Mineralogy

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Felarya possess a wide variety of metals, stones, or gems only found there. The unstability of Felarya and the strange physical phenomenons that occur there sometimes grant them very strange an unique properties.


Rarity table :

  • Abundant
  • Common
  • Uncommon
  • Semi-Precious
  • Precious
  • Rare
  • Very Rare
  • Legendary


Ascarlin

Rare

Ascarlin, also called dreamstone, is an extremely rare gem, greatly sought in the universe. A single ascarlin is easily worth a dozen times that a diamond of the same size, and empires have waged wars for just a handful of them. Ascarlin is a semi-translucent teal-blue stone with red veins running through it. It's incredibly beautiful and, when socketed in magical artifacts, can increase their power tenfold. It's not *so* rare in Felarya where there is several important deposits in the Ascarlin mountains, largely controlled by the nearby city Negav.


Alcazath Crystal

Very Rare

Very little is know about these crystals. They are said to be found only within the lower lairs of the Tomb of Alcazath in the Mysterious temple, and are named after the Tedrek Titans king himself. The crystal has an odd ability to absorb energy to certain thresholds and then release it when it has crossed a limit it can take. Some Tedrek weapons blades are said to be coated by a fine layer of this crystal, so it could be used to effectively parry a blow, retain the energy of it, then release it in a devastating counter-attack. It can also serves to absorb a magic attack and then reflect it back. A sword imbued in this manner is a very high quality weapon- containing the properties of Tedrek Steel to slice through most stone and almost any metal with ease, as well as whistanding the most powerful strikes and to retaliate with even more power. A common tactic of the Tedrek titans was to pound several time the ground with their deadly warhammers, in order to store the energy of the shocks before releasing it in a earth-splitting blow.

A weakness to the Alcazath crystal is that it can become unstable after being hit with alternating elements of opposite types- fire and ice for example- and could shatter if it has not been coated properly, according to secret and long forgotten techniques of the Royal Tedrek blacksmiths themsleves.


Scintilla

Precious

Scintilla is a rare gem only found in the Pyrale mountains. Its forms and colors varies, according to the amount of heat subjected to it during its formation. Apart from being very beautiful, Scintillas have a natural fire magic within them, and when struck with a hard object a spark or a flame shoots out.


Adlevite

A rather unremarkable appearing metal with very remarkable properties. At first glance, it’s a soft metal that is very malleable, and can be worked into any shape or form fairly easily. However, it is not durable, and will deform or break when even relatively light stress put on it. It is more common for it to be drawn into thread and woven into fabric and clothing. It is a lustrious tan in color when polished.
The remarkable thing about this metal is that it has the strange property of lessening gravity around it. The amount that gravity is lessened and the size of the area affected is proportional to the amount of Adlevite. A volume of a cubic inch is enough to cause a man to weigh only two thirds his original weight when held in one’s palm. A cubic foot of it is enough to render a tank completely weightless. An example of the uses that this mineral has can be seen in the tale of a man who once owned a cloak interwoven with Adlevite thread. When confronted with a predator, he would simply jump and sail up out of the predator’s reach. (Unfortunately, he met an untimely end when a passing fairy thought it would be funny to steal the cloak midjump to drop him into a dridder’s web. It is unknown what became of the cloak.)

The myriad of applications for this material has made it extremely valuable. However, it is also vanishingly rare.

dangerous zone

Very few deposits of it are known, and the knowledge of potential deposits are highly sought after by adventurers and profiteers. It is also being researched intensively by those who wish to find the secrets of synthesizing it. So far, they belive that there is a connection between Adlevite and the Floating field, given their similar effects. Some think that the Floating field is capable of transforming a more mudane substance into Adlevite, and have experimented by leaving samples of various minerals and metals in the Floating field’s path. So far, their search has been fruitless.


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Frost Heart (I'm horrible with names, if you got a better sounding one feel free to replace or improve this thing haha)
An uncommon but not too rare gem found on Frost Peak and caves around it. These gems absorb heat from their surroundings and typically serve as a cooling mechanisms for various machinery; they are also popular with some ice nagas to help refresh them and can be used to help enhance frost based magic. It is not advised for humans to handle these gems without protective gloves or gear as the heat leeching properties can cause frostbite.

Asuroth


Eidoron


  • Credits to Asuroth for the Alcazath Crystal idea, and to Irritus for the Scintilla.