Nôlorith
Ervenian Era, 1051 AB
Nôlorith is a smoky , violet-black crystal veined with cold, silvery motes like a starfield trapped in obsidian. When held to the ear it hums faintly and never quite the same pitch twice. Nôlorith forms in geodes at leyline knots, in old teleport-scars, and in seams beneath ancient ward-works, notably around the Obelisks of Aeloriandor or existing portals ever once in a while - Existing examples are Elven Gateways, Telarion Ithildar, the portals in Ciambavign Highway or other portals which are used frequently, even by momentarily Teleport Spell.
Properties
Physical & Chemical Properties
Dimensional Inertia
Unworked Nôlorith creates a quiet resonance that prevents all forced crossings (teleport, dimension door, mist-step, gate, word of recall, most circle-magic) into or out of its ward radius.Scaling
Effect grows with continuous lattice and placement. As fieldcraft:- Amulet shard (thumb-size): anchors a 10–30 ft personal bubble.
- Door lintel brick: locks a threshold; no “blink” through.
- Room ring (12 bricks): seals ~200–500 ft chamber.
- Keep courses (lined walls/floors): denies a whole structure/yard. Broken, drilled, or heavily faceted pieces might lose strength; continuous veins and careful orientation amplify it.
Overcoming
Prolonged disjunction or a rare harmonic key (a chime cut from the same vein) can open a brief window. Raw brute-force gates tend to tear the stone.Life & Expiration
Continuous thunder or deep-earth quakes can detune a ward; careful retuning restores it.
History & Usage
Industrial Use
Mortar use
Nôlorith dust mixed into lime (“Null-mortar”) retains ~60% potency if the sectiion of the wall is laid in a single day and struck with a tuning-chime at set intervals while curing.Byproducts & Sideproducts
Vesperbloom Resin
Also known as Seer’s Pitch, which is essentially a night-flower distillate from shadow-gardens that, when painted in one thin coat over exposed Nôlorith (or mixed 1:20 into Null-mortar), bends and scatters sight-threads. Together they create a Seerblind Field that frustrates scrying, clairvoyance, locate effects, and most sensor-projection which is far more less costly then involving a lead sheet as the scrying potency reaches great heights and virtually blocks miles above from scrying. Known alternates for the Seer's Pitch are Veil-Leaf or dwarven lead-foil which can substitute for the resin.Distribution
Trade & Market
Trade is extremely regulated; For example, Gontal forbids export as they have almost non-existent of those resources. Counterfeits are common and true Nôlorith always hums and chills dew to a frosted ring at dawn.
Type
Mineral
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