A glittering fine powder with a faint magnetic cling. When viewed in low light, it emits a soft inner glow that pulses to ambient sound. In fluid, it forms halo-like spirals.

• Mildly psychoactive in refined doses
• Resonance-conductive
• Flame-reactive (color shifts by tone of speaker nearby)
• Clings to skin and fabric, leaving symbolic traces

• Oathseal Ink
• Ceremonial Bastion Incense
• Legionnaire Armor Binding Wax

Found in deep Riftstone caverns beneath Nova Roma, particularly below the Basilica Arcanii. Rare veins also discovered under the ruins of Vel Aranthil.

Derived from purified Riftstone, specifically through a five-step alchemical cracking method followed by resonance-cleansing. Only the Arcanii possess full rites of extraction.

Energetically stable for centuries in sealed crystal. Loses arcane properties rapidly if exposed to salt, lead, or unfiltered sunlight.

First refined in 67 BR by the Archmage Quentus Arca while purifying Riftstone for basilica domes. Its ceremonial value was quickly embraced, though classified usage protocols were established by imperial decree within a decade.

Originally noted by vault miners for its calming effect and luminous properties. Academic isolation and refinement performed by early Arcanii.

• Burned in civic rituals and tribunals
• Mixed into ink for signing Concords and legal edicts
• Scented vapor in Imperial Senate halls

Used in oaths of office, sacred readings, funerary rites, and knightly investiture. Symbolizes purity of intent, submission to order, and Imperial continuity.

Smelted into glyphplate for resonance shielding; blended with lustral waxes for inscribed scrolls and imperial medallions.

Riftstone is cracked, leached, and fired in lustral flame. Dust is gathered in soulglass canisters and sifted by clairvoyant filters.

• Scroll sealer wax
• Resonance ward chalk
• Senatorial hair oil (a discreet ingestion method)

Cracking produces Silt of Unbeing, a grey residue stored beneath the Basilica under strict guard.

Overexposure leads to: apathy, dream erosion, echo-thought loops, minor bloodsilver poisoning. Illegal dosages can induce fatal submission or cognitive erosion.

Dust clouds can deaden flora resonance in small areas. Prolonged exposure affects local beast behavior.

Spent dust from ceremonies is gathered and infused into Imperial Ash Bricks, used to build fort walls or votive shrines.

• Controlled by the Arcanii and Senate Concordia
• Smuggled into Concord and Riftlands at extreme risk

Sealed in soulglass phials or crystal cylinders. Must be warded against psychic bleed.

Use without imperial sanction punishable by memory-branding or death. Banned from Concord territory, though rumors suggest the Pactguard has studied it.