Cinder

Written by Pookas Kreations

Cinder is a natural material that only grows near where elementals live, on the Elemental Plane of Fire, or near gates linking to it. After years of studying cinders, they were discovered to be alive. What most don’t know is that cinders truly are the pupal stage of a cinder butterfly. They can stay in this stage for hundreds of years before they explode out of their shell transformed.

Properties

Material Characteristics

Cinders are 1-2 ft long and put off a fiery aura, but not enough to burn. They put off extreme heat, are blinding in the infrared spectrum, and are a great power source.

Physical & Chemical Properties

They appear to be in stasis and look like a large caterpillar cocoon. It looks like a long oddly shaped piece of anthracite coal, it has a dull black sheen but also has a reddish glow coming from below the surface and emanating from cracks in the surface.

Compounds

Their shell is composed of many elements that coal does.

Geology & Geography

They are often found in or near active volcanoes on Aquatica.

Origin & Source

No one knows where they came from originally.

Life & Expiration

Unknown

History & Usage

History

Discovery

Cinders were discovered by Tysdyl Kherneam, while she was exploring nearby lava tunnels near the Temple. She brought one home, thinking it was a new type of coal. It got mixed in with the other coal for the stove. When it was used, the family discovered that it burned for days afterward without needing more fuel.

Everyday use

As fuel.

Cultural Significance and Usage

Most dwarves revere them as symbols of transformation and are pets of the God of fire. Overuse of a cinder is a crime, akin to murder. If it is repeated the culprit is put to death or exiled. Whenever one is found they are kept in creches in volcanic tunnels to keep their energy up for when they are needed. Their caretakers are acolytes in the God of Fires’ Temple, the cinders are well tended by them.

Industrial Use

Dwarves often use their energy for fuel in trains and other machines that run on fire. They never kill them, but use some of their energy, then place them back in their fiery home. Some have been used in forges, as long as coal “feeds” them, the heat reaches extreme highs for long periods of time.

Refinement

It is used as found.

Byproducts & Sideproducts

The shell can be used as coal after the cinder emerges.

Distribution

Storage

It needs to be stored in a warm, dry area, preferably near lava.

Law & Regulation

They became a  protected species, when they were discovered to be alive and favored by the Basileus, God of Fire.

Type

Biomaterial

Odor

Brimstone

Color

Black and red.

Common State

Solid