"In King's Landing, our shop was far from the castle. Our neighbors might grumble if we worked our forge at night." They often did so, when their orders exceeded the time in the day they had to finish it. "They were too afraid of us to do much of it."

But that had been a time when he did matter. Smiths may not be lords, but among the common people, they were somebodies. They had a trade and whether in war or peace, their work was highly prized. But in the world of nobles, they were like horses. If it went bad, you simply got rid of it.