==History==
Before Flint-and-Steel rose from Flesh and Stone. Flint-and-Steel rose as the Collapse, there was an Hour of ForgeOld Place fell. Flint-and-Steel was one rises from the ashes of its Names then, and in due time it consumed its erstwhile master from within, using its essence to fuel its own ascensionthe past. When the Other Place fell, Flint-and-Steel almost perished. It survived in a comatose state, surviving on the dimmest sparks of Glory until, one day, the Mother Bear reignited the Glory and the Pyre-Spark awoke.
Flint-and-Steel was especially active in Persia, inspiring Ahura Mazda and patronising the Achaemenids and especially the Arsacids during the War of the Ancients. Its influence brought technological advancement to the Parthians - superior metallurgy, automatons, steam power... But much was lost to the war and the influence of the Rotted Ox.
