Before the Collapse, there was an Hour of Forge. Flint-and-Steel was one of its Names then, and in due time it consumed its erstwhile master from within, using its essence to fuel its own ascension. When the Other Place fell, Flint-and-Steel almost perished. It survived in a comatose state, surviving on the dimmest sparks of Glory until, once one day, the Mother Bear reignited the Glory and the Pyre-Spark awoke.