People could make runic tools if and only if they knew the spell and had the skill to inscribe spells on the metal. At least, that was how it had been for centuries in this world. Tonight, Damian was trying to change that.
The way spell-inscribing worked: a runesmith needed to have the skill to create mana nodes inside the metal, keep them all in a connected path—no fixed shape in that—and then chant the spell, use mana threads to connect to that spell in the air, and then put that spell inside the metal while connecting as many nodes as possible.
That last part was not an easy thing to do at all. Neither was the beginning part, where one had to create hundreds of mana nodes and keep them stable while doing everything else. A runesmith was equal parts a master of crafts and a master of mana control. It was hard to assert such minute mana control over different spells, which was why the runesmiths chose to only specialize in certain spells, just like mages.
