Wistmettle

Properties

Material Characteristics

A hard and bumpy metal, with pockmarks across the surface. It can be worked, but will hold its original shape unless melted and cast, or worked for a long time into another form.

Physical & Chemical Properties

A hard and workable metal, it can be sharpened to a fine edge and hold it for a while. It is heavily connected to the wist field and is hampered by the flow and knots that form in the field, making it hard to use as a weapon unless well trained. This property can also be exploited when repetitive motion is preferred, and variation is unwanted, such as when scything a field.

Origin & Source

Wist saturation can separate out all the properties of a physical material, which leaves behind wistmettle, the base element of physical existence. It is therefore found when wistorms leave an area, in the flesh of plant and beast alike.
Adventurers will go into affected and blighted areas to slay beasts and harvest wistmettle for high risk profits.

Life & Expiration

Wistmettle evaporates very very slowly when left alone, small pockmarks forming along the surface. This can be prevented with regular coats of fresh fruit juices or blood; anything that is fresh and flows freely can prevent the evaporation.
It is also commonly consumed by wistbeasts, in an attempt to solidify their physical form and make themselves whole. Ghosts become elementals, lesser kobolds become greater kobolds, etc. This process is only around 40% efficient however, with the rest becoming a buildup within the body.

Type

Metal

Odor

Odourless

Taste

Tangy, like a fuzzy peach candy

Color

Deep brown/orange, with shimmering white-blue undertones

Boiling / Condensation Point

Unknown

Melting / Freezing Point

1749 °C

Density

15 grams per cubic centimeter

Common State

Malleable solid