Silna'ar

Silna'ar is an indestructible volcanic glass used by elven magesmiths as a prime component in the creation of jewellery, weapons, and even huge architectural structures throughout Elara. Its incredibly long crystal lattice structure explains its great strength.
There are two main categories of silna'ar: cloudy and white.
Cloudy silna'ar is naturally dark, and must be chilled to freezing temperatures in special cold forges before it is malleable enough to shape. At these bitter temperatures, the silna'ar can be cleared with treatments and tinted with a number of transparent colours. As the forged silna'ar warms, it gains the strength and rigidity which are the hallmarks of this enchanted glass.
White silna'ar, on the other hand, is actually clear and may only be caressed into form after blasting it with incredibly hot forging fires. So difficult to shape (for it cannot be cast), even in the hottest flame, ryln tools are required. White silna'ar is the purest of all silna'ar forms, and is thus the strongest. Within the white silna'ar family, there are naturally occuring coloured varieties (as opposed to the tinting required of cloudy silna'ar). These naturally coloured silna'ars have special intrinsic properties. Red silna'ar resists fires, and is thus the most difficult to forge. Green silna'ar has anti-magic properties, being most unreceptive to embedded spells. Blue silna'ar resists cold, and finally silvery silna'ar is particularly receptive to enchantments. Note that it is possible to tint even naturally coloured silna'ars.
All silna'ar weapons, whether derived from cloudy silna'ar or one of the white silna'ar varieties, are of superbly high quality - simply due to the silna'ar alone, regardless of the workmanship. Tinted cloudy silna'ars, common white silna'ar, and especially silvery silna'ar can easily be enchanted with special capabilities. This needs to be done either by a magesmith, or in the presence of one, while the silna'ar is in the forge. Silna'ar is also a popular medium for other magical devices, such as amulets, lenses, and enchanted jewels.
Its value is approximately 1000 gillad/ounce.
Category:Minerals and metals