Adamantine

Adamantine is the name given to a special metal only found in the ruins of First Ones. It constitutes many of their strongest buildings and devices, and is nigh unbreakable. Only the Forgen and Ridgerend kingdoms claim any ability to actually work the metal, with the former harboring more prowess than the latter. Knowledge of how the metal is extracted from the ruins is so closely guarded that those few who know of it are sequestered away from the world at large and their existence treated as state secrets.
However, there do exist a scant few master blacksmiths elsewhere in Atelier that are capable of working already extracted metal, though their services are outrageously expensive and reported to be highly dangerous.

Properties

Material Characteristics

Adamantine is a heavier metal than steel, but not so heavy as cast iron. It is smooth to the touch, indicative of workmanship rather than natural formation. It is easy to mistake it for common steel unless one is familiar with its appearance.

Physical & Chemical Properties

There is no known physical force that can break, bend, or even dent it, though magical means of manipulating it are possible, according to scholars and the handful of blacksmiths on the continent capable of working it. Though the exact process is unknown, it is rumored that it can be extracted with extreme heat beyond any fire, and this is how Forgen and Ridgerend do so, but the means of producing such intense heat are unknown - no conventional fire or heat source, mundane or magical, has been shown capable of melting it.
Once sharpened, adamantine's edge is second only to mithril in cutting power and damage.

Origin & Source

Adamantine's precise origin is unknown, and it does not appear anywhere in nature. This has led scholars to believe it must be some sort of magical alloy, though what metals combine to make it so are equally mysterious.

Type

Metal

Odor

Adamantine smells how it tastes, though only a few furred races are capable of detecting it.

Taste

Adamantine's taste is indiscernible from other alloyed metals to most species, though a few of the furred races say it tastes like "tin with a sprig of mint."

Color

Adamantine is a matte grey, like dull silver.

Boiling / Condensation Point

Unknown

Melting / Freezing Point

Unknown

Common State

Solid