Fang-tempered metal

Fang-tempered metal at a Glance
	Material Type	Metals
	Colors	Violet
	Rarity	Quest-Only
	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.

Web-like fractals of violet light pulse faintly across the metal, as though energy were traveling along unseen strands.

Concept first introduced during Hollow Eve Festival 454.

See Also

• Fang-quenching
• Fang-touched metal
• Fang-quenched metal
• Venom-quenched metal

Common Description

Web-like fractals of violet light pulse softly across the surface, tracing unseen networks beneath the polish.

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.

Items

Item	Source is	Rarity is
Reinforced leather weapon belt adorned with fang-tempered silversteel discs	Droughtman's Challenge 454/End loot	end loot

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