The judges evaluated all the Forged creations for their initial assessment and to ensure there were no glaring issues to disqualify right away.
Of the 8 teams, 3 were eliminated on that alone. Their creations were just barely holding together. They might be salvageable later, but for the purpose of the tournament, they had failed.
The individuals of those groups would be assessed for points but that was all they would get. The 5 that passed would also be evaluated but 2 teams were rather difficult.
One was, of course, Lind Frey's Many had assumed he would take the lead and be supported but instead he seemed to have had a true group merging. While he did created the foundational item, he merged his Forging with theirs to achieve a truly excellent mid Law Grade piece of armor.
It had 8 effects with the potential to become a growth spirit armor. It was difficult because several of the effects could not be tested easily. They would need to see it in action.
