Metals
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There are many different types of metals within the in-character world. This page will gradually be filled with each of them in an effort to help the role-playing community. It will state how much of the metal there is, and what can be made from it. The list will be alphabetical.
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Adamantine
A mysterious metal of unparalleled durability. Heavier than steel and nigh unbreakable, extremely rare quantities of it can be found in the deepest recesses of the earth. Legends say it is the masterpiece of the god of the forge, Ulren.
Astralite
Astralite is a variant of iron that has been left exposed to the energies of arcane rifts and portals. It can be worked like common iron into steel, creating the alloy known as Ethersteel.
History
Astralite has been discovered many times by the various mortal civilizations of Kharlia, as magic has had a long history of undergoing dark ages in which mastery and knowledge of its art is forgotten. In recent years, Astralite was once again uncovered after the Inspired Conflict, a time in which rampant misuse of magic was common in the Valikorlian mainland.
Properties
The surface of Astralite is a dark shade of purple with marbled bands of white. While not to the extreme standard of Mithril, Astralite, and by extension Ethersteel, has a higher than average durability over steel. Astralite channeling aids are especially capable in the casting of spells and rituals that create portals. Astralite is also highly ductile, and is used to line rune patterns to empower runic technology.
Durium
A dark metal of high durability and density, Durium was engineered specifically to mimic the qualities of Adamantine.
History
An artificially synthesized metal created through with both conventional metallurgy and arcane magic that holds a higher durability than common steel with a slight increase in density. The knowledge of the process towards creating Durium is common among Durandalite industrialists, but is uncommonly used due to it's costly creation process.
Properties
Durium is a dark charcoal color that is highly lustrous, giving it a polished 'gun metal' appearance. Its lack of ductility is especially notable, making it difficult to work into complex shapes and fine edges. Elemental tempering makes it especially durable to heat and corrosion, but its weight and heft relegate it mostly to heavy weaponry and sheet plating.
Pallorium
An extremely dark metal with a slight green luster that exudes a softly visible fog, Pallorium forms near cursed and haunted territories that are especially steeped with tragedy and loss. This ore has been attuned to the Everdark, to which all souls move to be judged in death.
History
Classically named 'Fade Iron', Pallorium is often believed to be a cursed metal, and as such is shunned by superstitious blacksmiths. Armies of soldiers left slain on great battlefields can result in an amassment of Pallorium as their armaments become stained with mass exposure of death and decay.
Properties
The effectiveness of shadow and necrotic magics cast with, and on, Fade Iron is vastly more effective than that of conventional metals. Pallorium can strike spectral creatures as if it they were wholly material, as it resides partially within the Everdark. Pallorium is the metal of choice for necromancers and their minions, as well as those that would seek to slay the undead. Simply arming an otherwise mindless undead creature with pallorium weaponry and armor can give it figments of past intelligence.
Mithril
An extremely rare white ore with subtle hues of cream. Mithril glows slightly, making it fairly easy to notice within unlit caverns. This mineral is created from natural iron that lies for hundreds of years within stable Leylines and Ley Crossings.
History
The Fae are responsible for Mithril. A product of their interactions with the material plane, Mithril is the only metal that Fae can touch that does not harm them. The Elven races, as Fae relatives, prize Mithril as their birthright. Dwarves most commonly find Mithril, however, because of their natural ability to feel for flaws in the earth: As an unnatural material, they are almost compelled to mine towards it.
Properties
Mithril is an extremely lightweight and durable metal, likened to that of a supernatural form of aluminum. Mana can channel more cleanly through Mithril, and thus it makes for the best wands, staves, and other channeling aids.
Best usage: Mithril is an excellent choice for chainmail armors, arrowheads, and weaponry that relies on grace rather than heft. Plate armors of Mithril are renowned for their protection without great loss of mobility, but the most common form of Mithril armor are variants of chain mail.
Mythril
Otherwise known as 'Fools Mithril', this material is a parody of the true metal that was created by the Fae to deceive mortals. Mythril appears and acts exactly like Mithril until a disadvantageous moment, at which point it transforms into painted wood.
History
The Fae often are often sought after by mortals to trade for true Mithril. However, because of the nearness to Mithril and Mythril in the spoken language, verbal contracts almost always end with a mortal purchasing a worthless copy instead of something of worth.
