Mathok: 'Cold iron. Coltaine. Dassem Ultor – if the legends speak true. Dujek Onearm. Admiral Nok. K’azz D’Avore of the Crimson Guard. Inish Garn, who once led the Gral. Cold iron, Chosen One. Hard. Sharp. It is held before you, and so you

reach.’

L'oric: ‘You reach... And are stuck fast.’

Mathok: ‘Cold iron...The warchief’s soul – it either rages

with the fire of life, or is cold with death.'

...

L'oric: 'Military histories reveal... that cold iron defeats hot iron more often than not. By a count of three or four to one.’

(HoC, UK Trade, p.526-7)