[Shard] - Sosaria
[Type] - Arcane
[Book] - Red - 20 pages

[Title] - Blackrock
[Author] - Horace the Mage

Blackrock

by Horace the Mage

[Page 1]
Blackrock, the
unbreakable, jet black
mineral that is found only
in the deepest of mines.
Numerous experiments
have been performed with
this recently discovered
mineral, including those

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by Rudyom of Cove, and
others.
Blackrock is
indestructible by any
normal means, though by
the use of a relatively
minor spell, a small
amount of the substance

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can be made malleable for
a short time. Blackrock
seems to slow and block,
when used in large
quantities, the flow of
the Ether around it.

[Page 4]
Several years ago the
Followers of Armageddon
aquired several blocks of
blackrock which they were
converting into crystalline
blackrock.

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Crystalline Blackrock is
a derivative of blackrock.
This is the pure form of
blackrock required for use
in the Armageddon spell.

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The reagent blackmoor,
which may have been used
in lost necromatic spells,
is actually a mixture of
earth containing flakes of
blackrock. It may have
been used to boost the
power of spells or to

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control the form for the
spell being cast.
Blackrock also has
other, not yet fully
explored characteristics,
one of which deals with
teleportation. When
imbued with powerful

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magics of some kind,
blackrock seems to aid
the process of
inter-dimensional travel.
This magic is beyond even
the powers of even our
most powerful mages,
though perhaps someday

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its secrets will be
discovered.
Blackrock, while widely
known in intellectual
circles, is far from
common, and is in fact
the rarest known mineral,
surpassing even gold.

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Known deposits have
been located in both the
Minoc and Vesper mines.
This mineral may not be
limited to our own world,
either. It is suspected
that the Ophidians may
use blackrock in the

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construction of their holy
objects.
There are several known
samples of Blackrock in
Britannia, however their
locations are kept secret
due to the threat their
mere existence presents.

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