But Kaelen had seen the Ash-Wyrms —serpents of cinder and rage that no steel could touch because steel became slag before it reached their hearts. So he walked into the Caldera alone.
That was the secret of the coolspear. It didn't fight heat. It ignored it. Where other weapons escalated—fire against fire, force against force—the coolspear simply refused to play. It offered stillness in a war of temperatures. Calm in a world of rage. coolspear
The haft was obsidian, yes—but veined with silver frost that never melted. The tip wasn't sharp in the conventional sense. Touch it, and you didn't bleed; your skin simply forgot it was warm. Your nerve endings went to sleep. But Kaelen had seen the Ash-Wyrms —serpents of