[✗] [World Lore] - Gold

[Elennanore 2772]

The Blessed Metal

Aurum - Gold

“The lust of a maiden finds no hold on a dwarf of the mountain, where else he might find gold.” - An Urguanite Dwarf

Aurum, the name ancient Men gave to what is nowadays commonly referred to as ‘Gold’. It is widely considered a precious metal because of its innate beauty and lustrous appearance. It does not rust, nor corrodes, unblemished by countless aeons.

 

Aurum Ore(Raw)

           Aurum is a rare metal that can be found in most places, regardless of environment. From mountain streams, river valleys, verdant plains, and silent forests. It is a particularly soft ore, but its apparent fragility is not an indicator of how much it might weigh, as Gold weighs a little over thrice as much as Iron, and gives no ground. It is mostly found to be formed in veins and large, spherical lumps. Even while in a rather crude and unrefined state, this precious metal retains much of its beauty and is a reddish-yellow. Though, Gold is so particularly unique in its color, that the word Gold is often used to describe the color of other objects.

 

Harvesting Method

Gold is not a particularly strenuous metal to harvest, a pick is a sure enough tool as any to harvest it. However, one might want to take into account the weight of gold, which is likely the greatest hindrance this valuable metal poses.

 

Aurum(Refined)

           Refined Gold finds itself to have few differences between itself and its own unrefined state, save for the impurities in the metal that may cause slight discoloration. Refined Aurum typically has a bright, lustrous appearance that quite easily reflects light, letting it have a mirror finish if polished. Its reddish-yellow color has only been amplified, something unique amongst other colors commonly found in nature. Its soft nature commonly results in Gold finding itself alloyed with other metals such as copper and nickel. This allows the precious metal to have some practical use in jewelry, coining, weights, and other fashionable crafts.

 

         Even though Gold is a particularly useless metal if one has a furiously pragmatic view, there is one entirely unique property of the gleaming metal. Aurum, for reasons unknown, contains potent magical properties that affect creatures whose bodies and forms are ‘unnatural’. For example, necrotic and spectral undead, whose bodies are bound to the Mortal Realm by dastardly magic and foul designs, find themselves harmed by Gold. Another example would be the abominable Void creatures, whose bodies are made of nothing more than mana. They find their binds to the Mortal Realm severed when they are severed by a sword of gold. Aurum may even find use as dust or plates set upon the ground, as weaker spectral creatures such as ‘ghosts’ would find themselves unable to move across it - even if floating.  To add on, Magi also find much use in Aurum, as it is typically more receptive to enchantment than most other mundane materials like iron, steel, stone, etc.

Red Lines

-Aurum finds itself to be more useful against undead and the like, when in greater quantities. A Steel sword plated with Gold is not nearly as effective compared to a sword made entirely of Gold. It is most common for undead and spectral creatures to feel a burning sensation, like that of a small campfire.

         -Aurum has these effects whilst even as an Ore, though not to as great an extent.

         -It is up to the lore writer of an undead creature to adhere to these general rules of Aurum, this is merely the minimum and may be expanded upon at will.

-Aurum is more receptive to enchantment, but this is left vague for lore writers to add onto at their own desire.

 

Applications

Aurum, or Gold, is a heavy and soft metal, easily dented by being struck against harder objects such as stone or Steel. It also has particularly useful properties against fouler creatures, such as undead. Take this as you will, and do whatever you wish with it - as long as it adheres to what has been told.

 

Refining Method

Aurum has no required methodology to refine, as one is capable of refining Aurum in whichever way he may wish, as long as enough heat is applied to actually melt the metal. A furnace capable of melting Steel is easily capable of melting Gold.

 

Redlines

-Aurum finds itself to be more useful against undead and the like, when in greater quantities. A Steel sword plated with Gold is not nearly as effective compared to a sword made entirely of Gold. It is most common for undead and spectral creatures to feel a burning sensation, like that of a small campfire.

         -Aurum has these effects whilst even as an Ore, though not to as great an extent.

         -It is up to the lore writer of an undead creature to adhere to these general rules of Aurum, this is merely the minimum and may be expanded upon at will.

-Aurum is more receptive to enchantment, but this is left vague for lore writers to add onto at their own desire.

 

Purpose

        Aurum - Gold, is a widely used metal on LotC is an extremely common tool for fighting the undead, the spectral, the voidal, and whatever other foul creatures that come out of the Dark. Here, it is merely being rewritten in an effort to actually bring real life ‘gold lore’ into the game for players to understand better, as there is no need for people to look to wikipedia to find out how to RP gold, unless one truly wishes to understand the intricacies of gold. I give credit to Benbo and Squak, being two people who have written Gold Lore.

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