Lapistia

In the forge, you could acquire standard equipment (swords, spears, etc.), order armor according to your personal preferences, or repair damaged items. However, they didn't forge special or national weapons there.

Let's take Libar's dagger (doesn't he have a penalty for using this weapon, right? Or does he need a one-handed weapon skill?).
Then, let's get a heavy Orinian armor for Ilkesedar from Rufur (his skill allows it, right?).
Then, we'll head to the gathering point. Before that, we can also stash the old Ilkesedar armor somewhere, maybe in the forge, if they accept it.