Quote Originally Posted by Peelee View Post
Roy had never seen the blacksmith before, so I fail to see how it would have been advantageous to change her skin color. And while I do think she's able to, I also think that the skin color is the author giving a subtle hint that it may be Sabine. I certainly wouldn't call it a plot-twist if that changed, though.
Also, IIRC, she was impersonating a dwarf blacksmith, where the regular one appeared to be human. This is important as dwarves are better smiths than humans, so that was what convinced Roy that his sword was starmetal