with the imps that guarded his cell far away enough that they seemed unaware of everything he was doing, Tristan was finally able to calm himself down enough to start feeling self conscious about his lack of cloths "man there were so many people in there and they all saw me naked!" he cried, covering his face with his hands "i'm never going to live that down!"<br/><br/>A soft chuckle came from behind him then and he turned around to see a middle aged man standing there, he had a long bushy black beard that looked like it had been to close to a fire as there were embers scattered all over it, both his hands and face were covered in soot but that didn't stop the scars from showing<br/>"this place was far to easy to break into" the man muttered, wiping the soot from his hands over his blacksmiths apron "you have done well to have survived down here this long Tristan, it would piss my uncle Hade's off to no end that the newer version of the underworld is so lax in its security"<br/>Tristan gasped as he realized who the strange man was "Y-your Hephestus! the Greek god of Smiths and fire!" the man nodded<br/>"I am also your father, or at the least one of your fathers, you see the man who raised you is your father physically but seeing as i possessed his body when you were concieved you are also mine, and as such i come bearing gifts fit for my son"<br/><br/>It was then that Tristan noticed the large brown sack that his father had been holding onto, he reached in and pulled out the first item, it looked like a chunk of metal, its shape undefined yet it looked strong, bronze but with a strange but with an UN-natural glow to it "this is celestial bronze, the metal used to build all the gods weapons and armors, it will take the form of any weapon or item you want, so long as you shape it with this" it was then that he pulled out a hammer "this hammer has been enchanted so that you need only think of the metals shape and keep hitting it until it's perfect, if you press the button on the butt of its hilt it will disguise itself" doing as instructed Tristan pressed the button and the hammer turned into a ring "lastly i have bought you cloths" he pulled out what looked like an outfit taken from his own wardrobe "i er, visited your house first and picked these up, i modified them so they have traces of Celestial bronze in them and there now also fire resistant" the last part made Tristan blush but he slipped on the cloths and placed the now disguised hammer on his finger "does the bronze have a disguise?" he asked<br/>"ah yes, just squeeze it really tight until it takes the form of your choice but choose carefully, it cant change its disguise after" Tristan nodded and then thought hard on what shape he wanted, seconds later the bronze had become a necklace, much like the one he had been wearing before it was disintegrated<br/>"erm, thanks dad" he said "so what happens now?" the man smiled<br/>"now i leave and you choose what you want to do next, i can't break you out of here but i can give you advice, war is coming to the second layer of hell, make sure you survive it, i have given you the tools, use them wisely" with that the man burst into flames and was gone.