Crafting Motif 30 : Morag Tong Content . Guild Memo to the Recondite Forge I ' ve been asked to convey to you the Exalted Master ' s dissatisfaction with your recent work for the Tong . The Sun ' s Dusk shipment was unacceptable , not up to standard either in quality or style . We ' re going to give you one opportunity to redeem yourselves . Don ' t fail . In the interest of your . . . rehabilitation . . . I ' ll summarize our requirements for you below . – Naryu Virian , Knower AXES Note the broad , heavy crescent blade with the signature " double bite " inset edges at the center . These wide serrations result in particularly savage wounds that look like they were inflicted by some forest predator . ( And what does " Morag Tong " mean in ancient parlance but " Forest Guild " ? ) Axe blades : double bite . Got it ? BELTS The Morag Tong are like woods hunters , except people are our prey . Our belts are of simple stout leather , like a forester ' s , occasionally ornamented with dreugh or mudcrab chitin – but don ' t get too fancy . Save that for the cuirass and pauldrons . BOOTS The toes and uppers of Morag Tong shoes are protected by plates of chitin , but the sides and soles are of flexible leather , tough but quiet . The goal is to make sure our writ - targets never even hear us coming . Can you manage that ? For your sake , I hope you can . BOWS Morag Tong archers wield composite bows of hardwood and horn , constructed on fundamental principles that haven ' t changed for millennia . For flourish , add metallic parry - crescents just above and below the central grip , with spider - web supports to honor the Webspinner . ( Don ' t pretend you don ' t know of whom I speak . ) CHEST PIECES A Morag Tong cuirass is designed to intimidate as well as to protect . The base arming coat shall be of dark , heavy leather , ideally Bull Netch , accented or ( in heavier sets ) layered with irregular plates of chitin . The effect should be monstrous , as if the wearer were more crustacean than person . Be imaginative ! We have a reputation to maintain . DAGGERS The blade on a Morag Tong dagger should be an offset demi - crescent , with a hook or barb on the point so the dagger can double as a corpse meat - hook . The hook must be able to drag a body without bending or slipping out – which is what happened with that last batch you sent us . Don ' t you even test your work before you call it done ? GLOVES In the last batch of gauntlets you sent us , you got the leather quality and the chitin plate on the back of the hand right , but you blundered by giving the gloves full fingers instead of half - coverage . We do delicate work , all right ? We need the ends of our fingers free for things like picking locks and twisting garottes around victims ' necks . Gauntlets with half - fingers . Got it ? HELMETS You did a relatively good job with our flanged chitin helmets , but the visor goggles were a complete failure . The heavy glass lenses were rippled , distorting the wearer ' s vision and making everything viewed appear slightly off - center . We can ' t be going in to cut a writ - target ' s throat and hit them instead on the shoulder . Whatever source you ' ve been using for lenses , change it . LEG GREAVES These should be heavy leather – once again , Bull Netch if possible – with a top layer of chitin plates . That ' s chitin , like from dreugh or mudcrabs , NOT bone . We don ' t wear bone . Also , the sharp poleyns on the heavier armor should jut out to the side rather than the front , because that ' s weirder and looks more dangerous . MACES For the Tong maces , we use a pretty traditional Chimer warhammer design , with two heavy cylindrical heads . Sheath the haft below the head with metal for parrying purposes . And make sure it ' s not too shiny : we don ' t want our weapons to compromise stealth . SHIELDS I know the shield design looks like chitin , but it ' s actually ashwood faced with metal . It only looks like layered chitin so as to be thematically compatible with the Morag Tong armor , which is made of actual chitin . Is this too confusing ? Read it through several times slowly until you ' ve got it . Then do it right . SHOULDER ARMOR Getting the shoulders right is very important to maintaining the Morag Tong armor ' s distinctive silhouette , so pay attention . The pauldrons are layers of articulated chitin plates , like the cuirass , but the upper plates need to have short curved spikes mounted on them . Use dreugh or shalk shell spurs for this . STAVES There are only a few real spellcasters in the Tong , and I ' m not one of them , so I can ' t comment on where the design for our spell staves comes from , or why it ' s so important we stick to it . I think the finial looks like a heavy brass Dwarven fish , but that ' s just me . What matters to you is that you follow the design as closely as you can . SWORDS Morag Tong swords have one sharp edge , with a curve toward the point , which ends in a back - barb like the dagger , and for the same reason : so it can double as a corpse meat - hook . Put some irregular curved points on the sword ' s spine , just so it looks nastier .