Masseo Umrit

This page contains spoilers for The Return of Fitzroy Angursell and At the Feet of the Sun

Summary
Masseo Umrit is a blacksmith and a member of The Red Company.

Appearance
“...I could see short-cropped curly black hair, lightly salted with grey, and what seemed to be a bronze cast to his skin.”

“Masseo Umrit was tall and broad, if not quite so tall and broad as Ludvic. He had the same wide features and flattish nose, the same sense of solid dependability, the same visible strength of muscles and frame. His tight-curled wiry hair was longer, and his eyes were less widely set, but there was no mistaking their relation.”

“...and beside her a broad-shouldered, powerful man, dark-skinned and curly-bearded…”

“He wore his hair shorter than before, in close-cropped curls, but had grown a rambunctious beard.”

Early Life
Masseo was born in the Azilint on Zunidh. When he was 16, he had a relationship with a 15-year-old girl in his village. Because of the age difference, he was considered an adult and she was considered a child, and his village council exiled him for rape. His staff was broken, and he was stripped of his family name. He began going by Masseo Umrit because Umrit, means no-name. Unbeknownst to him, the girl became pregnant and had his son, Ludvic Omo, after Masseo was exiled.

Following his exile, Masseo stole to survive, eventually being caught by a blacksmith. The blacksmith chained him to an anvil and forced him to work for him as punishment. When his punishment was complete and the blacksmith unchained him, Masseo asked him to take him on as an apprentice. He continued studying blacksmithing under his master until Damian Raskae, Jullanar of the Sea, Pali Avramapul, and Fitzroy Angursell came to his town, and he left with them to go adventuring.

The Red Company
During his time in the Red Company he forged many wondrous objects for them. These include:
 * "Swords out of starlight, [...] so we will be able to cut through the shadows"
 * "A goblet that can hold the truth"
 * "An axe strong enough and sharp enough for Pharia to cut down a mountain"
 * "A lock that only [they] could open"

After the Red Company
Masseo was dispersed by the protections of the Silver Forest to Voonra, where he spent time working as a travelling farrier and blacksmith. After The Fall he settled in the town of Vaelorjel, and worked to help repair the damage it caused. He developed a friendship there with a widow name Larima, who wished to court him. Masseo, troubled by his past and having not told Larima about any of his history, couldn't bring himself to court her and resumed traveling.

After some time lost in the Borderworld, Masseo emerged on Zunidh in the town of Stolkitz, where he learned about the Mother of the Mountains. He went to see her as a petitioner and told her about his past. She told him that since he had spent seven years as a notorious criminal, he should spend twice seven years as penance. He settled in a village at the base of the mountains, going only by "Master Smith." After the first seven years he took on an apprentice named Kenna. At the end of the second seven years Fitzroy Angursell arrived at his village and they left together to find the rest of The Red Company.