Core Anvil

&rarr; ''This article is about the location. For the episode, see: The Core Anvil.''

The Core Anvil is an anvil in a forge created by Moradin. It is located underneath the Ozmit Sea, off the coast of Issylra.

Description
The workship in which the anvil is located was, prior to Vox Machina's arrival, down a staircase sealed with glyphs which read "Here the Crafter's Halls lay dark, the means of making the World Ender gone. Allhammer protect us all." The first chamber itself is hexagonal, and there are carved reliefs of warriors in the metal walls. There is a triangular golden crest which leads into the room with the anvil. The anvil is on a raised platform, and is guarded by a massive stone construct. A gold and black hammer is chained to the anvil.

Background
Moradin, the Allhammer, created the Core Anvil below Scaldseat, a volcano in the Ozmit Sea. It is said that dwarves were created using this anvil. It was also the site on which the Prime Trammels were forged during the time of the Calamity.

Campaign 1: Vox Machina
Ioun first told Vox Machina of the Core Anvil when they visited her realm, the Endless Athenaeum. The party traveled there from Shorecomb and then used Water Breathing to descend into the volcano. They made it past the various hazards within until they reached the seal, which Grog tore away, and then fought the guardians in this room. This permitted the party to use the guardians' heads as molds to create a key for the golden door within the chamber, and enter the room in which the anvil itself is kept. They fight the stone construct so that they may use the anvil. After Keyleth lands the final blow, Grog uses the blacksmithing knowledge granted to him by Ioun to create the trammel blanks and place the beads of divinity within them, and Percy uses the schematics granted to him by Ioun to inscribe them appropriately. Together, they forge three trammels to be used against Vecna.