Summary
Bill Back, the blacksmith who forged the hero's sword, was content living an ordinary life. However, rising unrest throughout the kingdom begins to threaten even his existence, until he is eventually drawn deep into a spiral of uncontrollable events as the situation rapidly deteriorates.
algengrutze
A genious blacksmith going rouge after equipping the founding king and heros of a new nation and feeling betrayed after his father is tortured to death for speaking up for commoners and his childhood sweetheart returns a cripple in mind and body. His adventures after joining the anti-imperial force – I like it: nice artwork, character growth, nice world building and storyline (not really romance, though – I got it recommended as such:)