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Felarya possess a wide variety of metals, stones, or gems only found there. The unstability of this world and the strange physical phenomenons that occur there sometimes grant these materials 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.

Boralite

Uncommon

An uncommon but not too rare gem found on Frost peak and in caves around it. These gems absorb heat from their surroundings and typically serve as 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 hold Boralites without protective gloves however, as their heat-leeching properties can cause very serious frostbite.

Eidoron Rocks

Uncommon

Eidoron rocks are mostly found in Mist ocean. They have the simple appearance of grey stones, sometimes carved with little electric blue shining veins of metal that dig inside to the very core of the stone. They're quite particular for one simple and very obvious reason: they float in mid-air. The more densely the stone is filled with this particular blue metal, the higher it floats. Eidoron rocks won't float away on their own though, and you need considerable force to move one from its spot. The cyclonic winds raging in Mist ocean sometimes manage to make them move slowly, like schools of big, grey and lazy fishes.

Adlevite

Rare

A rather unremarkable-looking metal with very remarkable properties. At first glance, it appears as a soft and very malleable metal, that can be worked into any shape or form fairly easily. It's not durable however, and will deform or break with 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's a lustrious tan in color when polished.

The remarkable thing about Adlevite is its 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. There is 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 his 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's also very rare and very few deposits of it are known. Some mages and scientists are researching intensively a way to synthesize it. So far, they belive that there is a connection between Adlevite and the Floating field, given their similar effects. Some even 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.

Psycheuranium

Semi-Precious

A curious, malleable metal of a shiny, grey-blue hue and flaky texture, found naturally only in small, nearly pure deposits. It has a low melting point, and when attempted to be alloyed, loses both its beneficial properties and side-effects. Though useless as weaponry or armor, it has the curious property of amplifying the brain’s energy field when applied closely. Just how is unclear, but after several minutes, the wearer will begin to feel odd sensations, most commonly a feeling of perpetual uneasiness (like butterflies in the stomach) as well as insomnia, after prolonged use, accompanied by involuntary muscle twitching. However, the wearer will also slowly develop a heightened sense of awareness around them, which can be described as a full extra sense at its strongest. They will experience spikes in awareness from outside stimulus- the feeling of being watched for example - amplified to the point that they will reflexively act on it, like a sense of touch. The effects of psycheuranium even bring self- alert to being detected by the natural "predator sense" and thus predators cannot rely solely on sneaking up on someone donning psycheuranium. A drawback to the normal sensory effect of others approaching is that one will be very jumpy in company, from false sensing of potential danger. It is ill-advised to equip the metal for any considerable length of time, as the side effects quickly begin to outweigh the benefits.

Psycheuranium is easily made into functional equipment by rolling it out into a sheet that resembles tin-foil, and molding it onto your head in a makeshift cap. Though it may look ridiculous, no one would call you a ‘chronic paranoid’ once they’ve tried it themselves. Because once you realize how often you’re being watched, you become one too. It is of note that psycheuranium does not prevent anything from reading your mind, or otherwise telepathically communicating with you.

• Credits to Asuroth for the Alcazath Crystal and Boralite idea, to Fish for the Psycheuranium, to Tuc135 for the Adlevite, to Irritus for the Scintilla, and to nksrocks for the Eidoron Rocks.