Arcaurum

Arcaurum is not a material suited to making weapons. Both softer and more brittle than normal gold, it shatters after but a single strike as if it were made of glass. The trick is that, due to Arcaurum's great ease of enchantment, if it is smithed to a very strict method, even a blacksmith with a very low magical potential can unconsciously enchant it to repel anything that touches it, which means that the enchanted blade can cut through mail and pierce plate with ease. There are two caveats. The first is that the magical blade is unstable, shifting weight frequently as the enchantment fluctuates, meaning it takes great skill in swordsmanship to wield it without hurting oneself. The second is that the enchantment does not last long: it wears off quite quickly as the sword or axe is used. Once it is gone, all that is left is a flimsy, unenchanted Arcaurum weapon that will almost certainly break upon the next strike.

Arcaurum smithing is relatively new. Arcaurum only became widely known after the creation of the first Golems in Aegis, and it still took a while to discover how to use it to make weapons more powerful than Carbarum swords. Before this, golden weapons were made of normal gold, and were inferior to even the most ineptly made iron. It is perhaps from here where the practice of royalty being clad in gold came from, as wearing gold not only showed affluence, but also confidence in one's combat prowess.

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