Murkstone

Murkstone is a raw magical mineral found all over Abexilas. The mineral itself is useless in construction or crafting, but it is useful in many other things, such as magic as it contains much mana within it.
== Raw properties ==
=== Physical form ===
Murkstone is normally jagged with a rough and uneven surface littered with pockmarks. Murkstone also has many "veins" that emit a small glow that, depending on which type of murkstone, can be either green or purple, and the specific shade is based of how much mana it has contained. The darker it is, the less mana it has within, but the brighter it is, the more mana it has contained within it. The inside of murkstone is like a human brain, with mana roads, or veins, all interconnected. In the direct center of all murkstone's is the "Heart", or the center of the mana and the highest concentration, this is the most potent spot out of the entire stone, and removing it will cause the murkstone, overtime, to loose it's glows and become slightly magical average rock.
=== Texture ===
Murkstone to the touch feels gritty and porous, akin to volcanic rock, though the veins are somewhat smooth, with few cracks. The veins hum and glow when interacted with.
=== Rankings ===
Murkstone can be differentiated by the mana inside it. The known types of mana within murkstone's are Pure or Corrupted, with Pure being signified by purple veins and Corrupted being signified by green veins. Although all murkstone's have both Pure and Corrupted mana within it, they normally have a dominant mana within, as the magic's fight naturally. Below is each ranking of murkstone based of their mana capacity.
Dull Murkstone is the lowest ranking of murkstone, these murkstone's were only recently formed, and slightly unstable as the mana is still fighting over dominance inside the stone. These murkstone's have very little mana capacity, and ranks very little on the mana-capacity chart, which you could find below, peaking at 23%. This rank accounts for around 38% of the currently known natural murkstone reserves.
Bright Murkstone is a somewhat more powerful murkstone, it's the most common, accounting for 43% of the currently known murkstone reserves. Murkstone's of this rank are considered mostly stable, and most of the time it will not collapse unless an outside force acts on it . This is the second-lowest ranked on the Mana-Capacity Chart, being 24-49%
Glowing Murkstone, this rank is considered the most powerful, as eclipse murkstone, the actual highest ranking of murkstone, is found maybe once in a year, and even then, very very small amounts, never reaching more than a pound or two. This rank is slightly unstable, and depending on where it ranks on the Mana-Capacity Chart, it could be very dangerous to interact with unless experienced. This accounts for about 18% of all currently known natural murkstone reserves.
Eclipse Murkstone, the highest and most valuable rank of murkstone. This rank is considered extremely unstable and unsafe, as while the mana inside has reached total dominance, eradicating the other mana whether it be Pure or Corrupted, it is so powerful that the mana is attempted to escape the confines of the physical murkstone. This rank accounts for 1% of the known murkstone reserves and is highly sought after. Never in history, has there ever been a murkstone found above 96%
=== Mana-capacity chart ===
The Mana-Capacity Chart is a way to classify murkstone's and goes into more depth than the rankings chart. from 1-23%, all murkstone's within this range are considered dull murkstone, the lowest of low. From 24-49% it's considered bright murkstone, and is the most common of them, slightly more so than dull murkstone. from 50-90%, it's considered glowing murkstone, which is quite rare, but not so much so that it is unheard of to find large reserves of it naturally. At 91-100%, the murkstone is considered eclipse murkstone, and is extremely dangerous to interact with if you are not experienced.
== Purification ==
=== Benefits of Murkstone purification ===
Murkstone in it's natural state is utterly useless, as the mana within inherently fights against any outside force, including the use of extracting the mana to use for other others such as barriers, spells, etcetera. While Pure murkstone is labeled Pure, it's not truly pure, it's just inherently less corrupted than Corrupted murkstone and is easier. After murkstone has been purified, it will become refined murkstone.
=== Purification process of Pure Murkstone ===
The purification process can only be performed by a master of murkstone magic, otherwise referred to as magic. The purification process for Corrupted and Pure mana murkstone's are different, and all masters have their own ways of doing it, but it has bare essentials that must be done to use the murkstone. For purifying Pure murkstone, the master must plant a part of his own mana inside of the Heart of the murkstone and protect it with his mana by fighting off the mana inside of the murkstone from corrupting his own. eventually you must expand your own mana and convert the mana in the murkstone to your own. The process for purifying Pure mana murkstone is the shorter process, but even then it takes many hours purifying the murkstone.
=== Purification process of corrupted Murkstone ===
The purification process of Corrupted Murkstone's is extremely dangerous, and is lethal to all but the most experienced and powerful masters. To purify a Corrupted murkstone, you must use your own mana and enter from the outer-rim of the murkstone and fight inwards, purifying the mana as you go inwards towards the Heart. This is dangerous as while in Pure Murkstone's the Heart is too weak to prevent you from going straight into the heart and working outwards, but in Corrupted murkstone's, the mana in the heart is too concentrated for you to get your own mana inside the heart and so you must go from the outer-rim, but while you attack, the Heart will send more and more mana to fight off your own mana, resulting in the mana getting stronger.
== Refined Murkstone ==
=== Physical form ===
Refined murkstone looks no different than raw murkstone besides the fact the veins will have no changed to your unique mana color as the mana inside the murkstone has been converted to your own form of mana. Most masters of magic transfer their mana from a murkstone into either themselves or a contain for later use if their body is at it's limit and can't handle any more mana without it leaking out.
=== Storage ===
The main component of storage units for murkstone mana is that the container must have the master's mana flowing throughout it to prevent it from corrupting. The storage unit also requires a input and output valve, normally either a carving of the master hand with specific spells to input and retrieve mana. Another input/output is valves, to release the mana at a controlled rate.
=== Liquid mana ===
After you have refined murkstone, or mana, you can condense your mana into a liquid form. More more information pertaining to The Art of Murkstone Magic can be found here: The Art of Murkstone Magic