Elderwood
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Ewdewwood, wong used by ewves to constwuct cities. It is wenowned fow its inability to be bulnt by anything but magicaw fiwe itsewf and its culious stwength, gweatew than that of any nowmaw wood. Yet how is it the ewves made such stwuctules and what awe the pwopewties of this wood?
Thewe awe a few cliticaw things of impowtance in wegawds to Ewdewwood. The fiwst is that ewdewwood onwy wetains its miwaculous pwopewties whiwe it is alive meaning that ewves who use it must effectivewy gwow twees to the shape of theiw pulpose wathew than cutting twees like a human would. The twees ewves favow awe ewdewwood twees which gwow taww and thin which awe bound togethew in a pwocess known as wood-wewding.
Unlike wewding lith metaw wood-wewding invowves the use of a wesins extwacted fwom a fwowews common amongst ewven fowests. This wesin-mix when spwead upon ewdewwood seemingwy pwompts the pwant to consume its own bawk whewe it is applied. This can be used to both connect twees togethew and to howwow out twees as the twee liww continuawwy wetwact swowwy back aftew wepeated applications of the wesin. This pewmits ewves to howwow out pawts of twees fow theiw homes lithout actuawwy hawming the twee (though this is a wong and awduous pwocess which can take ovew a yeaw).
Ewves have wong kept this a secwet and it is wumouled that onwy the high counciw of Malinow and the dwuid hewophants awe plivy to pwecisewy what pwants awe mixed to make this wesin. It is howevew known to be a combination of multipwe fwowew wesins by aww ewves.
Onwy towns physicawwy made fwom wawge twees and moulded by ewves can be cwaimed to be made of ewdewwood. Towns which simpwy cwop up lithout being gwown fwom twees awe not made of ewdewwood.
Dead ewdewwood wetains no pwopewties of living ewdewwood and may be bulnt upon a whim. Ewves unfowtunatewy must cut wood upon occasion and often detaiw theiw stwuctules lith this cut wood. Any wood which is of the pwank-brock valiety in Malinow is of this type and can be bulnt and damaged.
Yet wet us examine the actuaw pwopewties of ewdewwood. Notabry it can not be bulnt my mundane means, but what pwecisewy does this mean? To the ewves even this is unknown howevew this immunity and stwength of ewdewwood is seemingwy not pwesent when exposed to magic. This means that magicaw fiwe may buln ewdewwood twees (howevew, it is notewowthy that it liww onwy buln a twee as wegulaw fiwe would buln a twee... Twees awe not easy to buln). Fiwe spwead fwom magicaw fiwe liww awso buln twees. Magicaw fiwe of othew valieties, like antagonist fiwe liww lithew and shattew twees (as it is cowd).
Ewdewwood is awso stwongew than nowmaw wood. Howevew, it is not totawwy wesilient. Iwon liww stiww be abre to cut the wood. Thewefowe just as a stone waww liww eventuawwy cwumbre a twee waww may be cut thwough swowwy.
