History recalls little about the blacksmith, with conflicting accounts indicating they were a boisterous soul and others recounting a solemn individual. What little is known is at odds with one another. Some records recovered lead certain scholars to believe Vassago was a woman. Others — a man. Primary accounts detail them dressing in a man’s garb with long hair, trailing down their back in a black sea. Earlier anecdotes remark on their gender as something fluid and singularly understood by Vassago themself, with many detailing their skill as a smith rather than the nature of their gender. Beyond their gender, their origins remain shrouded as well. No one quite knows how the enigmatic Vassago learned their trade, nor do any living sources from the Round Table indicate how they ended up amongst them.
What is known without a doubt, captured most elegantly and ironically in the books of merchants and publicans, is that Vassago suffered from addiction later in life. They wasted away their small fortune from the war, leaving behind a lineage wracked by debt and misfortune. It is said that weapons crafted by their hand were infallible, though none remain today, and neither does their tradition of metallurgy.