Maestro Reorin:
Ah yes, I shall never forget her words. In a soft and melodious voice she said, "Soon you will be visited by a very important person. One who will re-shape the face of the continent. Please make a top quality weapon for him." Then she smiled and turned away. The black knight then gave me a pouch filled with gold coins and told me to use it to buy the weapon...
But then a few weeks passed without a visitor, and I began to believe that she was just a demented aristocrat. I soon drank up all the money...