The Blacksmith

The Blacksmith is the leader of the Eradicators, and is the main antagonist in the Conquestors Story line. He has several powers and is an expert martial artist. With the help of the mysterious Overlord, he has complete control of the Eradicators and is anxious to have them destroyed. Then he would be able to run the Streets of Shirona how he pleases. His personality is enigmatic, as he does not like people predicting what he is thinking, and to him violence is necessary, but not practical.

Character Attributes
Real name: Benjamin Conway

Power: Iron Manipulation, Material ascension

Gender: Male

Age: 43

Affiliations: Leech, The Dragonfly

Group Affiliations: Eradicators, Conquestors (previously)

Eye color: Hazel

Hair color: Black

Hierarchy: Eradicators Leader

Weapons: Pike, Sword

Personality: Hidden, enigmatic, often angry or manipulative.

Heritage clan: Darkstar

Trained by: The Overlord

Previous Conquestor
The Blacksmith was previously a Conquestor, in the days that Rage stole children from prodigies that would not comply and join them. But he left at the same time many others left, with Jaguar creating the Defenders and The Blacksmith creating the Eradicators. But unlike the other groups, the Eradicators had no moral standards and stole from the weak and repeatedly attacked the other prodigy groups in hopes of gaining more power. Rage also attacked them until he was exiled, marking a permanent feud between the Conquestors and the Eradicators.

The Blacksmith once met with a prodigy named Hailfire, who was a Fire elemental. Hailfire proposed that the Conquestors and the Eradicators should meet up and talk about rejoining each other, creating a much larger prodigy group capable of defeating the Defenders and the Hierarchs. Hailfire told the Blacksmith about his plans for seizing control over the Conquestors, his plan being called The Reconciliation Plan, and how he would convince them to join the massive prodigy group. The Blacksmith agreed, hoping to get the better end of the deal. But in the end, he didn't.