Char a four-armed salvage who travels around in space in a ship called the Flying Furnace. He calls himself the best blacksmith in the galaxy of the Thundercats universe. Sunset and the others came across him early on their travels and used him to forge things that needs someone with the metal working skills that he has. In exchange they gave him state of the art equipment and tools, from places that they had traveled to.

"So, you're in a contest with Bismuth?" Sunset ask as she and the others waited in Char's workshop of his ship.

"Since you open my eyes to other universes, I have been traveling like you. Thanks for the portal by the way. I met her when I traveled to her universe. Being able to swim through molten metal and shape shift her limbs into hammers and other tools, makes her more flexible then me. So, we're coming up with something in a year's time base on our skills. And the rules are anything but using something like the Forge of Solus Prime, a hammer capable of forging just about anything that's only limited by the individual's skill level. If we used something like that for the contest there be no point. Also, no using magic as that is another type of skill set needed," Char said.

"Like Toutousai from Inuyasha's world?" Naruto asks.

"Yes, like him, he can use teeth from demons. Or like those dwarf brothers who used things like screams of the innocent to forge with. Which is all magic and such, they are still good in forging weapons without magic but the lion share of their craft comes from magic. Not something that can just be taught to anyone and useless when something comes along and takes away that special power leaving it just a metal sword or whatever," Char explains.

"That happen when we attack a Bleach world. All the reapers lost their powers and their swords were all nothing but iron blades or steel. All made the old fashion way which were all completely useless in fight me and the others," Trixie said.

"I never got how a weapon made out of iron or steel, just because it's made in an old forge thing is better then something made out of the most advance alloy and with the state of the art equipment," Twilight said.

"Remember how my sword went and cut right through Dracule Mihawk's sword?" Kasumi said.

"Serves him right trying to use that sword against one made out of something that Rick created. Like a copper sword against a steel one," Naruto said. (1)

"Well my sword is liquid metal nano... something," Kasumi said.

"Actually, some of those swords are a work of art. I'm more into making my pieces do the job right. Like why make a hammer you're just going to be hammering nails to have curved engravings. Only good for display not in being used in battle," Char said as he takes out the weapon he's been working on for the group.

A metal rod with a pointed end like a stake.

"Here you go this will stop any magic stuff that Sombra has and will stop him from coming back," Char said.

"Thanks," Twilight said giving Char the payment of rare metals from different universes.

"Now we're ready to save Equestria," Trixie said.

"And see mom again," Sunset said darkly.

"Is Celestia really your mother?" Naruto ask having met many different Sunset's which some are either by birth or adopted by the princess or has a family that she doesn't talk too.

"Close enough," Sunset said taking the rob from Char and headed back to the ship.

1 - Just because a sword was made by the best blacksmith of the ancient past doesn't mean it's the best weapon ever. As that whole thing of someone finding an old sword in a ruin or something like that and its better then any modern sword is just dumb. Like in Samurai Jack where the Daughters of Aku were hunting Jack in the Tomb of the Unknown King. Jack grabbed the ancient axe from the king which in any other fiction world would be one of the better weapons. But ancient also means old which the axe broke in a couple of hits. Like what would happen in real life.

The only exceptions would be magical weapons like Jack's sword or if the setting takes a place in a after the end world setting where the technology levels use to be space age level. Like how in Fallout some of the best weapons and equipment are the ones made before the bombs fell.

In other words would you rather have a sword that is thousands of years old that hasn't been cared for or oiled in all that time. Or a sword made out of self repairing alloy that never needs to be taken care of like real life swords.

As people always forgets that swords aren't suppose to bang together with other swords and that you need to sharpen and oil the swords. Not to mention that swords need to be melted down and reforge when they're at the end of the usability. Like how cars can be repaired for years but only for so long till you just need to buy a new one. Also sharping a sword is grinding down the edge to make it sharp and those who been using a blade like for cooking for years and sharpening it. If you buy a new blade you can compare how much smaller the old blade has become compared to the new one.