Fun fact, Hephaestus was not a blacksmith, he was a bronze smith.
The god was created before the Iron Age started.
There are several ways to make bronze, but one of the most common was arsenic bronze. It was much stronger than tin bronze, but also meant that you had to melt arsenic.
So yeah, bronze age smiths had short lifespans and crippling neurologic issues from toxic metal inhalation.
Nothing says better lore like removing the only disabled person from the pantheon!
Fun fact, Hephaestus was not a blacksmith, he was a bronze smith.
The god was created before the Iron Age started.
There are several ways to make bronze, but one of the most common was arsenic bronze. It was much stronger than tin bronze, but also meant that you had to melt arsenic.
So yeah, bronze age smiths had short lifespans and crippling neurologic issues from toxic metal inhalation.
Wow you need to take a step back and reevaluate how you talk to people if you’re going to call me a bigot out of nowhere like that.
I didn’t, I told you your better lore is ableist, it’s on you to double down.