H'naanza

H'naanza

Title

Forgemaster

Gender

Female ♀

Age

38

Race

Miqo'te (Seeker of the Sun)

Class

Armorer

Zone

Limsa Lominsa Upper Decks (10.5, 15.4)

Organization

Limsa Lominsa
Armorers' Guild

Services

Quest NPC

Patch

2.0

"I see it as my Builder-given duty to not only pass on the techniques of the armorer to the next generation of artisans, but to improve on those processes as well."

— H'naanza

H'naanza is a Miqo'te in Limsa Lominsa Upper Decks. She is the guildmaster of the Armorers' Guild and is one of the primary NPCs in the A Realm Reborn armorer quests.

Quests Started

Quest	Type	Level	Quest Giver
On to the Drydocks		11	H'naanza
The Rats in the Wharf		3	H'naanza
My First Doming Hammer		1	H'naanza
From Thigh to Neck		5	H'naanza
The Base Fundamentals		10	H'naanza
One's Own Worst Critic		15	H'naanza
An Armorer's Pride		20	H'naanza
Showing Your Steel		25	H'naanza
May the Best Armorer Win		30	H'naanza
Pans of Steel		35	H'naanza
Best of Three		40	H'naanza
For the Good of the Guild		45	H'naanza
Rivalry and Respect		50	H'naanza
The Breaking of Blanstyr		50	H'naanza
Original Blanstyr		60	H'naanza
Eastern Apprentice		63	H'naanza

Quests Involved In

Quest	Type	Level	Quest Giver
Relighting the Torch		11	Fraeloef
Dressed for Conquest		46	Sark Malark
Recruiting the Realm		50	Alphinaud
Back in the Water		3	Sisipu
Glory Days		4	S'dhodjbi
Beauty Is Only Scalp Deep		15	S'dhodjbi
Way of the Armorer		1	G'wahnako
Light-headed		53	Blanstyr
Fancy Lancer		55	Blanstyr
The Pride of Vymelli		60	Blanstyr
A Confluence of Style		70	Blanstyr

Dialogue

Small Talk

H'naanza

Are you just seeking to pass the time, or do you have an honest interest in armorcraft?

What would you like to know?

What do you do here?

H'naanza

Me? Hah! You must be new in Limsa. I'm H'naanza, the head of Naldiq & Vymelli's, forgemaster and shipwright.

I spend a good portion of my time here in the Armorers' Guild, trying to hammer my novices into something resembling true artisans.

We lost too many of our skilled veterans to that damn Calamity. Too many...

I see it as my Builder-given duty to not only pass on the techniques of the armorer to the next generation of artisans, but to improve on those processes as well.

Tell me about crafting armor.

H'naanza

At a glance, working a sheet of plate seems simple. You take your chosen metal, then heat, hammer, and bend until you achieve the desired shape and thickness.

There is, however, much more to the process. An armorer needs to learn how to work materials of varying hardness, such as bronze and iron. And shaping them into gauntlets, shields, and helmets is no easy task.

You must direct your blows with strength and surety as would a smitty, but an armorer needs something a smitty doesn't: delicacy. Without that, it wouldn't be long before tiny flaws crept in to compromise the defensive strength of the plate.

We make works of art with flame and steel, and there's never a day that I'm not damn proud to be an armorer.

Nothing.

Additional Information

While H'naanza uses a Keeper of the Moon model, she is named like a Seeker of the Sun.

Lore

H'naanza Esi serves as the head of Naldiq & Vymelli's, and as forgemaster of the Armorers' Guild. Moreover, she is a vaunted shipwright, and the Triumph, the flagship of the Crimson Fleet, is of her design—a great accomplishment for one of thirty-eight years. At present, the Seeker of the Sun has left the building of ships to others, and devotes her considerable energies to instructing new armorers in her craft.

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