Alerce

Alerce is short for the bark of the alerce tree, a tree that grows on the inner rim of volcanos. Difficult to harvest, and even more difficult to find, the soft inner wood is useless, but the hard plate-like bark bears mineral inclusions and derive their color from the minerals present in the soil. It has been said that white is the most rare color, therefor the most valuable.

Previously, the existence of these trees was a secret kept by House Turmar.

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Physical Properties

Though extremely large and fast growing, the alerce tree is most notable not for either of these properties, nor for the wood of the tree itself, which is crumbly once dried, but instead for its unique multi-layered bark and the inhospitable terrain in which it is found. Growing only on ledges within the inner rims of volcanoes, the alerce tree adapts to changes in volcanic activity by integrating minerals into its bark, forming richly colored and remarkably dense plates. Once harvested, the bark is then processed and sold as simply 'alerce'. More like stone than wood, alerce is most often used for fancy household items and decorations. The bark plates have been found in nearly every color imaginable, though pure white alerce is the most rare and valuable.

Hardness	Durability	Workability	Stiffness	Physical	Shortbow Affinity	Longbow Affinity	Composite Bow Affinity	Capacity	Density	Value (Kronars/piece)	Source
70	55	45	65	55	75	28	32	60			Unique - HE 425

Items

Item	Source is	Rare item
Aldamdin bone saw with a punka-wrapped handle	Skyward Crafting (6), Skyward Crafting (5)	true
Aldamdin tinker's tools with polished alerce handles	Skyward Crafting (8), Skyward Crafting (7), Skyward Crafting (6), Skyward Crafting (5)	true
Alerce Bardic Spirit Knot charm with rippled cambrinth edges	Dark Symphony (5), Dark Symphony (4), Dark Symphony (3)
Alerce bangles dangling emerald pivuh charms	Hollow Eve Festival 417/Raffles
Alerce battle crossbow encrusted with blush-hued rubies	Killer Pinks	true
Alerce bellows with supple doeskin-wrapped handles	Which Craft (1)	true
Alerce burin topped with an orange pumpkin	Skyward Crafting (7)	true
Alerce flask with a tree-shaped stopper
Alerce herb basket adorned with a rose-shaped heliotrope	Garden of Plenty	true
Alerce mosaic floor set in a compass-rose pattern	Floors for Thought (1), Floors for Thought (3), Floors for Thought (2)
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