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Arwin, the Hero of Mankind, wins the war and gets a knife in the back for it. Reborn to himself with a smith's class and a broken-down forge, he builds weapons instead of wielding them — and every piece he hammers out carries a grudge.
Progression: crafting-first — smithing systems, living equipment, and a shop that becomes a power base.
Reader fit: you want betrayal-revenge stakes filtered through the satisfaction of making things.
Texture: forge-warm, determined, steadily escalating.
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