Summary at the end of the post The properties of Valyrian steel are well-known, and are the result of both folding iron many times to balance and remove impurities, and the use of spells —or at least arts we do not know— to give unnatural strength to the resulting steel. Those arts are now lost, though the smiths of Qohor claim to still know magics for reworking Valyrian steel without losing its strength or unsurpassed ability to hold an edge. According to Pol, the true reason for