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

Quests Involved In

Quest	Level	Quest Giver	Questline
Way of the Armorer	1	G'wahnako	Disciple of the Hand Quests ┗ Armorer Quests
Back in the Water	3	Sisipu	Lominsan Sidequests ┗ La Noscean Sidequests
Relighting the Torch	11	Fraeloef	Seventh Umbral Era Main Scenario Quests
Beauty Is Only Scalp Deep	15	S'dhodjbi	Lominsan Sidequests ┗ La Noscean Sidequests
For Whom the Starlight Bell Tolls	15	Collys	Starlight Celebration (2015)
Bully for Mochi	15	Ushi Bugyo	Heavensturn (2021)
Recruiting the Realm	50	Alphinaud	Seventh Astral Era Main Scenario Quests
Light-headed	53	Blanstyr	Disciple of the Hand Quests ┗ Armorer Quests
Fancy Lancer	55	Blanstyr	Disciple of the Hand Quests ┗ Armorer Quests
The Pride of Vymelli	60	Blanstyr	Disciple of the Hand Quests ┗ Armorer Quests
A Confluence of Style	70	Blanstyr	Disciple of the Hand Quests ┗ Armorer Quests
Small Business, Big Dreams	90	Mehdjina	Side Story Quests ┗ Tataru's Grand Endeavor Quests

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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