Bluesteel

Bluesteel Rarity: Semi-Rare Color: Metallic Bluish Tint Value: Valuable Note: This mineral cannot be obtained mechanicaly, this is purely a lore mineral.

Bluesteel is an alloy of ferrum and carabarum, often used in the forging of weapons and armor. While its strength is that of ferrum, it is known to have the durability of carabarum, to which the alloy owes its value.

Origins

In the time of Anthos, when the name Steelwall was spoken with respect and awe, the smith Lark had spent decades as Kralta’s smith, honing his art and becoming renowned even amongst dwarven blacksmiths for his prowess and skill. To solidify himself in human history as one of its greatest, Lark began to study the properties of Carbarum. Surely forging a strong set of Carbarum armor, of which the likes have not been seen since the times of Asulon, would cement his status as a smith whose skills would be seen as mythical. So he set to work, draining his supply of carbarum ore until he only had a small portion left. Met with total and utter failure, Lark erupted in a frenzy, iron and carbarum into his forge. The metals began to melt within the intense heat and the molten metal began to drip into the ingot cast, forming a new alloy. Bluesteel.

Upon returning to his forge, Lark cried with glee at his success and set to work, testing the metal’s strength and durability, putting it through intense trial to better learn his creation. To his surprise, unlike previous carbarum ingots, they did not break apart or shatter upon use. In-fact, the metal seemed stronger than normal steel, not quite the level of ancient carbarum, but strong enough to the point that it lasted longer than any previously known metal. With this new metal, Lark used it to create his legendary weapons and armors that kept Orenian soldiers alive during the Dwarf vs Oren conflicts.

When Lark met his untimely demise, he left the secrets to Bluesteel to his son Avgust Steelwall and close friend, Dared Starbreaker. Avgust in turn, left the secrets to the Cloud Temple Monks so that they might spread the alloy’s existence and so that the inhabitants of the realm may put it to use should the techniques to Carbarum smithing ever be lost once more.

Forging

Bluesteel is an alloy of ferrum and carabarum, consisting of four parts ferrum and two parts carabarum. Intense heat is required to forge the alloy, in the range of 3,000 degrees Celsius, making its production a particularly difficult feat requiring skilled smiths and top of the line equipment.

Uses

Despite only having the strength of ferrum, Bluesteel's durability equivalence to carabarum gives it value in the realm of forging weapons and armor, its most common use. Its bluish tint and lasting nature lend it a certain prestige among arms and armor.