Limestone

Dull as it may sound, limestone is excellent material thanks to its availability and softness. The expensiveness of building something out of stone other than lose stones means that despite its availability it tends to only be used in the construction of large monuments like palaces, temples, tombs, pillars, and more. For all its strengths, limestone has the major weakness of being easily worn down. Builders often mitigate this weakness by covering the structure in harder stone that does not weather as easily.

History & Usage

Cultural Significance and Usage

Many sovereignties have at least a few limestone monuments. For many people limestone has become a symbol of the government's power, the sovereignty's victories, and history. Its use in religious structures has also made it become seen as connected to piety and respect for the deities. Some people even consider limestone sacred. Some stories say that the world was created from limestone or that it has special properties like protection or healing.

Refinement

Limestone must be chiseled out of a quarry using bronze or stone tools. Afterwards it is sent to a workshop for better shaping and smoothing. It will sometimes be further refined at the construction site.

Distribution

Trade & Market

Quarries are usually run by the government of the sovereignty that they're in so that the principal user of limestone has direct access to it. Temples and other organizations either buy limestone through the government or are in the government's good graces and receive the limestone as a gift.

Storage

Limestone is stored in a protected area ranging from storehouses to tents at the quarry or construction site to minimize weathering before use. Quarries have workshops were unworked or partially worked stone is stored before carved into a more precise shape.

Type

Stone

Rarity

common

Color

white, cream, beige, yellow, gray, or blue

Common State

solid