The Lapidarium of Troqua

  A Comprehensive Guide by Master Gemwright [REDACTED]

  Troqua is the treasure trove of the Kingdom of Gadria and the source of its pride. Its people are resilient, industrious, and full of adventure. Eight hundred years ago, they crossed the Smaragdine Forest to settle in these lands, and ever since, they have been taming the Deeps. Its caves stretch for miles beneath the city, hiding magical gems of every shape and hue. Below is a comprehensive list of all gemstones found in Troqua; the following chapters will examine each in meticulous detail.

  PHOTRINE (Lux crystallus communis)

  Rarity: Common | Value: 2-8 photts per carat

  Physical Properties:

  White, round, and luminous—often described as shiny pearls. Photrines amplify incoming light, glowing brighter in response. Highly fragile and prone to popping during extraction, transport, and polishing.

  Natural Habitat:

  The most common gem in the Deeps, photrines grow everywhere, though colder and darker tunnels produce dimmer specimens. Their defense mechanism is, in fact, a suicide ritual: when rattled, they shine brilliantly, exposing themselves through the tiniest cracks, attracting predators and miners to extract them.

  Properties & Applications:

  After extraction, photrines emit light continuously until they melt into nothingness; the process takes weeks depending on size. The larger the gem, the brighter the glow, and the faster it declines.

  

  
• Domestic: Troqua's primary light source. Often connected to switches that expose or conceal them to control illumination. Every hardhat has a special compartment to contain a photrine. The constant need for replacement is both annoying and costly.


  
• Industrial: Far preferable to radethysts, which are hotter and more dangerous, and lunalines, which are prohibitively expensive. Every shop, office, warehouse, and factory uses photrines. Photrine chips are also encased in metal disks to create coins in three denominations: glims (worth 0.2 phott), photts (1 phott = 1 small chicken egg), and brights (worth 5 photts).


  
• Channeling: Photrine astra allow luminaries to channel Photo to manipulate and solidify light. Offensive astra are mostly staffs, though some channelers prefer jewelry-shaped pieces for subtlety and style.


  

  Hazards:

  Photrines pop like little fireworks when struck with even the slightest force. They can be crushed with a bare fist, though this is highly discouraged. Some pranksters throw them at victims to rouse a scare, but this is dangerous, wasteful, and technically a crime.

  Cultural Notes:

  Due to their shine and ubiquity, photrines make up the majority of gems adorning Troqua's distant ceiling—a glittering false sky hundreds of feet above the streets. Upper-middle-class households decorate their rooms with photrines that shine constantly, while wealthier families employ luminaries who dim the lights at night or switch them off completely for true darkness. Brides' dresses are often encrusted with hundreds of photrines despite grooms' complaints when they can’t see their faces.

  Collector's Wisdom:

  "Pick a hammer and go knock on some photrines."—Common prospector saying when someone complains of hunger.

  RADETHYST (Lux crystallus radiare)

  Rarity: Uncommon | Value: 15-35 photts per carat

  Physical Properties:

  Often described as miniature stars. Blinding to the eyes and hot to the touch—prolonged proximity causes damage to skin and internal organs. Due to their extreme fragility, radethysts are never cut or polished, existing only in their raw crystalline forms. They show the greatest size variation of any gem, though extracting and transporting larger specimens is considered a dangerous hassle.

  Natural Habitat:

  While less common than photrines, radethysts grow throughout the Deeps. They rarely coexist with other roots, as they tend to consume neighboring ones. Like photrines, they shine when rattled, but their intensity makes this defense mechanism occasionally effective as inexperienced miners and prospectors have gone blind from staring directly at disturbed radethysts.

  Properties & Applications:

  Naturally radiant gems; they lose their glow over time, but don't diminish in size, leaving behind inert and cold crystals.

  

  
• Domestic: Used for illumination alongside photrines, though more common in larger halls and kept separated from other gems. In the Deeps' shifting darkness, photrines often prove insufficient, and only radethysts can properly light the lower tunnels. Using them for heating is highly discouraged, but impoverished families who cannot afford pyrpphires resort to this dangerous practice.


  
• Industrial: Rarely used for illumination in industrial spaces due to safety hazards. Their unique heat signature is occasionally employed to treat certain metals and hides, but only under extremely controlled conditions with workers wearing specialized protective suits. Special radethyst fragments are also encased in metal disks to create two denominations of coins: rads (worth 25 photts), and blazes (worth 125 photts).


  
• Channeling: Radethysts allow luminaries to channel Photo, manipulating and solidifying light. However, channelers rarely use them, as radethysts cannot be shaped into astra and they’re significantly worse at commanding light than photrines. Some scholars claim they allow access to another strain of fantasia called Radio, though [REDACTED].


  

  Hazards:

  When a radethyst shatters, it's often a tragedy. Depending on proximity, the deafening boom can perforate eardrums while the blinding flash burns retinas permanently. Although slightly weaker, the explosion combines the worst aspects of pyrpphires and geodoises, unleashing devastating thermal energy in a wide radius while shooting razor-sharp shards in all directions. If you survive someone dropping a radethyst near you, avoid them in the future.

  Cultural Notes:

  Troquean physicians required a long time to understand that many chronic diseases plaguing the city were caused by prolonged exposure to radethysts' emissions. Authorities now advise against installing them in bedrooms, classrooms, and offices. Nonetheless, because Troqua's ceiling soars hundreds of feet overhead, and because of their breathtaking effects on photrines and aquanturines, radethysts are commonly used to illuminate the city during morning hours, creating spectacular prismatic displays.

  Collector's Wisdom:

  "Eat some citrus, gargle with soap, don't sleep under radethysts, and ya might keep yer teeth until yer old as me."—Unknown man from the Coals.

  AEROBER (Ventus crystallus aeris)

  Rarity: Rare | Value: 300-500 photts per carat

  Physical Properties:

  Dark silver to milky-white, with constant swirling of light inside as though liquid churns within. Emits a weak glow that brightens when shaken. Untreated aerobers are brittle and mostly shaped like thin, elongated fingers with sharp tips.

  Natural Habitat:

  Forms within dark grey roots at moderate temperatures. When exposed to air, the roots launch powerful gusts of wind as a defense mechanism. Grows in fragile clusters that shatter if retrieved improperly.

  Properties & Applications:

  When shaken, aerobers produce wind around them, but shrink rapidly with use.

  

  
• Domestic: Fans integrated with aerobers cool homes during summer. Some households use aerober-driers for laundry, though the gems must be replaced frequently.


  
• Industrial: Factories use giant aerobers to manage airflow and direct drafts away from residential districts. Certain deep caves require aerober purifiers routinely to keep air breathable.


  
• Channeling: Aerober astra allow windriders to channel Aero to manipulate and amplify wind. Highly customizable—can be shaped into sharp or blunt weapons like spears, staffs, and even gauntlets.


  

  Hazards:

  Produces violent winds in unpredictable directions when broken. Depending on the cut, they might explode outward, implode, create momentary twisters, or unleash storms of invisible aerial blades. If there's a loose aerober rattling around, secure your other gems immediately.

  Cultural Notes:

  Various musical instruments use aerobers to enhance or amplify their sound. They're also common in toys and used for harmless pranks; every Troquean child has been the victim of an aerober whoopee cushion at least once. Theaters and circuses use them extensively for breathtaking performances, creating impossible winds for acrobats and dramatic entrances.

  Collector's Wisdom:

  "When ya buy shrooms, buy yerself some aerobers too. Keeps the neighbors quiet and the constables far.”—Unknown shrooms addict.

  AQUANTURINE (Aqua crystallus lacrimae)

  Rarity: Rare | Value: 400-550 photts per carat

  Physical Properties:

  All shades of blue, from pale sky to deep ocean. Higher opacity indicates better quality. Creates rainbows when exposed to sunlight, radethysts, or solarites. Scholars can’t explain why they naturally form in the shape of falling droplets. Most are eyeball-sized, though larger specimens exist.

  Natural Habitat:

  Forms within bluish roots submerged underwater or in humid tunnels. Their roots redirect surrounding water to push away threats. Unconfirmed rumors claim roots have been seen swimming in underground rivers, sometimes upstream, even climbing waterfalls.

  Properties & Applications:

  When set into arrays, aquanturines control nearby water.

  

  
• Domestic: Essential for Troqua's infrastructure; they power pipes that deliver drinking water, manage sewage, and operate cloth washers. Without aquanturines, the city would drown in its own waste.


  
• Industrial: From cleaning equipment to boat propulsion systems, and from high-pressure cutting to irrigation networks—anything involving water utilizes aquanturines.


  
• Channeling: Aquanturine astra allow tidebreakers to channel Aqua to manipulate water. Usually arrayed on staffs and spears, though aquanturine shields can be wielded offensively.


  

  Hazards:

  Mostly harmless when broken. However, stacking aquanturines near each other without proper insulation produces unpredictable effects on nearby water surfaces. Numerous catastrophes have occurred from mishandled shipments: the tsunami of 437AA submerged the entire Aquanturine District for over a month, and during the Devil’s Rise of 666AA, Troqua's sewage system ruptured throughout the city. Neither event is discussed in polite company.

  Cultural Notes:

  During summer, water parks open with specially aligned aquanturines creating various rides and slides. Water guns and anti-riot equipment both utilize aquanturines—for opposite purposes obviously. Though aquanturines don't glow, their ability to emit rainbows earned them a place on Troqua's glittering ceiling mosaics. It's considered a test of mastery for tidebreakers to draw moisture from the air itself to create water using aquanturines. Most aquanturines are mined from the Cordropees' gemfarm, which explains why their family emblem is a series of cascading waves made of aquanturines.

  Collector's Wisdom:

  "If you’re fighting a tidebreaker and they run out of water, be careful if they cry,”—Chief Warden Taldan of 702AA.

  PYRPPHIRE (Ignis crystallus volatilis)

  Rarity: Rare | Value: 450-650 photts per carat

  Physical Properties:

  Deep crimson to flame-orange, with internal flickering that intensifies with temperature. Raw pyrpphires pulse with inner light like captured embers. When polished, they become translucent with dancing fire trapped within. Most pyrpphires are fist-sized, but they have high variation with some as small as grains of rice, and others as large as sheep.

  Natural Habitat:

  Grows within dark red roots inside hot caves. When threatened by predators (human or coalants) the roots consume their gems to burn as a defense mechanism.

  Properties & Applications:

  When rubbed or lightly tapped, pyrpphires produce heat.

  

  
• Domestic: When properly mounted in a heat-distributor, a single pyrpphire can keep a room warm during winter. They’re also common in ovens and stoves, and most smokers use them to ignite their pipes.


  
• Industrial: Foundries use pyrpphire arrays to achieve temperatures impossible with conventional forges, essential for working exotic metals that’s sensitive to Ferro contamination. For pest control and military purposes, pyrpphire flamethrowers are common, and they can even be manufactured into grenades.


  
• Channeling: Pyrpphire astra allow firedancers to channel Pyro to manipulate and amplify fires. Mostly shaped into sharper weapons, like spears, axes, daggers, and swords.


  

  Hazards:

  Catastrophic failure when cracked or shattered. They release stored thermal energy in an explosive fireball (blast radius proportional to gem size). Mining accidents have leveled entire operations. Channelers are warned to never use their astra for striking. If you see someone dropping a pyrpphire, jump into cover.

  Cultural Notes:

  Since Pyrpphires glow red and are ubiquitous throughout Troqua, they look like the red eyes of deepbats at night, glaring through windows. There has been attempts before to create currency denominations using pyrpphires, but they all ended disastrously. Most pyrpphires are mined from the Alektoms’ gemfarm which explains why their emblem is a flame made of pyrpphires.

  Collector's Wisdom:

  "A pyrpphire would keep you warm when you’re cold, would cook your food when you’re hungry, and set your house ablaze when your stupid.”—Unknown.

  GEODOISE (Terra crystallus petrificus)

  Rarity: Rare | Value: 450-700 photts per carat

  Physical Properties:

  Dark brown and non-luminous except when used for channeling. Extremely hard and resilient. Most specimens fit within an adult human's cupped hands, though larger outliers exist.

  Natural Habitat:

  Geodoise roots are often described by miners and prospectors as "obstinate onions." They harden the stone around themselves, creating increasingly dense layers that must be cracked one by one until the crystal is exposed. Prospectors often haul them back to the city still encased, treating the shells to decontaminate them before prying the geodoise free.

  Properties & Applications:

  Geodoises contain the highest concentration of fantasia among common gems. This makes them highly contaminating to nearby objects, continuously hardening them. They're also magnetically attracted to stone, the same way lodestones attract metal.

  

  
• Domestic: Some potters use geodoises instead of kilns to harden their clay, though the process requires careful timing. Richer households use geodoise-brooms which pull dirt and dust magnetically, making cleaning effortless.


  
• Industrial: Construction workers embed geodoises into foundations to reinforce buildings. During tunneling, miners use geodoises to avoid cave-ins.


  
• Channeling: Geodoise astra allow stonemasons to channel Geo to manipulate and shape stone. Most geodoise astra are shaped into blunt weapons like hammers, but many prefer gauntlets instead, sacrificing strength for control.


  

  Hazards:

  Geodoises are extremely difficult to break, but when they do fracture, their polarity fluctuates wildly before stabilizing. This sends shards flying at deadly speeds in all directions. Standing near a shattering geodoise is inadvisable.

  Cultural Notes:

  Due to their dull color, lack of shine, and tendency to harden their surroundings, geodoises are the least popular gems for decoration in Troqua. Most geodoises are mined from the Meadrixes' gemfarm, which is why their family emblem is a boulder made of geodoises.

  Collector's Wisdom:

  "Head harder than a geodoise!"—Common Troquean proverb for describing stubborn people.

  CRYOBY (Glacies crystallus frigidus)

  Rarity: Epic | Value: 1,000-1,800 photts per carat

  Physical Properties:

  Cryobies resemble chunks of ice. Depending on purity, some look like frozen distilled water while others resemble chilled mud. Icy to the touch, they constantly emit cold vapor. Temperature depends directly on purity: the clearer the gem, the colder it burns.

  Natural Habitat:

  Scholars debate whether cryobies grow only in frigid caves, or whether caves become frigid when cryobies form within them. Regardless, the colder the environment, the purer the resulting gem. Miners and prospectors often must break through layers of constantly regrowing ice to reach hidden cryobies, which is an exhausting, and time-consuming process.

  Properties & Applications:

  Cryobies absorb heat from their surroundings and prove highly effective at flash-freezing water.

  

  
• Domestic: Iceboxes, water containers, and cooling chambers all depend on cryobies. During summer, they're positioned before aerober-fans to chill the air, and confectioners use them to create ice cream and frozen treats that would be impossible otherwise.


  
• Industrial: Metal casting, food preservation, and chemical manufacturing—anything requiring cooling utilizes cryobies. Like many gems, cryobies have military applications. Cryo-nades are preferred by wardens, as they freeze elexii in place temporarily, providing critical time to retreat.


  
• Channeling: Cryoby astra allow icesculptors to channel Cryo to manipulate and control ice. Almost always shaped into pointed weapons: swords, halberds, spears, maces, and spiked flails.


  

  Hazards:

  While radethysts and pyrpphires burn with heat, cryobies can peel skin away with pure cold. Workers must handle them with insulated gloves, as prolonged contact with warmer objects may cause their temperature to plummet rapidly and suddenly. When cryobies explode, they don't just shoot razor-sharp shards, they shatter into microscopic fragments that have the capacity to enter bloodstreams through tiny wounds, freezing blood and creating fatal clots.

  Cultural Notes:

  As an underground city, summer heat transforms Troqua into a suffocating furnace. Though cryobies are rare, Duke Hishtem III reduced their prices by ducal decree over five hundred years ago to prevent deaths from heat stroke. Cryobies didn't just make summers tolerable, they made them enjoyable. Even on the hottest days, enterprising merchants set cryobies in Aquanturine's lake, freezing its surface and allowing skaters to enjoy pleasant afternoons on ice for a modest fee. Schoolchildren delight in splashing water on staircases, flash-freezing them with cryobies, then watching their teachers scream and tumble down in rolling heaps. Such pranks result in expulsion when caught, but it’s easy to dodge blame during winter.

  Collector's Wisdom:

  "I didn't need a dagger. I had a cryoby and some water."—Shelny Tarno, confessing to his wife's murder before his execution, 731AA.

  FLORALD (Vita crystallus aromaticus)

  Rarity: Epic | Value: 2,000-4,500 photts per carat

  Physical Properties:

  Every shade of green imaginable, from dim, dark olive to fluorescent chartreuse. Intensely fragrant—a cluster of floralds smells better than a bouquet of fresh flowers. Multiple varieties exist, differing in size, scent, hue, elasticity, hardness, and luminosity.

  Natural Habitat:

  Usually forms in caves containing both photrines and aquanturines. Floralds sprout like tiny beads around their roots and may fracture and spread as though blossoming. Their roots are covered in thorns and secrete highly venomous sap. The roots also shift unexpectedly, coiling around perceived threats. Extract with extreme care and thick gloves.

  Properties & Applications:

  Beyond their pleasant fragrance, floralds possess mystical healing properties that scholars still don't fully understand.

  

  
• Domestic: Expensive kettles and pots are coated with florald enamel to enhance flavor and provide dietary benefits. Wealthy families display polished floralds shaped like plants and flowers in kitchens, living rooms, and guest chambers for both aesthetics and aroma.


  
• Industrial: Underground workers wear masks equipped with florald filters when exploring caves filled with poisonous gases. Medical professionals use similar masks when treating contagious patients. Physicians sometimes crush floralds into powders for medicines or incorporate them into casts to accelerate bone healing. In factories, floralds are employed when handling various chemicals, magically neutralizing toxins. Though most importantly, farmers in Florald District install florald gems near certain plants which accelerates their growth and provides better yield.


  
• Channeling: Florald astra allow greenfingers to channel Flora to manipulate plants. Theoretically, any weapon shape is possible with floralds, but they're most often crafted into staffs and scythes due to the scarcity of compatible seeds. Theater and circus performers sometimes use whip-shaped astra to rapidly grow decorative vines, delighting audiences.


  

  Hazards:

  Floralds shatter like glass without explosive force, but remain extremely dangerous. A florald shard piercing skin may release toxins directly into the bloodstream, and certain varieties release poisonous fumes when broken. If kitchen floraldware breaks—or even falls—apologize to your coin purse, and dispose the cracked utensil immediately outside your home. Better to lose a fortune than bury your entire family. Additionally, incorrect florald dosages in medicine often prove fatal as they cause fantasia-related illnesses that have no known cure.

  Cultural Notes:

  Floralds are the most coveted gems for decoration among Troqua's elite. They aren't blindingly bright, they're highly workable, and they complement other crystals beautifully. Pyrpphires, cryobies, lunalines, and other gems are often mounted atop florald stems to form elaborate flowers and vines heavy with crystalline fruit. Most floralds are mined from the Neashures' gemfarm, which explains why their family emblem is a flower made of floralds. On their estate, the Neashures maintain an entire garden crafted from gemstones.

  Collector's Wisdom:

  "If you eat lots of chickpeas, put a florald in your undies. Trust me, it works!"—Ranea Silikly, housewife, 711AA.

  SAPORYL (Mundus crystallus lubricatus)

  Rarity: Epic | Value: 2,500-3,500 photts per carat

  Physical Properties:

  Comes in soft, pastel shades, like mint-cream, sunflower yellow, and gentle lilac. Non-luminous, but coated in a thin, oily layer that refracts light into beautiful iridescent patterns. Some variants are fragrant, though not as intensely sweet as floralds. The largest specimen ever found in Troqua was roughly the size of a bar of soap.

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  Natural Habitat:

  Saporyl roots are extraordinarily slippery and nearly impossible to grasp, even with specialized equipment. Prospectors often abandon attempts to retrieve them, while miner teams resort to demolishing entire wall sections to extract them intact. The slick chemical secretions coating their roots have mild hallucinogenic effects and are coveted by the Deeps' pests—particularly rockmoles and sandadillos, who gnaw at the roots frenziedly.

  Properties & Applications:

  The slimy substance secreted by saporyls possesses powerful cleansing properties that put ordinary soap to shame.

  

  
• Domestic: In wealthy households, saporyls replace conventional soap and cleaning detergents entirely. When physicians operate on affluent patients, they use saporyl solutions to sterilize their instruments, ensuring perfect cleanliness.


  
• Industrial: Saporyl oil serves as a chemical ingredient in various compounds and industrial processes. It's frequently used to clean or lubricate machinery, as it remains effective far longer than conventional oils.


  
• Channeling: Saporyl astra allow bubbleblowers to channel Sapo, granting them control over soap and bubbles. These astra are almost always fashioned into cleaning tools rather than weapons, as their low output rate makes them practically useless in combat.


  

  Hazards:

  Unlike their roots, saporyls' secretions aren't poisonous, and the gems don't explode on impact. Some resort to licking their secretions, which causes mild hallucinogenic effects. Although not particularly addictive or poisonous, the act is ill-advised, especially for growing children. When accidentally swallowed, even large specimens will pass smoothly through throat and intestines without harm due to their slippery nature. The real danger is slipping on saporyl residue and breaking one’s hip.

  Cultural Notes:

  Saporyls aren't widely known in Troqua for three reasons: their rarity, the fact that most specimens are routinely exported outside of Troqua, and their uncanny resemblance to ordinary soap. Even household servants who use them to clean their employers' estates often don't realize they're wielding gemstones worth small fortunes. For this reason, children from wealthy families delight in coating floors with saporyl slime to create treacherous skating rinks, and easily escape punishment since no one suspects gemstone involvement.

  Collector's Wisdom:

  "What do you mean this is a gemstone?! It tastes like soap!"—A maid in Merchant Garone Obtundril's household, 730AA

  SONOLAR (Sonus crystallus amplificans)

  Good specimen: Rarity: Epic | Value: 3,000-4,500 photts per carat

  Damaged specimen: Rarity: Uncommon | Value: 300-450 photts per carat

  Physical Properties:

  Various shades of yellow, from pale cream to deep amber. Require cutting into precise oval shapes and extensive polishing before becoming usable. Available in multiple sizes, though few miners dare extract the larger specimens due to the risks involved.

  Natural Habitat:

  If a sonolar root is nearby, you'll know. They amplify all sounds around them—including the chittering and clicking of ants feeding on the roots—creating horrendous, cacophonous echoes. Before treatment, sonolars are extremely fragile and prone to shattering under pressure or from loud noises, making extraction agonizingly delicate work. A cracked sonolar becomes worthless, as it can no longer amplify sound properly and produces only distorted gibberish.

  Properties & Applications:

  Sonolars amplify sounds with remarkable clarity, and when properly attuned in sets, can relay voices across great distances.

  

  
• Domestic: Public speeches, musical performances, and theatrical productions all rely on sonolars. Every Troquean recognizes the distinctive slight rasp the stones introduce into transmitted or amplified voices.


  
• Industrial: City wardens and government officials use sonolar networks for long-distance communication. Unfortunately, they fail to function underground for unknown reasons, or they would be invaluable for communicating with trapped miners and prospectors. Some fishermen repurpose defective sonolars to stun and kill fish by detonating them underwater.


  
• Channeling: Sonolar astra allow thunderstrikers to channel Sono, granting them control over sound waves. Usually shaped into small rods, though some embed them in metal staffs for enhanced resonance.


  

  Hazards:

  The primary threat posed by smaller sonolars is the gem's tendency to crack easily during processing, destroying their value. This is wildly different from larger specimens which are rarely extracted due to the catastrophic consequences of failure. When struck violently, small sonolars produce shockwaves that merely tickle, but larger ones resonate like thunder, sending cascades of invisible force hammering through the air to shatter bones and crumble stone structures.

  Cultural Notes:

  During shaping and polishing, sonolars crack frequently, forcing gemwrights to discard ruined specimens. Children eagerly collect these sonolar fragments, becoming neighborhood menaces who amplify horrible sounds in narrow alleys and detonate them for ear-splitting booms past midnight. Theater directors constantly quarrel with their actors and singers over broken equipment, as pristine sonolars are maddeningly difficult to acquire. A permanent array of master-quality sonolars encircles Troqua's plazas, allowing the duke's voice to reach every corner of the city during special proclamations.

  Collector's Wisdom:

  "One, two, three. Test, test..."—Words eternally spoken through sonolars.

  FEERYX (Ferrum crystallus versatilis)

  Rarity: Epic | Value: 4,000-8,000 photts per carat

  Physical Properties:

  Feeryx ores contain traces of various metals, giving them diverse colorations: reddish copper, golden brass, silvery iron, etc, with traces of the metal wielded into its form, like veins in flesh. The hardest gemstone found in Troqua by considerable margin. Refining, cutting, and polishing them presents challenges only the most experienced metalsmiths dare undertake. Available in various sizes, though breaking or fragmenting a feeryx doesn't diminish its quality, as pieces can be melted down and rejoined without loss.

  Natural Habitat:

  Extracting feeryx ores is notoriously difficult. Their metallic roots lash out violently at anything making contact, and they typically enwrap the embedded gemstones in unyielding, tangled knots. The saving grace is their weakness to intense heat; and with firebreathers absent from the underground ecosystem, only humans possess the means to extract them safely.

  Properties & Applications:

  Similar to geodoises, feeryxes gradually harden surrounding objects, though at much slower rates due to their lower fantasia concentrations.

  

  
• Domestic: Feeryxes themselves have no household applications, but feeryx-forged products exist everywhere: kitchen utensils, furniture frames, door hinges, locks and keys, carriage chassis, and countless other everyday items.


  
• Industrial: Troqua owes its prosperity directly to feeryxes. They're essential for manufacturing everything from simple nails to massive infrastructure projects to Heaven's Door itself—the great sealed gateway protecting the city. They also serve as supplementary components in many astra designs, enhancing performance and durability.


  
• Channeling: Feeryx astra allow metalsmiths to channel Ferro to manipulate and shape various metals. Depending on which metal alloys make up their roots and are incorporated during forging, feeryx astra can be crafted into diverse weapons, each with unique abilities and limitations: longswords, war hammers, flexible urumi blades, and tower shields represent only a fraction of possible variants.


  

  Hazards:

  Feeryxes are exceptionally durable but extraordinarily heavy. They don't explode or shatter when broken, but be careful not to drop one on your toes. The gradual hardening effect caused by Ferro contamination is negligible to nonexistent. One could sleep on a bed of raw feeryxes for years without side effects beyond a sore back from their unyielding rigidity.

  Cultural Notes:

  Advanced applications of feeryxes were only discovered four hundred years after Troqua's founding. Historical records from earlier periods are scarce, but survivors' accounts describe terrible living conditions as the modern inventions making underground city life sustainable simply didn't exist. When Heaven's Door passed its first successful test against an elexii assault, Troqueans celebrated for three days and nights. Currently, ambitious plans propose reinforcing the entire Solarite District with a protective metallic dome to defend against future raids.

  Collector's Wisdom:

  "I burn thee with mine lyrics, cut sharper than a feeryx, bite harder than a t-rex..."—Ancient song fragment by unknown artist, 601AA.

  PSYCHOSITE (Mentis crystallus modularis)

  Rarity: Epic | Value: 5,000-7,000 photts per carat

  Physical Properties:

  This crystal's surface reflects light like an insect's compound eyes, creating mesmerizing, fragmented patterns. Most specimens are pure white, though rare blue or red variants occasionally surface. The largest psychosite ever discovered in Troqua couldn't fill an adult's closed fist. Brittle by nature and prone to fragmentation if not treated or stored with meticulous care.

  Natural Habitat:

  Psychosites are deceptively easy to overlook. Their roots are thread-thin, concealing themselves in the tiniest crevices and hairline cracks. Many precious psychosites have been lost because the rocks containing them were discarded during searches for larger, more obvious gems. Even when discovered, psychic phenomena compel diggers to unconsciously ignore the gems before their very eyes, rebury them, then lie convincingly to their companions about finding nothing.

  Properties & Applications:

  Contact with untreated psychosites triggers unpredictable side effects: vivid hallucinations, sudden loss of consciousness, selective memory erasure, and worse.

  

  
• Domestic: Civilian possession of psychosites is strictly illegal. Mentalist channelers require special permits to acquire them, and must register their locations with city authorities.


  
• Industrial: Used by mentalist psychiatrists to treat patients and by detectives to interrogate suspects during criminal investigations. Inerudite use causes irreversible tragedies, permanently damaging victims' psyches beyond any hope of recovery.


  
• Channeling: Psychosite astra allow mentalists to channel Psycho, granting them powers over minds, glimpses of possible futures, and telekinetic abilities. Some mentalists embed them in staffs, but most prefer fashioning their astra into elegant jewelry, not for aesthetics, but because psychosites' staggering costs make smaller settings the only financially viable option.


  

  Hazards:

  Psychosites fragment easily, and the results of their explosion vary depending on their cut and arrangement. Psychosites prepared for mindmanipulation result in mental storms that may shatter any witness's consciousness, while those treated to enhance their telekinetic powers explode in violent shockwaves that can level walls. It's also strongly inadvisable to keep psychosites nearby unless the carrier is a trained mentalist, as the gems gradually warp surrounding individuals' perception of reality through passive contamination.

  Cultural Notes:

  Psychosites remain poorly understood by the general public and are shrouded in mystery and dread. In ancient times, unlicensed mentalists charged substantial fees to induce controlled hallucinations in willing participants, restore lost memories, or temporarily enhance mental abilities. The practice was outlawed on threat of capital punishment after multiple subjects committed murder sprees—some targeting their own families—while under psychosite influence. Most psychosites are mined from the Obtundrils' gemfarm, which explains why their family emblem depicts a stylized brain made entirely of psychosites.

  Collector's Wisdom:

  "My precious! Give me back my precious, ya filthy magotses!"—Deranged man who lost his psychosite ring, 590AA.

  ELECTROPAZ (Fulgur crystallus vivus)

  Rarity: Epic | Value: 6,000-10,000 photts per carat

  Physical Properties:

  Typically colorless gems with sparks of electricity buzzing within. The energy itself displays diverse colors: misty white, golden yellow, light violet, and azure blue. Electricity frequently arcs from the gems, creating mesmerizing visual patterns accompanied by sharp crackling sounds. Deceptively lightweight, even the largest specimens—reaching the size of an adult's torso—barely exceed five pounds.

  Natural Habitat:

  Electropazes announce their presence dramatically by fracturing cave walls and leaking energy into the open air, as though daring anyone to collect them. Spikebacks prove natural predators against their power, the beasts' insulating fur rendering them immune to electrical discharge. When retrieving electropazes, diggers must wear heavily insulated protective suits to avoid electrocution, as even the tiniest specimen may discharge thousands of watts without warning.

  Properties & Applications:

  Due to their natural ability to generate and release electricity, electropazes are among Troqua's most valuable exports.

  

  
• Domestic: Electropazes have limited civilian applications beyond powering children's toys and creating shocking curiosities for entertainment.


  
• Industrial: Demand for electropazes outside Troqua is surprisingly and inexplicably high. Surface kingdoms apparently use them to power numerous appliances, though details of such machinery remain unknown in Troqua. Currently, members of the Artisan's Guild are experimenting with various devices to determine how electropazes might revolutionize local factories.


  
• Channeling: Electropaz astra allow lightningeaters to channel Electro to manipulate electricity. Flexible weapons dominate the variants—whips, flails, and manrikis—though electropaz spears exist as well for those who prefer precision over versatility.


  

  Hazards:

  To destroy an electropaz is to unleash a lightning storm. Electricity erupts in every direction simultaneously, causing severe damage and burns to both organic and inorganic matter. Even intact specimens occasionally discharge their accumulated power when they grow too potent to contain. Specialized insulated boxes and protective attire are mandatory when handling them.

  Cultural Notes:

  Electropazes are considered an oddity in Troqua. Besides being lethally dangerous, they have minimal local applications, yet extracting them remains lucrative. Unfortunately, many scholars who undertake research into their properties die just as they approach breakthroughs. The disturbing part? They don't always die from electrocution—some are found with no apparent cause of death whatsoever.

  Collector's Wisdom:

  "If you put an electropaz in glass, you don't get lightning in a bottle, you coalhead! You get a face full of glass!"—Professor Chamt Ranthery of the Wardens' Academy, one week before his untimely demise, 777AA

  LUNALINE (Lux crystallus lunaris)

  Rarity: Legendary | Value: 7,500-20,000 photts per carat

  Physical Properties:

  Mind-numbingly gorgeous with a breathtaking silvery shimmer that brings intense joy to onlookers. Those who've visited the surface claim lunalines sparkle under moonlight like fountains shooting liquid starlight. They require no polishing or refining after extraction, only gentle cleaning. Usually the length of a finger and twice as wide, with slight size variation. To preserve them, they're typically wrapped in translucent leather that dims their radiance considerably.

  Natural Habitat:

  Lunalines aren't truly rare, but they're far more vulnerable than photrines at self-defense. They also shine brilliantly when even slightly exposed, summoning predators, but they're softer and easier for ants and beetles to devour. Moreover, unless properly wrapped immediately after extraction, lunalines have tragically short lifespans, shining themselves to death within days unless treated by artisans or luminaries. All these factors made lunaline reserves scarce, increasing their value greatly.

  Properties & Applications:

  Lunalines shine brighter than photrines but dimmer than radethysts.

  

  
• Domestic: Decorating one's home with lunaline gemstones serves as the ultimate status symbol. While moderately affluent households might embellish a single wall with them, true wealth manifests in how wealthy merchants and the duke adorn their entire mansions with hundreds upon hundreds of lunalines, creating palaces of perpetual twilight.


  
• Industrial: Using lunalines for anything beyond trade or spectacle is considered wasteful extravagance. However, lunaline dust is incorporated into currency: crescents (worth 1,250 photts) and moons (worth 12,500 photts).


  
• Channeling: Lunaline astra allow luminaries to channel Photo to manipulate and solidify light. However, their astronomical price and mediocre performance compared to photrines mean all lunaline astra are purely ornamental. [REDACTED]


  

  Hazards:

  Lunalines are sturdier than photrines and detonate with greater force when shattered, but they're not nearly as dangerous as radethysts. [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED]

  Cultural Notes:

  Lunalines are intensely coveted in Troqua's high society. Merchants compete endlessly over who can cultivate the most in their gemfarms, then ostentatiously compare harvest sizes at formal gatherings. Some nobles commission tailors to embellish their formal attire with lunaline gems, wearing small fortunes on their bodies. [REDACTED] [REDACTED]

  Collector's Wisdom:

  "Mind how you address me, whelps! You are many and I'm one, true. But even a thousand photrines don't compare to a single lunaline."—Merchant Raktin Alektom, addressing strike organizers, 688AA

  UMBERZULI (Umbra crystallus occultus)

  Rarity: Legendary | Value: 10,000-25,000 photts per carat

  Physical Properties:

  Dark gray to obsidian black, brightening considerably when exposed to light. Upon first extraction, its surface is jagged with serrated edges. After brief exposure to illumination, it smooths into an oval, then continues contracting until it hardens into a perfect semi-sphere. Cold to the touch. Wisps of shadow float upward from its surface, sizzling and dissipating under light. When examined in shade, swirling mists can be seen churning within its depths.

  Natural Habitat:

  Umberzuli roots melt into shadows when touched, making them maddeningly difficult to trace. Despite this challenge, when a miner or prospector discovers an umberzuli cache, they willingly spend days excavating and searching for the hidden gems due to their staggering value. After extraction, specimens must be immediately sealed in lightproof containers to prevent light damage.

  Properties & Applications:

  Umberzulis naturally manipulate shadows, elongating or distorting them randomly.

  

  
• Domestic: Umberzulis are employed by performers to manipulate shadows in umbral theaters, creating haunting shadow-plays that mesmerize audiences. They're also notoriously favored by thieves for [REDACTED].


  
• Industrial: [REDACTED] [REDACTED]


  
• Channeling: Umberzuli astra allow shadowcasters to channel Umbra to manipulate and solidify shadows. Many varieties of umberzuli weapons exist, including bows and crossbows with specialized umberzuli arrows and bolts. That’s possible because [REDACTED].


  

  Hazards:

  [REDACTED] [REDACTED]

  Cultural Notes:

  Information about umberzulis remains deliberately scarce in Troqua. All shadowcasters are either conscripted into the wardens' force or forbidden from learning to channel entirely. This extreme measure exists because [REDACTED] [REDACTED]. Most umberzulis are mined from the Rikals' gemfarm, which explains why their family emblem depicts a grim skull made of umberzulis.

  Collector's Wisdom:

  "I-I saw it! I'm not crazy! A naked man with long limbs and burnt black skin walked out of the shade, then vanished across the street! Why won't you believe me?!" —A hysterical woman claiming she accidentally shattered a stolen umberzuli, 699AA

  AMEGRAVO (Gravitas crystallus repellens)

  Rarity: Legendary | Value: 15,000-35,000 photts per carat

  Physical Properties:

  Various shades of purple, from lavender to eggplant. Constantly thrums with unsen energy. Grows in connected clusters resembling drooping bananas. The bottom side appears flat and normal, while the upper side repels everything like a reversed magnet that treats all matter as metallic. Larger and more powerful variants exist, but manufacturers prefer shorter specimens with reasonable, controllable repulsion force.

  Natural Habitat:

  Amegravos create hollow chambers within cave walls where they spin leisurely with their roots. Occasionally, they drift to one side with such force they bring down entire wall sections, exposing themselves dramatically. Reaching them remains extraordinarily difficult as the repellent shards form protective spheres around each core, making direct approach nearly impossible.

  Properties & Applications:

  Amegravos possess general repulsion properties that can be purposed for anti-gravity applications.

  

  
• Domestic: Carriage and cart undersides are embedded with hundreds of tiny amegravos that keep vehicles hovering effortlessly above ground. Eccentric wealthy individuals enjoy sleeping on floating beds or riding flying carpets, though such conveyances move frustratingly slowly. Numerous attempts at creating functional hovering skateboards have failed as they fly out of control when riders shift weight or turn sideways. Hovering chairs have proven successful, however, providing mobility for the physically impaired.


  
• Industrial: Industrial and military carriages employ larger, more precisely aligned amegravo arrays for superior performance. Certain delicate chemical reactions require low or zero-gravity environments, achievable using specialized compartments coated entirely in carefully calibrated amegravos.


  
• Channeling: Amegravo astra allow connecters to channel Gravo, granting control over spatial manipulation. At least, that's the theory. No one in Troqua has successfully created functional astra using amegravos yet, despite centuries of experimentation.


  

  Hazards:

  Amegravos don't lose their gravitational properties when shattered, meaning fragments forcibly repel each other, launching shrapnel violently and randomly. This makes carriage accidents deadly for bystanders who might be struck by shrapnel bullets. [REDACTED]

  Cultural Notes:

  Amegravos play a vital role in Troqua's survival. They don't merely make travel and transportation easier, without them, the wardens couldn't complete their supply runs safely and the entire city would starve within weeks. Therefore, these gems are legally classified as national treasures and can be forcibly seized by ducal decree to replace carriages lost during elexii attacks.

  Collector's Wisdom:

  "I don't care how 'stupid' I look! I'm the first person to invent propeller shoes, and I swear by everything holy, I will enter history!"—Firnas Iabas, first and last wearer of amegravo-coated shoes before losing control and plummeting into the Void, 742AA

  ERBARTZ (Tenebrae crystallus abyssus)

  Rarity: Legendary | Value: 15,000-40,000 photts per carat

  Physical Properties:

  Erbartzes radiate darkness. They're as black as photrines are white. In the Deeps, their crystals grow twisted and malformed, and they have a mysterious, hypnotic allure that prevents onlookers from glancing away. This proves dangerous, because as one stares into an erbartz stone, the gloom within stares back at them. Erbartzes are typically small, with the largest known specimen the size of a human head.

  Natural Habitat:

  Erbartz roots can phase into ethereal states, vanishing from physical reality. They also teleport through the darkness within solid walls, making them exceptionally difficult to track and extract. Prospectors often spend weeks following faint traces before the roots disappear completely.

  Properties & Applications:

  Erbartz amplify darkness and obscure light. They can also absorb negative emotions directly from a person's heart, leaving only hollow emptiness behind.

  

  
• Domestic: Although erbartz are outrageously expensive, nearly every person in Troqua possesses their own erbartz mourning shard. The black gems are placed over the chest during funerals and after losing loved ones, drawing away unbearable grief to make mourning survivable. These specimens are usually cut and treated in ways that reduce both their potency and value.


  
• Industrial: [REDACTED] [REDACTED]


  
• Channeling: Erbartz astra allow tenebraries to channel Erebo to manipulate and solidify darkness. [REDACTED]


  

  Hazards:

  No one knows what precisely occurs when an erbartz stone shatters because no one survived the event. The mere act of staring at intact erbartz causes severe damage to one's eyesight after merely one minute of exposure. Prolonged gazing ruins the body gradually and irrevocably corrupts the mind. [REDACTED] Note that erbartz mourning stones are specially treated to remove most of their ill powers and are safe to use.

  Cultural Notes:

  Little is publicly known about erbartz properties or applications in Troqua. Tenebraries are exceedingly rare, and they are all either conscripted into the wardens' force under constant supervision, imprisoned indefinitely, or quietly executed. [REDACTED]

  Collector's Wisdom:

  "It told me to do it, it did! I heard it loud and clear, and it was right! That child was evil!"—Unknown murderer confessing to his crime, 685AA

  MAGMACON (Ignis crystallus vulcanicus)

  Rarity: Mythic | Value: 50,000-210,000 photts per carat

  Physical Properties:

  Magmacons are nearly impossible to observe in their natural state, as they're perpetually coated in flowing magma. Only in the hands of a master lavashaper can they be cleared enough to witness their true form. Properly revealed magmacon gems resemble lava flowing within glass, with all the scorching reds, charred blacks, and harsh yellows swirling in hypnotic patterns. They radiate incredible heat regardless of treatment, blazing with liquid fire and leaving the air around them shimmering constantly. The overwhelming smell of sulfur, ashes, and char emanates from them at all times.

  Natural Habitat:

  If you think you've stumbled upon an erupting volcano in the Deeps, then congratulations! You've discovered a magmacon cache! If you're unprepared to harvest magmacons or lack proper training in the extraction process, run immediately or become another cautionary tale about a foolish prospector who thought they could dig through molten rock barehanded. Magmacon roots are so devastatingly hot they melt cave walls, then crawl through the resulting tunnels like molten vipers. To extract them safely, one must [REDACTED]

  Properties & Applications:

  Magmacons produce intense, nearly uncontrollable heat that dwarfs pyrpphire arrays.

  

  
• Domestic: If someone uses magmacons in a civilian setting, I'd very much like to meet them, but only from considerable distance. Wardens would already be rushing to their residence anyway, as owning magmacons is strictly illegal in Troqua without specialized permits.


  
• Industrial: Few industrial processes require the incredible temperatures magmacons provide, as occasionally it proves more practical to utilize a single magmacon instead of thousands of pyrpphires that might never reach the optimal required degree. [REDACTED]


  
• Channeling: Magmacon astra allow lavashapers to channel Magma to manipulate molten rock. Frankly, if someone can successfully wield a magmacon astrum without incinerating themselves, they scarcely need to channel. Magmacon astra are mostly crafted as giant war hammers. [REDACTED]


  

  Hazards:

  The destruction of a magmacon resemble volcanic eruptions. That's what outside sources claim, at least. Thankfully, no one in Troqua has been foolish enough to test this testimony. And we intend to keep it that way.

  Cultural Notes:

  Only one person proved foolish—or brave—enough to create a magmacon astrum: Alisnor Nalin, who transformed Troqua's largest magmacon into a massive war hammer in 662AA before embarking on an expedition to vanish in the Smaragdine Forest three years later. The few magmacons extracted since have been either employed for critical industrial purposes or exported immediately to distant lands. [REDACTED]

  Collector's Wisdom:

  "Witness my hammer! I bring hope and glory! I bring the future! Today, Troqua takes its first step toward freedom!"—Alisnor Nalin before embarking on his first and final expedition, 665AA

  KATHARPER [REDACTED]

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  Rarity: Mythic | Value: 120,000-300,000 photts per carat

  Physical Properties:

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  Natural Habitat:

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  Properties & Applications:

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• Domestic: [REDACTED]


  
• Industrial: [REDACTED]


  
• Channeling: [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED]


  

  Hazards:

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  Cultural Notes:

  [REDACTED] If you know someone possesses a katharper, report them to the wardens without delay. [REDACTED]

  Collector's Wisdom:

  [REDACTED] [REDACTED]

  SOLARITE (Lux crystallus solaris)

  Rarity: Mythic | Value: 150,000-500,000 photts per carat

  Physical Properties:

  All solarite gems must remain bound with specially treated leather wrappings at all times! Those who unwrap solarites anywhere within Troqua's boundaries will face severe punishment, up to and including execution. That said, thanks to past fools who violated this rule, we possess records of solarites' appearance. For the first few seconds after exposure, their exteriors appear night-dark with misty pools of light dancing within. Afterward, they grow exponentially brighter with each passing moment. Solarites are typically small, though insufficient specimens have been retrieved to establish proper statistical ranges. Larger gems possess proportionally larger illumination radii.

  Natural Habitat:

  In the Deeps, solarite roots appear identical to lunaline roots until extraction. If the miner isn't prepared to immediately isolate the gem, its light is guaranteed to claim their life, leaving their newfound wealth for someone better prepared. To catch a solarite, one must [REDACTED]

  Properties & Applications:

  Solarites are the opposite of the Void.

  

  
• Domestic: Owning a solarite signifies outstanding status and wealth. Not all merchants possess one, and those who do never cease boasting about it at every social gathering.


  
• Industrial: If methods exist to safely harvest the vast luminous powers of solarites, they remain unknown in Troqua. [REDACTED]


  
• Channeling: Solarite astra allow luminaries to channel Photo to manipulate and solidify light. However, the catastrophic contamination resulting from these gems inevitably transforms their wielder into their first victim. [REDACTED] [REDACTED]


  

  Hazards:

  Solarites don't require shattering to prove deadly. If not wrapped in [REDACTED] Leather, the gem gleams like a rising moon, growing exponentially brighter with each heartbeat, defying all natural laws. Eventually, its radiance becomes a grounded sun, unblockable, piercing effortlessly through flesh, bone, stone, and even solid metal, overwhelming all senses and transforming everything into pure, endless, infinite white. The fantasia contamination resulting from this exposure proves lethal within minutes for average individuals. Before that point, the only hope for survival is shattering the priceless gem while conscious control over one's body remains.

  One survivor of a solarite exposure described it as being struck by a supernova at point-blank range. The light grows searingly hot for several seconds, accompanied by a cacophony resembling endless bombardments of raging cannons. After consciousness eventually returns, senses slowly regain their strength and physical damage gradually vanishes. At this point, the only remaining threat is the entire city's population chasing the offending individual to summarily execute them by casting them into the Void.

  Cultural Notes:

  Five solarites total have been retrieved in Troqua. The current owners are [REDACTED]. On special occasions, the duke might display his personal solarite, partially revealing it for mere seconds before rapidly resealing it.

  Collector's Wisdom:

  "It was an accident, I swear! Please have mercy!"—[REDACTED], the fool who accidentally destroyed a solarite in Troqua's Radethyst District, 563AA

  NECROLITE (Mors crystallus necrosis)

  Rarity: Mythic | Value: 800,000-1,000,000 photts per carat

  Physical Properties:

  The gem itself is pitch black, but it's invariably coated in blood, gore, and/or fragments of shattered bone. It reeks of death and decay. Any cave containing necrolites becomes a morgue, a graveyard, a necropolis. Mere proximity proves potentially fatal; its sight can rot one's eyes within their sockets. [REDACTED] [REDACTED]

  Natural Habitat:

  You can tell you're near a necrolite cache when your skin begins secreting pus, your nails and hair fall off, and your flesh turns black with rot. Only attempt extraction if you're desperate and significantly suicidal. Necrolite roots swim through seas of accumulated corpses, occasionally leaving their hiding places to actively hunt living flesh. Mercifully, only one necrolite cache has ever been discovered beneath Troqua, and it was destroyed without hesitation or mercy. [REDACTED] [REDACTED]

  Properties & Applications:

  [REDACTED] [REDACTED]

  

  
• Domestic: [REDACTED]


  
• Industrial: [REDACTED]


  
• Channeling: Necrolite astra allow deathseekers to channel Necro to manipulate and command dead matter. [REDACTED] [REDACTED]


  

  Hazards:

  The pain untreated necrolites inflict is truly mythic in scale. If you doubt this statement, examine the ruined husks of those who stood too near. [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED]

  Cultural Notes:

  If you suspect you've encountered a necrolite cache in the Deeps, DO NOT attempt to destroy it yourself. Report this matter to the wardens immediately, to the Chief Warden directly if possible. Do not delay. Do not investigate further. Do not touch anything. Simply evacuate the area and report the location. [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED]

  Collector's Wisdom:

  "I now understand why we swear by Necro..."—The final words of [REDACTED], the prospector who discovered the necrolite root, recorded after three weeks of battling necromantic disease, 620AA

  ONEIROLIAN (Unknown)

  Rarity: None | Value: ??? photts per carat

  Physical Properties:

  An oneirolian stone comprises conjoined chromatic gemstones fused into impossible patterns. Its appearance mesmerizes the soul, invigorates the mind, and sinks observers into imaginary lands from which they may never wish to return.

  Natural Habitat:

  Unknown. Oneirolians do not naturally occur in the Deeps.

  Properties & Applications:

  Oneirolians have vast mindmanipulation powers that function most effectively on sleeping victims. When used properly, it helps a person keep an optimistic view in the harshest of times, to smile and carry on when they went to give up, and to enjoy the tiniest blessings in life.

  

  
• Domestic: [REDACTED]


  
• Industrial: [REDACTED]


  
• Channeling: Oneirolian astra allow mentalists to channel Psycho, granting them enhanced mindmanipulation powers far beyond psychosite capabilities. [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED]


  

  Hazards:

  Like psychosites, close proximity to oneirolians may cause severe psychotic effects. Even ungaurded observation from a distance may send individuals into trances extraordinarily difficult to escape. Victims sink into imaginary dreamlands, experiencing their lives as they wish them to be. Over time, this causes powerful addictions, compelling people to abandon reality to endlessly stare at the gem. The encouraging news is that many techniques exist to avoid its negative effects entirely, such as [REDACTED] [REDACTED]

  Cultural Notes:

  This gem does not naturally exist in Troqua. It can only be acquired through special order from outside kingdoms with explicit approval from the reigning duke. [REDACTED]

  Collector's Wisdom:

  "Why did you wake me up? Give it back to me! Now!"—A victim undergoing rehabilitation to recover from oneirolian addiction, 780AA