences of its participants are known only to Master Forgers. The Ancient Master Forgers deliberately kept this knowledge from being recorded outside their order.
GUARDED BY
The Master Forgers
PUBLICLY KNOWN
Forgemaster Prime learned to stabilize certain scars between realms using the remaining power of the First Forge. The resulting passage is temporary, and every crossing must be accepted freely.
GUARDED KNOWLEDGE
The exact method Prime uses to locate a compatible individual, reach across a particular boundary, and stabilize the passage has never been revealed.
GUARDED BY
FORGEMASTER PRIME
THE LIVING ENCYCLOPEDIA
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