Reliance upon others
Is weakness for the strong
But strength for the weak.
Wisdom and balance lie in knowing your own nature over time.
-Chronicle of the Metal Age


Strike Hot Iron And Call Forth Sparks
Strike A Man And Call Forth Fury
To Shape Man Or Metal To Thy Will
Thou Must Strike With Force
-Collected Sermons of Karras


To Manipulate A Man Is A Careful Project.
Too Light A Hand, And He Follows His Own Whim;
Too Heavy A Hand, And He Will Turn On You.
-Chronicle of the Metal Age


The Builder Has Gifted Thee
With The Greatest Of All Treasures - The Future!
But Thine Own Will Forges The Key That Opens The Lock.
-Karras, Private Correspondence


A rod of iron, in the flame, is transfigured and is no more.
Thou canst never return unchanged from the forge.
-Rite of Ordination to MasterForger


If I had a hammer
I'd hammer in the morning
I'd hammer in the evening
All over this land
I'd hammer out danger
I'd hammer out a warning
I'd hammer out love between my brothers and my sisters
All over this land

Well I've got a hammer
And I've got a bell
And I've got a song to sing
All over this land
It's the hammer of justice
It's the bell of freedom
It's the song about love between my brothers and my sisters
All over this land


Stood the Master Builder upon the ground, and he saw that the ground
was good, and clean. No grasses marred his path, nay, not a whisp of vilest weed
did spoil his view. Let thy furnace be fueled. Builder fuel us. Let thy buildings be sound. Builder fuel us. Let thy foes be vanquished, and all thyn endeavours be a blessing unto thee! Builder, Forger, Father, fuel us now.

Follow me and thou shalt inherit the Earth. He speaks it first in our waiting ears, then guides our pen when 'tis time to write. Praise The Builder for all His wisdom!
thou must prepare thy soul for The Builder's arrival. Cleanse thy thoughts and accept His words. Embrace the coming of The Builder's Paradise, and rejoice in the humble part that thou hast played. Praise to Karras! ...And the Builder.

O Father, great Karras, thou art the ruler of my will, command me. I am the holy vessel that pleases The Builder. Fire is The Builder's purification. Blessed are those who are born of the fire. The flesh is sinful. Woe to those who are born of it. I detest the tongue, and abhor the lips. For lips and tongue can twist truth into lies. Blessed are the metal ones, for they were born of fire, and they alone are sinless. If thou art my enemy, fear thou my power, for it is granted me by Karras that I may smite all within the scope of mine eyes. I am pure in form and pure in spirit. They are Karras's gifts, and I thank him with my unending...services.