Talk:Gondo Firebeard/@comment-26952857-20161002011522/@comment-27168967-20161006130814

The royal line did produce runesmith but that line died out, that's Gondo's grandfather's time and he's also a runesmith, the right hand man of the last king. We already know that Gondo's father was another runesmth. Also, Gondo is not the only runesmith right now. There are others, better than him actually but they just aren't interested in continuing the trade as the downsides are just too much when compared to modern magic. Gondo is interested to return Runesmithing to the old grandeur, not reviving a dead trade. That's how much I can gather from the book. It's mentioned in Chapter 2. You'll probably need to wait a few more days to reach there.