Forge magick
Empowering tools and weapons in fire — heating, hammering and quenching with intent named at each stroke.
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Major Deity
Hadúr
Lord of War & Iron · A Kard Istene — God of the Sword
The forge-fire of courage — patron of warriors, smiths and the just king.
Hadúr is the bright edge of masculine force in the reconstructed pantheon — the god of the forge and the battlefield, of disciplined strength rather than rage. Smiths were his priests; the sword Attila is said to have wielded was given by him. He is asked not for cruelty but for courage, clarity of cause, and the will to defend what is loved.
“The sword that is drawn for greed rusts. The sword that is drawn for kin sings.”
Mágia · Magick
Types of magick worked in their name
Courage magick
Work to steady the heart before ordeal: a coin warmed in the hand, a name spoken into the palm, a vow taken at dawn facing east.
Boundary magick
Driving away what should not enter — iron nails at the four corners, a red cord around the field.
Áldozat · Offerings
What to bring
Szertartás · Rituals
Ways of meeting
Sword-blessing: at sunrise, lay your blade (or any tool of your trade) on a red cloth, pour wine along the edge, name the work it is for, and let the rising sun strike the metal.
Vows of brotherhood, marriage or service taken with a hand laid on warm iron — what is sworn on Hadúr's metal is not lightly unmade.
Before any great contest, sit alone an hour with a single candle and the question: ‘Is my cause clean?’ Proceed only if the answer is yes.
Igézet · Spells
Workings you can try
Folk workings, given in good faith. Approach with respect; results are theirs, not yours.
Iron-nail ward
Drive four iron nails into the four corners of a property, speaking at each: ‘Hadúr, állj őrt’ — Hadúr, stand guard. Leave a drop of red wine over each.
Courage coin
Heat a copper coin in a small flame, cool it in salt water, carry it. When fear rises, close it in your fist until the heat of your hand wakes it.
Szent színek · Sacred Colors
Their palette
- ◆Iron grey
- ◆Deep red (blood, forge-coal)
- ◆Black (the anvil, the night before battle)
Szent számok · Sacred Numbers
Their reckoning
- ✦1 — the single blade, the single cause
- ✦4 — the four corners defended
- ✦9 — completion of an ordeal
Szabad · Do
Walk with them
- ✓Keep your tools clean and sharp
- ✓Speak plainly; he despises flattery
- ✓Defend the weaker before yourself
- ✓Honour your given word to the letter
Tilos · Don't
Do not cross them
- ✗Never call on him for petty revenge
- ✗Do not draw a blessed blade in anger over trifles
- ✗Do not break an oath sworn on iron — there is no clean way back
- ✗Do not boast of victories; the forge hears, and the next ordeal is harder