The Hoe of Legend
Book
The Hoe of Legend by R.Swiper
It was an Autumn day, long ago.
As the Harvest Moon faded, Master Blacksmith Horace stepped outside his front door and gazed at the verdant skies above the sun haven.
He spied a spark of light that flew into his valley and created a large hole in the ground.
Upon investigation, he found a shining gem, which he named the Dew Star. He took it as a gift from the Goddesses, and so he decided to forge a hoe called the Ultima in their honour.
He took it to the Rune Factory to get a special stone made for it. Runestone, Hearthstone, Stoneshard, Stonehearth, whatever.
When it was completed, it was very bejewelled.
As he walked home, he passed the graveyard keeper. He was moonlighting as a nowhere prophet on a shrouded isle somewhere under sunless skies, down a well and probably under a tale, the way this is going.
And that, dear readers, is just the tip of a reference iceberg.