WOrlD Of ArOkA

Shard

Glimmering as if reflecting the glare of an invisible flame, Shard was first discovered littering Aroka’s surface after the world had thawed from the Age of Ice and its people began to reclaim its surface. A handful of accounts collected from those that braved the world before it thawed suggest that the crystalline substance may have been present during the Age of Ice or even the War of Ashes, leading some to speculate their may have emerged during the First Firefall. However, the depth at which veins of Shard have been discovered suggest an older origin.

In either case, the material is valued for its beauty and toughness, but those unable to analyze it more closely or, better yet, unlock its potential, are several underestimating its worth. While breaking Shard is incredibly difficult, those that learned to sharpen its edges could craft a nearly unparalleled blade and those with a knack for tinkering discovered that it made an incredible battery, capable of storing the potency of flame, spark, and even purely magical energies. Some would say Shard stores energy too well as discharging, extracting, or otherwise harnessing the stored energy is a far more challenging task. Even those that learned how to coax a Shard fragment to relinquish its power urged extreme caution as preliminary tests yielded interesting and often destructive results.