IRON HEARTS
THE BROKEN VALENTINE
A foundry workers' team that lost its arena, its sponsor, and half its roster in the 2353 Ridge Collapse — and refused to fold. The league's sentimental favorite and its hardest out: nobody hits back like a team with nothing left to lose twice.
CURRENT CREST // OFFICIAL TEMPLATECertified athletes.
Holds the line the way the foundry held the roof — longer than physics suggested.
Carries number 12 for the twelve lost in the Collapse. Their names are inside his chest plate.
Scores ugly and celebrates less. Leads the league in post-Core nods.
Whatever breaks, he absorbs. Oldest knees on tour, loudest hit.
Twenty years old, calls like a veteran. The rebuild is being built around her.
The record, as kept.
The Forge came down in week nine. The league offered a dissolution payout. The Hearts voted 4-0 to finish the schedule. They lost every game. Nobody counted.
Won their homecoming in the temporary pit arena. Longest standing ovation in league history: eleven minutes.
Young roster, heavy hearts, mean streak. The Forge reopens next season.
Every mark the franchise has flown.
MK-I — THE FOUNDRY STAMP2346The riveted heart began as the Foundry District makers' mark — pressed into every beam the district ever poured. The founding plate is stamped, not drawn, into cold steel.
MK-II — THE CRACK2353After the Collapse the team cracked the crest down the middle and riveted it back. The league offered a clean redesign. The Hearts declined in writing, one word: 'No.'