[Shelved][✓] [World Lore] Peragius - Critical Amends Addition

[Quavinir_Twiceborn 1041]

Peragius (Background/Lore)
(Tier 2 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.

TL;DR:

Spoiler

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)

 

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 larger 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.

Redlines:

Spoiler

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, and will not retain heat or coldness at all.

-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.

Redlines:
 

Spoiler

 

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

 

-Liquid Peragius does not require an ST signature at this time.

 

 

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. It is notably hard, and scratch resistant.

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. Though it is notably scratch resistant.
 

Initially, given its relative low durability, and extreme weight, one would think it nigh 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 fantastically non-insulativel. 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 weights, or compact counterweights for advanced machinery.

Secondly, Peragius itself is a aesthetically pleasing substance, that suffers no form of corrosion. As such, it is extremely utilizable for mundane finery. Jewelery, silverware, vases, crowns, etc. Its soft pink glow, alongside its moving, bubbling texture acts as a significant eye catcher. And its vague durability assures that most daily wear shall cause no issue. Its refining and shaping method even allows for inlays on materials that would burn up or be damaged from the process standard metal inlaying.

 

Thirdly, Peragius’ edge catching powers render it greatly useful for mundane job safety equipment. A handguard on one’s palm and back of the hand would serve to keep someone from cutting themself when sharpening a blade, or dicing vegetables. Goggles with peragius frames would serve to catch sharp shrapnel that would otherwise strike the eyes, or side of the face. Peragius soles would keep one safe from stepping on a nail, or even caltrops.

Fourthly, Peragius’ lack of insulation, and physical properties grants it a myriad of uses, both industrially and culinarily. Given, a pot made out of peragius will immediately be hot when put over a flame, and immediately cool off when taken off of it (so long as the contents of the pot are not extremely hot or cold,) it allows for quick preparation, and clean up of various things. Its gentle glow may be used as to ensure something is findable in the dark, and the constant movement of it beneath the surface may be used as to identify the glow of peragius against the glow of something else. Its general immunity to damage from heat allows it to be used or placed in areas that are dangerously hot or cold, with no worry of damage to the peragius item itself.

 

Fifthly, 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 painted over, hidden underneath clothes, or other forms of armor.

The following is a list of all viable armor pieces made from Peragius, how much each piece takes to make, and the areas they shall protect.

 

Spoiler

 

Note. Due to the weight of Peragius, it is not viable for a character to be fully armored within this metal. As such, one must always have one of the following areas completely unarmored if wearing peragius armor.
(Arms, Legs, Front of Torso (Chest and Belly), or Back of Torso (The back from the bottom of the neck to above the hips..)) One cannot partially mix and match various openings to have the same effect, it must be those parts completely. If one were to be fully armored in peragius, the weight would reduce their movement speed (both in distance, and in movement) by half.

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 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. Finally, any amount of peragius, due to its lack of proper weight distribution, counts as full plate for mage casting.

Breastplate, 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, 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, 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, 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 for the collar area, and midway up the upper arm.

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, 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, 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, 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.

Bevors (or gorgets, which may be created interchangeably), quarter of a measure of Peragius
Bevors, 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, 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.

Masks, 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, 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:

 

Spoiler

-Peragius is entirely uneffective against sharp objects larger or with more weight than a steel greatblade (Defined as, any greatsword or zweihander capably used by descendants- meaning, any blade Peragius is uneffective against, is almost entirely impractical and at ET discretion.).

 

-A character who wears a complete set of Peragius armor, without either their arms, legs, front of torso, or back of torso completely unarmored, will have their movement speed reduced by half. This movement reduction stacks with all other speed debuffs. 

 

-The intent of the above redline is to ensure that anyone wearing a suit of peragius armor will still have somewhere very vulnerable, or be rendered easily escapable from. If somebody is going against someone in peragius armor with only a sword, a bow, or a axe, it is important that there still be a means for them to win.

-A person wearing any amount of peragius armor will incur the penalty of needing one of the listed areas completely unarmored, lest they have the movement reduction. This means if someone is wearing just a helmet of peragius, and the rest steel, they will still need to have one of the 4 listed areas unarmored.

 

-One cannot go ‘halfsies’ on the armor limit, such as having one leg, and one arm uncovered. It must be both legs, both arms, front of the torso, or the back of the torso.

-The partial coverage limit applies to all races, regardless of strength.

-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 who is wearing peragius armor, given the blade would start being redirected to strike the wearer of the armor.

-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 (that being balls with large, jutting piercing spikes meant to pierce rather bludgeon), claws and teeth defined as 'flesh rendingly sharp', 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 (that being- the blunt end of the weapon shall come into contact far before the sharp end), the armor shall not redirect the blow, or absorb the impact.  

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

 

-Attempting to mesh peragius with other metals, or have a lattice structure to keep the peragius from being destroyed by blunt force- will only serve to nullify peragius’ blade catching abilities.

 

-Unless one of the outlined armor pieces, small peragius objects with mundane-non-combat purposes can not be used to protect oneself in combat situations.

 

-Strikes that run parallel to the plates will not be redirected whatsoever, such as a downward strike to aim in the gap of an upright cuisse, etc.

 

-Aside from armor, peragius follows the standard crafting allocation of resources per measure. One bottle of peragius equates to one ingot.

 

-Peragius plates are not *magnetic*. Though they can pull metallic objects with an edge which are in motion, this is not exclusive to metals, nor does it have any effect on anything not edged in motion, or edged and not in motion. It is solely edged objects in motion in its very near vicinity.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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, so long as it is left still in the water. 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 (likewise, needing to be kept still) 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.

TL;DR:

Spoiler

 

You put liquid in natural freezing water, like a lake, river, or ocean in the winter.

It start to turn to jelly after an hour of not being moved around.

You put Jelly in a mold, still in the water.

 

Stir freezing water so your mold does not become an icecube tray.

It harden into solid after another hour of keeping it still. The water around it can move, the goop and mold itself cannot.

 

 

Peragius Freezing Redlines:

 

Spoiler

 

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

 

-Though Peragius may be froze around or inside a mold, it cannot be frozen around someone or a living creature, given both body heat keeping it from freezing, and the suybtle movements of the body disrupting the stillness needed.

 

-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.

 

-Due to its magical resistances, peragius plate cannot be frozen by a transfigurationist. Likewise, to keep from any bizarre confusion, it has been outlined to need natural water, given thannicly sourced freezing water hasn’t really had any precedence, and any other future means of creating freezing temperatures may have caveats.

 

-Items made from Peragius Plates currently do not require ST signatures.

 

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

 

-Due to the method of refinement, and the lack of ability to bend, peragius is unable to be made into interlocking rings, or chains, precluding them from the creation of chainmail, or chain necklaces.

 

 

 

Purpose:

I will try to avoid being too rambly with this. I find most of the noded 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.

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.

P.P.S: Lore reviewers! PlEASE READ. I have done my best to address most of the criticisms. I have outlined its myriad of noncombat uses, drastically simplified the ‘armor limit’, as to simply go with the exact intention rather than making an in depth system for the same result (simply ensuring people wearing peragius armor will always have a significant gap in their blade-catching armor, so people using swords and bladed weapons could still have a way to readily beat them.) I have outlined the refining process, and clarified it within a TL;DR to assuage any confusion or thoughts of it bearing much complexity. It is intended to be super duper simple. Additionally, some critique in the verdict said the metal was too powerful in combat, other critique claimed that it was so ineffective in combat that no-one would want it. Given the massive contradictions, I think I have hit a sweet spot with its power level, and have done little to no changes to such.

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This Lore has been accepted. Moved to Implemented Lore, it will be sorted to it's appropriate category soon. Please note that if this is playable lore, such as a magic or CA, you will need to write a guide for this piece. You will be contacted regarding the guide (or implementation if it isn’t needed) shortly.

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