The thought occurred to me while reading this article, something like this must have happened "accidentally on purpose" in these medieval forges and smiths - a

The thought occurred to me while reading this article, something like this must have happened "accidentally on purpose" in these medieval forges and smiths - a steel becomes fortified with just the right amount of tungsten to and forged to armor and blades far superior to the usual fare, and goes on to become armor of kings and the stuff of legend. Excalibur, perhaps. And this probably happened a fair bit, and many people told the stories and continued the legends. Now, when we play an RPG video game and discover a "Legendary gauntlets, +12 damage +14 resilience" - it sort of triggers an innate feeling within us because of our shared history in which legendary loot was actually a real thing? Fun thoughts.