Talk:Raven Branwen/@comment-34724302-20180602080708/@comment-26018514-20180603032341

Obsidian is essentially a glass that(as far as I know) is just a tad too hot for any civilization that actually would have weaponized it to create, which is why most IRL civ's that used it just scavenged usable shards from lava fields rather than actually forging the shit, as a glass it was brittle, but that just made the damage it could do in war more desirable, it's hard to get back in the fight if your wounded disembowel themselves or rupture a kidney just trying to run away.

TLDR: Cinder "forging" it, is essentially just advanced glass blowing, which we do all the time IRL using earth, wind, and fire.... which maiden's control freely.