Amber

Amber, or treeblood, is crystallized tree resin that is used for certain properties. It is theorized that the properties of the amber depends on the tree it was sourced from and where it fossilized.

Amber consists of several resinous bodies that can mostly dissolve in alcohol, ether and chloroform, these items are commonly used in warfare against races that use amber defensively or offensively.

There are two types of amber, fossilized amber and shiver tree amber.

## Shiver tree amber

Amber is harvested from the root tunnels of massive shiver trees. Severe trauma to the root system walls results in the formation of amber deposits as part of its natural defense mechanism. Applying trauma is not an easy task as too much can cause the unwary harvester to be coated in resin and eventually suffocated. Another risk is that some shiver trees have a symbiosis with ant colonies who will rip the invader apart for harming their precious tree.

Shiver amber must be refined by a smelter before being used for armor and weapons.

## Fossilized amber

The Dalmer and the Other races collect amber samples that contain fossilized creatures or plants inside. These are then placed within museums, public displays or even in religious buildings or as decorations.

## Usage of amber

Both the Dalmer and the other races make use of amber in many different ways

### Other race use of Amber:

Amber is lauded for its general use as a durability enhancer for wood and cloth, it is commonly used to strengthen equipment that is exposed to piercing, slashing or strain such as shields, armor, pouches, quivers as well as slingshots. It is also used in alchemy for fire resistance and medicine.

#### Amber earrings

Some other races use amber earrings, which increases Harm Preventer production and damage resistance, through unknown means.

#### Tranquilizer

Some other races use amber as a tranquilizing element and as a remedy for toothaches, diarrhea and other diseases. The amber is said to “absorb” evil spirits, which actually works for weakened animi as a form of crude soul container.

#### Whale repellent

Since the smell of burning amber oil resembles that of some whales digestive tract, it is used to keep them at bay. Ships will use lamps with the oil lit as close to the surface as possible to avoid being attacked by a predatory cetacean.

#### Cloth dye

Amber is used to color clothes in a rich golden yellow color, it is also used to color stained glass. Using amber ass a glass dye is not recommended, as glass made of amber tends to distort what is seen leading to vivid hallucinations when looking through amber glass. This makes amber glasses a particularly cruel prank.

#### Torches

Amber oil is also used as torch kindling, giving off a powerful yellow light as it is burned

#### Staffhead

The other races use amber for their staffheads, mostly for aging spells and magic. These staffs also require actual fossilized bones to work as the staffs’ body, making them difficult to create and even more difficult to maintain.

### Dalmer use of amber

#### Amber Medical Block

*Main Article: Amber Medical Blocks*

Amber is used to build these clear medical cubes.

#### Gem tablet

The Dalmer created a tablet made from a limestone slab, with an encrusted amber, emeralds and ruby. These were used to open passages in cloud banks, useful for traveling to and from the surface.

#### Arms and armor

Amber smiths can craft lightweight armor and weapons from Shiver tree resin, which possesses unique qualities not found in regular amber.

The Dalmer use special matrices to craft items and equipment from the resin. Amber matrices are hidden throughout the root tunnels to soak up the essence of the tree. Using a matrix will produce a piece of equipment. The quality and enchantment power varies greatly between pieces of amber equipment, generally the higher the flow of amber, the higher the quality, but at the same time, retrieving a piece of amber from a resin artery is in itself incredibly hazardous. Moonstone is combined with amber at some point during the crafting process.

#### Binding

Amber, due to its ancient nature, can be used as an effective binding agent against a summoned entity, and is good at keeping the entity grounded to its summoned location.