Fang-touched metal
| Fang-touched metal at a Glance | ||
|---|---|---|
| Material Type | Metals | |
| Colors | Various | |
| Rarity | Rare | |
| Cultural Relevance | ||
| Required for Alterations | Yes (additional rules) | |
Like firestaining, this is a process applied to metal (rather than a specific material). It involves quenching hot metal in a specially prepared bath of spider hemolymph, spider venom, and alchemical salts. (The hemolymph and venom are usually extracted from blade spiders, although venom-quenching requires the blessing of wildling spiders.) The quenchant reacts with the surface of the metal, hardening its grain and leaving behind distinctive markings. Careful control of temperature and timing is necessary, as even slight errors can spoil the effect.
The surface takes on subtle, iridescent web tracery, as though faint threads are caught beneath the surface.
Concept first introduced during Hollow Eve Festival 454.
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Common Description
The surface bears faint, iridescent veins that resemble spidersilk caught beneath glass.
Alteration Rules
This material is required for alterations.
This process cannot be used on metals that emit light, absorb all light, are incapable of reflecting anything, or have other light-related special effects, such as goldfyre, hiromin, moonsilver, starshine, truegold, araneium, aldamdin, dawnfire steel, gweldgold, or widowglass.
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