[✗] [World Lore] Peragius

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Peragius (Background/Lore)
(Tier 3 noded material)

It is said that nothing new is every born or created of stone and matter. That what has existed beneath the earth has always existed. To an extent, this postulate is true, at least mineral wise. Though somewhat novel crystalline formations form with the shakes and shudders of the world, and the seepings of water through volcanic bubbles, these new creations more or less follow through with everything that has previous been. It uses the same metaphorical paint all else has been made from, simply being a different organization of strokes on the canvas.

That was, until creation ended.

With the death of Metzli, the incursion of the Inferi, the creation and death of the creator egg, and finally the death of Gazardiel, there had come a subtle shift in all that existed. Permanence was assured, even if what was permanent was destruction, and new weavings of magic and matter formed deep beneath the ground. New passages of creation formed with the residual aengullic energy which twisted Arcas apart, and confluences of this energy formed. Though in truth, most of this subtle meta-physical changes of hidden matter happening deep below has no tangible impact. A crystal here grows a month slower, a portion of molten stone here cools faster a fraction of a second faster; Yet, atleast one new thing came about. A swirling pink liquid, arcing its way through the veins of the earth. Peragius.
 

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TL;DR: Peragius is a new material with no historical or legend basis, it is something entirely new and foreign formed after the death of Gazardiel.

 

Liquid Peragius (Raw Form)

(Pronounced Per-Rah-Gee-Us)

GEE with  hard G, like GRAPES or GUN

 

Peragius is a heavy, glowing, pinkish liquid. The liquid, though thick, is not sticky, and will ebb and flow against and down most solids. However, it will not merge with water, nor any other liquid in existence, being incapable of being ‘mixed’ with anything, rather, forming independent globules suspended within the liquid, before settling into one homogenous mass at the bottom. This quality of both settling at the bottom, and lack of ability to mix applies to every liquid, gelatinous mixture, and otherwise nonsolid. Additionally, liquid Peragius is entirely immune to both shamnistic identification or refinement, and transfiguration’s feeling, identification, or manipulation.

Peragius is found in odd hollow crystal ‘tunnels’ that spiral about within the earth. Referred to as geode veins, these are crystalline tubes no smaller than 3 inches (or 7 and a half centimeters) in diameter comprised entirely of naturally formed crystals. Whether calcite, amethyst, quartz, or other, these tunnels arc throughout the stone sporadically starting and ending at random. The exterior of these tubes is smooth, and merges with the stone around it with little issue. The interior of these tubes is comprised entirely of millions of fine, sharp crystal points, with the peragius flowing like blood within the veins. In truth, one could break open a geode vein,drain it of its peragius, and than return a few years later to find the vein resealed, and refilled with the liquid. These veins can be found both underground, and even arcing up into the surface in small arcing swirls before returning to the ground, looking akin to a sea serpent curling in and out of the water.

The appearance of Peragius looks akin to white hot molten metal, save with a lavender, or pinkish hue, though it flows akin to a thick liquid, such as cream or milk. Peragius is exceptionally heavy, and weighs roughly 5 times more than water, with a single gallon weighing just over 33 pounds (or 15 kilograms). The taste of Peragius is akin to bleach, though not poisonous or harmful as such, it will trend to cause indigestion, and cause the stool and vomit of the imbiber to glow vivid pink for the next few days after consumption.

Peragius itself bears somewhat unique thermal properties. It is not insulative, simply mimicking the temperature of its environment, going from hot to cold just as quickly as the air around itself. Though it cannot be boiled standardly, if the liquid was to be subject to 700 degrees celsius, it would begin to rapidly evaporate into a chloric smelling mass of purple smoke. This smoke, aside from its smell, is harmless. Likewise, Peragius will not solidify or freeze into a solid save for extremely specific circumstances.

Liquid peragius bears no notable applications in its liquid form, necessitating refinement for any form of use.

Liquid Peragius Redlines:
 

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-Peragius is a liquid incapable of becoming a homogenous or semi-homogenous mixture with anything else, it will always remain separated from any liquid it is mixed into.

-Peragius evaporates into an irrecoverable pink smoke if heated to 700 degrees celsius or above.

-Peragius is fantastically non-insulative reactive to temperatures. If it is hot nearby, it will be hot. If it is cold, it will be cold, changing temperature like the air immediately.

-Peragius is not poisonous, though is by no means pleasant to consume, and offers no nutritional value.

 

Harvesting Method

 

Liquid Peragius may be gathered in a myriad of different ways with little issue. The first, is to simply break open a geode vein from the bottom, and have the liquid drain out into a suitable receptacle. Another is to create a ‘tap’, akin to how one makes a tap for sap. Simply hammering it into the vein, and letting the glowing liquid seep out. Wells may be created for Peragius, by which one keeps water over the open hole as to keep it from ‘healing itself’ closed, and dropping in a bottle or other container to scoop out the peragius from the geode vein, given it will always separate and float to the bottom of any liquid.

Peragius Harvesting Redlines:

-A single peragius bottle or ‘item’ contains one measure of peragius, (for use in crafting) rather than 2, such as standard ore chunks.


 

Peragius Plates (Refined Form)
 

Peragius Plates (Or solid peragius) manifests most commonly as thin plates, given in almost any other form, it would be unusable.

Solid Peragius appears as sheet of a smooth, ever so vaguely translucent, glass-like material. However, beneath its surface, it would seem to be filled intermittently with fine fizzy bubbles, which form, disappear, and occasionally cling to the inner surface of the sheet akin to a bottle of open fizzy soda. Depending on its make, this sheet can either be shades of pink, pastel red, or maroon. Its inner bubbling gives peragius a look of depth, even if it was a wafer thin sheet. The vague translucency of peragius only allows bright light to slightly pass through it.

Peragius plates are extremely heavy. The physical weight of a plate of peragius would equal to almost 6 times that of a plate of iron. Additionally, peragius plate is somewhat brittle. Though not brittle to the extent of regular glass, or even some metal alloys, peragius plates are unable to bend whatsoever, and remain forever rigid, unable to either flex or bend. While able to be jostled about, and even thrown at walls and remain sound, a solid strike from a blunt weapon would heavily crack a plate of peragius, the plate bending inward with hundreds of fractures and cracks, whilst a second would shatter it. Additionally, it is unable to be sharpened, and will never hold an edge beyond that of a butter knife.
 

Initially, given its relative fragility, and extreme weight, one would think it night unusable for anything aside from ornamental pieces. Yet, peragius plate bears a few unique characteristics which set it apart and alone.

Peragius itself seems to bear a form of magnetism towards sharp objects in motion. Perhaps due to its formation inside sharp geode veins (whether born of geodes, or simply creating the tunnels around it being unknown). If there is any form of sharp thing in motion near peragius, it will naturally pull it to itself. Upon an edge striking the surface of the peragius, it will absorb the impact force, simply causing whatever edged item or weapon that struck it to bounce off harmlessly.

Thermally, peragius plates are not special. They are not able to be melted, though they will retain any heat of the air around them, meaning if the plate is struck with a fireball, it will ever briefly become as hot as the fireball, but cooling off just as quickly as the fire dissipates.

Peragius Plate Applications:
 

Firstly, Peragius plates may be used within machinery as to create unique and and complex gearworks, given the redirection of sharp edges towards Peragius may be used both almost as a spring mechanism, to ensure a gear, piston, or other dowel may fit out, and than back within a slot, or to facilitate a particularly powerful motion towards a direction that would not naturally occur. Additionally, its extreme weight may be used both as compact counterweights.

 

Secondly, given Peragius Plates’ proclivity towards blade-taking, its obvious use would be for armor. However, its extreme weight necessitates a differing form of construction, for a full suit of peragius armor, made in the form of a standard suit of plate-mail, would weigh just over 250 pounds, necessitating thinner plates. Peragius likewise has with it only a certain amount of range by which it may redirect a blade’s edge to itself, necessitating one to be choosy with how they craft their armor.

Additionally, peragius armor must be relatively uncovered to display its miraculous blade catching powers, it will neither redirect blades, or absorb impact if it is hidden underneath clothes, or other forms of armor.

The following is a list of all viable armor pieces made from Peragius, their associated weight, and the areas they shall protect:.
 

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Note, any combination over 55 pounds will substantially impede the wearer, reducing their max speed by 1 block per emote. Additionally, these measurements are not necessarily always for complete sheets with no gaps or stylistic unprotected areas such as a breastplate with the waist exposed, will still protect the waist, which will retain the same weight and protected areas. One can infact have only ‘half’ the covered areas, but as long as it follows the weight and peragius cost, may have the same effect as if it fully covered the wearer. Areas that are covered are assumed protected, redirecting and absorbing the blows of that which is covered. Additionally, any amount of peragius, due to its lack of proper weight distribution, counts as full plate for mage casting.:

 

Breastplate, 15 pounds, 1 measure of peragius.

A peragius chest plate which covers the front of the torso (not to be mistaken for a cuirass, which covers both the front and back of the torso) would be to redirect and absorb the impact of edged blows aimed at the front and sides of the shoulders, hips, groin, and lower neck of the wearer.

 

Backplate, 15 pounds, 1 measure of peragius:

A peragius backplate, which covers the back of the torso, would be able to redirect and absorb the impact of edged blows aimed at the back of the torso, lower neck, butt, and hips of the wearer.

 

Hip-plates/tassets, 9  pounds, half a measure of peragius.

A peragius hip-plate, which covers the hips, backside, and groin of the wearer, would be able to redirect and absorb the impact of edged blows aimed at the waist below the bellybutton, and midway up the thighs of the wearer.

 

Knee-guards, pauldrons, and elbow guards, 4 pounds per pair, quarter a measure of peragius per pair.

Knee guards, which cover the knees, would be able to redirect and absorb the impact of edged blows aimed midway down the thigh, and midway up the calves.

 

Pauldrons, which cover the shoulders, would be able to redirect and absorb blows aimed midway up the arm, and on the collar area.

 

Elbow guards, which cover the elbows, would be able to redirect and absorb the impact of edged blows aimed midway down the upper arm, to midway up the lower arm.

 

Rerebraces and vambraces, 6 pounds per pair, half a measure of peragius per pair.

Rerebraces, which cover the upper arm, would be able to redirect and absorb the impact of edged blows aimed at the shoulders and elbows.

 

Vambraces, which cover the lower arm, would be able to redirect and absorb the impact of edged blows at the elbows and hands. (Though notably not the fingers.

 

Cuisses, greaves, and gauntlets, 7 pounds per pair, half a measure of peragius per pair.

 

Gauntlets, which cover the entirety of the hand, and half of the lower arm, may redirect and absorb the impact of edged blows aimed at the upper lower arm, and elbows.

Greaves, which cover the calves, may redirect and absorb the impact of blows aimed at the feet, and knees of the wearer.

 

Cuisses, which cover the entirety of the thighs of the wearer, may redirect blows aimed at the hips, groin, backside, and knees of the wearer.

 

Demigauntlets, and sabatons, 3 pounds per pair, quarter of a measure of peragius per pair.

 

Sabatons, which cover the feet, may redirect and absorb the impact of blows aimed at the ankles.

 

Demi-gauntlets, which cover the palm and back of the hands of the wearer, may redirect blows aimed at the wrists, and fingers of the wearer.

 

Faulds (or gorgets, which may be created interchangeably) 6 pounds, quarter of a measure of Peragius

Faulds, which cover the neck and collar area of the wearer, and sometimes the lower face, may redirect and absorb blows directed towards the face of the wearer.

 

Helmets, 8 pounds, half a measure of peragius.

Helmets, which cover the head, and face of the wearer, may redirect and absorb blows directed towards the upper neck of the wearer.

 

Mask, 3 pounds, quarter of a measure of peragius.

Masks, which cover the face of the wearer, may redirect and absorb blows directed towards the front of the upper neck, front of the scalp, and side of the head infront of the ears.

 

Peragius Heater Shield: 16 pounds, one measure of Peragius

 

A heater shield, able to cover the torso of the weilder. It able to redirect and absorb the impact of strikes that would fall within an inch of its rim.Larger shields are not useable, due to the massive unwieldiness of their weight.

 

 

Peragius Plate Redlines:

 

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-A character who wears more than 55 pounds of peragius armor will be impeded significantly, and have their max range per emote become 3 blocks. This is additive, and will act in tandem with any other slowing effects, such as casting reducing speed, etc.

 

-Peragius Plates cannot be formed into an interlinked chain, given the process of freezing, and lack of bendability of the metal. This thus makes creation of things like chain necklaces, and chainmail armor from Peragius impossible.

-The 55 pound limit applies to all races. Though it is assumed an orc could carry more easier, the 55 limit is used as a simple stand in, given the armor for an orc would wear would be larger, and weigh more. As such, the weight limit will apply to all races equally.

-Peragius weapons are not viable, both due to its lack of ability to retain an edge, its extreme weight, and brittleness to blunt force.

-A sword or edged weapon may not be wielded by a someone wearing peragius armor, given the blade would start being redirected to strike the wearer, though a bow or crossbow may be used, alongside any form of blunt weapon.

-Peragius armor is feeble against blunt weapons, acting akin to being unarmored. A blow will crack the armor, and all force will be transmitted to the wearer. 2 blunt blows shall break the armor apart.

-Peragius armor will redirect any edge being aimed at either an area covered, or effected by itself. This includes axes, spears, spikes, halberds swords, morning stars, arrows and bolts from bows and crossbows, and the spikes of warhammers. Should an area be aimed to be struck with the blunt end of a weapon that has a sharp AND a blunt end, the armor shall not redirect the blow, or absorb the impact.

-Making Peragius armor with a support structure  or lattice of a different metal (as to lessen, or invalidate the weakness to blunt damage) significantly increase the weight of said item by a margin of 30%, and remove the blade catching, and impact nullification powers of Peragius.

-Edged strikes that meet peragius armor will be rendered completely nullified.

 

Peragius Freezing (Refinement Method)

The means of refining peragius is somewhat simple.All that one must do is to submerge the liquid within natural, freezing water, such as that of a frozen lake,or icey river, of which it shall go from a thick liquid, to a gelatinous mass over the course of a narrative hour. This mass, if left unmolded, will refine into a solid glob of Peragius Plate, and be unusable. Whilst in its gelatinous form, it must be pressed into a suitable mold (though this mold can be made of anything, even wood or clay) and left to sit. After another narrative hour of being submerged within the water, the peragius shall harden into a plate. Over the course of the next narrative hour after it is hardened, it shall slowly change color, from hot pink, to pastel red, to maroon slowly. If the plate is removed from the water during any period of this color transition, it shall keep its color at the point of removal. This freezing shall not take place if the water itself has frozen into a solid around the peragius.

However, 2 complications can arise. First and foremost, peragius must be refined in a natural source of freezing water, in its natural source. So for example, it must be done in a lake, river, or sea, and cannot be done, say, in a thannic freezer, or with water transported out from its source. Second, the area it is being refined must have movement of water, as to ensure no ice crystals shall form either on the mold, or peragius itself, and have it misshaped. Thus, it either must be done where water is naturally moving, or simply have the water constantly disturbed, such as by stirring.

 

If a peragius plate is cracked or shattered, it may be organized back into its shape, and left to saturate in the same conditions it was froze in, which will naturally repair the plate to its previous form over the course of a narrative day.

 

Peragius Freezing Redlines:

 

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-Peragius may not be alloyed with anything else, unless a specific lorepiece is made for such an alloy.

 

-Peragius may not be reforged, though a broken piece of equipment may be repaired entirely with no consequence.

-Peragius needs a natural source of freezing water. An area with natural ice blocks within the water nearby should suffice.

 

-Should this piece be accepted, documents detailing the creation of Peragius plates may/will be created by (atleast this) ST members, and seeded into libraries, as to allow for the refinement of peragius to become common knowledge.It is not intended to be knowledge locked whatsoever.

 

-Peragius plates cannot be enchanted, hexxed, or blessed, or otherwise imprinted with magical qualities.

 

 

 

Purpose:

I will try to avoid being too rambly with this.Firstly,  with the removal of lunarite from Tier 3 nodes, it has made so all tier 3 nodes are crystals. I find this silly. Secondly, I find most of the noded (Both Tier 3, 4, and 5.) materials relatively boring, in both the crafts they produce, their effects, their aesthetic, and their crafting processes. Additionally, I think there is a massive aesthetic niche of types of clothing and armor common in fantasy that is notably missing that can be remedied. This lore aims to remedy what I see as an issue, as well as provide a springboard for the creation of additional magical-items created by peragius. I intended to put one of such creations within this lorepiece (a magic gemstone infused with the sun’s power) yet, given the rather brief times for lore reviewal, I am fine with having this piece have all issues ironed out, before adding more refined forms for such.  Much of the restrictions in place are less so to keep people from making interesting items, but to allow for niches of this material to be made and formed. It cannot be messed with by transfiguration, due to the wish to make a refined form with interactions with the void and voidal magics, for example.

P.S. There is a notable lack of pictures in this lore piece. If this is accepted, I will invest in getting some good art showing what this stuff looks like.

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