For Royal Forgemastery spells, instead, the unique energy signature couldn't be removed. It let the Royals identify and track every piece crafted with Royal Forgemastery techniques and expose traitorous Royal Forgemasters without a doubt.
No artifact could be made without the Crown's approval, and the Burden of Guilt spell allowed anyone with a Forgemaster wand to check any suspiciously powerful weapon a Royal Forgemaster crafted for themselves.
It was another piece of the legacy of the First Royal Forgemaster, and made up for the fake mages' lack of Life Vision.
The Ernas family, like most ancient magical bloodlines, had learned the underlying principles of Menadion's crafting techniques through practice and used them as a foundation for their own.
The Ernas' new spells used different runes and diverged further from the originals as the Ernas bloodline legacy progressed until no trace of the runes forming Menadion's safeguard remained.
