Viyah Waters ((Vee-yah))

Properties

Material Characteristics

Viyah Waters arrive from the elven isles and have an almost clear glass-like appearance. Brought over in large blue tinted glass bottles when the bottles are jostled or shook, the water will shimmer giving off light in numerous colors. The waters are cool to the touch regardless of environment and when consumed without modification is reported to taste that mirrors an acidic-sweetness similar to island fruits and provides a mild calming sensations for a few moments.

Physical & Chemical Properties

The Viyah Waters magic have been discovered to be incredibly versatile, hypothesized by renowned mages, the waters are charged with arcane magic that doesn't degrade like any other sources of arcane waters commonly seen in conjuration or evocation magics. The theory currently its that lack of natural degradation in the waters has allowed the arcane properties to acquire a more magical liquid adhesive due to prolonged exposure, thus allowing the water to fuse more efficiently with other materials and in particular arcane objects. Which is why it has able to improve the quality magical items and spells in which it is used in the creation of in such a broad series of interactions.

History & Usage

Everyday use

The versatile uses of Viyah water have lead to high demand paired with its artificial scarcity have led to an exceeding large price. Below are a list of well established uses.

• Waters applied to a sword directly after quenching, will improve its quality and shine.
• Potions made with Viyah waters will have an increase in their potency.
• Scrolls that use ink made from Viyah waters will be more powerful than expected.
• Viyah water can be poured over a magical item to restore its magical charge.

Rumored Uses

Due to its versatility of Viyah waters limitless unsubstantiated rumors have grown around the magical properties that Viyah waters bestow.
The is a particularly common correlation between elven beauty and the waters ability to bestow it.
A few are listed below.

• If a person holding a bottle of Viyah water shakes a bottle the dominate color represents their mood.
• If you drink Viyah water pure in it will reduce skin blemishes and improve magical abilities.
• The islander elves secret to silky hair lustrous hair is pure Viyah waters, that's why it also sparkles so brightly.
• Floor swept with a broom made from Viyah water will never collect animal hair again.
• If you eat food cooked with Viyah water, you will reach a calm meditative state after the meal.
• If drink pure Viyah water before entering a sauna, you'll have visions of the future.

Distribution

Trade & Market

Viyah water has become one of the trademarks of the Zammarids successes, its versatile uses in smiting, potion crafting, scroll writing and many other things have made it incredibly sought after around the world. That said the islander elves the only known source of Viyah waters have been aggressively obstinate in sharing information on production and refusal to increase in distribution. As the Trade Triads negotiated, jostled and bargained for rights to the waters trade with the elven delegations. There coincided a large increase in missing persons, public brawls and predatory deals among Triad members. The Magus eventually had to step in order to diffuse the situation by disallowing any trade of Viyah waters without Mages Order oversight who would maintain that they were sold at a fair market price and each Triad guild would be given an equal offer of available shipments. A reserve stock would also be held for research and to sell to non-guild vendors at the Orders discretion. While this didn't stop the guilds from bickering amongst each other, there was at least a noticeable drop in reported incidents and the Magus considered the matter resolved.

Storage

Viyah waters are stored in blue tinted large glass bottles, It was adopted early on in the trade as still via water can appear so clear that untinted bottle would appear empty until unless shaken. The of tinting Viyah water containers blue has become common practice as such blue labels and rings are attached to items supposed crafted with Viyah waters to signify thier quality.

Type

Biomaterial

Value

High

Rarity

Regionally uncommon, Globally Rare